Document: NRC Regulatory Guide
Document ID: a85f80f8-a5b4-4f0a-84fd-1eb04d49dd57
Document Type: regulatory_guide
Title: Service Level I, II, and III Protective Coatings Applied to Nuclear Power Plants + HISTORY - HISTORY 08/2016 – DG-1331 , Proposed Revision 3 10/2015 – Periodic Review of Revision 2 – Revise 10/2010 – Periodic Review of Revision 1 – No issues identified 04/2010 – DG-1242 , Proposed Revision 2 03/1999 – DG-1076 , Proposed Revision 1 (Rev. 3)
Source: NRC Regulatory Guide Division 1
Source URL: https://www.nrc.gov/docs/ML1609/ML16097A448.pdf
Revision Date: 2023-06
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Section ID: RG-1.54
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tion facilities that the NRC staff finds acceptable and that are also relevant to protective coatings applied to NPPs. 2.0 QA Requirements for Protective Coatings 2.1 ASTM D 3843-00 (reapproved 2008), “Standard Practice for Quality Assurance for Protective Coatings Applied to Nuclear Facilities” (Ref. 16). The ASTM International approved and issued ASTM International Standard D 3843-00 as a partial replacement for ANSI N101.4-1972. ASTM D 3843-00 provides QA practices that are acceptable to NRC staff and are applicable to safety related protective coating work in coating Service Level I areas of nuclear facilities. Service Level II coatings as defined above are not safety related, but they are qualified by testing for their particular application by the manufacturer. Licensees and applicants may use applicable portions of the QA practices described in ASTM D 3843-00 as the basis for limited QA for protective coating work in coating Service Level II areas of nuclear facilities. 2.2 ASTM D 3911-08, “Standard Test Method for Evaluating Coatings Used in Light-Water Nuclear Reactor Power Plants at Simulated Design Basis Accident (DBA) Conditions” (Ref. 17). The ASTM International and issued ASTM D 3911-95, “Standard Test Method for Evaluating Coatings Used in Light-Water Nuclear Power Plants at Simulated Design-Basis Accident (DBA) Conditions” (Ref. 18), to replace the DBA test standard referenced in ANSI N101.4-1972 and revision 0 of RG 1.54. ASTM International then revised ASTM D 3911-95 as ASTM D 3911-08. Licensees and applicants may use the test methods described in ASTM D 3911-08 for evaluating test specimens for protective coating systems under simulated DBA conditions. ASTM D 3911-08 also provides guidance on conditions and test apparatus for temperature-pressure testing; on conditions for radiation testing; and on procedures for preparing, examining, and evaluating samples. ASTM D 3911-08 does not specify minimum acceptance criteria. For Service Level