Document: NRC Regulatory Guide
Document ID: 12dd3f35-6baa-4f6a-8372-84c90ef96a91
Document Type: regulatory_guide
Title: Test Documentation for Digital Computer Software Used in Safety Systems of Nuclear Power Plants + HISTORY - HISTORY 08/2012 – DG-1207 , Proposed Revision 1 08/1996 – DG-1056 , Proposed Revision 0 (Rev. 1)
Source: NRC Regulatory Guide Division 1
Source URL: https://www.nrc.gov/docs/ML0833/ML083370243.pdf
Revision Date: 2023-06
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Section ID: RG-1.170
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ced standard has been incorporated separately into NRC regulations, licensees and applicants must comply with that standard as set forth in the regulation. If the referenced standard has been endorsed in a regulatory guide, the standard constitutes a method acceptable to the NRC staff for meeting a regulatory requirement as described in the specific regulatory guide. If a referenced standard has been neither incorporated into NRC regulations nor endorsed in a regulatory guide, licensees and applicants may consider and use the information in the referenced standard, if appropriately justified and consistent with current regulatory practice. Harmonization with International Standards This regulatory guide endorses, in whole or in part, multiple international consensus standards produced by international organizations such as the Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers (IEEE). The IEEE is a non-profit professional association dedicated to advancing technological innovation and excellence. It has more than 400,000 members in more than 160 countries and produces 30% of the world's literature in the electrical and electronics engineering and computer science fields including multiple tutorials and standards produced by its standardization committees. Endorsement, in whole or in part, of multiple international standards reduces the need for the development of unique NRC standards and is consistent with the agency goal of improved harmonization with international organizations. C. STAFF REGULATORY GUIDANCE IEEE Std. 829-2008 provides an acceptable approach to the NRC for meeting the agency’s regulatory requirements on the test documentation of safety system software with the exceptions and DG-1207, Page 7 additions listed in these regulatory positions. The annexes to IEEE Std. 829-2008 contain information that may be useful; however since the nuclear industry has not reached a consensus regarding the use of these methods, the NRC staff does not endorse the use of