Document: NRC Regulatory Guide
Document ID: b143ccef-ed08-482d-bc4b-b4e012328090
Document Type: regulatory_guide
Title: Applications for Nuclear Power Plants (Rev. 1)
Source: NRC Regulatory Guide Division 1
Source URL: https://www.nrc.gov/docs/ML1523/ML15233A056.pdf
Revision Date: 2023-06
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Section ID: RG-1.206
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ing the efficient and effective use of NRC resources by focusing staff participation on the development of standards that address a defined current or anticipated regulatory need, (2) implementing the NTTAA and OM Circular No. A-119, and (3) monitoring and assessing internal performance indicators to ensure efficient and effective staff involvement in the development and use of consensus standards needed in NRC program offices. The NRC reserves the right to apply conditions on the use of consensus standards that it uses in its regulatory process. The NRC staff follows this management directive in applying consensus standards in its regulatory activities. DG-1325, Page-79 The NRC applies the use of consensus standards in numerous aspects of its regulatory activities to promote their efficiency and effectiveness. The NRC incorporates by reference consensus standards in the Title 10, Chapter I, of the CFR such that those standards become equivalent to the NRC regulations. For example, the NRC incorporates by reference portions of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) Boiler and Pressure Vessel Code and the ASME Code for Operation and Maintenance of Nuclear Power Plants in 10 CFR 50.55a, “Codes and Standards.” In addition, the NRC accepts the use of consensus standards in various regulatory guidance documents, such as RGs, RISs, NUREGs, and standard review plans. For example, in RG 1.100, “Seismic Qualification of Electrical and Active Mechanical Equipment and Functional Qualification of Active Mechanical Equipment for Nuclear Power Plants,”, the NRC accepts ASME Standard QME-1-2007, “Qualification of Active Mechanical Equipment Used in Nuclear Power Plants,” issued 2007, with regulatory positions. In RIS 2007-06, “Regulatory Guide 1.200 Implementation,” dated March 22, 2007, the NRC staff discusses the use of PRA standards. RG 1.200, “An Approach for Determining the Technical Adequacy of Probabilistic Risk Assessment Results for