Document: NRC Regulatory Guide
Document ID: 30e6fa68-c7c1-4266-ba45-e06d1bbc07a0
Document Type: regulatory_guide
Title: Criteria for Accident Monitoring Instrumentation for Nuclear Power Plants (Rev. 5)
Source: NRC Regulatory Guide Division 1
Source URL: https://www.nrc.gov/docs/ML1708/ML17083A134.pdf
Revision Date: 2023-06
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Section ID: RG-1.97
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s in most aspects of radiation protection, including: • IAEA Nuclear Energy Series No. NP-T-3.16, “Accident Monitoring Systems for Nuclear Power Plants,” February 2015 (Ref. 16). • IAEA Safety Standard Series No. TECDOC-1818, “Assessment of Equipment Capability to Perform Reliably under Severe Accident Conditions,” July 2017 (Ref. 17). • IAEA Safety Standards Series No. SSG-39, “Design of Instrumentation and Control Systems for Nuclear Power Plants,” April 2016 (Ref. 18). This RG incorporates similar design and performance guidelines and is consistent with the safety principles provided in these IAEA publications. Documents Discussed in Staff Regulatory Guidance This RG endorses the use of one or more codes or standards developed by external organizations and other third party guidance documents. These codes, standards, and third party guidance documents may contain references to other codes, standards or third party guidance documents (“secondary DG-1335, Page 7 references”). If a secondary reference is incorporated by reference into NRC regulations as a requirement, then licensees and applicants must comply with that standard as set forth in the regulation. If the secondary reference is endorsed in a RG as an acceptable approach for meeting an NRC requirement, then the standard constitutes a method acceptable to the NRC staff for meeting that regulatory requirement as described in the specific RG. If the secondary reference is neither incorporated by reference into NRC regulations nor endorsed in a RG, then the secondary reference is neither a legally-binding requirement nor a “generic” NRC approved acceptable approach for meeting an NRC requirement. However, licensees and applicants may consider and use the information in the secondary reference, if appropriately justified and consistent with applicable NRC requirements and current regulatory practice. DG-1335, Page 8 C. STAFF REGULATORY GUIDANCE This RG endorses IEEE Std. 497-2016 as an