Document: NRC Regulatory Guide
Document ID: e996086d-d968-4061-b359-eaf84aac1363
Document Type: regulatory_guide
Title: Quality Assurance Requirements for Installation, Inspection, and Testing of Mechanical Equipment and Systems
Source: NRC Regulatory Guide Division 1
Source URL: https://www.nrc.gov/docs/ML0037/ML003739465.pdf
Revision Date: 2023-06
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Section ID: RG-1.116
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nspection, and Testingt of Mechanical Equipment and Systems for the Construction Phase of Nuclear Power Plants." Copies may be obtained from the American Society of Mechanical Engineers, 345 East 47th Street, New York, New York 10017. Book, Revision 0) and WASH 1284, "Guidance on Quality Assurance Requirements During the uperations Phase of Nuclear Power Plants," dated October 26, 1973 (Orange Book, Revision 0) contain guidance on accept able methods of implementing portions of the quality assurance program. These documents are used by the NRC staff in the evaluation of applications for construc tion permits and operating licenses. WASH 1284 con tains extracts of proposed standard N45.2.8 (Draft 3, Rev. 2) and WASH 1309 contains proposed standard N45.2.8 (Draft 3. Rev. 3). ANSI N45.2.8-1975 reflects development from the proposed versions referenced in the above WASH documents to the final version approved by the American National Standards Institute. No substantive changes have been made to NRC guidance on quality assurance requirements for installa tion, inspection, and testing of water-cooled and high temperature gas-cooled nuclear power plant mechanical equipment from that previously provided. It is important to consider the relationship of the quality assurance requirements included in Sections III and X! of the ASME Boiler and Pressure Vessel Code with those included in ANSI N45.2.8-1975. Code-covered activities are primarily intended to assure the integrity of the pressure boundary of an item. Not all activities of safety importance are covered by the Code. The Code does not cover requirements to assure operability of components. Accordingly, activities of N45.2.8-1975 apply to Code components except for those activities addressed in the Code. The applicability of N45.2.8-1975 and Sections III and XI of the ASME Boiler and Pressure Vessel Code is addressed in Section 1.2 of ANSI N45.2,8-1975. / C. REGULATORY POISITION The requirements for installation,