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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
[NRC-2010-0278]
NUREG-1482, Revision 2, ``Guidelines for Inservice Testing at
Nuclear Power Plants, Final Report''
AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
ACTION: Notice of issuance; availability.
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SUMMARY: The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) has issued a
final report entitled: NUREG-1482, Revision 2, ``Guidelines for
Inservice Testing at Nuclear Power Plants,'' and subtitled ``Inservice
Testing of Pumps and Valves, and Inservice Examination and Testing of
Dynamic Restraints (Snubbers) at Nuclear Power Plants.'' In the
previous Revisions 0 and 1 of NUREG-1482, the NRC staff provides
licensees guidelines and recommendations for developing and
implementing programs for the inservice testing of pumps and valves at
commercial nuclear power plants. In Revision 2 of NUREG-1482, the NRC
staff also includes guidelines and recommendations for developing and
implementing programs for the inservice examination and testing of
dynamic restraints (snubbers).
ADDRESSES: Please refer to Docket ID NRC-2010-0278 when contacting the
NRC about the availability of information regarding this document. You
may access publicly-available information related to this action by the
following methods:
Federal Rulemaking Web site: Go to http://www.regulations.gov and search for Docket ID NRC-2010-0278. Address
questions about NRC dockets to Carol Gallagher; telephone: 301-287-
3422; email: [email protected]. For technical questions, contact
the individual(s) listed in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section
of this document.
NRC's Agencywide Documents Access and Management System
(ADAMS): You may access publicly available documents online in the NRC
Library at http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/adams.html. To begin the
search, select ``ADAMS Public Documents'' and then select ``Begin Web-
based ADAMS Search.'' For problems with ADAMS, please contact the NRC's
Public Document Room (PDR) reference staff at 1-800-397-4209, 301-415-
4737, or by email to [email protected]. The NUREG-1482, Revision 2,
``Guidelines for Inservice Testing at Nuclear Power Plants, Final
Report,'' and subtitled ``Inservice Testing of Pumps and Valves, and
Inservice Examination and Testing of Dynamic Restraints (Snubbers) at
Nuclear Power Plants,'' is available in ADAMS under Accession No.
ML13295A020. The draft NUREG-1482, Revision 2 was published in the
Federal Register for public comments on August 22, 2011 (76 FR 52355)
and is available in ADAMS under Accession No. ML112231412. This
document is a revision to the previously issued NUREG-1482, Revision 1
(ADAMS Accession No. ML050550290).
NRC's PDR: You may examine and purchase copies of public
documents at the NRC's PDR, Room O1-F21, One White Flint North, 11555
Rockville Pike, Rockville, Maryland 20852.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Gurjendra S. Bedi, Office of Nuclear
Reactor Regulation, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC
20555-0001; telephone: 301-415-1393, email: [email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: NUREG-1482, Revision 2, ``Guidelines for
Inservice Testing at Nuclear Power Plants, Final Report'' provides
updated information on applicable regulations for testing of pumps and
valves, and inservice examination and testing of snubbers. The
information in NUREG-1482, ``Guidelines for Inservice Testing at
Nuclear Plants,'' Revision 0, issued April 1995, and Revision 1, issued
January 2005, has described these topics in the past.
This NUREG report replaces Revision 0 and Revision 1 of NUREG-1482,
and is applicable, unless stated otherwise, to all editions and addenda
of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers Code for Operation and
Maintenance of Nuclear Power Plants (OM Code), which section 50.55a(b)
of Title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations (10 CFR) incorporates by
reference (76 FR 36232-36279), dated July 21, 2011. This NUREG-1482,
Revision 2 incorporates all the public comments received for the draft
NUREG-1482, Revision 2. Based on public comments, all the structure and
sections of NUREG-1482, Revision 1 are maintained and revised and
updated. The main sections of the NUREG-1482, Revision 2 are for the
IST of pumps and valves, similar to the NUREG-1482, Revision 1. An
independent Appendix A, for inservice examination and testing of
dynamic restraints (snubbers) is added for the first time in NUREG-
1482, Revision 2. The NRC staff evaluation and resolution of public
comments for draft NUREG-1482, Revision 2 are documented in ADAMS under
Accession No. ML13161A382. Most of the draft NUREG-1482, Revision 2,
pump and valve IST guidance provided in the Appendix A, are now in the
main text of NUREG-1482, Revision 2. Appendix B to the draft NUREG-
1482, Revision 2, guidance for inservice examination and testing for
dynamic restraints (snubbers) is in the Appendix A of the NUREG-1482,
Revision 2.
The guidelines and recommendations provided in this NUREG and its
Appendix A do not supersede the regulatory requirements specified in 10
CFR 50.55a. Further, this NUREG does not authorize the use of
alternatives to, or grant relief from, the ASME Code requirements for
inservice testing of pumps and valves, or inservice examination and
testing of dynamic restraints (snubbers), incorporated by reference in
10 CFR 50.55a. In addition, the NUREG discusses other inservice test
program topics such as the NRC process for review of the OM Code,
conditions on the use of the OM Code, and interpretations of the OM
Code.
Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 22nd day of October 2013.
For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Timothy R. Lupold,
Chief, Component Performance, NDE and Testing Branch, Division of
Engineering, Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation.
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