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Notification Detail :: G/TBT/N/USA/1974/Add.2

Notification No.

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Date of Notification

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Title

American Society of Mechanical Engineers Code Cases and Update Frequency

Objective

Protection of human health or safety (TBT); Protection of the environment (TBT)

Product Covered

Nuclear power plant components; Environmental protection (ICS code(s): 13.020); Nuclear energy engineering (ICS code(s): 27.120)

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ICSCODE

13.020 - Environmental protection; 13.020 - Environmental protection; 27.120 - Nuclear energy engineering; 27.120 - Nuclear energy engineering

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Description

The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is amending its regulations to incorporate by reference revisions of three regulatory guides to approve new, revised, and reaffirmed code cases published by the American Society of Mechanical Engineers. This action allows nuclear power plant licensees and applicants for construction permits, operating licenses, combined licenses, standard design certifications, standard design approvals, and manufacturing licenses to use the code cases listed in these regulatory guides as voluntary alternatives to engineering standards for the construction, inservice inspection, and inservice testing of nuclear power plant components. These engineering standards are set forth in the American Society of Mechanical Engineers Boiler and Pressure Vessel Code and American Society of Mechanical Engineers Operation and Maintenance Code,  which are currently incorporated by reference into the NRC's regulations. Further, this final rule announces the availability of a related regulatory guide, not incorporated by reference into the NRC's regulations, that lists code cases that the NRC has not approved for use. Finally, this rulemaking provides more flexibility to licensees by expanding the code of record interval from ten years to two consecutive inservice testing and inservice inspection intervals.This final rule is effective on 16 August 2024. The incorporation by reference of certain material listed in this rule is approved by the Director of the Federal Register as of 16 August 2024. The incorporation by reference of certain other material listed in the rule was approved by the Director of the Federal Register as of 4 April 2022, and 28 November 2022.89 Federal Register (FR) 58039, Title 10 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) Part 50_x000D_
https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2024-07-17/html/2024-15288.htm_x000D_
https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2024-07-17/pdf/2024-15288.pdfThis final rule is identified by Docket Number NRC-2018-0291. The Docket Folder is available on Regulations.gov at https://www.regulations.gov/docket/NRC-2018-0291/document and provides access to primary and supporting documents (including the referenced regulatory guides)  as well as comments received. Documents are also accessible from Regulations.gov by searching the Docket Number.

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