ML13109A467

Staff Responses to Public Comments on Rg 1.33 Rev 3

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Issue date:	06/18/2013
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DG-1300 RG-1.033, Rev 3
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Response to Public Comments on Draft Regulatory Guide (DG)-1300 Quality Assurance Program Requirements (Operations)

Proposed Revision 3 of Regulatory Guide (RG) 1.33 A notice that Draft Regulatory Guide, DG-1300 (Proposed Revision 3 of RG 1.33) was published for comments in the Federal Register on February 4, 2013 on page 78 FR 7816. The public comment period ended April 1, 2013. Comments were received from the organizations listed below. The NRC has combined the comments and NRC staff disposition in the following table.

Comments were received from the following:

Donald Spellman, Chair American Nuclear Society (ANS) Standards Board 555 N. Kensignton Ave.

La Grange Park, IL 60526 ADAMS Accession No. ML13063A433 Commenter Section of Specific Comments NRC Resolution DG-1300 ANS General This draft Regulatory Guide (RG) endorses the latest, 2012, edition of ANSI/ANS-3.2-2012, This comment did not "Managerial, Administrative, and Quality Assurance Controls for Operational Phase of Nuclear require any answer or Power Plants." The nuclear industry certainly will benefit from an up-to-date endorsement of a action from the staff.

standard that has been revised six times in the past thirty-seven years reflecting a myriad of quality improvements for the industry. It is noted that the NRC recently endorsed American Society of Mechanical Engineers NQA-1-2008/2009 Addenda), "Quality Assurance Requirements for Nuclear Facility Applications," via RG 1.28 in 2010. Thus the industry now finds itself with two recently revised, nuclear standards for design & construction and for operations both of which will have received formal NRC endorsement. This truly is a "win-win" for the nuclear industry and the regulatory environment. A clear delineation of quality assurance requirements is now available for the new generation of plants as well as for consideration of existing licensees who may want to migrate to a consistent set of requirements for their fleet of rectors within their company.

The American Nuclear Society (ANS) is pleased to have developed the subject standard that is now up for NRC endorsement. Similarly, the ANS is particularly pleased that the NRC has taken this proactive route leading to a stability in endorsed requirements that has not existed for over thirty years.

April 2013