ML20148T833

Reg Guide 5.58, Considerations for Establishing Special Traceability of Special Nuclear Matl Accounting Measurements

ML20148T833
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Issue date:	11/30/1978
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REGGD-05.058, REGGD-5.058, NUDOCS 7812060092
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[ MEMDRANDUM FbR: Harold D. Thornburg, Director, DRCI, IE FROM: GIy Ag Arlotto, Director, DES, SD 1

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STANDARDS REVIEW REQUESTS I have mytewed your memorandum dated August 23,1978 staung that IE has found a sizeable fraction of standards developed under the aegis of the Amerfcae National Standards Institute (ANSI) tutorial rather than i specific. # u observe that most of the standards in this category are sponsored by the American Nuclear Society (ANS), and you cita two recent examples ANSI N658/ANS-51.7 and ANSI N403/ANS-6.4, suggesting that the NRC not endorse these particuQ staasrds with regulatory guides.

I agree with your observation that a standard lacking specific require-

..g meets'is difficult, if not impossible, to enforce and that, in general, c such standards shouldinet.be endorsed by reguTatory guides.- In fact, we 6 continua to amphasfae- this point te. correspondence with ANS as well as

~ with other societies uhe satunft standards lacking sufficient speciffeity. l Furtier#more, I share your observations concerning the two example stan- 1 dards cit.ad;'neither standard contains a great number of specific require-monts that are faspectable or veriffable, and design adequacy would be i difficult to vertfy without access to more detailed specifications or design docummets. At the same time, we 1e Standards recognize that we

.are a service orgaafzation and serve several customers. For the two staedards you. referenced, one of our customers, NRR, believes the stan-dards have sufficient merit to be endoned. -On this basis, we intend  !

to go fomard.

t Concerning your suggestion to better monitor standards work, i agree that we should not spend significant amounts of staff time on standards not meeting NRC needs. To this end, most working groups preparing ANS stan-

dards include wNRC mesher. In addition to providing technical input,

! the NRC member has the Mspntsibility to assure that a standard under i preparation will be of value to NRC; otherwise the member has a respon-l sibility to withdraw fMm participation.

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2. Standard N658-lhlits is a design standard which has been prepared by a working group with NRC membership and which has received staff review. On September 14, 1978, an " approve with coments" ballot was issued by the NRC representative on ANS Comittee ANS-52. A copy of the ballot, the forwarding letter and the detailed coments are i attached for your information and use.

In sumary, bot standards delineate design criteria rather than detailed s9ecifications, nd as such, do not easily lend themselves to " cookbook" type use during spection. However, both standards are considered valuable as refer ces for adequate design and therefore I expect both i standards to be e rsedbyRegulatoryGuJd's. e l9ur continued assistance I in reviewing these tandards is appreci ed.

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