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Description / Abstract:
Scope and General Requirements
This Standard provides general requirements for periodic
performance testing and monitoring of pressure relief devices
utilized in nuclear power plant systems (included in Section III of
the ASME Boiler and Pressure Vessel Code) which are required to
perform a specific function in shutting down a reactor or in
mitigating the consequences of an accident. This Standard is meant
to cover the period beginning with the plant start-up phase and
continuing through the life of the plant and/or device, whichever
is the more limiting. This Standard establishes test intervals,
test methods, and data requirements, as well as criteria for
evaluation of the test results. This Standard also provides
recommended performance data that can be acquired during the
qualification and/or production acceptance testing of the device
and the construction phase of the plant, and subsequently utilized
as base line data for the performance testing and monitoring.