This Section is not intended to be, in any way, inconsistent
with the applicable regulations, rules and requirements of the NRC. If a
requirement of this Section as applied in any situation is or would be
inconsistent with the regulations, rules and requirements of the NRC, the
requirements of this Section shall not be applied. The Agency will take action
in regard to an Inspection Certificate only in accordance with Section
505.80. The
Agency shall issue Inspection Certificates for nuclear power systems in
accordance with this Section if the reports, programs and plans required to be
submitted by this Section, Sections
505.110
and
505.1100
are submitted in accordance with the frequencies and standards specified in
those Sections and are in compliance with this Part.
a) Owners of nuclear power systems shall not
operate those nuclear power systems without a valid Inspection Certificate
issued by the Agency. The Agency shall issue one Inspection Certificate for
each nuclear power system at a nuclear facility. Unless suspended by the
Agency, the Inspection Certificate shall remain valid through the 6-month
period following the end of the inservice inspection period for which the
certificate was issued, or as otherwise permitted by this Part.
b) Owners of nuclear power systems not yet in
operation shall, prior to operation of the nuclear power systems, have a valid
Inspection Certificate issued by the Agency for the nuclear power systems. The
Agency shall issue the initial Inspection Certificates for the first inservice
inspection period based on an Agency determination that the submittal
requirements of Section
505.1100
are met.
c) An Inspection
Certificate shall be issued for each nuclear power system at the nuclear
facility for the succeeding inservice inspection period when the Agency
determines that:
1) The examinations and
tests required by the Inservice Inspection Plan during the preceding inservice
inspection period were completed; and
2) All related submittal requirements of this
Part are met.
AGENCY NOTE: In order to determine whether the examinations
and tests required by the Inservice Inspection Plan during the preceding
inspection period were performed and completed, the Agency will review the
submittals required by this Section against the Inservice Inspection Plan and
the applicable edition and addenda of the ASME Code Section XI. The review and
determination will be made separately for each nuclear power system. During
this review the Agency shall accept requests for relief from ASME Code Section
XI requirements that have been approved by the NRC.
d) The inservice inspection interval for the
nuclear power system may be extended or reduced as permitted by the applicable
Code edition and addenda or that has been approved by the NRC. The owner shall
notify the Agency in writing of any such change in the inservice inspection
interval. The Agency may issue a new Inspection Certificate, or may adjust the
term of the Inspection Certificate in effect for the applicable inservice
inspection period.
e) When the
owner discovers that an ISI boiler or pressure vessel is not in compliance with
this Part, the owner shall take measures to bring the ISI boiler or pressure
vessel into compliance. Those measures may include, but are not limited to,
repair or replacement of the ISI boiler or pressure vessel in accordance with
Section
505.1500. In such cases,
the owner shall notify the Agency in accordance with Section
505.140.
The owner shall submit information concerning the details of the noncompliance
and the measures taken to bring the noncomplying ISI boiler or pressure vessel
into compliance to the Agency within 90 days following the completion of the
corrective measures. Any replacement ISI boiler or pressure vessel shall meet
the requirements of this Part for new boilers and pressure vessels and shall be
registered by the owner with the Agency in accordance with Section 505.1100.
The Agency shall review the information submitted regarding the noncompliance
and the corrective measures taken and may issue a revised Inspection
Certificate to reflect any change in nuclear power system
composition.
f) The owner shall
submit the following:
1) In addition to the
information submitted under Section 505.1100, the owner shall submit to the
Agency within 90 days after completing a refueling outage:
A) The inservice inspection summary report
required by ASME Code Section XI;
B) The Owner's Data Report, form NIS-1,
required by ASME Code Section XI or an equivalent form;
C) The Owner's Report for Repairs or
Replacements, form NIS-2 of Section XI or an equivalent form, if required by
the applicable Code Edition and Addenda or Code Case used, for all repairs and
replacements performed since the last inservice inspection; and
D) Deviations from the Inservice Inspection
Plan implemented during inservice inspections that impact upon compliance with
this Part.
2) The owner
shall submit the Inservice Inspection Plan for the next inservice inspection
interval to the Agency prior to the end of each inservice inspection
interval.
g) The Agency
shall take action under Section
505.80 if
the Agency finds that:
1) The submittals in
subsection (f) have not been made or are incomplete; or
2) The examinations and tests required by the
owner's Inservice Inspection Plan have not been performed or are incomplete;
or
3) The owner has not met the
requirements of subsection (e); or
4) The nuclear power system is not being
inspected in accordance with this Part.
h) In addition to the requirements of this
Section, owners shall meet the requirements of Section
505.120.
