Generic Aging Lessons Learned (GALL) Report — Final Report (NUREG-1801, Revision 2)

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Manuscript Completed: December 2010
Date Published: December 2010

Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation
U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission
Washington, DC 20555-0001

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Abstract

NUREG-1801, "The Generic Aging Lessons Learned (GALL) Report" (GALL Report), contains the staff's generic evaluation of the existing plant programs and documents the technical basis for determining where existing programs are adequate without modification and where existing programs should be augmented for the period of extended operation. The evaluation results documented in the GALL Report indicate that many of the existing programs are adequate to manage the aging effects for structures or components for license renewal without change. The GALL Report also contains recommendations on specific areas for which existing programs should be augmented for license renewal. An applicant may reference the GALL Report in a license renewal application to demonstrate that the programs at the applicant's facility correspond to those reviewed and approved in the GALL Report. The GALL Report should be treated as an approved topical report. However, if an applicant takes credit for a program in the GALL Report, it is incumbent on the applicant to ensure that the conditions and operating experience at the plant are bounded by the conditions and operating experience for which the GALL Report program was evaluated. If these bounding conditions are not met, it is incumbent on the applicant to address the additional effects of aging and augment the GALL Report aging management program(s) as appropriate. The staff will verify that the applicant's programs are consistent with those described in the GALL Report and/or with plant conditions and operating experience during the performance of an aging management program audit and review. The focus of the balance of the staff's review of a license renewal application is on those programs that an applicant has enhanced to be consistent with the GALL Report, those programs for which the applicant has taken an exception to the program described in the GALL Report, and plant-specific programs not described in the GALL Report. The information in the GALL Report has been incorporated into the NUREG-1800, "Standard Review Plan for Review of License Renewal Applications for Nuclear Power Plants," as directed by the Commission, to improve the efficiency of the license renewal process.