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Operating Reactor Maintenance Effectiveness
The regulatory objective of the Maintenance Rule, 10 CFR 50.65, is to require licensee monitoring of the overall continuing effectiveness of their maintenance programs to ensure the following:
- Safety-related structures, systems, and components (SSCs) and certain SSCs that are not safety related are capable of performing their intended functions.
- For equipment that is not safety related, failures will not occur that prevent the fulfillment of safety-related functions.
- Failures resulting in scrams and unnecessary actuations of safety-related systems are minimized.
For more information on maintenance effectiveness, see the following:
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Note: Frequently Asked Questions are provided for informational purposes only and are not to be considered official NRC positions.
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Frequently Asked Questions on Maintenance Rule
Page Last Reviewed/Updated Tuesday, September 08, 2026
Page Last Reviewed/Updated Tuesday, September 08, 2026