Standard Technical Specifications – Babcock and Wilcox Plants: Specifications (NUREG-1430, Revision 5, Volume 1)

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Manuscript Completed: March 2021
Date Published: September 2021

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

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Abstract

This NUREG contains the improved Standard Technical Specifications (STS) for Babcock and Wilcox (B&W) plants. The changes reflected in Revision 5 result from the experience gained from plant operation using the improved STS and extensive public technical meetings and discussions among the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) staff and various nuclear power plant licensees and the Nuclear Steam Supply System (NSSS) Owners Groups. 

The improved STS were developed based on the criteria in the Final Commission Policy Statement on Technical Specifications Improvements for Nuclear Power Reactors, dated July 22, 1993 (58 FR 39132), which was subsequently codified by changes to Section 36 of Part 50 of Title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations (10 CFR 50.36) (60 FR 36953). Licensees are encouraged to upgrade their  technical specifications consistent with those criteria and conforming, to the practical extent, to Revision 5 to the improved STS. The Commission continues to place the highest priority on requests for complete  conversions to the improved STS. Licensees adopting portions of the improved STS to existing technical  specifications should adopt all related requirements, as applicable, to achieve a high degree of standardization
and consistency.

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