NUREG-1537, Part 2 - NRC

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initiate automatic reactor shutdown or runback. The reviewer should examine
how the RPS automatically initiates rapid operationxof the reactivity control
devices to verify that reactor design limits analyzed in the SAR are not exceeded.
The SAR should contain the information recommended in the format and content
guide, such as:
* Design bases, acceptance criteria, and guidelines used for design of the
RPS.
* Descriptive information, including system logic and schematic diagrams,
showing all instruments, computer hardware and software, electrical, and
electromechanical equipment used in detecting reactor conditions requiring
scram or other reactor protective action and in initiating the action
* Analysis of adequacy of the design to perform the functions necessary to
ensure reactor safety,' and its conformance to the design bases, acceptance
criteria, and the guidelines used.
* Assessment of the suitability of detector channels for initiating reactor
protection (scrams). The reviewer should coordinate this effort with the
review of other SAR sections
* Proposed trip setpoints, time delays, accuracy requirements, and actuated
equipment response to verify that the RPS is consistent with the SAR
analyses of safety limits, limiting safety system settings (LSSS), and
limiting conditions of operation (LCOs), and that this information is
adequately included in the technical specifications as discussed in Chapter
14, 'Technical Specifications."
* Computer hardware, software, and software'verification and validation
programs for reactor designs that use computerized protection subsystems.
* Verification that surveillance tests and intervals give confidence that the
equipment will reliably perform its safety function. Coordinate this effort
with the review of the technical specifications.
* Consideration of the SAR an-lyses for the RPS to be designed to perform
its safety function after a single failure and to meet requirements for seismic
and environmental qualification, redundancy, diversity, and independence.
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