SECG — Reportable Action Levels (RAL)
⚠️ DRAFT — Reconstructed from exam materials
Purpose
Provides guidance for determining NRC reporting requirements under 10 CFR 50.72, including 4-hour and 8-hour report criteria.
Key Actions / Information
RAL 11.3.1 — Safety System Actuations
A 4-hour report is required for any event or condition that results in the actuation of a safety system. Manual actuations count as valid actuations unless part of a preplanned series of events during testing or reactor operation.
RAL 11.3.2 — Reactor Trip / SCRAM
A 4-hour report is required for any event or condition that results in a reactor trip (automatic or manual), UNLESS the reactor trip is part of a preplanned event.
Exam — 2022 Q87
A manual reactor trip for a planned refueling outage is NOT reportable under RAL 11.3.2 (preplanned event exemption). However, a subsequent manual SI actuation due to degrading RCS conditions IS reportable under RAL 11.3.1 as a 4-hour report because it was not part of the preplanned sequence. Both manual and automatic actuations of safety systems are reportable — the distinction is whether the actuation was part of a preplanned series of events, not whether it was manual vs. automatic.
Connections
- Related exam questions: 2022 Q87
- Related exam: 2022 NRC Written Exam