Document: NRC Regulatory Guide
Document ID: 74c49394-8dbf-46e7-b62a-b85de93b47d8
Document Type: regulatory_guide
Title: Initial Test Programs for Water-Cooled Nuclear Power Plants + HISTORY - HISTORY 11/2012 – DG-1259 , Proposed Revision 4 11/2006 – DG-1166 , Proposed Revision 3 (Rev. 4)
Source: NRC Regulatory Guide Division 1
Source URL: https://www.nrc.gov/docs/ML1229/ML12298A071.pdf
Revision Date: 2023-06
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Section ID: RG-1.68
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eptance criteria; 12. for waste processing system supplemented with mobile skid-mounted processing equipment, as equipped, testing should include the hydraulic integrity of Appendix A to DG-1259, Page A-17 connections carrying radioactive fluids between mobile processing equipment and permanently installed plant subsystems; and 13. Solidification system tests should include verification that no free liquids are present in packaged wastes. Tests should include normal operation of resin storage and transfer systems with actual or simulated media (e.g., resin, charcoal, etc). A-1.n. Fuel Storage and Handling Systems Appropriate tests should be conducted to demonstrate that equipment and components used to handle or cool irradiated and non-irradiated fuel will operate in accordance with design. Tests should be conducted, as appropriate, to verify redundancy and electrical independence (see footnote 3). The following list illustrates the equipment and component tests that the program should include: 1. spent fuel pool cooling system tests, including testing of anti-siphon devices, high radiation alarms, and low-water-level alarms and spent fuel pool water makeup; 2. refueling equipment tests, including hand tools, power equipment, bridge and overhead cranes, and grapples; 3. operability and leak tests of sectionalizing devices and drains and leak tests of gaskets or bellows in the refueling canal and fuel storage pool; 4. static and dynamic load testing14 of cranes, hoists, and associated lifting and rigging equipment, including the fuel cask handling crane; 5. fuel transfer devices; 6. irradiated fuel pool or building ventilation system tests; 7. computerized automated fuel handling systems, programming, indexing, data base controls for fuel storage information and interlocks should be tested for proper operation; and 8. equipment in the fuel cavity, including reactor vessel seals, vessel seal leakage detection, refueling cavity fuel storage handling equipment including