Document: NUREG-0800
Document ID: 683c2eb1-8dd8-484a-a45d-437c101b525f
Document Type: srp
Title: NEW AND SPENT FUEL STORAGE
Source: NUREG-0800
Source URL: https://www.nrc.gov/docs/ML0705/ML070550057.pdf
Revision Date: 2023-06
Chapter: 9
Section ID: 9.1.2
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REVIEW RESPONSIBILITIES Primary - Organization responsible for the review of new and spent fuel storage and handling Secondary - Organization responsible for the review of chemical engineering issues I. AREAS OF REVIEW Nuclear reactor plants include facilities for the storage of new and spent fuel assemblies. The safety functions of the new fuel storage vault, new fuel storage racks, spent fuel pool, and spent fuel storage racks are to maintain the fuel assemblies in a safe and subcritical array during all credible storage conditions and to provide a safe means of loading the spent fuel assemblies into shipping or storage casks. Review of the new and spent fuel storage facilities covers the new fuel vault, the new fuel storage racks, spent fuel storage pool, spent fuel storage racks, spent fuel pool liner, equipment storage pits, and structure housing these systems for compliance with 10 CFR 20.1101(b), 10 CFR 50.68, and General Design Criteria (GDCs) 2, 4, 5, 61, and 63 of Appendix A of 10 CFR Part 50. This Standard Review Plan (SRP) section addresses the capability of the new and spent fuel storage facilities to maintain the fuel in a safe and subcritical array during all anticipated operating and accident conditions. The specific areas of review are as follows: 1. The quantity of new and spent fuel to be stored. 2. The effects of design loads and forces on the new and spent fuel storage racks, new fuel storage vault, spent fuel storage pool, and pool liner plate. 9.1.2-2 Revision 4 - March 2007 3. The capability to withstand and protect against natural phenomena (e.g., safe shutdown earthquake (SSE), design-basis tornado). 4. The effectiveness of natural coolant circulation through the spent fuel storage racks and the ability of new fuel racks to drain fluids if the new fuel storage facility is intended for dry storage or to be flooded if the new fuel storage facility is intended for wet storage. 5. The ability to detect and contain spent fuel pool liner leaks.