Document: NUREG-0800
Document ID: f885abea-c146-404b-b0f6-c4ded333294f
Document Type: srp
Title: SPENT FUEL STORAGE
Source: NUREG-0800
Source URL: https://www.nrc.gov/docs/ML0520/ML052070503.pdf
Revision Date: 2023-06
Chapter: 9
Section ID: 9.1.2
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REVIEW RESPONSIBILITIES Primary - AuxiliaryPlant Systems Branch (ASBSPLB)1 Secondary - Civil Engineering and Geosciences Branch (ECGB)2 Materials and Chemical Engineering Branch (CMEBEMCB)3 Reactor Systems Branch (SRXB)4 I. AREAS OF REVIEW Nuclear reactor plants include storage facilities for the wet storage of spent fuel assemblies. The safety function of the spent fuel pool and storage racks is to maintain the spent fuel assemblies in a safe and subcritical array during all credible storage conditions and to provide a safe means of loading the assemblies into shipping casks. The ASBSPLB reviews the spent fuel storage facility design including the spent fuel storage 5 racks, the spent fuel storage pool that contains the storage racks, the spent fuel pool liner plate, and the associated equipment storage pits to assureensure conformance with the requirements of 6 General Design Criteria 2, 4, 5, 61, 62, and 63. 1. The facility and components are reviewed with respect to the following: a. The quantity of fuel to be stored. b. The design and arrangement of the storage racks for maintaining a subcritical array during all conditions. DRAFT Rev. 4 - April 1996 9.1.2-2 c. The degree of subcriticality provided along with the analysis and associated assumptions. d. The effects of external loads and forces on the spent fuel storage racks, pool, and liner plate (e.g., safe shutdown earthquake, crane uplift forces, missiles, and dropped objects). e. Design codes, materials compatibility, and shielding requirements. f. The use of applicable codes and standards consistent with the assigned seismic classification. 2. The ASB review of the pool's water level control system, cleanup system and cooling system is performed with the spent fuel cooling system review in SRP Section 9.1.3.7 3. The ASB review of provisions to preclude dropping the spent fuel shipping cask into the pool are evaluated during the review of the cask loading pit area in SRP Section 9.1.5.8 Review Interfaces9