Document: NUREG-0800
Document ID: c75a9de4-9927-49e4-b078-7f5dadd37acd
Document Type: srp
Title: DESIGN BASIS ACCIDENT RADIOLOGICAL CONSEQUENCE ANALYSES FOR
Source: NUREG-0800
Source URL: https://www.nrc.gov/docs/ML0702/ML070230012.pdf
Revision Date: 2023-06
Chapter: 15
Section ID: 15.0.3
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OL, DC and COL reviews, the application is acceptable with regard to the radiological consequences of analyzed DBAs if the calculated TEDEs at the EAB and the LPZ outer boundary do not exceed the dose acceptance criteria listed in Table 1 below. For ESP applications that neither reference the standard reactor designs certified by NRC nor use the PPE approach, the staff may establish dose acceptance criteria lower than those stated above for certain DBAs based on the probability of occurrence. Examples of such criteria are illustrated in Table 1. For COL applications using an ESP with a PPE approach, these acceptance criteria may be applied at that time. Such applicants bear the burden of ensuring sufficient margin is provided in the design parameters (for example, PPE values) in the ESP application to compensate for uncertainty in those parameters. The margin should be large enough such that the actual design submitted at the COL stage, coupled with the site characteristics as described in the ESP, will comply with NRC regulations. 2. Control Room Radiological Habitability. The acceptance criterion is based on the requirements of GDC 19 that mandate a control room design providing adequate radiation protection to permit access and occupancy of the control room under accident conditions for the duration of the accident, without personnel receiving radiation exposures in excess of 5 rem whole body, or its equivalent to any part of the body, for the duration of the accident. These requirements are incorporated by reference in 10 CFR 52.47(a)(1) [standard design certifications] and 10 CFR 52.79(b) [combined licenses]. The radiation protection design of the control room is acceptable if the total calculated radiological consequences for the postulated fission product release fall within the 15.0.3-7 March 2007 exposure acceptance criteria specified in GDC 19 of 5 rem TEDE for the duration of the accident. 3. Technical Support Center Radiological Habitability. This