Document: NUREG-0800
Document ID: dcb2f212-a3db-4f18-9046-f78bb3a0107c
Document Type: srp
Title: and 11.3, addressing compliance with offsite dose requirements, effluent
Source: NUREG-0800
Source URL: https://www.nrc.gov/docs/ML0707/ML070710397.pdf
Revision Date: 2023-06
Chapter: 11
Section ID: 11.2
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be sufficient to allow handling during transportation and disposal without container breach. Gas generation from organic materials in waste containers can also lead to container breach and potentially flammable/explosive conditions. To minimize the number of potential problems, licensees should evaluate the waste form gas generation rates from radiolysis, biodegradation, or chemical reaction with respect to container breach and the creation of flammable or explosive conditions. Unless storage containers are equipped with special vent designs that allow depressurization and do not permit the migration of radioactive materials, resins highly loaded with radioactive material, such as BWR reactor water cleanup system resins, should not be stored for longer than approximately 1 year. Licensees should implement a program providing for at least periodic (quarterly) visual inspections of container integrity (e.g., swelling, corrosion products, leaks, or breach). Inspections can be accomplished by the use of television monitors; by walkthroughs if storage facility layout, shielding, and container storage array permit; or by selecting 11.4-27 Revision 3 - March 2007 waste containers that are representative of the types of waste and containers stored in the facility and placing them in a location specifically designed for inspection purposes. All inspection procedures developed should minimize occupational exposure. The use of high-integrity containers (300-year lifetime design) would permit an inspection program of reduced scope. 3. If possible, the preferred location of the additional storage facility is inside the plant’s protected area. If adequate space in the protected area is not available, the licensee should place the storage facility on the plant site and establish both a physical security program (fence, locked and alarmed gates and doors, and periodic patrols) and a restricted area for radiation protection purposes. The facility should not be in a location that