Document: NUREG-0800
Document ID: e708512f-f35c-453e-9fc1-354ab0bf12ad
Document Type: srp
Title: STEEL CONTAINMENT
Source: NUREG-0800
Source URL: https://www.nrc.gov/docs/ML0705/ML070550050.pdf
Revision Date: 2023-06
Chapter: 3
Section ID: 3.8.2
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conditions exist in accessible areas that could indicate the presence of, or result in, degradation to such inaccessible areas. C. The staff will review any special design provisions (e.g., providing sufficient physical access, providing alternative means for identification of conditions in inaccessible areas that can lead to degradation, remote visual monitoring of high radiation areas) to accommodate inservice inspection of the steel containment on a case-by-case basis. Technical Rationale The technical rationale for application of these acceptance criteria to the areas of review addressed by this SRP section is discussed in the following paragraphs: 1. Compliance with GDC 1 requires that SSCs important to safety be designed, fabricated, erected, and tested to quality standards commensurate with the importance of their safety function, that a quality assurance program be established and implemented, and that sufficient and appropriate records be maintained. Where generally recognized codes and standards are used, they should be identified and evaluated to determine their applicability, adequacy, and sufficiency and should be supplemented or modified as necessary to ensure a quality product in keeping with the required safety function. SRP Section 3.8.2 describes related to static and dynamic loadings and evaluation programs for steel containments. It also describes acceptable materials, design methodology, quality control procedures, construction methods, and inservice inspections, as well as documentation criteria for design and construction controls. SRP Section 3.8.2 cites RG 1.57 for guidance regarding load combination equations, and ASME Code, Section III, Division 1, Subsection NE, provides acceptable design guidance and acceptance criteria. 3.8.2-21 Revision 2 - March 2007 Meeting these criteria provides assurance that engineering analysis and design of steel containments for nuclear power plants will comply with 10 CFR Part 50, and that steel containments