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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tornadoes), and pipe breaks. Position C.2 of Regulatory Guide 1.13, Regulatory Guides 1.115 and 1.117, and appropriate paragraphs of ANS 57.2 provide guidance acceptable to the staff for meeting this requirement. Meeting the requirements of GDC 4 provides assurance that the spent fuel storage facility will contain radioactive materials and maintain a subcritical configuration that can be adequately cooled after being exposed to the effects of missiles and natural phenomena.50 3. Compliance with GDC 5 requires that structures, systems, and components important to safety shall not be shared among nuclear power units unless it can be shown that such sharing will not significantly impair their ability to perform their safety functions, including, in the event of an accident in one unit, an orderly shutdown and cooldown of the remaining units. GDC 5 requires that the fuel storage facility at multiple-unit sites either not be shared among the units or that those systems, structures, or components that are shared will be designed in such a manner that an accident at one facility will not significantly impair the ability of the remaining facility to protect spent fuel. Should an accident that causes damage to the fuel storage facility occur, spent fuel will be a potential source of radioactive effluents. Therefore, spent fuel storage must be designed to minimize the likelihood of such an event. Meeting the requirements of GDC 5 provides assurance that spent fuel will not become a source of radioactive effluents.51 4. Compliance with GDC 61 requires that fuel storage and handling, radioactive waste, and other systems that may contain radioactive materials be designed to ensure adequate safety under normal and postulated accident conditions. GDC 61 applies to this SRP section because the reviewer evaluates inspection and testing of components, shielding for radiation protection, containment and filtering, testability of residual heat removal, and preventing the loss of fuel