Document: NUREG-0800
Document ID: 73747cf4-ff95-449b-b6b0-53dc0755b9e0
Document Type: srp
Title: OTHER SEISMIC CATEGORY I STRUCTURES
Source: NUREG-0800
Source URL: https://www.nrc.gov/docs/ML1235/ML12353A382.pdf
Revision Date: 2023-06
Chapter: 3
Section ID: 3.8.4
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ures which would meet the acceptance criteria specified in Subsection II of this SRP section. A secondary review responsibility would include the review of the material limits associated with the fuel assembly in the fuel storage racks and the effect of rack deformations on the coolability of the fuel assembly. 1. Description of the Spent Fuel Pool and Racks The applicant should provide descriptive information including plans and sections showing the spent fuel pool in relation to other plant structures in order to define the primary structural aspects and elements relied on to perform the safety-related functions of the spent fuel pool, pool liner, and racks. The main safety function of the spent fuel pool, including the liner, and the racks is to maintain the spent fuel assemblies in a safe configuration through all environmental and abnormal loadings (such as earthquakes) and impacts from drop of a spent fuel cask, drop of a spent fuel assembly, or drop of any other heavy object during routine spent fuel handling. The following indicates the major structural elements reviewed and the extent of the descriptive information required: A. Support of the Spent Fuel Racks - The applicant should describe the general arrangements and principal features of the horizontal and vertical supports to the spent fuel racks and indicate the methods of transferring the loads on the racks to the fuel pool wall and the foundation slab. All gaps (clearance or expansion allowance) and sliding contacts should be indicated. The discussion should cover the extent of interfacing between the rack system and the fuel pool walls and base slab (i.e., interface loads, response spectra, etc.). If connections of the racks are made to the base and to the side walls of the pool such that the pool liner may be perforated, the applicant should indicate the provisions for avoiding leakage of radioactive water from the pool. B. Fuel Handling - The organization responsible for postulation of a drop