Document: NRC Regulatory Guide
Document ID: ae72d1f2-aba4-4afd-bf00-6a4263c3f3e9
Document Type: regulatory_guide
Title: Control of Heavy Loads at Nuclear Facilities
Source: NRC Regulatory Guide Division 1
Source URL: https://www.nrc.gov/docs/ML2100/ML21006A335.pdf
Revision Date: 2023-05
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Section ID: RG-1.244
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portant to safety. • 10 CFR 72.122, “Overall requirements,” requires, in part, that SSCs important to safety must be designed to withstand postulated accidents, such as handling system component failures, and appropriate consideration of the effects of natural phenomena. Related Guidance • RG 1.13, “Spent Fuel Storage Facility Design Basis” (Ref. 7), provides guidance specifying that cranes capable of carrying heavy loads should be prevented, preferably by design rather than by interlocks, from moving over the spent fuel storage pool. • NUREG-0612, “Control of Heavy Loads at Nuclear Power Plants” (Ref. 8), provides criteria for protection of critical SSCs from the effects of heavy load handling system failures and specifies good standard industrial practices for the handling of heavy loads. • NUREG-0554, “Single Failure-Proof Cranes for Nuclear Power Plants” (Ref. 9), provides technical guidance for the design, fabrication, installation, and testing of overhead cranes with the ability to withstand credible component failures, natural phenomena, and operator errors while maintaining control of the suspended load. Purpose of Regulatory Guides The NRC issues RGs to describe methods that are acceptable to the staff for implementing specific parts of the agency’s regulations, to explain techniques that the staff uses in evaluating specific issues or postulated events, and to describe information that the staff needs in its review of applications for permits and licenses. Regulatory guides are not NRC regulations and compliance with them is not required. Methods and solutions that differ from those set forth in RGs are acceptable if supported by a basis for the issuance or continuance of a permit or license by the Commission. Paperwork Reduction Act DG - 1381, Page 4 of 16 This RG provides voluntary guidance for implementing the mandatory information collections in 10 CFR Parts 50, 52, and 70 that are subject to the Paperwork Reduction Act of