Document: NUREG-0800
Document ID: 5887ec11-6ad2-46aa-be7f-d596fb3777b6
Document Type: srp
Title: CONCRETE CONTAINMENT
Source: NUREG-0800
Source URL: https://www.nrc.gov/docs/ML0520/ML052070324.pdf
Revision Date: 2023-06
Chapter: 3
Section ID: 3.8.1
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n accordance with Tables CC-3720-1 and CC-3730-1 of the Code, respectively. 6. Materials, Quality Control, and Special Construction Techniques a. The specified materials of construction are acceptable if found to be in accordance with Article CC-2000 of the Code and augmented by Regulatory 53 Guides 1.103, 1.107 and 1.136. 54 b. Quality control programs are acceptable if found to be in accordance with 55 applicable portions of Articles CC-4000 and CC-5000 of the Code as augmented by Regulatory Guides 1.10 for Cadweld reinforcement splicing (Ref. 3), 1.15 for testing of reinforcing bars (Ref. 4), 1.19 for the nondestructive examination of the liner plate welds (Ref. 5), 1.55 for concrete placement (Ref. 6), and 1.94 and 56 1.136 for quality assurance requirements. 57 c. Special construction techniques, if any, are reviewed on a case-by-case basis. DRAFT Rev. 2 - April 1996 3.8.1-16 7. Testing and Inservice Surveillance Requirements a. Procedures for the postconstruction, preoperational structural proof test proposed for the containment are acceptable if found in accordance with those delineated in Article CC-6000 of the Code as augmented by the provisions delineated in Regulatory Guide 1.18 (Ref.7).58 b. For prestressed concrete containments, inservice surveillance requirements for the tendons, as presented in the technical specifications of the operating license, are acceptable if in accordance with Regulatory Guides 1.35 (Ref. 8) and 1.35.1 59 60 for ungrouted tendons and 1.90 for grouted tendons (Ref. 9), respectively. 61 Technical Rationale62 The technical rationale for application of these acceptance criteria to reviewing concrete containments is discussed in the following paragraphs:63 1. Compliance with GDC 1 requires that structures, systems, and components 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