Document: NUREG-0800
Document ID: 683c2eb1-8dd8-484a-a45d-437c101b525f
Document Type: srp
Title: NEW AND SPENT FUEL STORAGE
Source: NUREG-0800
Source URL: https://www.nrc.gov/docs/ML0705/ML070550057.pdf
Revision Date: 2023-06
Chapter: 9
Section ID: 9.1.2
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e new fuel storage facility is intended for dry storage or to be flooded if the new fuel storage facility is intended for wet storage. 5. The ability to detect and contain spent fuel pool liner leaks. 6. The configuration of the new fuel vault, the spent fuel storage pool, and their handling areas to preclude accidental falls of heavy objects on the new and spent fuel. 7. The ability to provide both radiological shielding for personnel by maintaining adequate water levels in the spent fuel pool and adequate shielding for the new fuel if recycled fuel is used. 8. The use of design features to maintain an adequate coolant inventory in the spent fuel pool and in the new fuel vault (if wet storage is used) under accident condition (e.g., weirs and gates, absence of unnecessary drains, proper piping penetration levels, etc.). 9. The use of appropriate monitoring systems to detect spent fuel pool water levels, pool temperature, and building radiation levels. Also, dry storage facilities for new fuel are reviewed for appropriate criticality monitors or means to ensure an adequate degree of subcriticality. 10. Safety implications related to sharing (for multi-unit) facilities. 11. A secondary review by the organization responsible for chemical engineering issues evaluates the materials of construction in the new and spent fuel storage facilities. This secondary review evaluates the compatibility and chemical stability of the materials wetted by the water in the spent fuel pool and, if applicable, in the new fuel vault and evaluates potential mechanisms that alter the dispersion of any strong fixed neutron absorbers. A. Compatibility and chemical stability of the materials in the components wetted by water in the spent fuel pool and in the new fuel vault. If the possibility for corrosion mechanisms is detected, the existing programs for preventing or minimizing corrosion are reviewed for their applicability to control corrosion. B. The reactivity of fuel in the spent fuel