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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provides information, recommendations, and guidance and, in 29 30 general, defines a basis acceptable to the staff that may be used to implement the requirements 31 of 10 CFR Part 50, § 50.34, 10 CFR 50.55a, and GDCGeneral Design Criteria 1, 2, 4, 16, 32 33 and 50. Also, specific acceptance criteria necessary to meet the relevant requirements of these regulations for the areas of review described in subsection I of this SRP section are as follows: 1. Description of the Containment The descriptive information in the safety analysis report (SAR) is considered acceptable if it meets the minimum requirements set forth in Subsection 3.8.1.1 of theRegulatory Guide 1.70, "Standard Format and Content of Safety Analysis Reports for Nuclear Power Plants." If the concrete containment has new or unique features that are not specifically covered in the Standard FormatRegulatory Guide 1.70, the reviewer determines that the 34 information necessary to accomplish a meaningful review of the structural aspects of these new or unique features is presented, as appropriate. 2. Applicable Codes, Standards, and Specifications The design, materials, fabrication, erection, inspection, testing, and inservice surveillance of concrete containments are covered by codes, standards, specifications, and guides that are either applicable in their entirety or in part. The following codes and guides are acceptable. Code Title ASME, Section III, Division 2 "Code for Concrete Reactor Vessels and Containments" Regulatory Guides Title 1.10 Mechanical (Cadweld) Splices for Reinforcing Bars of Category I Concrete Structures 1.15 Testing of Reinforcing Bars for Category I Concrete Structures 1.18 Structural Acceptance Testing for Concrete Primary Reactor Containments 1.19 Nondestructive Examination of Primary Containment Liner Welds35 1.35 Inservice Surveillance of Ungrouted Tendons in Pre- stressed Concrete Containment Structures 3.8.1-9 DRAFT Rev. 2 - April 1996 1.35.1 Determining Prestressing Forces for