Document: NUREG-0800
Document ID: e708512f-f35c-453e-9fc1-354ab0bf12ad
Document Type: srp
Title: STEEL CONTAINMENT
Source: NUREG-0800
Source URL: https://www.nrc.gov/docs/ML0705/ML070550050.pdf
Revision Date: 2023-06
Chapter: 3
Section ID: 3.8.2
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th missiles, pipe whipping, and discharging fluids. 5. The applicant has met the requirements of GDC 16 by designing the steel containment so that it is an essentially leaktight barrier to prevent the uncontrolled release of radioactive effluents to the environment. 6. The applicant has met the requirements of GDC 50 by designing the steel containment to accommodate, with sufficient margin, the design leakage rate, calculated pressure, and temperature conditions resulting from accident conditions and by ensuring that the design conditions are not exceeded during the full course of the accident condition. In meeting these design requirements, the applicant has used the recommendations of regulatory guides and industry standards indicated below. The applicant has also performed appropriate analysis, which demonstrates that the ultimate capacity of the containment will not be exceeded and establishes the minimum margin of safety for the design. The criteria used in the analysis, design, and construction of the steel containment structure to account for anticipated loadings and postulated conditions that may be imposed upon the structure during its service lifetime are in conformance with established criteria, codes, standards, and guides acceptable to the staff. These include compliance with the criteria of ASME Code, Section III, Division 1, Subsection NE and guidance provided in RG 1.57. The use of these criteria, as defined by applicable codes, standards, and guides; the loads and loading combinations; the design and analysis procedures; the structural acceptance criteria; the materials, quality control programs, and special construction techniques; and the testing and inservice surveillance requirements, provide reasonable assurance that, in the event of earthquakes and various postulated accidents occurring within and outside the containment, the structure will withstand the specified conditions without impairment of its structural integrity or safety function.