Document: NUREG-0800
Document ID: aa991707-7fa7-4f81-b272-8b2d0af4f5e9
Document Type: srp
Title: COOLING WATER CANALS AND RESERVOIRS
Source: NUREG-0800
Source URL: https://www.nrc.gov/docs/ML0520/ML052070250.pdf
Revision Date: 2023-06
Chapter: 2
Section ID: 2.4.8
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REVIEW RESPONSIBILITY Primary - Hydrologic & Geotechnical Engineering Branch (HGEB)Civil Engineering and Geosciences Branch (ECGB)1 Secondary - None I. AREAS OF REVIEW This section of the applicants safety analysis report (SAR) presents the basis for the hydraulic design of canals and reservoirs used to transport and impound plant cooling water. The ECGB review of the cooling water and canals includes the following: 1. Review of the hydraulic design basis for protection of structures (e.g., riprap); 2. Review of canals for the design basis for capacity, protection against wind waves, erosion, sedimentation buildup, and freeboard, and (where applicable) the ability to withstand a probable maximum flood (PMF), surges, etc.; and 3. Review of reservoirs, for the design basis for capacity, PMF design basis, wind wave and runup protection, discharge facilities (low-level outlet, spillway, etc.), outlet protection, freeboard, and erosion and sedimentation processes. DRAFT Rev. 3 - April 1996 2.4.8-2 II. ACCEPTANCE CRITERIA Acceptance criteria for this Standard Review Plan (SRP) section relate to the following 2 regulations: 1. 10 CFR Part 50, 50.55a requires structures, systems, and components to be designed and constructed to quality standards commensurate with the importance of the safety function to be performed. 1. General Design Criterion 1 (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 the safety functions to be performed.3 2. General Design Criterion 2 (GDC 2) requires structures, systems, and components important to safety to be designed to withstand the effects of natural phenomena such as hurricanes, floods, tsunami, and seiches without loss of capability to perform their intended safety functions.4 3. General Design Criterion 44 (GDC 44) requires an ultimate heat sink capable of accepting the plant's heat load under normal and