Document: NUREG-0800
Document ID: 3e1b34e6-0e9d-4d8f-9338-98860adfc499
Document Type: srp
Title: CONCRETE CONTAINMENT
Source: NUREG-0800
Source URL: https://www.nrc.gov/docs/ML0705/ML070570009.pdf
Revision Date: 2023-06
Chapter: 3
Section ID: 3.8.1
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d equipment hatches and major pipe penetrations; major structural attachments to the wall that penetrate the liner plate such as beam seats, pipe restraints, and crane brackets; and external supports, if any, attached to the wall to support external structures such as enclosure buildings C. The dome and the ring girder, if any, including the main reinforcement and prestressing tendons; the liner plate and its anchorage and stiffening systems; and any major attachments to the liner plate made from the inside 3.8.1-3 Revision 2 - March 2007 D. Other special features such as the containment refueling seals and drain, seismic gaps between the containment and adjacent structural elements inside and outside containment, rock anchors, subfoundation drainage system, use of waterproofing membrane, and containment settlement monitoring systems. SRP Section 3.8.2 covers steel components of concrete containments that resist pressure and are not backed by structural concrete. 2. Applicable Codes, Standards, and Specifications. The review evaluates information pertaining to design codes, standards, specifications, regulations, and regulatory guides and other industry standards that are applied in the design fabrication, construction, testing, and inservice surveillance of the containment. The specific editions, dates, or addenda identified for each document are also reviewed. 3. Loads and Loading Combinations. The staff reviews information pertaining to the applicable design loads and various combinations thereof, with emphasis on the extent of compliance with Article CC-3000 of Section III, Division 2, of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) Boiler and Pressure Vessel Code (hereafter referred to as the ASME Code) and Regulatory Guide (RG) 1.136 (see Subsection II.3 of this SRP section). The loads normally applicable to concrete containments include the following: A. Those loads encountered during construction of the containment, including dead loads, live loads,