Document: NUREG-0800
Document ID: d0743544-9964-4f40-acba-386523f70c7f
Document Type: srp
Title: SPENT FUEL POOL AREA VENTILATION SYSTEM
Source: NUREG-0800
Source URL: https://www.nrc.gov/docs/ML0705/ML070550038.pdf
Revision Date: 2023-06
Chapter: 9
Section ID: 9.4.2
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mal operation and anticipated operational occurrences. 4. GDC 61 requires that the fuel storage and handling, radioactive waste, and other systems that may contain radioactive materials be designed to ensure adequate safety under normal and postulated accident conditions. This criterion specifies that such facilities be designed to include appropriate containment, confinement, and filtering systems. Because it is necessary to move spent fuel within the spent fuel pool and because damage to the fuel cladding could result in potential releases of radioactive gases and aerosols to the atmosphere, the SFPAVS design must include provisions for isolating the normal ventilation system and actuating the emergency filtration and adsorption system before radioactive airborne particles and gases reach the ventilation exhaust ducts. Guidance on the acceptable design of such systems is provided by RG 1.13, Position C.4, and RG 1.25 (referenced in Position C.4). Meeting the GDC 61 requirements provides assurance that releases of radioactive materials during normal operation, anticipated operational occurrences, and postulated accidents will not result in radiation doses in excess of the limits specified in 10 CFR Part 20. 9.4.2-6 Revision 3 - March 2007 III. REVIEW PROCEDURES The reviewer will select material from the procedures described below, as may be appropriate for a particular case. These review procedures are based on the identified SRP acceptance criteria. For deviations from these acceptance criteria, the staff should review the applicant’s evaluation of how the proposed alternatives provide an acceptable method of complying with the relevant NRC requirements identified in Subsection II. The procedures are used during the construction permit or standard DC review to determine that the design criteria and bases and the preliminary design, as set forth in the preliminary SAR, meet the acceptance criteria of subsection II of this SRP section. For the review of an