Document: NUREG-0800
Document ID: 683c2eb1-8dd8-484a-a45d-437c101b525f
Document Type: srp
Title: NEW AND SPENT FUEL STORAGE
Source: NUREG-0800
Source URL: https://www.nrc.gov/docs/ML0705/ML070550057.pdf
Revision Date: 2023-06
Chapter: 9
Section ID: 9.1.2
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at SSCs important to safety not be shared among nuclear power units unless such sharing can be shown not to significantly impair their ability to perform safety functions, including, in an accident in one unit, an orderly shutdown and cooldown of the remaining units. GDC 5 requires that the fuel storage facility at multiple-unit sites either not be shared among the units or that shared SSCs be designed so an accident at one facility will not significantly impair the ability of the remaining facility to protect new and spent fuel. GDC 5 requirements provide assurance that SSC sharing will not impair the safety functions of the new and spent fuel storage facilities. 4. GDC 61 requires that the fuel storage system be designed for adequate safety under anticipated operating and accident conditions. The system must be designed with (1) the capability for appropriate periodic inspection and testing of components important to safety, (2) suitable shielding for radiation protection, (3) appropriate containment, confinement, and filtering capability, (4) residual heat removal that reflects the safety importance of decay heat and other residual heat removal, and (5) the capability to prevent a significant reduction in fuel storage coolant inventory under accident conditions. GDC 61 requires that the new and spent fuel storage facilities provide for inspection of the facilities, protection of the new and spent fuel, cooling for the spent fuel, shielding for the workers, and containment of the radioactivity. Provisions for inspection and testing are necessary to verify that there is no corrosion of the spent fuel pool liner or new and spent fuel storage racks, no buildup of crud or debris that may obstruct coolant flow in wet storage facilities, and no degradation of any strong fixed neutron absorbers. 9.1.2-7 Revision 4 - March 2007 Containment is provided by the spent fuel pool liner, liner leakage collection, and appropriate floor sumps. Provisions for removing decay heat