Document: NUREG-0800
Document ID: 5887ec11-6ad2-46aa-be7f-d596fb3777b6
Document Type: srp
Title: CONCRETE CONTAINMENT
Source: NUREG-0800
Source URL: https://www.nrc.gov/docs/ML0520/ML052070324.pdf
Revision Date: 2023-06
Chapter: 3
Section ID: 3.8.1
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ident criteria as part of its primary review responsibility for SRP Section 19.2 (proposed).24 For those areas of review identified above as being reviewed as part of the primary review responsibility of other branches, the acceptance criteria necessary for the review and their methods of application are contained in the referenced SRP section of the corresponding primary branch. II. ACCEPTANCE CRITERIA SEBECGB acceptance criteria for the design of the concrete containment isare based on 25 26 meeting the relevant requirements of the following regulations: A. 10 CFR Part 50.55a and General Design Criterion 1 as they relate to concrete containment being designed, fabricated, erected, and tested to quality standards commensurate with the importance of the safety function to be performed. B. General Design Criterion 2 as it relates to the design of the concrete containment being capable to withstand the most severe natural phenomena such as winds, tornadoes, floods, and earthquakes and the appropriate combination of all loads. C. General Design Criterion 4 as it relates to the concrete containment being capable of withstanding the dynamic effects of equipment failures including missiles and blowdown loads associated with the loss-of-coolant accident. D. General Design Criterion 16 as it relates to the capability of the concrete containment to act as a leaktight membrane to prevent the uncontrolled release of radioactive effluents to the environment. E. 10 CFR 50.34 and General Design Criterion 50 as itthey relate to containment internal 27 28 structures being designed with sufficient margin of safety to accommodate appropriate design loads. DRAFT Rev. 2 - April 1996 3.8.1-8 The regulatory guides and industry standards identified in item 2 of this subsectionsubsection II.2 provides information, recommendations, and guidance and, in 29 30 general, defines a basis acceptable to the staff that may be used to implement the requirements 31 of 10 CFR Part 50, § 50.34, 10 CFR