Document: NUREG-1555
Document ID: 5fe6c700-297c-4b17-8b67-7359ac45acde
Document Type: esrp
Title: COMPONENT DESCRIPTIONS
Source: NUREG-1555
Source URL: https://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/doc-collections/nuregs/staff/sr1555/initial/
Revision Date: 2007-10
Chapter: 3
Section ID: 3.4.2
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rise across the condenser. (2) For cooling towers, determine average discharge temperatures for each month of the year using cooling tower performance curves. The average discharge temperature will be calculated by using the average wet-bulb temperature for the month. October 1999 3.4.2-7 NUREG-1555 (3) For spray systems, analyze the applicant’s estimates of average monthly discharge temperatures. The depth and extent of this analysis should depend on the seriousness of the predicted impacts of the heated effluent on the receiving body of water and the level of confidence in the applicant’s model. (4) In the cases where auxiliary systems are employed to further cool the blowdown discharged from the main cooling system, determine the final discharge temperature. (5) Consult with the appropriate ESRP Chapters 4.0 and 5.0 reviewers to determine additional cooling system component design or performance characteristics to be analyzed and described. (6) Compare the cooling system descriptions with those of similar operating plants and identify design or operating features of the proposed cooling system that represent a major departure from previously reviewed systems. (7) Determine if the cooling system component descriptions are consistent, accurate, and given in sufficient detail to serve the needs of the reviews of intake, discharge, and heat dissipation system impacts. (8) Ensure that ` Descriptions of the intake, heat dissipation, and discharge systems are sufficiently complete to serve the purposes of the evaluations described by the appropriate ESRP Chapters 4.0 and 5.0, including any special descriptive information needed to evaluate compliance with applicable regulations (e.g., noise, Federal Water Pollution Control Act [FWPCA], commonly Clean Water Act). ` The predicted operational characteristics (e.g., flow rates and velocities) are consistent with system design. ` The proposed systems are consistent with good engineering practice. ` Unusual system designs