Document: NUREG-0800
Document ID: f885abea-c146-404b-b0f6-c4ded333294f
Document Type: srp
Title: SPENT FUEL STORAGE
Source: NUREG-0800
Source URL: https://www.nrc.gov/docs/ML0520/ML052070503.pdf
Revision Date: 2023-06
Chapter: 9
Section ID: 9.1.2
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ecause the reviewer evaluates inspection and testing of components, shielding for radiation protection, containment and filtering, testability of residual heat removal, and preventing the loss of fuel storage coolant inventory. Positions C.1 and C.4 of Regulatory Guide 1.13 and appropriate paragraphs of ANS 57.2 provide guidance acceptable to the staff for meeting the requirements of this criterion. Meeting the requirements of GDC 61 provides assurance that criticality and releases of radioactive materials related to the storage and handling of spent fuel will be prevented.52 9.1.2-7 DRAFT Rev. 4 - April 1996 5. Compliance with GDC 62 requires that criticality in the fuel storage and handling system be prevented through the use of physical systems or processes, with preference given to the application of geometrically safe configurations. The function of the spent fuel storage facility is to maintain spent fuel in a subcritical array that can be adequately cooled during all credible storage conditions and to limit offsite exposures in the event of significant release of radioactivity from the fuel. This role requires that the design of spent fuel storage use potential moderators to provide assurance that spacing be adequate to prevent criticality during earthquakes and flooding. The configuration of spent fuel storage must also prevent the insertion of a fuel assembly anywhere other than in a design location. Positions C.1 and C.4 of Regulatory Guide 1.13 and appropriate paragraphs of ANS 57.2 provide guidance acceptable to the staff for meeting the requirements of this criterion. Meeting the requirements of GDC 62 provides assurance that criticality will be prevented in the spent fuel storage facility.53 6. Compliance with GDC 63 requires that appropriate systems be provided in fuel storage and radioactive waste systems, and associated handling areas, to detect conditions that may result in loss of residual heat removal capability and excessive radiation levels and