Document: NUREG-0800
Document ID: 54e3d49d-900d-4fe8-9297-2fc04501e4e0
Document Type: srp
Title: THERMAL AND HYDRAULIC DESIGN
Source: NUREG-0800
Source URL: https://www.nrc.gov/docs/ML0523/ML052340664.pdf
Revision Date: 2023-06
Chapter: 4
Section ID: 4.4
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istent with technical guidelines that incorporate response predictions based on appropriate analyses. III. REVIEW PROCEDURES The procedures below are used during the construction permit (CP) review to assure that the design criteria and bases and the preliminary design as set forth in the preliminary safety analysis report meet the acceptance criteria given in section II of this SRP section. For operating license (OL) appli- cations, the procedures are utilized to verify that the initial design criteria and bases have been appropriately implemented in the final design as set forth in the final safety analysis report. The OL review also includes the proposed technical specifications, to assure that they are adequate in regard to safety limits, limiting safety system settings, and conditions of operation. The reviewer must begin with an understanding of currently acceptable thermal and hydraulic design practice for the reactor type under review. This under- standing can be most readily gained from topical reports describing CHF correlations, system hydraulic models and tests, and core subchannel analysis methods; from standard texts and other technical literature which establish the methodology and the nomenclature of this technology; and from documents which summarize current staff positions concerning acceptable design methods. Much of the review described below is generic in nature and is not performed for each plant. That is, the CPB reviewer is to compare the core design and 4.4-4 Rev. 1 - July 1981 operating parameters to those of previously reviewed plants. He then devotes the major portion of his review effort to those areas where the application is not identical to previously reviewed plants. The reviewer is to compare the information in the applicant's safety analysis report (SAR) to the documents referenced by the applicant or in this SRP section to determine conformance to the bounds established by such documents. The reviewer must confirm that void,