Document: NUREG-0800
Document ID: 97042a9a-9f44-4236-9cce-9d73fdf3fef0
Document Type: srp
Title: STEEL CONTAINMENT
Source: NUREG-0800
Source URL: https://www.nrc.gov/docs/ML0523/ML052340577.pdf
Revision Date: 2023-06
Chapter: 3
Section ID: 3.8.2
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design conditions are not exceeded during the full course of the accident condition. In meeting these design requirements, the applicant has used the recommendations of regulatory guides and industry standards Indicated below. The applicant has also performed appropriate analysis which demon- strates that the ultimate capacity of the containment will not be exceeded and establishes the minimum margin of safety for the design. The criteria used in the analysis, design, and construction of the steel containment structure to account for anticipated loadings and postulated conditions that may be imposed upon the structure during its service lifetime are in conformance with established criteria, codes, standards, and guides acceptable 3.8.2-15 Rev. 1 - July 1981 to the Regulatory staff. These include meeting the position of Regulatory Guide 1.57 and industry standard ASME Boiler and Pressure Vessel Code, Section III, Division 1, Subsection NE. The use of these criteria as defined by applicable codes, standards, and guides; the loads and loading combinations; the design and analysis procedures; the structural acceptance criteria; the materials, quality control programs, and special construction techniques; and the testing and inservice surveil- lance requirements, provide reasonable assurance that, in the event of earthquakes and various postulated accidents occurring within and outside the containment, the structure will with- stand the specified conditions without impairment of structural integrity or safety function. A Category I concrete shield building protects the steel containment from the effects of wind and tornadoes and various postulated accidents occurring outside the shield building. V. IMPLEMENTATION The following is intended to provide guidance to applicants and licensees regarding the NRC staff's plans for using this SRP section. Except in those cases in which the applicant proposes an acceptable alternative method for complying with specified portions of