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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states that the weight of all loads being handled above stored spent fuel shall not exceed that of one fuel assembly and its associated handling tool. This weight and its normal carrying height above the storage racks establishes what was considered the upper bound on the potential energy available to damage the stored spent fuel if a load drop occurs. It has been subsequently noted that lighter loads handled at greater drop heights may have greater amounts of potential energy. Therefore, the following additional requirement is being made. The licensee is required to demonstrate and the reviewer to verify that the available potential energy of all lighter loads, being handled above stored spent fuel, shall not exceed that of one fuel assembly and its associated handling tool when dropped from its normal operating height above stored spent fuel. f. Sharing of storage facilities in multi-unit plants will not increase the potential for the loss of pool water or decrease the degree of subcriticality provided. 3. The reviewer verifies that the safety function of the facility will be maintained, as required, if the facility is subjected to adverse natural phenomena such as earthquakes, tornadoes, hurricanes, and floods. In making this determination, the reviewer considers the following points: a. The facility design basis and criteria and the component classification tables are reviewed to verify that the spent fuel storage facility including the storage pool, pool liner, and racks have been classified and designed to seismic Category I requirements. The ASB SPLB will accept a statement that the facility will be 63 designed and constructed as a seismic Category I system (CP). b. If the spent fuel pool liner plate will not be designed and constructed to seismic Category I requirements, the spent fuel pool liner plate is reviewed to verify that a failure of the liner plate as a result of an SSE will not cause any of the following:1 1. Significant releases of radioactivity