Document: NUREG-0800
Document ID: b172ba61-9651-45f8-ac8e-6d6e00e27060
Document Type: srp
Title: STEEL CONTAINMENT
Source: NUREG-0800
Source URL: https://www.nrc.gov/docs/ML1006/ML100630179.pdf
Revision Date: 2023-06
Chapter: 3
Section ID: 3.8.2
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nt of compliance with Articles NE-2000, NE-4000, and NE-5000 of ASME Code, Section III, Division 1, Subsection NE, are reviewed including the following: i. Nondestructive examination of the materials, including tests to determine their physical properties ii. Welding procedures iii. Erection tolerances Any special construction techniques, if proposed, are reviewed on a case-by-case basis to determine their effects on the structural integrity of the completed containment. 7. Testing and Inservice Surveillance Program. The staff will review the preoperational structural test programs for the completed containment and for individual class MC components, including the objectives of the test and the acceptance criteria, with emphasis on the extent of compliance with Article NE-6000 of ASME Code, Section III, Division 1, Subsection NE. Structural tests for components such as personnel airlocks and equipment hatches locks are also reviewed. The inservice surveillance programs for components relied upon for containment structural integrity are reviewed with emphasis on the extent of compliance with ASME Code, Section XI, Subsection IWE, and additional requirements delineated in 10 CFR 50.55a. Any special testing and inservice surveillance requirements proposed for new or previously untried design approaches. For new reactors, it is important to accommodate inservice inspection of critical areas. The review will include any special design provisions (e.g., providing sufficient physical access, providing alternative means for identification of conditions in inaccessible areas that can lead to degradation, remote visual monitoring of high radiation areas) to accommodate inservice inspection of the steel containment. 3.8.2-7 Revision 3 - May 2010 8. Inspections, Tests, Analyses, and Acceptance Criteria (ITAAC). For design certification (DC) and combined license (COL) reviews, the staff reviews the applicant's proposed ITAAC associated with the structures, systems, and