Document: NRC Regulatory Guide
Document ID: c8bca664-b179-482a-a948-1ff683ef6b67
Document Type: regulatory_guide
Title: Structural Acceptance Test for Concrete Primary Reactor
Source: NRC Regulatory Guide Division 1
Source URL: https://www.nrc.gov/docs/ML1303/ML13038A421.pdf
Revision Date: 2023-06
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Section ID: RG-1.18
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- Revision~ I 4v. U.S. TO I ENERGY COMMISSION * REULATORY, GIDE, .0s DIRECTORATE OF! REGULATORY STANDARDS R.EGULATORY GUI1DE 1.18. .STRUCTURAL. ACCEPTANCE TES FOR CONCRETE.............:.... PRIMARkY ýREACTOR CONTAINMENTS' A.INTRODUTO containiment's structuLralu~O elerrents: andý thle ci icks of its> Aurlace ,concrete a re wit hi~n acce~pt able limits. Generat :esiaI Criterion]:. -Quality Standards and, : . .o0,.a0Geairi ng thle test. the con tait menI is prssu iz•z.:•.t : Desigil Curteria tor Nuclear: Pbwer Plants.".: r~equirest that- ncremi~ensutoheauLu ltpesicTiAll\. structure,, svistLens, and componen .ts; of uclea~r :power an. evaluation of its deflections. as. a ftinctoion oflleterna pl ildns imporillt to safe.i b es qulit snr pressure as the test proceeds and provlde a melnslol conm.esrate with the importance .. of othe safety depressurizing the contai.n'en.t it :its."i.'.spons dev.ia functio oh etre.Thsgiedsrbsa significantly from the expected rcsponse..The n umbci t) aciep le h mehd ot implementing thi s r .equirement :Pressure increments is chos•een t•o % providc!h•rSuflicienJC idta) . ýwih regafd tjo. the. initial structural..i. acceptance test, point foi the aluation.. o the acontainmýintis:i.esp•n •., Wflci% demonstraics: the capability of a concrete piimary The maximumif test piess~ure adopted follows thie piactice rfeactor, containim'en to withstandl postulated. pressure: employe.d. tor steel pressure vesscls. lodsfhe testsL-demonst rating that the6 le akage through. the conta.niie•nic•• iii. within acceptable limits are not The .. ial and .d.vrtical .de.flections o:.ihc p.i s:,,ciii.ed coveted by this. guide. The Advisory Committee on~ contain~ment -aie measuired at several locations aiocind-its. •::",. .. . : ' : ... ", ', .;i• ' c-:. . . .: :• . .. ". . , . ircumference to est, r th e !,o• tai e nli S,cr )less u ae in t m il...o . Reactor.Sate.uards has been consulted concerning this circum..Pence to.determine the c