Document: NUREG-0800
Document ID: 54438746-c093-49ca-b943-72df99938b58
Document Type: srp
Title: INADVERTENT LOADING AND OPERATION OF A FUEL ASSEMBLY IN AN IMPROPER POSITION
Source: NUREG-0800
Source URL: https://www.nrc.gov/docs/ML0523/ML052350404.pdf
Revision Date: 2023-06
Chapter: 15
Section ID: 15.4.7
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REVIEW RESPONSIBILITIES. Primary - Core Performance Branch (CPB) Secondary - None I. AREAS OF REVIEW The review of fuel loading errors considers: 1. The spectrum of misleading events analyzed. A sufficient number of fuel load- ing errors must be studied by the applicant and presented to show that the worst situation undetectable by incore instrumentation has been identified. The kinds of errors considered should include loading of one or more fuel assemblies into improper locations and, where physically possible, with incorrect orientation. For those reactors in which burnable poison or fuel rods are added to or removed from fuel assemblies at the plant, errors in these processes must be considered. 2.. Changes in the power distribution and increased local power density. 3. The provisions made to search for loading errors at the beginning of each fuel cycle. CPB also reviews the effect of misloaded fuel on nuclear design parameters, the detection of fuel loading errors, and any operational restrictions that would assist in staying within fuel rod failure limits. On request, the appropriate technical review branch reviews-the radiological implications of misloaded fuel or the measures provided to minimize the probability of a fuel misloading. Rev. 1 - July 1981 USNRC STANDARD REVIEW PLAN Standard review plans are prepared for the guidance of the Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation staff responsible for the review of applications to construct and operate nuclear power plants. Thes" documents are made available to the pubIlc as part of the Commission's policy to inform the nuclear industry and the general public of regulatory procedures and policies. Standard review plans are not substitutes for regulatory guides or the Commission's regulations and compliance with them Is not required. The standard review plan sections are keyed to the Standard Format and Content of Safety Analysis Reports for Nuclear Power Plants. Not all sections of the Standard Format have a