Document: NUREG-0800
Document ID: 51f36446-2ac9-4fa5-a60e-0b36c7db3df2
Document Type: srp
Title: LIGHT LOAD HANDLING SYSTEM (RELATED TO REFUELING)
Source: NUREG-0800
Source URL: https://www.nrc.gov/docs/ML0703/ML070380200.pdf
Revision Date: 2023-06
Chapter: 9
Section ID: 9.1.4
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REVIEW RESPONSIBILITIES Primary - Organization responsible for the review of new and spent fuel storage and handling Secondary - None I. AREAS OF REVIEW The primary organization reviews the light load handling system (LLHS) consisting of all components and equipment for handling new fuel from the receiving station to loading spent fuel into the shipping cask for compliance with the requirements of General Design Criteria (GDCs) 2, 5, 61, and 62. The objective of the LLHS review is to avoid criticality accidents, radioactivity releases from damage to irradiated fuel, and unacceptable personnel radiation exposures. The specific areas of review are as follows: 1. The design layout, which shows the functional geometric layout of the fuel handling equipment and areas, is reviewed for whether the various handling operations can be performed safely. 2. The LLHS grappling, rigging, hoisting, and transporting operations are reviewed to evaluate handling methods, selection of handling equipment, and safety devices. 3. The LLHS design is reviewed for the following aspects of individual components and of the integrated system: 9.1.4-2 Revision 3 - March 2007 A. Performance and load handling requirements specified for equipment. B. Electrical or mechanical interlocks to prevent criticality accidents, damage to fuel, and excessive personnel exposure. C. Protections against inadvertent criticality, mechanical damage, and overheating as to the methods and equipment for transferring fuel assemblies from the reactor core to the storage location and the methods and equipment for fuel processing, inspection, or cleaning. 4. The design of equipment whose failure could damage stored fuel or essential equipment is reviewed for seismic qualification. 5. 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 components