Document: NUREG-0800
Document ID: 882f88fc-1752-4866-882f-5680abb93523
Document Type: srp
Title: INADVERTENT LOADING AND OPERATION OF A FUEL ASSEMBLY IN AN
Source: NUREG-0800
Source URL: https://www.nrc.gov/docs/ML0705/ML070550013.pdf
Revision Date: 2023-06
Chapter: 15
Section ID: 15.4.7
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ission process (power distribution), the integrity of the reactor core, and the reactor coolant pressure boundary. Each of these concerns is specifically addressed in GDC 13. In addition, ensuring the appropriate use of instrumentation (e.g., the incore instruments used to detect fuel-loading errors after fueling operations) is a principal objective of GDC 13. Meeting the requirements of GDC 13 provides assurance that fuel-loading errors will be detected before they can affect power distribution or core integrity or could produce unacceptable stress on the reactor coolant pressure boundary. 2. To establish the suitability of a nuclear power plant site, 10 CFR Part 100, specifies how the exclusion area, low population zone, and population center distance should be determined. Further, radiation exposure criteria stipulated in 10 CFR Part 100 provide reference values to be used in the site suitability determination based on postulated fission product releases associated with accidental events. 10 CFR Part 100 is applicable to SRP Section 15.4.7 because it specifies the methodology for calculating radiation exposures at the site boundary for postulated accidents or events that might be caused by a fuel-loading error. For events having a moderate-frequency of occurrence, any release of radioactive material must be such that the calculated doses at the site boundary are a small fraction of the 10 CFR Part 100 criteria. Meeting these criteria provides assurance that, in the event of an undetected fuel-loading error, radiation exposures at the site boundary will not exceed a small fraction of the reference values specified in 10 CFR Part 100. III. REVIEW PROCEDURES The reviewer will select material from the procedures described below, as may be appropriate for a particular case. These review procedures are based on the identified SRP acceptance criteria. For deviations from these acceptance criteria, the staff should review the applicant’s evaluation of how the proposed