Spent nuclear fuel project multi-canister overpack, additional NRC requirements

Technical Report · Tue Aug 04 04:00:00 EDT 1998

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/10148555· OSTI ID:10148555

Garvin, L J

The US Department of Energy (DOE), established in the K Basin Spent Nuclear Fuel Project Regulatory Policy, dated August 4, 1995 (hereafter referred to as the Policy), the requirement for new Spent Nuclear Fuel (SNF) Project facilities to achieve nuclear safety equivalency to comparable US Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC)-licensed facilities. For activities other than during transport, when the Multi-Canister Overpack (MCO) is used and resides in the Canister Storage Building (CSB), Cold Vacuum Drying (CVD) facility or Hot Conditioning System, additional NRC requirements will also apply to the MCO based on the safety functions it performs and its interfaces with the SNF Project facilities. An evaluation was performed in consideration of the MCO safety functions to identify any additional NRC requirements needed, in combination with the existing and applicable DOE requirements, to establish nuclear safety equivalency for the MCO. The background, basic safety issues and general comparison of NRC and DOE requirements for the SNF Project are presented in WHC-SD-SNF-DB-002.

• Research Organization: Fluor Daniel Hanford Inc., Richland, WA (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE Office of Environmental Restoration and Waste Management, Washington, DC (United States); USDOE Assistant Secretary for Environment, Safety, and Health, Washington, DC (United States)
• DOE Contract Number: AC06-96RL13200
• OSTI ID: 10148555
• Report Number(s): HNF-SD-SNF-DB--005-Rev.3; ON: DE99050988; BR: 39EW70400
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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