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American National Standard: design requirements for light water reactor spent fuel storage facilities at nuclear power plants

Technical Report ·
OSTI ID:5570241

This standard presents necessary design requirements for facilities at nuclear power plants for the storage and preparation for shipment of spent fuel from light-water moderated and cooled nuclear power stations. It contains requirements for the design of fuel storage pool; fuel storage racks; pool makeup, instrumentation and cleanup systems; pool structure and integrity; radiation shielding; residual heat removal; ventilation, filtration and radiation monitoring systems; shipping cask handling and decontamination; building structure and integrity; and fire protection and communication.

Research Organization:
American Nuclear Society, La Grange Park, IL
OSTI ID:
5570241
Report Number(s):
ANSI/ANS-57.2-1983; ON: DE84900447
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English