ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

This report was prepared to document work performed by the Center for Nuclear Waste
Regulatory Analyses (CNWRA) for the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) under
Contract NRC–02–06–021. The activities reported here were performed on behalf of the
NRC Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards, Division of Fuel Cycle Safety and
Safeguards. The report is an independent product of CNWRA and does not necessarily reflect
the views or regulatory position of NRC.

The authors thank D. Pomerening for technical review, D. Turner for programmatic review, and
L. Mulverhill for skillful editorial review. The authors also appreciate R. Mantooth for providing
word processing support in the preparation of this document.

QUALITY OF DATA, ANALYSES, AND CODE DEVELOPMENT

DATA: No CNWRA-generated original data are contained in this report. Sources for other data
should be consulted for determining the level of quality for those data.

ANALYSES AND CODES: No CNWRA computer analysis results are used in this report.

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 1 INTRODUCTION
On December 12, 2003, Louisiana Energy Services submitted a license application for the
proposed National Enrichment Facility in Lea County, New Mexico. The U.S. Nuclear
Regulatory Commission (NRC) completed the safety review in June 2005, and the results of the
review are documented in the Safety Evaluation Report for the National Enrichment Facility in
Lea County, New Mexico (U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, 2005). Center for Nuclear
Waste Regulatory Analyses (CNWRA) staff provided technical assistance to NRC to prepare
this safety evaluation report.

On December 8, 2006, NRC tasked CNWRA to provide technical assistance to support the
NRC design review of the National Enrichment Facility. The regulatory requirements in
10 CFR Parts 40 and 70 (U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, 2006a,b) will be used to guide
the design review. Compliance with the performance requirements in 10 CFR 70.61 and the
baseline design criteria in 10 CFR 70.64 will be determined at the conclusion of the
design review. The results of this review will form part of the basis for a compliance
determination with regard to the regulatory requirements in 10 CFR 40.41(g) and
10 CFR 70.32(k).

This review plan provides the NRC and CNWRA staffs with the necessary guidance for a
technical review of the structural design of the National Enrichment Facility. Wherever possible,
this review plan relies on the use of existing, more detailed review guidance.

The NRC guidance documents referenced in this review plan for the structural design review
include the following:

• Standard Review Plan for the Review of a License Application for a Fuel Cycle Facility,
NUREG–1520 (U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, 2002)

• Regulatory Guide 1.60—Design Response Spectra for Seismic Design of Nuclear Power
Plants (U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, 1973)

• NRC Standard Review Plan for the Review of Safety Analysis Reports for Nuclear
Power Plants, NUREG–0800 (U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, 1996)

— Section 3.7.1 Seismic Design Parameters

— Section 3.7.2 Seismic System Analysis
— Section 3.8.4 Other Seismic Category I Structures
— Section 3.8.5 Foundations

2 ACCEPTANCE CRITERIA
This chapter presents the acceptance criteria for different design considerations to help
reviewers determine whether structural designs for the Louisiana Energy Services National
Enrichment Facility are in compliance with the regulatory requirements in 10 CFR Parts 40 and
70. The criteria are also to be used to assess whether the structural designs are consistent with
the codes and standards committed to by Louisiana Energy Services in its Safety Analysis
Report (Louisiana Energy Services, 2005; U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, 2005).