Chemical Process Safety at Fuel Cycle Facilities (NUREG-1601)

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Manuscript Completed: July 1997
Date Published: August 1997

D. A. Ayres

Division of Fuel Cycle Safety and Safeguards
Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards
U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission
Wcshington, DC 20555-0001

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Abstract

This NUREG provides broad guidance on chemical safety issues relevant to fuel cycle facilities, it describes an approach acceptable to the NRC staff, with examples that are not exhaustive, for addressing chemical process safety in the safe storage, handling, and processing of licensed nuclear material, it expounds to license holders and applicants a general philosophy of the role of chemical process safety with respect to NRC-licensed materials; sets forth the basic information needed to properly evaluate chemical process safety; and describes plausible methods of identifying and evaluating chemical hazards and assessing the adequacy of the chemical safety of the proposed equipment and facilities. Examples of equipment and methods commonly used to prevent and/or mitigate the consequences of chemical incidents are discussed in this document.