Part I: Design Consideration

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PART I: DESIGN CONSIDERATIONS

INTRODUCTION

Scope. The Design Considerations Handbook includes information and suggestions for the

design of systems typical to nuclear facilities, information specific to various types of special

facilities, and information useful to various design disciplines.

The handbook is presented in two parts.

Part I, which addresses design considerations, includes two sections. The first addresses the

design of systems typically used in nuclear facilities to control radiation or radioactive

materials. Specifically, this part addresses the design of confinement systems and radiation

protection and effluent monitoring systems.

The second section of Part I addresses the design of special facilities (i.e., specific types of

nonreactor nuclear facilities). The specific design considerations provided in this section were

developed from review of DOE 6430.1A and are supplemented with specific suggestions and

considerations from designers with experience designing and operating such facilities.

Part II of the Design Considerations Handbook describes good practices and design principles

that should be considered in specific design disciplines, such as mechanical systems and

electrical systems. These good practices are based on specific experiences in the design of

nuclear facilities by design engineers with related experience. This part of the Design

Considerations Handbook contains five sections, each of which applies to a particular

engineering discipline.

Purpose. The purpose of this handbook is to collect and retain the nonmandatory Department

of Energy (DOE) good practices from DOE 6430.1A, GENERAL DESIGN CRITERIA, and to

supplement those practices with additional lessons learned.

Applicability. This handbook is a reference document that may be consulted during design of

nonreactor nuclear facilities. Its provisions are not to be invoked as requirements. Because

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