Document: NUREG-0800
Document ID: 332f67ca-c2d9-4259-bbfb-485a47724ddc
Document Type: srp
Title: REGIONAL CLIMATOLOGY
Source: NUREG-0800
Source URL: https://www.nrc.gov/docs/ML0636/ML063600393.pdf
Revision Date: 2023-06
Chapter: 2
Section ID: 2.3.1
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ction Agency (EPA) studies (e.g., References 24, 25). 9. All other meteorological and air quality conditions identified by the applicant as climate site characteristics for ESP applications or used as design and operating bases for CP, OL, or COL applications should be documented and substantiated. Technical Rationale The technical rationale for application of these acceptance criteria to the areas of review addressed by this SRP section is discussed in the following paragraph: GDC 4 requires that structures, systems, and components (SSCs) important to safety be appropriately protected against dynamic effects that may result from events and conditions outside the nuclear power unit. GDC 2 (or 10 CFR 52.17(a)(1)(vi) for ESP applications) requires consideration of the most severe of the natural phenomena. 10 CFR 100.10(c)(2) and 10 CFR 100.20(c)(2) require meteorological characteristics of the site that are necessary for safety analysis or that may have an impact upon plant design (such as maximum probable wind speed and precipitation) to be identified and characterized, so that they may be taken into consideration in determining the 2.3.1-6 Revision 3 - March 2007 acceptability of the site. 10 CFR 100.21(d) requires physical characteristics of the site, including meteorology, to be evaluated and site parameters established such that potential threats from such physical characteristics will pose no undue risk to the type of facility proposed to be located at the site. Application of GDC 2 (or 10 CFR 52.17(a)(1)(vi) for ESP applications), GDC 4, 10 CFR 100.10(c)(2), 10 CFR 100.20(c)(2), and 10 CFR 100.21(d) provides assurance that the most severe meteorological conditions at the chosen plant site have been identified. III. REVIEW PROCEDURES The reviewer will select material from the procedures described below, as may be appropriate for a particular case. The procedures outlined below are used to review CP applications, ESP applications, and COL applications that do not