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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ant requirements of the following Commission regulations: 1. 10 CFR Part 50, Appendix A, General Design Criterion (GDC) 2, “Design Bases for Protection Against Natural Phenomena,” as it relates to consideration of the most severe of the natural phenomena that have been historically reported for the site and surrounding area, with sufficient margin for the limited accuracy, quantity, and period of time in which the historical data have been accumulated. 2. 10 CFR Part 50, Appendix A, GDC 4, “Environmental and Dynamic Effects Design Bases,” as it relates to information on tornadoes that could generate missiles. 3. 10 CFR 52.47(a)(1) requires a DC applicant to provide site parameters postulated for the design. 4. 10 CFR 52.79(a)(iii) requires a COL applicant to identify the most severe of the natural phenomena that have been historically reported for the site and surrounding area and with sufficient margin for the limited accuracy, quantity, and time in which the historical data have been accumulated. 5. 10 CFR Part 100, §100.10(c)(2), §100.20(c)(2), and §100.21(d) with respect to the consideration given to the regional meteorological characteristics of the site. 4. For ESP applications, GDC are not applicable. The GDC 2 requirement to identify climatic site characteristics that consider the most severe of the natural phenomena that 2.3.1-4 Revision 3 - March 2007 have been historically reported for the site and surrounding area with sufficient margin for the limited accuracy, quantity, and period of time in which the historical data have been accumulated is specifically identified in 10 CFR 52.17(a)(1)(vi). SRP Acceptance Criteria Specific SRP acceptance criteria acceptable to meet the relevant requirements of the NRC's regulations identified above are as follows for the review described in this SRP section. The SRP is not a substitute for the NRC's regulations, and compliance with it is not required. However, an applicant is required to identify