Document: NUREG-0800
Document ID: bef1ea40-9941-4e02-89c6-16eca69fabac
Document Type: srp
Title: FOUNDATIONS
Source: NUREG-0800
Source URL: https://www.nrc.gov/docs/ML0523/ML052340582.pdf
Revision Date: 2023-06
Chapter: 3
Section ID: 3.8.5
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. 3. Loads and Load Combinations The reviewer verifies that the loads and load combinations are as conservative as those referenced and specified in subsection 1I.3 of this SRP section. Any deviations from the acceptance criteria for loads and load combinations that have not been adequately justified are identified as,unacceptable and transmitted to the applicant. 4. Design and Analysis Procedures The reviewer assures himself that for the design and analysis procedures, the applicant has used the procedures in the applicable code as delineated in subsection II.4 of this SRP section. Any computer programs that are used in the design and analysis of the foundation are reviewed to verify their validity in accordance with the acceptance criteria delineated in subsection II.4.e of SRP Section 3.8.1. The reviewer assures himself that the provisions of subsection II.4 of this SRP section are met. 5. Structural Acceptance Criteria The limits on allowable stresses and strains in the concrete, reinforcement, and structural steel, and on factors of safety for overturning, sliding, and floatation are compared with the corresponding allowable values specified in subsection II.5 of this SRP section. If the applicant proposes to deviate from these limits, justification should be submitted and evaluated. If such justification is determined to be inadequate, a request for additional justification is made. 3.8.5-8 Rev. 1 - July 1981 6. Materials, Quality Control, and Special Construction Techniques The materials, quality control procedures, and any special construction techniques are compared with those referenced in subsection II.6 of this SRP section. If a new material not used in prior licensed cases is used, the applicant is requested to provide sufficient test and user data to establish the acceptability of such a material. Similarly, any new quality control procedures or construction techniques are evaluated in detail to assure that there will be no degradation of quality that