Document: NUREG-0800
Document ID: 025e5140-015c-4e77-ad4f-ff52a81956fe
Document Type: srp
Title: WIND LOADING
Source: NUREG-0800
Source URL: https://www.nrc.gov/docs/ML0705/ML070570001.pdf
Revision Date: 2023-06
Chapter: 3
Section ID: 3.3.1
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hould be determined in accordance with the following sections in ASCE/SEI 7-05, as applicable. i. Section 6.5.12 – Design Wind Loads on Enclosed and Partially Enclosed Buildings ii. Section 6.5.13 - Design Wind Loads on Open Buildings with Monoslope, Pitched, or Troughed Roofs iii. Section 6.5.14 - Design Wind Loads on Solid Freestanding Walls and Signs iv. Section 6.5.15 - Design Wind Loads on Other Structures 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 paragraphs: 1. Compliance with GDC 2 requires that nuclear power plant SSCs important to safety shall be designed to withstand the effects of natural phenomena such as earthquakes, tornadoes, hurricanes, floods, tsunami, and seiches without loss of capability to perform their intended safety functions. 2. The acceptance criteria outlined above include reference to proven industry standards and data for evaluating wind loading on structures. These standards and data have been reviewed by and are acceptable to the staff. 3. Meeting the requirements of GDC 2 provides assurance that SSCs important to safety will withstand the most severe wind loads without loss of capability to perform their intended safety functions. III. REVIEW PROCEDURES The reviewer will select and emphasize material from the procedures described below, as may be appropriate for a particular case. 3.3.1-5 Revision 3 - March 2007 These review procedures are based on the identified SRP acceptance criteria. For deviations from these acceptance criteria, the staff should review the applicant’s evaluation of how the proposed alternatives provide an acceptable method of complying with the relevant NRC requirements identified in Subsection II. 1. The site-related parameters described in subsection I.1 are reviewed in accordance with SRP Sections 2.3.1 and 2.3.2. The staff reviewing structures examines these parameters to