Document: NUREG-0800
Document ID: f5ba9b07-c36e-4c99-a4af-50271ed55f35
Document Type: srp
Title: SURFACE FAULTING
Source: NUREG-0800
Source URL: https://www.nrc.gov/docs/ML0523/ML052340599.pdf
Revision Date: 2023-06
Chapter: 2
Section ID: 2.5.3
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Content:
Site Investigations for Foundations of Nuclear Power Plants." This guide describes programs of site investigations related to geotechnical aspects that would normally meet the needs for evaluating the safety of the site from the standpoint of the per- formance of foundations and earthworks under anticipated loading condi- tions including earthquake. It provides general guidance and recom- mendations for developing site-specific investigation programs as well as specific guidance for conducting subsurface investigations, including the spacing and depth of borings and sampling (Ref. 4). b. Regulatory Guide 4.7, "General Site Suitability Criteria for Nuclear Power Stations." This guide discusses the major site characteristics related to public health and safety which the NRC staff considers in determining the suitability of sites for nuclear power stations (Ref. 5). The data and analyses presented in the SAR are acceptable if, as a minimum, they describe and document the information required by Reference 3 and should conform to the format suggested in Reference 15. References 8, 9, and 10 are used by the staff as the principal relevant guides to judge whether or not all of the current pertinent references have been consulted.' Among others, References 6, 7, 11 through 14, and 16 are also used by the staff. Specific criteria necessary to meet the relevant requirements of the Commission regulations identified above are as follows: Subsection 2.5.3.1. *In meeting the requirements of References 1 through 3 and the positions of References 4 and 5, this subsection is considered acceptable if the discussions of the stratigraphy, methods of fault dating, structural geology, and geologic history of the site are complete, compare well with studies conducted by others in the same area, and are supported by detailed investigations performed by the applicant. In the case of coastal and inland . sites near large bodies of water, similar detailed investigations are'to be conducted