Document: NRC Regulatory Guide
Document ID: 239cc7c1-f2cb-46cc-945d-8009db28aa6c
Document Type: regulatory_guide
Title: General Site Suitability Criteria for Nuclear Power Stations + HISTORY - HISTORY 12/2023 – DG-4034 , Proposed Revision 4 12/2011 – DG-4021 , Proposed Revision 3 02/1995 – DG-4004, Second Proposed Revision 2 11/1992 – DG-4003, Proposed Revision 2 (Rev. 4)
Source: NRC Regulatory Guide Division 4
Source URL: https://www.nrc.gov/docs/ML2312/ML23123A090.pdf
Revision Date: 2023-10
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Section ID: RG-4.7
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4034, Page 46 cost-effectiveness comparison of alternative station designs and site-station combinations. The staff will also need to know whether and to what extent the land use would affect national requirements for agricultural products. 2.4.5 Visual Resources The presence of power station structures may have an adverse visual impact on residential, recreational, scenic, or cultural areas or on other areas where desirable viewing characteristics are important. 2.4.5.2 Relevant Statutes and Regulations • National Environmental Policy Act; and • 10 CFR Part 51, “Environmental Protection Regulations for Domestic Licensing and Related Regulatory Functions.” 2.4.5.3 Related Guidance • NUREG-1555. “Standard Review Plans for Environmental Reviews for Nuclear Power Plants: Environmental Standard Review Plan;” • RG 4.2, “Preparation of Environmental Reports for Nuclear Power Stations;” and • Bureau of Land Management Manual H-8410-1, “Visual Resource Inventory,” January 17, 1986 (Ref. 76). 2.4.5.4 Considerations, Regulatory Experience, and Staff Position To assess the potential adverse visual impact on residential, recreational, scenic, or cultural areas or on other areas where desirable viewing characteristics are important, the solid angle subtended by station structures at critical viewing points is a relevant parameter. It is important to consider the potential aesthetic impact of commercial nuclear power stations at sites near natural-resource-oriented public use areas and to consider the specific station design layout when evaluating such sites. Aesthetic considerations need to include all five senses, since land use and aesthetics are interrelated (see Bureau of Land Management Manual H-8410-1). The visual intrusion of commercial nuclear power station structures as viewed from nearby residential, recreational, scenic, or cultural areas should be controlled by selecting sites where existing topography and forests can screen station