Document: NUREG-0800
Document ID: 2e78f488-27cd-498c-b605-b7f3c3f5e350
Document Type: srp
Title: GEOLOGIC CHARACTERIZATION INFORMATION
Source: NUREG-0800
Source URL: https://www.nrc.gov/docs/ML1230/ML12300A231.pdf
Revision Date: 2023-06
Chapter: 2
Section ID: 2.5.1
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ations and geologic mapping have not been completed prior to a license being granted. Likewise, a geologic mapping license condition will be proposed in the SER for each ESP site. For those COL or ESP sites where plant excavations and geologic mapping take place prior to a COL or ESP being granted, staff will evaluate the plant excavations and mapping as part of the application review. Review Considerations Specific to ESPs and COLs 1. Early Site Permit Reviews 10 CFR Part 52, Subpart A specifies the requirements and procedures applicable to the Commission’s review of an ESP application for approval of a proposed site. Information required in an ESP application includes description of geologic, seismic, geophysical, geotechnical, and hydrologic characteristics of the proposed site. The applicant should propose geologic site characteristics that will form a set of values for design and construction of a new plant to be built at the site. 2.5.1-12 Draft Revision 5 – August 2013 At the COL stage, in the absence of certain circumstances, such as a compliance or adequate protection issue, 10 CFR 52.39 “Finality of Early Site Permit Determinations” precludes the staff from imposing new site characteristics, design parameters, or terms and conditions on the ESP. Accordingly, the reviewer for SRP Section 2.5.1 should ensure that all geologic site characteristics that could affect the design basis of safety-related structures, systems and components are reflected in the site characteristics, design parameters, or terms and conditions of the ESP. Nevertheless, this requirement does not relieve the applicant or permit holder from the requirements of 10 CFR 52.6(b), which state that the NRC must be notified about any new information having a significant implication for public health and safety or common defense and security that might be developed following issuance of an ESP In order to verify that no geologic features or conditions exist beneath the safety-related