Document: NUREG-0800
Document ID: 80e66b61-f0ed-49db-ba0b-ba2b7a7a0d52
Document Type: srp
Title: BASIC GEOLOGIC AND SEISMIC INFORMATION
Source: NUREG-0800
Source URL: https://www.nrc.gov/docs/ML0423/ML042390206.pdf
Revision Date: 2023-06
Chapter: 2
Section ID: 2.5.1
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at extent consultants should be involved. The necessary information is then made available to the USGS advisors and consultants. Advisors from the USGS and consultants are asked to perform such varied tasks as reviewing the tectonic setting of plants in regions of complex geology, evaluating the potential for surface displacement, verifying an applicant's mineral identifications and geochronology, or 2.5.1-6 Rev. 3 - March 1997 providing advice on the proper level of earthquake ground motion in the seismic evaluation of selected sites. X> A review of relevant references is conducted by the staff, USGS advisors, and consultants. Pertinent references, such as published geological reports, professional papers, open-file material, university theses, physiographic and geological maps, and aeromagnetic and gravity maps, Are ordered from the appropriate sources and reviewed. Several basic general references used in the past by the staff are References 9, 15, and 16. The GeoRef data base (American Geological Institute, Falls Church, Virginia) and other data bases, such as the American Petroleum Institute Data Base (accessible through RECON system) and the Department of Energy's RECON/Energy Data Base, are used to identify specific references. As publication usually lags behind the completion of research or construction investigation projects by months or years, the reviewers.should not rely entirely on information submitted by the applicant or in the published literature. The reviewers should make an effort to identify any pertinent studies that may be under way in the site region and any preliminary findings of these studies. This may be accomplished by contacting the USGS or other Federal agencies, State geological surveys, universities, and industry, to obtain current information about the site. Some pertinent information may be of a proprietary nature, and special provisions may be required to examine the data. The staff members will conduct a geological reconnaissance