Document: NUREG-0800
Document ID: cbcf5b42-aac8-43cf-a267-4f72f2392f37
Document Type: srp
Title: HYDROLOGIC DESCRIPTION
Source: NUREG-0800
Source URL: https://www.nrc.gov/docs/ML0701/ML070100646.pdf
Revision Date: 2023-06
Chapter: 2
Section ID: 2.4.1
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nt SSC that are important to safety. Meeting this requirement provides a level of assurance that the nuclear power plant is designed to withstand appropriately severe hydrologic phenomena. Further, it assures the staff and the public that the plant will pose no undue risk of radioactive contamination to surface or subsurface water from either normal operations or as the result of a reactor accident. III. REVIEW PROCEDURES The reviewer will select material from the procedures described below, as may be appropriate for a particular case. The procedures outlined below are used to review CP applications, ESP applications, and COL applications that do not reference an ESP to determine whether data and analyses for the proposed site meet the acceptance criteria given in Subsection II of this SRP section. For reviews of OL applications, these procedures are used to verify that the data and analyses remain valid and that the facility’s design specifications are consistent with these data. As applicable, reviews of OLs and COLs include a determination on whether the content of technical specifications related to hydrologic site characteristics is acceptable and whether the technical specifications reflect consideration of any identified unique conditions. 2.4.1-7 Revision 3 - March 2007 These review procedures are based on 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. Interface of the Plant with the Hydrosphere: The staff reviews hydrologic and hydraulic characteristics of watersheds, streams, lakes (e.g., location, size, shape, drainage area), shore regions, the regional and local ground water environments, and existing or proposed water control structures (located both upstream and downstream; characteristics such as location, size, capacity,