Document: NUREG-0800
Document ID: 3a64837e-1633-463f-a4a7-e8657d177b48
Document Type: srp
Title: PROBABLE MAXIMUM TSUNAMI HAZARDS
Source: NUREG-0800
Source URL: https://www.nrc.gov/docs/ML0701/ML070160659.pdf
Revision Date: 2023-06
Chapter: 2
Section ID: 2.4.6
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onable number of sites that have been or may be considered for a COL application. Probable maximum tsunami hazards are site-specific and will be addressed by the COL applicant. This should include the provision of information sufficient to demonstrate that the design of the plant falls within the site parameters specified by the siting review. 2.4.6-14 Revision 3 -March 2007 V. IMPLEMENTATION The staff will use this SRP section in performing safety evaluations of DC applications and license applications submitted by applicants pursuant to 10 CFR Part 50 or 10 CFR Part 52. Except when the applicant proposes an acceptable alternative method for complying with specified portions of the Commission’s regulations, the staff will use the method described herein to evaluate conformance with Commission regulations. The provisions of this SRP section apply to reviews of applications submitted six months or more after the date of issuance of this SRP section, unless superseded by a later revision. VI. REFERENCES 1. 10 CFR Part 50, Appendix A, General Design Criterion 2, “Design Bases for Protection Against Natural Phenomena.” 2. 10 CFR Part 50, Appendix A, General Design Criterion 44, “Cooling Water.” 3. 10 CFR Part 52, “Early Site Permits; Standard Design Certifications; and Combined Licenses for Nuclear Power Plants.” 4. 10 CFR Part 100, “Reactor Site Criteria.” 5. ANSI/ANS-2.8-1992, “Determining Design Basis Flooding at Power Reactor Sites.” Historical Technical Reference. 6. B. F. Atwater, S. Musumi-Rokkaku, K. Satake, Y. Tsuji, K. Ueda, and D.K. Yamaguchi, “The Orphan Tsunami of 1700: Japanese Clues to a Parent Earthquake in North America,” the United States Geological Survey and the University of Washington Press, 2005. 7. B. W. Wilson, “Earthquake Occurrence and Effects in Ocean Areas (U),” Technical Report 69.027, U.S. Naval Civil Engineering Laboratory, Port Hueneme, California, February 1969. 8. B. W. Wilson and A. Trum, “The Tsunami