Document: NRC Regulatory Guide
Document ID: c7b1689b-ff17-4083-9fb1-f91b6965ea1a
Document Type: regulatory_guide
Title: Design Basis Floods for Nuclear Power Plants + HISTORY - HISTORY 02/2022 – DG-1290 , Proposed Revision 3 09/2014 – Periodic Review of Revision 2 – Revise 07/1980 – Errata to Revision 2 07/2024 – DG-1290 Revision 1 (Rev. 2)
Source: NRC Regulatory Guide Division 1
Source URL: https://www.nrc.gov/docs/ML0037/ML003740388.pdf
Revision Date: 2023-06
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Section ID: RG-1.59
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n-coast sites, i.e., at the point at which the surge mikes initial land fall. If the site of interest has appreciably different off-shore bathymetry, or if the coastal geometry dif fers or is complex, such as for sites on an estuary, ad jacent to an inlet, inshore of barrier islands, etc., detailed studies of the effect of such local conditions should be made. Reference 2 provides guidance on such studies. REFERENCES I. Nunn, Snyder, and Associates, "Probable Max imum Flood and Hurricane Surge Estimates," un published report to NRC, June 13, 1975 (available in the public document room). 2. U. S. Army Coastal Engineering Research Center, "Shore Protection Manual," Second Edition, 1975. 3. B. R. Bodine, "Storm Surge on the Open Coast: Fundamental and Simplified Prediction," Technical Memorandum No. 35, U.S. Army Coastal Engineer ing Research Center, 1971. 4. George Pararas-Caryannis, "Verification Study of a Bathystrophic Storm Surge Model," Technical Memorandum No. 50, U.S. Army Coastal Engineer ing Research Center, May 1975. 5. U. S. Weather Bureau (now U.S. Weather Service, NOAA), "Meteorological Characteristics of the Probable Maximum Hurricane, Atlantic and Gulf Coasts of the United States," Hurricane Research Interim Report, HUR 7-97 and HUR 7-97A, 1968. 6. U. S. Department of Commerce, NOAA, "Tide Tables," annual publications. 1.59-43 96° 960 940 329 310 200 27r 260 250 240 93? 92r 910 90p 89W 88e 870 860 860 840 8r3 820 810 FIGURE Ci PROBABLE MAXIMUM SURGE ESTIMATES - GULF COAST C 34° 340 C f( 830 820 810 800 790 780 770 760 750 8o 85o- 840 830 820 81 800 70r 780 0 770 760 750 740 730 720 71' FIGURE C.2 PROBABLE MAXIMUM SURGE ESTIMATES - ATLANTIC COAST 1.59-45 TABLE C. 1 PROBABLE MPAXfl04 SURGE DATA (W)CATIONS INDICATED ON FIGURES C.1 and C.2) DISTANCE FR0OM SHORELINE, NAUTICAL MILES, FOR SELECTED WATER DEPTHS, FEET HIM OPEN-COAST LOCATION AND TRAVESE PORT ISABEL FREEPORT EUGENE ISLAND ISLE DERNIERE PASS CHRISTIAN (a) BILOXI SANTA ROSA ISLAND PITTS CREEK