Document: NUREG-0800
Document ID: d3f58789-ffae-430c-9354-c752a32dbccf
Document Type: srp
Title: Compacted Fill.  In meeting the requirements of 10 CFR Part 50, the applicant should
Source: NUREG-0800
Source URL: https://www.nrc.gov/docs/ML1230/ML12302A005.pdf
Revision Date: 2023-06
Chapter: 2
Section ID: 2.5.5.4
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mportant to safety will withstand appropriately severe static and dynamic loads. Compliance with GDC1 requires that SSCs be tested in accordance with quality standards commensurate with the importance of their safety functions; that test standards be applicable and sufficient; and that appropriate records maintained. SRP Section 2.5.5 describes staff positions related to the analysis of slope stability and the evaluation of properties and characteristics of slopes for which failure could have adverse effects on SSCs important to 2.5.5-10 Draft Revision 5 – August 2013 safety. This SRP section describes acceptable programs and laboratory test practices for such investigations. RG 1.132 and 1.138 describe acceptable static and dynamic test (and/or evaluation) qualification criteria, including requirements for documentation, for soil and rock borrow materials at nuclear power plants. Meeting the requirements for GDC 1 provides assurance that the nuclear power plant design and the engineering analyses for its slope stability and earthworks will meet established quality standards. Compliance with GDC 2 requires that the SSCs important to safety be designed to withstand the effects of natural phenomena such as earthquakes, tornadoes, hurricanes, floods, tsunamis, and seiches without loss of capability to perform their intended safety functions. SRP Section 2.5.5 describes staff positions related to site investigations for determining soil and rock properties and characteristics needed in the analysis and design of slopes and earthworks for the proposed nuclear power plant. Analyses are performed to evaluate the responses of soil and rock embankments to seismic and dynamic loading for interaction between soils and structures as well as to determine the liquefaction potential. Stability and deformation characteristics of embankment materials under static loadings are also determined. Meeting the requirements of GDC 2 provides assurance that natural and manmade slopes and