Document: NUREG-1555
Document ID: ff0641d9-a372-423d-a595-0b1ffbb956d1
Document Type: esrp
Title: ALTERNATIVE SITES
Source: NUREG-1555
Source URL: https://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/doc-collections/nuregs/staff/sr1555/initial/
Revision Date: 2007-10
Chapter: 9
Section ID: 9.3
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nical disciplines should be required in the conduct of this review. “Reviewer,” as used in this ESRP, refers to any discipline that may be affected. NUREG-1555 9.3-6 October 1999 Under the general guidance and direction of the EPM, the reviewer(a) should analyze the sites and procedures selected by the applicant. The objectives of this analysis procedure are to accomplish the following: (1) Understand the applicant’s site-selection methodology so that an eventual evaluation can be made of the reasonableness and capability of this process to identify candidate sites that are among the best that can reasonably be found. (2) Analyze the reconnaissance-level information available on Geographical, Environmental, and Siting Information System (GEn&SIS) or from other sources used throughout the site-selection process so that an eventual evaluation of completeness and a staff determination can be made of whether the information is adequate for the level of screening for which it is used. (3) Analyze the candidate-site evaluation procedure in the detail needed to be able to make an eventual evaluation that no site within the appropriate study area can be judged (by this or by any other acceptable and accurate procedure based on reconnaissance level data) to be obviously superior to the applicant’s proposed site. (4) Review and analyze the region of interest selected by the applicant so that an eventual evaluation of the appropriateness (e.g., in terms of geographical, demographic, legal, regulatory, and institutional restrictions) of the selected region can be made. (5) Review and analyze the candidate areas selected by the applicant so that an eventual evaluation of the appropriateness (e.g., in terms of safety considerations, prohibited areas, geographic or engineering restrictions, and environmental restrictions) of the selected candidate areas can be made. (6) Review the potential sites identified by the applicant so that an eventual evaluation can be made with