Document: NUREG-0800
Document ID: 6c5bc79e-d6b5-4e1b-a807-bb899a80abf0
Document Type: srp
Title: SITE LOCATION AND DESCRIPTION
Source: NUREG-0800
Source URL: https://www.nrc.gov/docs/ML0705/ML070550023.pdf
Revision Date: 2023-06
Chapter: 2
Section ID: 2.1.1
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ed in 10 CFR 50.34(a)(1) as it relates to site evaluation factors identified in 10 CFR 100. D. Requiring that the site location and the engineered features included as safeguards against the hazardous consequences of an accident, should one occur, should ensure a low risk of public exposure. In particular, 10 CFR 100.20(b)4, and 10 CFR 100.21 require population density and use characteristics of the site environs, including the exclusion area, low-population zone, and population center distance to be considered in determining the acceptability of a site for a power reactor. SRP Acceptance Criteria Specific SRP acceptance criteria acceptable to meet the relevant requirements of the NRC's regulations identified above are as follows for the review described in this SRP section. The SRP is not a substitute for the NRC's regulations, and compliance with it is not required. However, an applicant is required to identify differences between the design features, analytical techniques, and procedural measures proposed for its facility and the SRP acceptance criteria and evaluate how the proposed alternatives to the SRP acceptance criteria provide acceptable methods of compliance with the NRC regulations. 1. Specification of Location: The information submitted by the applicant is adequate and meets the requirements of 10 CFR 50.34(a)(1), 10 CFR 52.17(a)(1), and 10 CFR 52.79(a)(1) if it describes highways, railroads, and waterways that traverse the exclusion area in sufficient detail to allow the reviewer to determine that the applicant has met the requirements in 10 CFR 100.3. 2. Site Area Map: The information submitted by the applicant is adequate and meets the requirements of 10 CFR 50.34(a)(1), 10 CFR 52.17(a)(1), and 10 CFR 52.79(a)(1) if it describes the site location, including the exclusion area and the location of the plant within the area, in sufficient detail to enable the reviewer to evaluate the applicant’s 4 For applications before January 10, 1997 the