Document: NUREG-0800
Document ID: 5e70bc73-9d95-4653-aa28-0283459c7cce
Document Type: srp
Title: SURFACE FAULTING
Source: NUREG-0800
Source URL: https://www.nrc.gov/docs/ML0423/ML042390212.pdf
Revision Date: 2023-06
Chapter: 2
Section ID: 2.5.3
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REVIEW RESPONSIBILITIES Primary - Civil Engineering and Geosciences Branch (ECGB) Secondary - None I. AREAS OF REVIEW ECGB reviews information in the applicant's Safety Analysis Report (SAR) or Early Site Evaluation Report (ESR) that addresses the existence of a potential for surface deformation that could affect the site. The technical information presented in this section of the SAR or ESR results largely from detailed surface and subsurface geological, seismological, and geophysical investigations performed in progressively greater detail within each of the areas approximately described by radii of 40 km (25 mi), 8 km (5 mi), and 1 km (0.6 mi) around the site. The following specific subjects are addressed: the geological, seismological, and geophysical investigations (subsection 2.5.3.1), geological evidence, or absence of evidence, for surface deformation (subsection 2.5.3.2), correlation of earthquakes with capable tectonic sources (subsection 2.5.3.3), ages of most recent deformations (subsection 2.5.3.4), relationship of tectonic structures in the site area to regional tectonic structures (subsection 2.5.3.5), characterization of capable tectonic sources (subsection 2.5.3.6), designations of zones of Quaternary deformation in the site region (subsection 2.5.3.7), and the potential for surface tectonic deformation at the site (subsection 2.5.3.8). References 1 through 7 provide guidance to the ECGB reviewers in evaluating potential nuclear power plant sites. The principal regulation that will be used by ECGB to determine the scope and adequacy of the submitted geological, seismological, and geophysical information is Section 100.23, "Geologic and Rev. 3 - March 1997 USNRC STANDARD REVIEW PiLA Standard review plans are prepared for the guidance of the Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation staff responsible for the review of applications to construct and operate nuclear power plants. These documents are made available to the public as part of the Commission's