Document: NUREG-0800
Document ID: e6089a79-0078-4526-a9a5-273f2f7c60d6
Document Type: srp
Title: -
Source: NUREG-0800
Source URL: https://www.nrc.gov/docs/ML1900/ML19009A314.pdf
Revision Date: 2023-06
Chapter: 2
Section ID: 2.5.3
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cally reported for the site and the surrounding area and with sufficient margin for the limited accuracy, and time in which the historical data have been accumulated. 4. Applicable to COL, ESP, CP, or OL: 10 CFR 100.23, “Geologic and Seismic Siting Criteria.” Subpart (c) of 10 CFR 100.23, requires that the geologic and seismic characteristics of the site and its environs be investigated in sufficient scope and detail to permit an adequate evaluation of the proposed site, to provide sufficient information to support estimates of the safe-shutdown earthquake ground motion, and to permit adequate engineering solutions to actual or potential geologic and seismic effects at the proposed site. 10 CFR 100.23(c) further specifies that all geologic and seismic factors that may affect design and operation of the proposed nuclear power plant must be investigated, irrespective of whether such factors are explicitly included in 10 CFR 100.23(c) (e.g., volcanic activity). 10 CFR 100.23(d)(2) also requires that the geologic and seismic siting factors considered for design include a determination of the potential for surface tectonic and non-tectonic deformations. Sufficient geological, seismological and geophysical data must be provided to clearly establish whether there is a potential for surface deformation.