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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for developing site-specific investigation programs as well as specific guidance for conducting subsurface investigations, such as borings and sampling (Ref. 4). 5. Regulatorv Guide 4.7. "General Site Suitability Criteria for Nuclear Power Stations." This guide discusses the major site characteristics related to public health and safety that the NRC staff considers in determining the suitability of sites for nuclear power stations (Ref. 5, also see Ref. 6). 2.5.3-2 Rev. 3 - March 1997 The data and analyses presented in the SAR or ESR are acceptable if, as a minimum, they describe and document the information required by Reference 2, show that the methods described in Reference 3 or comparable methods were employed, and conform to the format suggested in Reference 7. The GeoRef data base (American Geological Institute, Falls Church, Virginia) and other data bases, such as the American Petroleum Institute Data Base (accessible through RECON system) have been used by the staff in past licensing activities as relevant guides to judge whether or not all of the current pertinent references have been consulted. The staff also uses the Department of Energy's RECON/Energy data base; State geological maps and accompanying texts; U.S. Geological Survey 7.5 and 15 minute topographic and geologic quadrangle maps; aerial photographs from Federal agencies such as the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, the U.S. Department of Agriculture, the U.S. Geological Survey, and the U.S. Forest Service; satellite imagery such as Landsat and Skylab; and References 10 and 11. Specific criteria necessary to meet the relevant requirements of the Commission regulations identified above are described in the following paragraphs. If the information that satisfies these criteria is presented in other sections of Chapter 2.5, it may be cross-referenced and not repeated in this section. Subsection 2.5.3.1 Geological, Seismological, and Geophysical Investigations. In meeting the