Document: NUREG-1555
Document ID: 9d426804-85a1-4210-92b7-684e376e8fe0
Document Type: esrp
Title: COMMUNITY CHARACTERISTICS
Source: NUREG-1555
Source URL: https://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/doc-collections/nuregs/staff/sr1555/initial/
Revision Date: 2007-10
Chapter: 2
Section ID: 2.5.2
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CRITERIA Acceptance criteria for the review of community characteristics are based on the relevant requirements of the following: ` 10 CFR 51.45(c) with respect to analysis of socioeconomic data ` 10 CFR 51.45(d) and 51.71(d) with respect to the analyses required in the development of the ER and environmental impact statement (EIS). In accordance with 10 CFR 51.45(d), the applicant is required to submit in the ER information needed for evaluating these factors. Similar information is required to be present in the EIS pursuant to 10 CFR 51.71. ` 10 CFR 51.45 with respect to reviewing applications for early site permits ` 10 CFR 52.81 with respect to reviewing applications for combined licenses. October 1999 2.5.2-5 NUREG-1555 Technical Rationale The technical rationale for evaluating the applicant’s description of community characteristics is discussed in the following paragraph: Information about the socioeconomic characteristics of the site in question is needed to assess potential social or economic impacts that may occur as a result of plant construction or operation. Data in the ER must be adequate to make these determinations. III. REVIEW PROCEDURES The reviewer’s analysis of community characteristics should be closely linked with the impact assess- ment review described by the ESRP Chapters 4.0 and 5.0 to establish the site-specific community characteristics that are most likely to be affected (see Generic Environmental Impact Statement of Nuclear Plants [NRC 1996]). When analyzing the community characteristics, the reviewer should take the following steps: (1) Describe community characteristics for those communities within the region (see the footnote in Areas of Review in ESRP 2.5.2 for definition of “relevant region”) that are expected to be impacted. (2) Conduct an initial screening of the community structure and characteristics within an approximate 80-km (50-mi) radius of the site to make a preliminary determination of the potentially affected