Document: NRC Regulatory Guide
Document ID: 239cc7c1-f2cb-46cc-945d-8009db28aa6c
Document Type: regulatory_guide
Title: General Site Suitability Criteria for Nuclear Power Stations + HISTORY - HISTORY 12/2023 – DG-4034 , Proposed Revision 4 12/2011 – DG-4021 , Proposed Revision 3 02/1995 – DG-4004, Second Proposed Revision 2 11/1992 – DG-4003, Proposed Revision 2 (Rev. 4)
Source: NRC Regulatory Guide Division 4
Source URL: https://www.nrc.gov/docs/ML2312/ML23123A090.pdf
Revision Date: 2023-10
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Section ID: RG-4.7
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not be applicable for many of the advanced reactor (e.g., non-LWR technologies and light-water small modular reactor) designs being developed. Because of the wide variety of potential advanced reactor designs and safety approaches, the spectrum of accident conditions does not lend itself to prescriptive guidance similar to that developed for LWR designs (e.g., RG 1.183). Rather, the guidance in this appendix identifies a set of attributes that should be addressed as part of proposing an alternative approach in the siting analysis for advanced reactors. This appendix provides guidance for three different approaches to estimating offsite consequences to inform the alternative population-related siting considerations for advanced reactors. A-1. Background The NRC has a longstanding policy of considering the siting of commercial nuclear power reactors as a factor in ensuring that multiple levels of defense in depth are provided to protect public health and safety in the event of an accident. Requirements related to siting commercial nuclear power reactors are included in NRC regulations in 10 CFR Part 100, “Reactor Site Criteria;” Part 50, “Domestic Licensing of Production and Utilization Facilities;” and Part 52, “Licenses, Certifications, and Approvals for Nuclear Power Plants.”a Useful background information on the history of siting requirements appears in the Federal Register notice, “Final Rule: Reactor Site Criteria Including Seismic and Earthquake Engineering Criteria for Nuclear Power Plants” (61 FR 65157; December 11, 1996), and documents such as NUREG-0625, “Report of the Siting Policy Task Force,” issued August 1979; ORNL/TM-2019/1197, “Advanced Reactor Siting Policy Considerations,”b issued June 2019; and SECY-20-0045, “Population- Related Siting Considerations for Advanced Reactors,”c dated May 8, 2020. Section C.1.3 of this RG provides guidance on meeting the requirements in 10 CFR Part 100 for nuclear reactor licensees to