Document: NUREG-0800
Document ID: 57051ec2-9a01-488e-8294-573ed557f3eb
Document Type: srp
Title: GROUNDWATER
Source: NUREG-0800
Source URL: https://www.nrc.gov/docs/ML0520/ML052070262.pdf
Revision Date: 2023-06
Chapter: 2
Section ID: 2.4.12
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REVIEW RESPONSIBILITIES Primary - Hydrologic & Geotechnical Engineering Branch (HGEB) Civil Engineering and Geosciences Branch (ECGB)1 Secondary - None I. AREAS OF REVIEW Data presented in the applicant's safety analysis report (SAR) on local and regional groundwater reservoirs are reviewed to establish the effects of groundwater on plant foundations. Other areas reviewed under this SRP Standard Review Plan (SRP) section include identification of the 2 aquifers and the type of onsite groundwater use, the sources of recharge, present and future withdrawals, monitoring and protection requirements, and design bases for groundwater levels and hydrodynamic effects of groundwater on safety-related structures and components. Flow rates, travel time, gradients, other properties pertaining to the movement of accidental contamination, and groundwater levels beneath the site are reviewed, as are seasonal and climatic fluctuations, or those caused by man, that have the potential for long-term changes in the local groundwater regime. For standard design certification applications, the design groundwater levels are specified in the site parameter envelope that must be met by the plant design.3 Review Interfaces4 The ECGB also reviews, under SRP Section 2.3.6 (proposed), the adequacy of the site parameter envelope specified in standard design certification applications.5 DRAFT Rev. 3 - April 1996 2.4.12-2 II. ACCEPTANCE CRITERIA Acceptance criteria for this SRP section relate to the following regulations: 1. 10 CFR Part 50, § 50.55 requires that significant deficiencies in construction of or 6 significant damage to a structure, system, or component which will require extensive redesign, or extensive repair to meet the criteria of the construction permit be reported to the Commission. any deviation associated with substantial safety hazards found in a final facility design, as approved or released for construction, to be reported to the Commission.7 2. 10 CFR Part 50, §50.55a