Document: NUREG-0800
Document ID: a569dbdc-1bfb-4a16-b103-db6e01d735e7
Document Type: srp
Title: STABILITY OF SLOPES
Source: NUREG-0800
Source URL: https://www.nrc.gov/docs/ML0707/ML070730607.pdf
Revision Date: 2023-06
Chapter: 2
Section ID: 2.5.5
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REVIEW RESPONSIBILITIES Primary - Organization responsible for the review of slope and embankment stability Secondary - None I. AREAS OF REVIEW Chapter 2 of the SRP discusses the site characteristics that could affect the safe design and siting of the plant. The staff reviews information presented by the applicant for a construction permit (CP), operating license (OL), design certification (DC), early site permit (ESP), or combined license (COL) concerning the stability of all earth and rock slopes both natural and manmade (cuts, fill, embankments, dams, etc.) whose failure, under any of the conditions to which they could be exposed during the life of the plant, could adversely affect the safety of the plant. This SRP section applies to reviews performed for each of these types of applications. The following subjects must be evaluated using the applicant’s data in the SAR and information available from other sources: 1. Slope characteristics (subsection 2.5.5.1) 2. Design criteria and design analyses (subsection 2.5.5.2) 3. Results of the investigations including borings, shafts, pits, trenches, and laboratory tests (subsection 2.5.5.3) 1 Additional supporting information of prior DC rules may be found in DCD Tier 2 Section 14.3. 2.5.5-2 Revision 3 - March 2007 4. Properties of borrow material, compaction and excavation specifications (subsection 2.5.5.4) Additional information will be presented dependent on the type of application. For a COL application, the additional information is dependent on whether the application references an ESP, a DC, both or neither. Information requirements are prescribed within the “Contents of Application” sections of the applicable Subparts to 10 CFR Part 52. Review Interfaces Other SRP sections interface with this section as follows: 1. The reviewer of this SRP section provides findings on the results of the stability evaluations of earth and rock slopes to the reviewers of the appropriate subsections within SRP Chapter 3, as