Document: NUREG-0800
Document ID: 8981f423-79ff-42f4-9d5d-f0aa9777b60e
Document Type: srp
Title: STABILITY OF SLOPES
Source: NUREG-0800
Source URL: https://www.nrc.gov/docs/ML0523/ML052340606.pdf
Revision Date: 2023-06
Chapter: 2
Section ID: 2.5.5
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and found to be acceptable. Based on the results of the applicant's investigations, laboratory and field tests, analyses, and criteria for design and construction, we and our consultants conclude that natural and man-made slopes will remain stable under SSE conditions and that safety-related earthworks will function reliably. V. IMPLEMENTATION The following is intended to provide guidance to applicants and licensees regarding the NRC staff's plans for using this SRP section. Except in those cases in which the applicant proposes an acceptable alternative method for complying with specified portions of the Commission's regulations, the method described herein will be used by the staff in its evaluation of conformance with Commission regulations. Implementation schedules for conformance to parts of the method discussed herein are contained in the referenced regulatory guides. VI. REFERENCES 1. 10 CFR Part 50, §50.55a, "Codes and Standards." 2. 10 CFR Part 50, Appendix A, General Design Criterion 1, "Quality Standards and Records." 3. 10 CFR Part 50, Appendix A, General Design Criterion 2, "Design Bases for Protection Against Natural Phenomena." 4. 10 CFR Part 50, Appendix A, General Design Criterion 44, "Cooling Water." 5. 10 CFR Part 50, Appendix B, "Quality Assurance Criteria for Nuclear Power Plants and Fuel Reprocessing Plants." 6. 10 CFR Part 100, "Reactor Site Criteria." 7. 10 CFR Part 100, Appendix A, "Seismic and Geologic Siting Criteria for Nuclear Power Plants." 8. Regulatory Guide 1.27, "Ultimate Heat Sink for Nuclear Power Plants." 2.5.5-10 Rev. 2 - July 1981 9. Regulatory Guide 1.28, "Quality Assurance Program Requirements (Design and Construction)." 10. Regulatory Guide 1.132, "Site Investigations for Foundations of Nuclear Power Plants." 11. Regulatory Guide 1.138, "Laboratory Investigations of Soils for Engineering Analysis and Design of Nuclear Power Plants." 12. Regulatory Guide 1.70, "Standard Format and Content of Safety Analysis Reports for