Document: NUREG-1555
Document ID: 7f8cf0eb-f334-4095-b58a-1bd6f802259c
Document Type: esrp
Title: EXTERNAL APPEARANCE AND PLANT LAYOUT
Source: NUREG-1555
Source URL: https://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/doc-collections/nuregs/staff/sr1555/initial/
Revision Date: 2007-10
Chapter: 3
Section ID: 3.1
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tecturally integrate the buildings and landscaping into the environs (from the ER) ` aesthetic principles and concepts used in the plant design and layout (from the ER) October 1999 3.1-3 NUREG-1555 ` representative ground-level photographs of the site on which major station features are super- imposed. These should be taken from among the following typical vantage points when a visual impact from that location can be expected (from the ER): - residential - commercial - industrial - educational - transportation corridors (air, auto, rail, pedestrian) - cultural (recreational, historic, archaeological). ` a low, oblique aerial photograph of the site and vicinity on which major station features are super- imposed (from the ER) ` an architectural rendering of the proposed project to include landscaping and all major station fea- tures (from the ER). II. ACCEPTANCE CRITERIA Acceptance criteria for the review of the external appearance and plant layout are based on the relevant requirements of the following: ` 10 CFR 51.45 with respect to requirements of a description of the affected environment. Regulatory positions and specific criteria to meet the regulations identified above are as follows: ` Regulatory Guide 4.2, Rev. 2, Preparation of Environmental Reports for Nuclear Power Stations (NRC 1976), with respect to the location and orientation of the principal station structures. Technical Rationale The technical rationale for evaluating the applicant’s external appearance and plant-layout description is discussed in the following paragraph: A description of the overall appearance of the facility as proposed by the applicant is needed to clarify the physical scope of the proposed project and for assessing visual impacts in ESRP Chapters 4.0 and 5.0. The description of the external appearance of the plant and plant layout should be in sufficient detail to form an adequate basis for staff analysis of various land-use and socio- economic impacts of the plant. III. REVIEW