Document: NUREG-0800
Document ID: df28a5de-563d-4e9d-89a2-3436e072c82c
Document Type: srp
Title: TORNADO LOADINGS
Source: NUREG-0800
Source URL: https://www.nrc.gov/docs/ML0523/ML052340625.pdf
Revision Date: 2023-06
Chapter: 3
Section ID: 3.3.2
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of item 3 listed above. 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, 3.3.2-5 Rev 2 - July 1981 the method described herein will be used by the staff in its evaluation of conformance with Commission regulations. VI. REFERENCES 1. 10 CFR Part 50, Appendix A, General Design Criterion 2, "Design Bases for Protection Against Natural Phenomena." 2. ASCE Paper No. 3269, "Wind Forces on Structures," Transactions of the American Society of Civil Engineers, Vol. 126, Part II (1961). 3. ANSI A58.1, "Building Code Requirements for Minimum Design Loads in Buildings and Other Structures," Committee A58.1, American National Standards Institute. 4. J. R. McDonald, K. C. Mehta and J. E. Minor, "Tornado-Resistant Design of Nuclear Power Plant Structures," Nuclear. Safety, Vol. 15, No. 4, July-August 1974. 3.3.2-6 Rev 2 - July 1981