Document: NUREG-0800
Document ID: 3cdcec35-dda1-49ce-a003-60e7a1c58ced
Document Type: srp
Title: LOCAL METEOROLOGY
Source: NUREG-0800
Source URL: https://www.nrc.gov/docs/ML0707/ML070730395.pdf
Revision Date: 2023-06
Chapter: 2
Section ID: 2.3.2
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or plants and its facilities, should be discussed. The information should be fully documented and substantiated as to its representativeness of conditions at and near the site. Acceptance criteria are based on meeting the relevant requirements of the following Commission regulations: 2.3.2-3 Revision 3 - March 2007 1. 10 CFR Part 50, Appendix A, General Design Criterion 2 (GDC 2), "Design Bases for Protection Against Natural Phenomena," as it relates to consideration of the most severe local weather phenomena that have been historically reported for the site and surrounding area with sufficient margin for the limited accuracy, quantity and period of time in which the historical data have been accumulated and that are reflected in the design bases for structures, systems, and components important to safety. 2. 10 CFR 100.10(c)(2), 100.20(c)(2), and 100.21(d) with respect to the consideration that has been given to the local meteorological and air quality characteristics of the site and other physical characteristics of the site that can influence the local meteorology. 3. For ESP applications, GDC are not applicable. The GDC 2 requirement to identify climatic site characteristics that consider the most severe of the natural phenomena that have been historically reported for the site and surrounding area with sufficient margin for the limited accuracy, quantity, and period of time in which the historical data have been accumulated is specifically identified in 10 CFR 52.17(a)(1)(vi). SRP Acceptance Criteria Specific SRP acceptance criteria acceptable to meet the relevant requirements of the NRC's regulations identified above are as follows for the review described in this SRP section. The SRP is not a substitute for the NRC's regulations, and compliance with it is not required. However, an applicant is required to identify differences between the design features, analytical techniques, and procedural measures proposed for its facility and the SRP acceptance criteria