Document: NUREG-1555
Document ID: 305be3bc-f624-4d8e-a0a4-f083a1d5304a
Document Type: esrp
Title: GEOLOGY
Source: NUREG-1555
Source URL: https://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/doc-collections/nuregs/staff/sr1555/initial/
Revision Date: 2007-10
Chapter: 2
Section ID: 2.6
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REVIEW RESPONSIBILITIES Primary—Appendix B Secondary—Appendix B I. AREAS OF REVIEW This environmental standard review plan (ESRP) directs the use (by reference) of the staff’s safety evaluation report (SER) or site safety evaluation report (SSER) for all descriptions of site and vicinity geology. Reference to these documents should be made in the environmental impact statement (EIS), and no description of site and vicinity geology will be required. Review Interfaces The reviewer for this ESRP should obtain input from or provide input to the reviewer for the following ESRPs, as indicated: ` ESRPs 4.1, 5.1.1, and 5.1.2. Provide notification to the reviewers when there is any potential for geologic environmental impact. Data and Information Needs None. II. ACCEPTANCE CRITERIA None. NUREG-1555 2.6-2 October 1999 Technical Rationale The potential for geological impacts is small and will be evaluated as part of the safety evaluation. III. REVIEW PROCEDURES The potential for geological environmental impacts (e.g., subsidence from cooling pond loading) is small, and the staff’s experience has been that actual occurrence of such impacts is infrequent. Further, any such potential would be established and evaluated during the staff’s safety evaluation and described in the staff’s SER or SSER. On this basis, no environmental review of geology is required, but the reviewer’s analysis should consist of the following two steps: (1) Consult with the staff’s safety evaluation reviewers to determine if there is any potential for geological environmental impact. (2) When any such impacts can be predicted, notify the reviewers for ESRPs 4.1 and 5.1 to develop, in consultation with the safety reviewers, an analysis and evaluation of the potential impacts. IV. EVALUATION FINDINGS Evaluation findings are not required. The reviewer should provide the following statement for inclusion in the EIS: The staff’s description of site and vicinity geological features and the