Document: NRC Regulatory Guide
Document ID: 239cc7c1-f2cb-46cc-945d-8009db28aa6c
Document Type: regulatory_guide
Title: General Site Suitability Criteria for Nuclear Power Stations + HISTORY - HISTORY 12/2023 – DG-4034 , Proposed Revision 4 12/2011 – DG-4021 , Proposed Revision 3 02/1995 – DG-4004, Second Proposed Revision 2 11/1992 – DG-4003, Proposed Revision 2 (Rev. 4)
Source: NRC Regulatory Guide Division 4
Source URL: https://www.nrc.gov/docs/ML2312/ML23123A090.pdf
Revision Date: 2023-10
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Section ID: RG-4.7
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��; • 10 CFR 52.17, “Contents of applications; technical information;” • 10 CFR 52.79, “Contents of applications; technical information in final safety analysis report;” • 10 CFR 100.10, “Factors to be considered when evaluating sites;” • 10 CFR 20, “Standards for Protection Against Radiation;” and • 10 CFR 100.23, “Geologic and seismic siting criteria.” 1.7.1.2 Related Guidance • NUREG-0800, “Standard Review Plan for the Review of Safety Analysis Reports for Nuclear Power Plants: LWR Edition” • RG 1.59, “Design Basis Floods for Nuclear Power Plants” (Ref. 55); • RG 1.206, “Applications for Nuclear Power Plants,” • ANSI/ANS-2.8-2019, “Probabilistic Evaluation of External Flood Hazards for Nuclear Facilities” (Ref. 56); • DOE-STD-1020-2016, “Natural Phenomena Hazards Analysis and Design Criteria for DOE (Ref. 57) and • DOE-HDBK-1220-2017, “Natural Phenomena Hazards Analysis and Design Handbook for DOE Facilities.” (Ref. 58) 1.7.1.3 Considerations, Regulatory Experience, and Staff Position The regulations in 10 CFR 100.10 and 10 CFR 100.20, both titled “Factors to be considered when evaluating sites,” outline the physical characteristics to consider when evaluating site suitability. The regulations in 10 CFR 100.23 require determination of the size of seismically induced floods and water waves that could affect a site from either locally or distantly generated seismic activity, while 10 CFR 100.21 requires that the physical site characteristics, including non-seismic flood hazards, be evaluated and site parameters established. RG 1.59 describes an acceptable method for determining the design-basis floods for sites along streams or rivers and discusses the phenomena producing comparable design-basis floods for coastal, estuary, and Great Lakes sites. This method accounts for sea level rise and other global climate change effects. It is generally possible to control the effects on station safety