Document: NUREG-0800
Document ID: 8d43c637-70e0-4eef-9161-2e383b5e7426
Document Type: srp
Title: STABILITY OF SLOPES
Source: NUREG-0800
Source URL: https://www.nrc.gov/docs/ML1331/ML13316C068.pdf
Revision Date: 2023-06
Chapter: 2
Section ID: 2.5.5
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REVIEW RESPONSIBILITIES Primary - Organization responsible for the review of slope and embankment stability Secondary- None I. AREAS OF REVIEW Chapter 2 of the Standard Review Plan (SRP) discusses the site characteristics and parameters that could affect the safe design and siting of the plant. The staff reviews information presented by the applicant for a construction permit (CP), operating license (OL), early site permit (ESP), or combined license (COL) concerning the stability of all earth and rock slopes both natural and manmade (cuts, fill, embankments, dams, etc.) whose failure, under any of the conditions to which they could be exposed during the life of the plant, could adversely affect the safety of the plant. The staff reviews information presented by the applicant for a design certification (DC) regarding the postulated site parameters for the design, with respect to stability of slopes, are correctly identified, are representative of a reasonable number of sites that has been or may be considered for a COL application, and are appropriately justified. This SRP section applies to reviews performed for each of these types of applications. The following subjects must be 2.5.5-2 Revision 5 – July 2014 evaluated using the applicant’s data in the technical submittal and information available from other sources: 1. Slope characteristics (Subsection 2.5.5.1) 2. Design criteria and design analyses (Subsection 2.5.5.2) 3. Results of the investigations including borings, shafts, pits, trenches, and laboratory tests (Subsection 2.5.5.3) 4. Properties of borrow material, compaction and excavation specifications (Subsection 2.5.5.4) Additional information will be presented dependent on the type of application. For a COL application, the additional information is dependent on whether the application references an ESP, a DC, both or neither. Information requirements are prescribed within the ”Contents of Application,” sections of the applicable Subparts to Title