Document: NUREG-0800
Document ID: ce3522a1-5c42-492a-95d7-9087534cf63c
Document Type: srp
Title: STABILITY OF SLOPES
Source: NUREG-0800
Source URL: https://www.nrc.gov/docs/ML0520/ML052070270.pdf
Revision Date: 2023-06
Chapter: 2
Section ID: 2.5.5
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equirements (Design and Construction)." This guide describes a method acceptable to the staff for complying with the Commission's regulations with regard to 10 CFR Part 50, Appendix B, overall quality assurance program requirements during design and construction of nuclear power plants. 3. Regulatory Guide 1.132, "Site Investigations for Foundations of Nuclear Power Plants." This guide describes programs of site investigations related to geotechnical engineering aspects that would normally meet the needs for evaluating the safety of the site from the standpoint of the performance of foundation and earthworks under anticipated loading conditions, including earthquake, in complying with 10 CFR Part 100 and 10 CFR Part 100, Appendix A. It provides general guidance and recommendations for developing site-specific investigation programs as well as specific guidance for conducting subsurface investigations, the spacing and depth of borings, and sampling. 4. Regulatory Guide 1.138, "Laboratory Investigations of Soils for Engineering Analysis and Design of Nuclear Power Plants." This guide describes laboratory investigations and test practices acceptable for determining soil and rock properties and characteristics needed for engineering analysis and design for foundations and earthwork for nuclear power plants in complying with 10 CFR Part 100 and 10 CFR Part 100, Appendix A. The information in the SAR must be in compliance with the criteria presented in References 1 through 7. This section of the SAR is judged acceptable if the information presented is sufficient to demonstrate the dynamic and static stability of all slopes whose failure could adversely affect, directly or indirectly, safety-related structures of the nuclear plant or pose a hazard to the public. The emergency cooling water source is of particular interest with regard to slope stability (Refs. 4 and 8). The secondary source of emergency cooling water should survive the operating basis earthquake (OBE) and