Document: NUREG-0800
Document ID: 8981f423-79ff-42f4-9d5d-f0aa9777b60e
Document Type: srp
Title: STABILITY OF SLOPES
Source: NUREG-0800
Source URL: https://www.nrc.gov/docs/ML0523/ML052340606.pdf
Revision Date: 2023-06
Chapter: 2
Section ID: 2.5.5
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cribe the excavation, backfill, and borrow material planned for any dams, dikes, and embankment slopes. Planned construction procedures and control of earthworks should be described. To be acceptable, the information must be given as dis- cussed in subsection 2.5.4.5. Some of this information could be presented in subsection 2.5.4.5. Because dams, dikes, and other earthworks are often remote from the main seismic Category I structures, it is necessary to complete this information in this subsection. Quality control techniques and requirements during and following construction must also be discussed and referenced to quality assurance sections of the SAR. II1. REVIEW PROCEDURES The review process is conducted in a similar manner and concurrent with that described in SRP Sections 2.5.1, 2.5.2, and 2.5.4. The services of consultants may be used to aid the staff in geotechnical engineering evaluations regarding foundation engineering and slope stability analyses, particularly in the evalua- tion of safety-related and seismic Category I earthworks, earth and rock-fill dams, dikes, and reservoirs. Typical references used by the staff are listed in subsection VI of this SRP section. An acceptance review is conducted to determine if the provided information is complete as outlined in the Standard Format (Ref. 12) and to judge whether or not the information presented is sufficient to permit an independent in-depth review and analysis of the safety of the proposed facility. After acceptance of the SAR, the results of site investigations such as borings, maps, logs of trenches; permeability test records, results of seismic investigations, labora- tory test results, profiles, plot plans, and stability analyses are studied and cross-checked in considerable detail to determine whether or not the assumptions and analyses used in the design are conservative. The degree of conservatism required depends upon the type of analysis used, the reliability 2.5.5-5 Rev. 2 - July 1981 of