Document: NUREG-0800
Document ID: 6c5bc79e-d6b5-4e1b-a807-bb899a80abf0
Document Type: srp
Title: SITE LOCATION AND DESCRIPTION
Source: NUREG-0800
Source URL: https://www.nrc.gov/docs/ML0705/ML070550023.pdf
Revision Date: 2023-06
Chapter: 2
Section ID: 2.1.1
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REVIEW RESPONSIBILITIES Primary - Organization responsible for the review of siting criteria Secondary - None I. AREAS OF REVIEW Chapter 2 of the SRP discusses the site characteristics 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), design certification (DC), early site permit (ESP), or combined license (COL) applications concerning the site boundaries and location of the site with respect to prominent natural and manmade features. This SRP section applies to reviews performed for each of these types of applications. The reviewer verifies that the accuracy and level of detail for the descriptions of the site area and reactor location, as provided in the application, are sufficient to assess the acceptability of the reactor site. The review covers the following specific areas: 1. Specification of Location: For CP, ESP, and COL (not referencing an ESP) applications, the staff will review the reactor location with respect to (1) latitude and longitude, and the Universal Transverse Mercator (UTM)1 coordinate system; (2) political subdivisions; and (3) prominent natural and manmade features of the area. The purpose of the review is to ascertain the accuracy of the applicant’s safety analysis report (SAR) description and for use in independent evaluations of the exclusion area authority and control (SRP Section 2.1.2), the surrounding population (SRP Section 2.1.3), and nearby manmade hazards (SRP Section 2.2.3). 2 “Site” refers to the contiguous real estate on which nuclear facilities are located and for which one or more licensees has the legal right to control access by individuals and to restrict land use for purposes of limiting the potential doses from radiation or radioactive material during normal operation of the facilities. 3 Additional supporting information of prior DC rules may be found in DCD Tier 2 Section 14.3 2.1.1-2 Revision 3