Document: NUREG-0800
Document ID: 9d8927d9-7f9a-4ee9-990f-7f8145210ca1
Document Type: srp
Title: POPULATION DISTRIBUTION
Source: NUREG-0800
Source URL: https://www.nrc.gov/docs/ML0523/ML052340553.pdf
Revision Date: 2023-06
Chapter: 2
Section ID: 2.1.3
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SAB providing any recommendations. Results of the review under this SRP section should be forwarded to the Division of Licensing, Assistant Director for Operating Reactors whenever the site contains a previously licensed and operating nuclear unit. IV. EVALUATION FINDINGS The reviewer verifies that sufficient information has been provided, and that his evaluation is sufficiently complete and adequate to support conclusions of the following type, to be included in the staff SER: The staff concludes that the population data provided is acceptable and meets the requirements of 10 CFR Part 50, §50.34, and 10 CFR Part 100. This conclusion is based on the applicant having provided an acceptable description and safety assessment of the site which contains present and projected population densities which, at the CP stage, are within the guidelines of Position C.3 of Regulatory Guide 4.7 and has properly specified the low population zone and population center distance. In addition, the staff has reviewed and confirmed by comparison with independently obtained population data, the applicant's estimates of the present and projected populations surrounding the site, including transients. The Emergency Prepardness Licensing Branch shall determine that: The applicant also has calculated the radiological consequences of design basis accidents at the outer boundary of the low population zone (Section 15) and has provided reasonable assurance that appropriate protective measures can be taken within the low population zone to protect the population in the event of a radiological emergency. V. IMPLEMENTATION The following is intended to provide guidance to applicants and licensees regarding the NRC staff's plans for using this SRP section. 2.1.3-4 Rev. 2 - July ; Except in those cases in which the applicant proposes an acceptable alternative method for complying with specified portions of the Commission's regulations, the method described herein will be used by the staff in its