Document: NUREG-1555
Document ID: a43fee0d-ad03-4f3c-97d8-e21705b04eac
Document Type: esrp
Title: METEOROLOGY AND AIR QUALITY
Source: NUREG-1555
Source URL: https://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/doc-collections/nuregs/staff/sr1555/initial/
Revision Date: 2007-10
Chapter: 2
Section ID: 2.7
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accidents involves staff estimates of atmospheric dispersion in the vicinity of the plant. The staff considered various methods of calculat- ing these consequences and presented acceptable methods in Regulatory Guide 1.145. October 1999 2.7-7 NUREG-1555 Atmospheric dispersion models and assumptions for assessing the air quality impact of nonradio- logical atmospheric emissions are described by the EPA. Use of EPA models for air quality calculations will ensure consistency with calculations performed by other agencies. III. REVIEW PROCEDURES The reviewer’s analysis of meteorology should be closely linked with the impact assessment review described by ESRPs 5.3.3.1 and 5.4 to establish the meteorological characteristics that are most likely to be affected. To evaluate the applicant’s climatological descriptions and meteorological data, the reviewer should compare them with the climatological data available from the National Climatic Data Center (NCDC) and information in climatological references. These references include ` standard climatological references, such as Weather and Climate (Koeppe and Delong 1958) and Applied Climatology (Griffiths 1963) that describe the relationship between climate and geography ` other climatological texts, such as Boundary Layer Climates (Oke 1978) and The Climate Near the Ground (Geiger, Aron, and Todhunter 1995), that describe local climate variability and climate modifications related to man’s activities ` climate descriptions for specific regions in the United States that have been prepared by the U.S. Department of Commerce (1968), National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and that are found in publications such as Climatic Atlas of the United States, Climates of the States, and Local Climatological Data Annual Summaries with Comparative Data. These publications contain information on meteorological extremes as well as typical conditions. ` up-to-date climatological data and summaries that are available