Document: NRC Regulatory Guide
Document ID: 1859c547-c10c-4ce4-ad2e-e54f7b66d4ef
Document Type: regulatory_guide
Title: Laboratory Investigations of Soils and Rocks for Engineering Analysis and Design of Nuclear Power Plants + HISTORY – HISTORY 07/2014 – DG-1256 , Proposed Revision 3 08/2001 – DG-1109 , Proposed Revision 2 (Rev. 3)
Source: NRC Regulatory Guide Division 1
Source URL: https://www.nrc.gov/docs/ML1318/ML13186A032.pdf
Revision Date: 2023-06
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Section ID: RG-1.138
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, ASTM STP 1213, pp 288-304, American Society for Testing and Materials, West Conshohocken, PA, 1994. 32. Vucetic, M., and R. Dobry, “Effect of Soil Plasticity on Cyclic Response,” ASCE Journal of Geotechnical Engineering, 117:89–17, American Society of Civil Engineers, Reston, VA, 1991. 33. ASTM D4015-07, “Standard Test Methods for Modulus and Damping of Soils by the Resonant-Column Method,” American Society for Testing and Materials, West Conshohocken, PA. 34. University of Texas at Austin Geotechnical Engineering Center, “Technical Procedures for Resonant Column and Torsional Shear (RCTS) Testing of Soil and Rock Samples,” Procedure PBRCTS-1, Austin, TX, October 2000.13 11 Documents from the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) are available through their Web site (http://www.asce.org/); or by contacting their home office at American Society of Civil Engineers, 1801 Alexander Bell Drive, Reston, VA, 20191; telephone (800) 548-2723. 12 Copies can be obtained from the American Public Health Association, 800 I Street NW, Washington, DC 20001-3710, telephone (202) 777-2742, or from their Web Site at: http://apha.org/ DG-1256, Page 16 35. NRC, “Backfitting and Information Collection, NUREG-1409, July 1990, ADAMS Accession No. ML032230247. 36. NRC, “Management of Facility-specific Backfitting and Information Collection,” NRC Management Directive 8.4. 13 Copies can be obtained from the Department of Civil, Architectural & Environmental Engineering Geotechnical Engineering Program, University of Texas, 1 University Station, C1792 Austin, Texas 78712-0280, telephone (512) 232-3682 or from their Web Site at: http://www.ce.utexas.edu/dept/area/geotech/index.html Appendix A to DG-1256, Page A-1 APPENDIX A LABORATORY TESTING METHODS FOR SOIL AND ROCK NAME OF TEST STANDARD OR PREFERRED METHOD APPENDIX A REFERENCES PROPERTIES OR PARAMETERS DETERMINED REMARKS/SPECIAL EQUIPMENT REQUIREMENTS SOILS—INDEX AND CLASSIFICATION TESTS Gradation analysis ASTM