Document: NRC Regulatory Guide
Document ID: c7b1689b-ff17-4083-9fb1-f91b6965ea1a
Document Type: regulatory_guide
Title: Design Basis Floods for Nuclear Power Plants + HISTORY - HISTORY 02/2022 – DG-1290 , Proposed Revision 3 09/2014 – Periodic Review of Revision 2 – Revise 07/1980 – Errata to Revision 2 07/2024 – DG-1290 Revision 1 (Rev. 2)
Source: NRC Regulatory Guide Division 1
Source URL: https://www.nrc.gov/docs/ML0037/ML003740388.pdf
Revision Date: 2023-06
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Section ID: RG-1.59
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PMH SPEED OF TRANSLATION COMPONENTS ST I MT u S _ _E E T WIND SETUP 8.73 PRESSURE SETUP 2.46 INITIAL WATIR LEV. 0.97 &STONONICAL 3.10 TIDE LEVEL WTAL-SURGE STILL WATER LWV. 15.26 E1EET MLW ( PROBABLE MAXIMUM HUHRICkNE INDEX CHARAC'IMtISTICS ZONE 4 AT LOCATION 410 00' DXMEE NORTH SPEED OF TRANSLATION PARAMTER DESIGNATIONS SLOW HODEATF HIGH M2?I1AL PRESSURE INDEX P0 INCHES 27.26 27.26 27.26 PERIPHERAL PRESSURE P INCHES 30.56 30.56 30.56 RADIUS TO MAXIMUM WIND LARERADIS NAUT. MI. .8 48 48 mRANSLATION SPEED ?,v (FORWARD SPEED) KNOTS 115 34 51 1AXlMUM WIND SPEED vx M.P.H. 115 126 136 INITIAL DISTANCE-NAWTeMIJ/ FROM 20 MPH WIND 346 293 259 kT SHORE TO MAX. WIND r Q SUMMARY-PERTINENT PRtJBA.LE MAXIMUI,. hhIRICANE LOCATION WATCH HILL LAT. 43?18.9w LONG. 71 POINT, RHODE ISLAND PROBABLE MAX IMUM HURRlCANE INDEX CHARACTISTICS ZONE 4 AT LOCATION •41 19' REE NORTH Note: Maximum wind speed is assumed to be on the--raverse that is to right of storm track a distance equal to the radius to maximum wind. 1/Initial distance is distance along traverse from shoreline to maximum wind when leading 20 mph isovel intersects shoreline. Storm -diameter between 20 mph iaovels is approxi mately double the initial distance. K TABLE C.18 (nMH), STORM SUHGE COMPUTATIONAL DATA AND RESULTANT MATER LEVEL 50 : T1RAVERSE-AZIMUTH 166 DE•REE: LENGTH 84 NAUlICAL MILES OCEAN BED PROFILE; TRAVERSE WATER DISTANCE DEPTH FROM BELOW SHORE MWI NAUT MI (FELT) 0 0 0.2 28 _ 0.5 40 1.0 77 _ 1.5 98 2.0 119 _ 3.0 117 4.0 114 _ 5.0 128 6.0 114 - 7.0 113 8.0 117 9.0 118 10.0 93 11.0 70 12.0 65 S 3.0 51 L4.o 56 15.0 77? 20.0 131 -0 1 0 2~ gO 0 245 LATITUiE 0 400 38' DEIREE AT TRAVERSE MID-POINT FROM SHORE IT 600-2 = DEFA K 'r 6, ""SPEED F •A STION PARAMETER I(SIPNATIOE.OS 5 35 1IGH , ,, (sT_ ) " N '0 ( r) 10 INCHES 27.29 27.29 27.29 P a INCHES 30.54 30.54 30.54 UaDIS TO MAXIMUM WIND IARG RADIUS NAUT. MI. 49 49 4 XIMUM MIND SPEED VA M.P.H. 113 126 134 INITIAL DISTANCE-NAUT.MI .1 FROM 20 MPH WIND 348 284. 255 AT S