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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100) is at least one and one third times the distance from the reactor to the outer boundary of the low population zone. 4. The population center distance is acceptable if there are no likely concen- trations of greater than 25,000 people over the plant lifetime closer than the distance designated by the applicant as the population center distance. The boundary of the population center shall be determined upon considerations of population distribution. Political boundaries are not controlling. 5. The population data supplied by the applicant in his SAR is acceptable if (a) it contains population data for the latest census, projected year of plant startup and projected year of end of plant life, all in the geograph- ical format given in Section 2.1.3 of Reference 3, (b) it describes the methodology and sources used to obtain the population data, including the projections, (c) it includes information on transient populations in the site vicinity, and (d) the population data in the site vicinity, including projections, is verified by other means such as U.S. Census publications, publications from state and local governments, and other independent projec- tions, to be reasonable. 6. If the population density at the.CP stage exceeds the guidelines given in Position C.3 of Regulatory Guide 4.7, "General Site Suitability Criteria for Nuclear Power Stations" (Ref. 4), the applicant will be required to give special attention to the consideration of alternative sites with lower population densities. A site that exceeds the population density guidelines of Position C.3 of Regulatory Guide 4.7 can nevertheless be selected and approved if, on balance, it offers advantages compared with available alter- native sites when all of the environmental, safety, and economic aspects of the proposed and alternative sites are considered. III. REVIEW PROCEDURES Selection and emphasis of various aspects of the areas covered by this SRP section will be made by the reviewer on each case. The