Document: NUREG-0800
Document ID: 2e78f488-27cd-498c-b605-b7f3c3f5e350
Document Type: srp
Title: GEOLOGIC CHARACTERIZATION INFORMATION
Source: NUREG-0800
Source URL: https://www.nrc.gov/docs/ML1230/ML12300A231.pdf
Revision Date: 2023-06
Chapter: 2
Section ID: 2.5.1
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lowing Commission regulations: 2.5.1-6 Draft Revision 5 – August 2013 1. Applicable to COL, ESP, CP, OL: 10 CFR 100.23, “Geologic and Seismic Siting Criteria,” subsection (c) of 100.23, requires that the geologic, seismic and engineering characteristics of the site and its environs be investigated in sufficient scope and detail to permit an adequate evaluation of the proposed site; provide sufficient information to support estimates of the Safe Shutdown Earthquake (SSE) ground motion; and permit adequate engineering solutions to actual or potential geologic and seismic effects at the proposed site. 10 CFR 100.23(c) further specifies that all geologic and seismic factors that may affect design and operation of the proposed nuclear power plant must be investigated, irrespective of whether such factors are explicitly included in 10 CFR 100.23(c) (e.g., volcanic activity). 2. Applicable to a COL, CP: 10 CFR Part 50, Appendix A, General Design Criterion (GDC) 2, "Design Bases for Protection Against Natural Phenomena" as it relates to consideration of the most severe of the natural phenomena that have been historically reported for the site and surrounding area, with sufficient margin for the limited accuracy, quantity and period of time in which the historical data have been accumulated. 3. Applicable to an ESP: 10 CFR 52.17(a)(1)(vi) “Contents of Application.” A site SAR includes the geological characteristics of the proposed site with consideration of the most severe of the natural phenomena that have been historically reported for the site and 10 CFR 52.17(a)(1)(xii) an evaluation of the site against applicable sections of the SRP acceptance criteria. 4. Applicable to a COL: 10 CFR 52.79(a)(iii). A site FSAR includes the geological characteristics of the proposed site with consideration of the most severe of the natural phenomena that have been historically reported for the site and the surrounding area and with sufficient margin for the limited accuracy,