Document: NUREG-0800
Document ID: 3e2b0f8e-404f-49b4-8dde-3452e69e6218
Document Type: srp
Title: PROBABLE MAXIMUM FLOOD (PMF) ON STREAMS AND RIVERS
Source: NUREG-0800
Source URL: https://www.nrc.gov/docs/ML0520/ML052070241.pdf
Revision Date: 2023-06
Chapter: 2
Section ID: 2.4.3
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proposes an acceptable alternative method for complying with specified portions of the Commission's regulations, the method described herein will be used by the staff in its evaluation of conformance with Commission regulations. The provisions of this SRP section apply to reviews of applications docketed six months or more after the date of issuance of this SRP section.28 Implementation schedules for conformance to parts of the method discussed herein are contained in the referenced regulatory guides. The provisions of this SRP section apply to reviews of construction permit (CP), operating license (OL), and Preliminary Design Approval (PDA) applications docketed after the effective date of issuance of this revision to SRP Section 2.4.3.29 DRAFT Rev. 4 - April 1996 2.4.3-8 VI. REFERENCES In addition to the following specific references, Design Memoranda, Civil Works Investigations, and research and development reports of the Corps of Engineers and reports of other Federal and State agencies relevant to flood estimates at a specific site will be used on an "as-available" basis. 1. 10 CFR Part 50, Appendix A, General Design Criterion 2, "Design Basis for Protection Against Natural Phenomena." 2. 10 CFR Part 52, "Early Site Permits; Standard Design Certifications; and Combined Licenses for Nuclear Power Plants."30 3. 10 CFR Part 100, "Reactor Site Criteria." 4. Reports of the Corps of Engineers, Department of the Army: EM 1110-2-1411, "Standard Project Flood Determinations," March 26, 1952 (rev. March 1965). EM 1110-2-1405, "Flood Hydrograph Analysis and Computations," August 31, 1959. EM 1110-2-1408, "Routing of Floods Through River Channels," March 1, 1960. EM 1110-2-1406, "Runoff from Snowmelt," January 5, 1960. EM 1110-2-1603, "Hydraulic Design of Spillways," March 31, 1965. EM 1110-2-1409, "Backwater Curves in River Channels," December 7, 1959. Technical Bulletin No. 8, Sacramento District, "Generalized Snowmelt Runoff Frequencies," September 1962. EM