Document: NUREG-0800
Document ID: 80e66b61-f0ed-49db-ba0b-ba2b7a7a0d52
Document Type: srp
Title: BASIC GEOLOGIC AND SEISMIC INFORMATION
Source: NUREG-0800
Source URL: https://www.nrc.gov/docs/ML0423/ML042390206.pdf
Revision Date: 2023-06
Chapter: 2
Section ID: 2.5.1
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ion of the licensing review follows. In its review of the geological and seismological aspects of the plant, the staff has considered pertinent information gathered in support of the application for a license. The information reviewed includes data from site and near-site investigations, as well as a geological reconnaissance of the site and region, an independent review of recently published literature, and discussions with knowledgeable scientists with the USGS and other Federal agencies, the State Geological Survey, local universities, consulting firms, etc. Based on its review: (1) The geological, geophysical, and seismological investigations and other information provided by the applicant and required by 10 CFR 100.23 have been combined with the staff's independent review of the data and other sources of information, including a geological reconnaissance of the site and region and examination of excavations for Seismic Category I structures at the site. These results provide an adequate basis to establish that no capable tectonic sources or seismogenic sources exist in the plant site area that have the potential of causing near-surface displacement or earthquakes to be centered there. (2) Based on the results of the applicant's regional and site geological, seismological, and geophysical investigations and the staff's independent evaluation, the staff concludes that all seismic sources significant to determining the SSE for the site have been identified and appropriately characterized by the applicant in accordance with Regulatory Guide 1.165 and SRP Section 2.5.2. 2.5.1-9 Rev. 3 - March 1997 (3) Based on the applicant's geological, geophysical, and geotechnical investigations of the site vicinity and site area, the staff concludes that the site lithology, stratigraphy, geological history, structural geology, and characteristics of the subsurface soils and rocks have been properly characterized. (4) There is no potential for the occurrence of other geological