Document: NUREG-0800
Document ID: 74980693-f1d2-4f59-a418-b297e1cc6509
Document Type: srp
Title: SURFACE FAULTING
Source: NUREG-0800
Source URL: https://www.nrc.gov/docs/ML0707/ML070730597.pdf
Revision Date: 2023-06
Chapter: 2
Section ID: 2.5.3
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lly identified in 10 CFR 52.17(a)(1)(vi). 3. 10 CFR 100.23, "Geologic and Seismic Siting Criteria," as it relates to determining the potential for surface tectonic and non-tectonic deformations at and in the region surrounding the site. SRP Acceptance Criteria Specific SRP acceptance criteria acceptable to meet the relevant requirements of the NRC’s regulations identified above are as follows for the review described in this SRP section. The SRP is not a substitute for the NRC’s regulations, and compliance with it is not required. However, an applicant is required to identify differences between the design features, analytical techniques, and procedural measures proposed for its facility and the SRP acceptance criteria and evaluate how the proposed alternatives to the SRP acceptance criteria provide acceptable methods of compliance with the NRC regulations. Appropriate sections of the following Regulatory Guides are used by the staff for the identified acceptance criteria: Regulatory Guide 1.165, "Identification and Characterization of Seismic Sources and Determination of Safe Shutdown Earthquake Ground Motions,” describes acceptable methods to: (1) conduct geological, seismological, and geophysical investigations of the site and region around the site; (2) identify and characterize seismic sources; (3) perform probabilistic seismic hazard analysis (PSHA); and (4) determine the GMRS for the site (see SRP Section 2.5.2.6 and Reference 3). Regulatory Guide 1.208, “A Performance-Based Approach to Define Site-Specific Earthquake Ground Motion,” describes methods acceptable for (1) conducting geologic, geophysical, seismologic, and geotechnical investigations; (2) identifying and characterizing seismic sources; (3) performing PSHA; (4) determining seismic wave transmission characteristics of soil and rock sites; and (5) determining site-specific, 2.5.3-6 Revision 4 - March 2007 performance-based earthquake ground motion leading to establishing an GMRS. This