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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and conclusions presented, the staff will request the applicant to provide additional clarifying information. Questions might arise from discovery of references not cited by the applicant that suggest alternative interpretations to the information and interpretations provided by the applicant. The RAIs might indicate the need to conduct additional investigations. The detailed review schedule will commonly include public meetings with the applicant to ask clarifying questions and allow the applicant to present new data or other information to justify conclusions in the application. Staff reviews the applicant's responses to questions and remaining issues may be resolved by supplemental RAIs, public meetings or by staff positions. A staff position is usually in the form of a requirement for the applicant to provide confirmatory information or to design for a specific condition in a manner deemed to be adequate under and consistent with the requirements of 10 CFR 100.23. Site Audit and Confirmatory Activities Staff conducts site audits to examine geologic features revealed by outcrops, trenches, test pits, surface and subsurface geophysical tests, and borehole data. The audit typically covers review topics for both SRP Sections 2.5.1 and 2.5.3, therefore staff will focus on evaluating geologic features within the site vicinity, area and location that may indicate any natural hazard to the site and surface deformation. Staff prepares a site audit report to document observations and to aid in the development of the Safety Evaluation Report (SER). The report is subsequently submitted to NRC Agencywide Documents Access and Management System and retained as a record. 2.5.1-11 Draft Revision 5 – August 2013 As part of confirmatory activities for the site audit review, staff might conduct an independent geologic reconnaissance of the site region, vicinity, area, and location as necessary to examine soil and rock samples from core borings and test pits and geologic features