Document: NUREG-0800
Document ID: 71cb532b-b4ee-4e32-b83f-f1f4412193fb
Document Type: srp
Title: SEISMIC INSTRUMENTATION
Source: NUREG-0800
Source URL: https://www.nrc.gov/docs/ML1230/ML12304A031.pdf
Revision Date: 2023-06
Chapter: 3
Section ID: 3.7.4
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10 CFR Part 50, Appendix S, Paragraph IV(a)(4) requires that suitable instrumentation be provided to promptly evaluate the seismic response of nuclear power plant features important to safety after an earthquake. Appendix S, Paragraph IV(a)(3) requires shutdown of the nuclear power plant if vibratory ground motion exceeding that of the Operating Basis Earthquake (OBE) occurs. 2. 10 CFR Part 20 requires licensees to make every reasonable effort to maintain radiation exposure as low as is reasonably achievable (ALARA). 10 CFR 20.1101(b), requires the provision of engineering controls based upon sound radiation protection principles to achieve occupational doses ALARA. 3. 10 CFR 52.47(b)(1), which requires that a DC application contain the proposed inspections, tests, analyses, and acceptance criteria (ITAAC) that are necessary and sufficient to provide reasonable assurance that, if the inspections, tests, and analyses are performed and the acceptance criteria met, a facility that incorporates the design certification has been constructed and will be operated in conformity with the design certification, the provisions of the Atomic Energy Act, and the NRC's regulations. 4. 10 CFR 52.80(a), which requires that a COL application contain the proposed inspections, tests, and analyses, including those applicable to emergency planning, that the licensee shall perform, and the acceptance criteria that are necessary and sufficient to provide reasonable assurance that, if the inspections, tests, and analyses are performed and the acceptance criteria met, the facility has been constructed and will operate in conformity with the combined license, the provisions of the Atomic Energy Act, and the NRC's regulations. SRP Acceptance Criteria Specific SRP acceptance criteria acceptable to meet the 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