Document: NUREG-0800
Document ID: 57387417-c05d-47a8-a6c6-a37c4ba01dba
Document Type: srp
Title: -
Source: NUREG-0800
Source URL: https://www.nrc.gov/docs/ML1235/ML12353A354.pdf
Revision Date: 2023-06
Chapter: 3
Section ID: 3.7.2
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riteria 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 AEA, and the NRC regulations. SRP Acceptance Criteria Specific SRP acceptance criteria acceptable to meet the relevant requirements of the NRC regulations identified above are as follows for the review described in this SRP section. The SRP is not a substitute for the NRC 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. 1. Seismic Analysis Methods. The seismic analysis of all seismic Category I SSCs should use either a suitable dynamic analysis method or an equivalent static load analysis method, if justified. The SRP acceptance criteria primarily address linear elastic analysis coupled with allowable stresses near elastic limits of the structures. However, for certain special cases (e.g., evaluation of as-built structures), reliance on limited inelastic/nonlinear behavior is acceptable to the staff when appropriate. Analysis methods incorporating inelastic/nonlinear considerations and the analysis results are reviewed on a case-by-case basis.