Document: NUREG-0800
Document ID: bef1ea40-9941-4e02-89c6-16eca69fabac
Document Type: srp
Title: FOUNDATIONS
Source: NUREG-0800
Source URL: https://www.nrc.gov/docs/ML0523/ML052340582.pdf
Revision Date: 2023-06
Chapter: 3
Section ID: 3.8.5
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4). e. A structural audit.is conducted (Appendix B, SRP Section 3.8.4). 5. Structural Acceptance Criteria The foundation, as a connecting line between the structure and soil media, is reviewed for its capability of receiving and transmitting loads with appropriate safety margins. The design limits imposed on the various parameters that serve to quantify the structural behavior of each foundation are reviewed with emphasis on the extent of compliance with the ACI-349 Code for concrete structures, *As augmented by Regulatory Guide 1.142 (Ref. 6) 3.8.5-3 Rev. 1 - July 1981 specifically with respect to stresses, strains, and deformations. Factors of safety against overturning and sliding are reviewed for their appropriate safety margins. Materials, Quality Control, and Special Construction Techniques Information on the materials used in the construction of seismic Category I foundations is reviewed. Among the major materials of construction reviewed are the following: a. The concrete ingredients. b. The reinforcing bars and mechanical splices. c. The structural steel. d. Rock anchors, including any prestressing system. The quality control program proposed for the fabrication and construction of seismic Category I foundations is reviewed, including the following: nondestructive examination of the materials to determine physical properties, placement of concrete, and erection tolerances. Special construction techniques, if proposed, are reviewed on a case-by- case basis. In addition, the information contained in items a, c and d of subsection I.6 of SRP Section 3.8.3, is also reviewed. 7. Testing and Inservice Surveillance Programs If applicable, any post-construction testing and inservice surveillance programs for foundations, such as monitoring potential settlements and displacements, are reviewed on a case-by-case basis. SEB coordinates other branches evaluations that interface with structural engineering aspects of the review as follows: Determination of structures