Document: NUREG-0800
Document ID: 80e66b61-f0ed-49db-ba0b-ba2b7a7a0d52
Document Type: srp
Title: BASIC GEOLOGIC AND SEISMIC INFORMATION
Source: NUREG-0800
Source URL: https://www.nrc.gov/docs/ML0423/ML042390206.pdf
Revision Date: 2023-06
Chapter: 2
Section ID: 2.5.1
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REVIEW RESPONSIBILITIES Primary - Civil Engineering and Geosciences Branch (ECGB) Secondary - None I. AREAS OF REVIEW ECGB reviews the geological, seismological, and geophysical information submitted in the applicant's early site evaluation report (ESR) or safety analysis report (SAR), Sections 2.5.1, 2.5.2, and 2.5.3. The technical information presented in these sections of the SAR or ESR results largely from surface and subsurface geological, seismological, geophysical, and geotechnical investigations performed in progressively greater detail closer to the site, within each of the areas described by radii of 320 km (200 mi), Ku 40 km (25 mi), 8 km (5 mi), and 1 km (0.6 mi) around the site. The following specific subjects are addressed: tectonic and seismic information, nontectonic deformation information, and conditions caused by human activities, with respect to regional geology (Subsection 2.5.1.1) and site geology (Subsection 2.5.1.2). Because there is a strong overlap among these areas of review and those of geotechnical engineering and geohydrology, the reviewers of these sections of the SARs should also carefully review Standard Review Plan (SRP) Section 2.5.4 and Section 2.4.12 and closely coordinate their reviews and findings with those of the geotechnical engineering and the geohydrology reviewers. For example, coordination with geotechnical engineers is required when verification of geological processes affecting the site, such as the preloading history of the plant's soil foundations by means of glacial and Rev. 3 - March 1997 USNRC STANDARD REVIEW PLAN Standard review plans are prepared for the guidance of the Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation staff responsible for the review of applications to construct and operate nuclear power plants. These documents are made available to the public as part of the Commission's policy to Inform the nuclear Industly and the general public of regulatory procedures and policies. Standard review plans are not