Document: NUREG-0800
Document ID: d3f58789-ffae-430c-9354-c752a32dbccf
Document Type: srp
Title: Compacted Fill.  In meeting the requirements of 10 CFR Part 50, the applicant should
Source: NUREG-0800
Source URL: https://www.nrc.gov/docs/ML1230/ML12302A005.pdf
Revision Date: 2023-06
Chapter: 2
Section ID: 2.5.5.4
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Content:
he applicant's technical submittal must contain a discussion of embankment dams and their foundations, natural and cut slopes, and all soil or rock slopes for which a lack of stability could adversely affect safety-related SSCs. Subsection 2.5.5.1 requires cross sections and profiles of the slopes and a description of the static and dynamic properties of soils and rock comprised by embankments. Groundwater and seepage conditions must also be described. Meeting this requirement provides assurance (a) that the nuclear power plant will be designed to withstand appropriately severe geologic, geotechnical, and seismic phenomena and (b) that, during normal operations or seismic events, the plant will pose no undue risk to the public as a result of instability, deformation, and failure of embankment structures and earthworks. Compliance with 10 CFR 100.23 requires that the geologic and seismic conditions at the proposed site be considered during the siting and design of a nuclear power plant. It describes the investigations required to obtain the geologic and seismic data necessary to determine site suitability and to provide reasonable assurance that a nuclear power plant can be constructed and operated at a proposed site without undue risk to the health and safety of the public. 10 CFR 100.23(d)(4) requires that the stability of all slopes, natural or artificial, the failure of which could adversely affect the nuclear power plant, be considered. The static and dynamic engineering properties of soils and rock comprised by embankments and earthworks should be included in order to determine their behavior during earthquakes. Guidance on the geologic investigation of embankments and their foundations, natural and cut slopes, and borrow materials properties, is provided in RG 1.132. Guidance on laboratory testing of soil and rock properties is provided in RG 1.138. Guidance on procedures for assessing soil liquefaction is provided in RG 1.198. Meeting these requirements