Document: NUREG-0800
Document ID: 3cdcec35-dda1-49ce-a003-60e7a1c58ced
Document Type: srp
Title: LOCAL METEOROLOGY
Source: NUREG-0800
Source URL: https://www.nrc.gov/docs/ML0707/ML070730395.pdf
Revision Date: 2023-06
Chapter: 2
Section ID: 2.3.2
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is discussed in the following paragraph: GDC 2, or 10 CFR 52.17(a)(1)(vi) for ESP applications, require consideration of the most severe of the natural phenomena. 10 CFR 100.10(c)(2) and 100.20(c)(2) require meteorological characteristics of the site that are necessary for safety analysis or that may have an impact upon plant design (such as maximum probable wind speed and precipitation) to be identified and characterized, so that they may be taken into consideration in determining the acceptability of the site. 10 CFR 100.21(d) requires physical characteristics of the site, including meteorology, to be evaluated and site parameters established such that potential threats from such physical characteristics will pose no undue risk to the type of facility proposed to be located at the site. Application of GDC 2 (or 10 CFR 52.17(a)(1)(vi) for ESP applications), 10 CFR 100.10(c)(2), 100.20(c)(2), and 10 CFR 100.21(d) provide assurance that the most severe meteorological conditions at the chosen plant site have been identified. III. REVIEW PROCEDURES The reviewer will select material from the procedures described below, as may be appropriate for a particular case. The procedures outlined below are used to review CP applications, ESP applications, and COL applications that do not reference an ESP to determine whether data and analyses for the proposed site meet the acceptance criteria given in Subsection II of this SRP section. For reviews of OL applications, these procedures are used to verify that the data and analyses remain valid and that the facility’s design specifications are consistent with these data. As applicable, reviews of OLs and COLs include a determination on whether the content of technical specifications related to local meteorology is acceptable and whether the technical specifications reflect consideration of any identified unique conditions. These review procedures are based on the identified SRP acceptance criteria. For deviations from these