Document: NRC Regulatory Guide
Document ID: c7b1689b-ff17-4083-9fb1-f91b6965ea1a
Document Type: regulatory_guide
Title: Design Basis Floods for Nuclear Power Plants + HISTORY - HISTORY 02/2022 – DG-1290 , Proposed Revision 3 09/2014 – Periodic Review of Revision 2 – Revise 07/1980 – Errata to Revision 2 07/2024 – DG-1290 Revision 1 (Rev. 2)
Source: NRC Regulatory Guide Division 1
Source URL: https://www.nrc.gov/docs/ML0037/ML003740388.pdf
Revision Date: 2023-06
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Section ID: RG-1.59
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E•) - 0 0 - 0.2 8 - 0.5 40 - 1.0 64 - 1.5 82 , 2.0 100 - 3.0 105 - 5.0 156 - 10.0 258 - 15.0 336 - 20.0 266 - 25.0 210 - 30.0 322 - 35.0 433 40,0 6OO IATITUDI 0 42 0 48' DEIREE AT TRAVERSE MID-POINT FHOM SHORE TM 60o-=OOT DEPTm •M OCIPUTTIONAL COiFICIENT AND WATER LEVEL (StkGE) ESrIMATES COEFF I C I ENTS kOnO' FRICTION FA¥ 02 0.0025 WIND STRESS CGURLCTION FACTOR 1.10 WATER L-VEL DATA (AT OPEN GCAST SHORELINE) PMH SPEED CF TRANSLATION COMPONENTS ST I ITT I hi F E E" T WIND SETUP 4.25 PRESSURE S'IMP 2.23 INITIAL WAT1. LEV. 0.83 M NORICAL 10.50 VIDE LEVEL TAL-SURGE •TILL WATER L67,. 17.81 EETr MLW I K LOCATION GREAT LAT. W$O3304' LONG. 67' SPRUCE ISLAND. MAINE otej: Maximum wind speed is assumed to be on the traverse that is to right of storm track a distance equal to the radius-to maximum wind. y/Initial distance is distance along traverse from shoreline to maximum • ind when leading i 20 mph isovel intersects shoreline. Storm diameter between 20 mph Isovels is approxi mately double the initial distance. 30': TRAvERS OCEAN BE TRAVERSE DISTANCE FROM SHORE (NuT.MI. 0 _ 0.2 - 0.5 - 1.0 _ 1.5 - 2.0 _ 3.0 - 4.0 _ 5.0 1 0.0 _ 15.0 20.0 - 30.0 10.0 50.0 - 60.0 70.0 - 120.0 130.0 1'Ii0 180.0 IATITUDE DFRFZ AT MID-POiNT ,E-AZIMUTH 148 ED PROFILE PROBABLE MAXIMUM HURRICANE INDEX CHARACTrERISTICS I ZO.E 4 AT LOCATION 440 31 DEGREE NOW'TH INO 600-FOOT DEPT' Dif-REEs LFNGTH 178.6 NAUTICAL MILES K TABLE C.20 SUMMARY-PERTINENT PROBABLE MAXIMUI. hUWRICANE (PMH). STOIRM SURGE COMPUTATIONAL DATA AND RESULTANT WATER L•VEL' K WATER DEMT BELOW MLW FEET 0 50 96 "95 125 125 165 247 188 233 438 570 271 511 NIL 4 1,620 4 o17df TRAVERSE FROM SHORE SPEE OF TRANSLTION PARAMETER DESIGNATIONS SLOW HODERATF HIGH .EMLPRESSURE INDEX - P0 INCHES 27.61 27.61 27.61 PERIPHERAL PRESSURE Pn INCHES 30.25 30.25 30.25 ýRDU TO MXMWIND IARGE RADIUS NAUT. MI. •64 64 64 TRASIATION SPEED V (FORWARD SPEED) KNOTS I 19 39 53 "Vx M.P.H. 102 114 122 TINITIAL DISTANCE-NAUT.MID " 1P %A PMH 001PUTATIONAL