Document: NUREG-0800
Document ID: 223f4b43-406b-4b45-903d-f3f8e31d0b7a
Document Type: srp
Title: POTENTIAL DAM FAILURES
Source: NUREG-0800
Source URL: https://www.nrc.gov/docs/ML0707/ML070730417.pdf
Revision Date: 2023-06
Chapter: 2
Section ID: 2.4.4
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logy, geology, and hydrology) be taken into account when determining its acceptability for a nuclear power reactor. 10 CFR Part 100 is applicable to SRP Section 2.4.4 because it addresses the physical characteristics, including hydrology, considered by the Commission when determining the acceptability of a site for a power reactor. To satisfy the hydrologic requirements of 10 CFR Part 100, the applicant’s SAR should contain a description of the hydrological and seismic characteristics of the region and an analysis of potential dam failures. The description should be sufficient to assess the acceptability of the site and the potential for those characteristics to influence the design of SSC important to safety. Meeting this requirement provides a level of assurance that SSC important to safety have been designed to withstand the effects of high water levels resulting from failure of upstream dams, as well as those of low water levels resulting from failure of a downstream dam. 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 hydrology-related site characteristics are 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 acceptance criteria, the staff