Document: NUREG-0800
Document ID: 9d8927d9-7f9a-4ee9-990f-7f8145210ca1
Document Type: srp
Title: POPULATION DISTRIBUTION
Source: NUREG-0800
Source URL: https://www.nrc.gov/docs/ML0523/ML052340553.pdf
Revision Date: 2023-06
Chapter: 2
Section ID: 2.1.3
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ial distance out to 30 miles (cumulative population at a distance divided by the area at that distance), or the projected population density over the lifetime of the facility exceeds 1,000 persons per square mile averaged over any radial distance out to 30 miles, a memorandum should be prepared advising appropriate staff personnel that an evalu- ation of alternative sites having lower population densities will be required. Determine that the SAR includes a map of the low population zone and a table of population distribution which includes transients (Reference 3, Section 2.1.3.4). Determine the method used by the applicant to establish the boundary of the nearest population center (Reference 3, Section 2.1.3.5). Evaluate communities which are closer to the plant than the design population center to determine the likelihood that any of them can be projected to 25,000 people within the plant lifetime. Compare the distance to the boundary of the population center to the distance to the outer boundary of the low population zone and establish that the population center distance is at least one and one-third times the low population zone distance as required by 10 CFR Part 100. Population and population density data of specific towns and cities within the low population zone can be checked against population data as contained in the Department of Commerce publication, "1970 Census of Population - Characteristics of the Population," or other Census Bureau publications. l Determine that the current and projected population data for the LPZ includes transients (e.g., workers, occupants of schools, hospitals, etc., recreational facilities). The EPLB determines the acceptability of the LPZ with respect to the necessary finding that there is reasonable assurance that appropriate protective measures could be taken in behalf of the people within the LPZ in the event of a radiolog- ical emergency. [10 CFR Part 100, Section 100.3(b)] A memorandum stating this finding should be