Document: NUREG-0800
Document ID: 60898d18-a4f6-4ec5-b361-aac54dbccf57
Document Type: srp
Title: BASIC GEOLOGIC AND SEISMIC INFORMATION
Source: NUREG-0800
Source URL: https://www.nrc.gov/docs/ML0523/ML052340588.pdf
Revision Date: 2023-06
Chapter: 2
Section ID: 2.5.1
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needless delays in completing the safety review. II. ACCEPTANCE CRITERIA The applicable rules and basic acceptance criteria pertinent to the areas of this section of the SRP are given below: 1. 10 CFR Part 50, Appendix A, "General Design Criteria for-Nuclear Power Plants" Gden-eral Design Criterion 2 - "Design Bases for Protection -Against Natural Phenomena" - This criterion requires that safety-related portions of the structures, systems, and components important to safety shall be designed to withstand the effects of earthquakes, tsunami, and seiches without loss of capability to perform their safety function (Ref. 1). 2. 10 CFR Part 100, "Reactor Site Criteria" - This part describes criteria which guide the evaluation of the suitability of proposed sites for nuclear power and testing reactors (Ref. 2). 3. 10 CFR Part 100, Appendix A, "Seismic and Geologic Siting Criteria for Nuclear Power Plants" - These criteria describe the nature of the investiga- tions required to obtain the geologic and seismic data necessary to deter- mine site suitability and identifies geologic and seismic factors required to be taken into account in the siting and design of nuclear power plants (Ref. 3). The following regulatory guides provide information, recommendations, and guidance and in general describe a basis acceptable to the staff for imple- menting the requirements of GDC 2, Part 100, and Appendix A to Part 100. a. Regulatory Guide 1.132, "Site Investigations for Foundations of Nuclear Power Plants" - This guide describes programs of site investigations related to geotechnical aspects that would normally meet the needs for evaluating the safety of the site from the standpoint of the per- formance of foundations and earthquakes under anticipated loading conditions including earthquake. It provides general guidance and recommendations for developing site-specific investigation programs as well as specific guidance for conducting subsurface investigations, the spacing and depth