NUREG-1537, Part 2 - NRC

CHAPTE 2
stationary facilities and those related to transportation have been described and
analyzed to the extent necessary to evaluate the potential radiological risks to the
facility staff, the public, and the environment.
Evaluation Findngs
This section of the SAR should contain sufficient information to support the
following types of conclusions, which will be included in the staffs safety
evaluation report:
* The applicant discusses all nearby manmade facilities and activities that
could pose a hazard to reactor operations. There is reasonable assurance
that normal operations of such facilities would not affect reactor
operations.
* The analyses in Chapter 13 of potential malfunctions or accidents at nearby
manmade facilities and consideration of normal activities at those facilities
show that safe reactor shutdown would not be prevented, and no undue
radiological risk to the public, the environment, or the operating staff is
predicted. The potential consequences of these events at nearby facilities
are considered or bounded by applicable accidents analyzed in Chapter 13
of the SAR.
On the basis of these considerations, the reviewer should be able to conclude that
operations and potential accidents at nearby manmade facilities would not pose
sufficient risk to the reactor to render the site unsuitable for construction and
operation of the reactor facility, as designed.
2.3 Meteorology
Areas of Review
The reviewer should evaluate information presented by the applicant on
documented historical averages and extremes of climatic conditions and regional
meteorological phenomena that could affect the designed safety features and siting
of the research reactor to determine that the applicant covers the following areas:
* the general climate of the region, including types of air masses, synoptic
features (high- and low-pressure systems and frontal systems), general and
prevailing air-flow patterns (wind direction and speed), temperature and
humidity, precipitation (rain, snow, and sleet), and relationships between
synoptic-scale atmospheric processes and local (site) meteorological
conditions
NUREG-1537,PART2 2-4 REv. 0.2/96
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