Staff technical position on investigations to identify fault displacement hazards and seismic hazards at a geologic repository
The purpose of this Staff Technical Position (STP) is to provide guidance to the US Department of Energy (DOE) on acceptable geologic repository investigations that can be used to identify fault displacement hazards and seismic hazards. ne staff considers that the approach this STP takes to investigations of fault displacement and seismic phenomena is appropriate for the collection of sufficient data for input to analyses of fault displacement hazards and seismic hazards, both for the preclosure and postclosure performance periods. However, detailed analyses of fault displacement and seismic data, such as those required for comprehensive assessments of repository performance, may identify the need for additional investigations. Section 2.0 of this STP describes the 10 CFR Part 60 requirements that form the basis for investigations to describe fault displacement hazards and seismic hazards at a geologic repository. Technical position statements and corresponding discussions are presented in Sections 3.0 and 4.0, respectively. Technical position topics in this STP are categorized thusly: (1) investigation considerations, (2) investigations for fault-displacement hazards, and (3) investigations for seismic hazards.
- Research Organization:
- Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC (United States). Div. of High-Level Waste Management
- Sponsoring Organization:
- NRC; Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC (United States)
- OSTI ID:
- 7077009
- Report Number(s):
- NUREG-1451; ON: TI92019975
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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