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Part 50--Domestic Licensing of Production and Utilization Facilities
PART 50--DOMESTIC LICENSING OF PRODUCTION AND UTILIZATION FACILITIES
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General Provisions
Sec.
50.1 Basis, purpose, and procedures applicable.
50.2 Definitions.
50.3 Interpretations.
50.4 Written communications.
50.5 Deliberate misconduct.
50.7 Employee protection.
50.8 Information collection requirements: OMB approval.
50.9 Completeness and accuracy of information.
Requirement of License, Exceptions
50.10 License required.
50.11 Exceptions and exemptions from licensing requirements.
50.12 Specific exemptions.
50.13 Attacks and destructive acts by enemies of the United States; and defense activities.
Classification and Description of Licenses
50.20 Two classes of licenses.
50.21 Class 104 licenses; for medical therapy and research and development facilities.
50.22 Class 103 licenses; for commercial and industrial facilities.
50.23 Construction permits.
Applications for Licenses, Form, Contents, Ineligibility of Certain Applicants
50.30 Filing of applications for licenses; oath or affirmation.
50.31 Combining applications.
50.32 Elimination of repetition.
50.33 Contents of applications; general information.
50.33a Information requested by the Attorney General for antitrust review.
50.34 Contents of applications; technical information.
50.34a Design objectives for equipment to control releases of radioactive material in effluents--nuclear power reactors.
50.35 Issuance of construction permits.
50.36 Technical specifications.
50.36a Technical specifications on effluents from nuclear power reactors.
50.36b Environmental conditions.
50.37 Agreement limiting access to Classified
Information.
50.38 Ineligibility of certain applicants.
50.39 Public inspection of applications.
Standards for Licenses and Construction Permits
50.40 Common standards.
50.41 Additional standards for class 104 licenses.
50.42 Additional standards for class 103 licenses.
50.43 Additional standards and provisions affecting class 103 licenses for commercial power.
50.44 Combustible gas control for nuclear power
reactors.
50.45 Standards for construction permits.
50.46 Acceptance criteria for emergency core cooling
systems for light-water nuclear power reactors.
50.46a Acceptance criteria for reactor coolant
system venting systems.
50.47 Emergency plans.
50.48 Fire protection.
50.49 Environmental qualification of electric equipment important to safety for nuclear power plants.
Issuance, Limitations, and Conditions of Licenses and Construction Permits
50.50 Issuance of licenses and construction permits.
50.51 Continuation of license.
50.52 Combining licenses.
50.53 Jurisdictional limitations.
50.54 Conditions of licenses.
50.55 Conditions of construction permits.
50.55a Codes and standards.
50.56 Conversion of construction permit to license; or amendment of license.
50.57 Issuance of operating license.
50.58 Hearings and report of the Advisory Committee on Reactor Safeguards.
50.59 Changes, tests and experiments.
50.60 Acceptance criteria for fracture prevention measures for lightwater nuclear power reactors for normal operation.
50.61 Fracture toughness requirements for protection against pressurized thermal shock events.
50.62 Requirements for reduction of risk from anticipated transients without scram (ATWS) events for light-water-cooled nuclear power plants.
50.63 Loss of all alternating current power.
50.64 Limitations on the use of highly enriched uranium (HEU) in domestic non-power reactors.
50.65 Requirements for monitoring the effectiveness
of maintenance at nuclear power plants.
50.66 Requirements for thermal annealing of the reactor pressure vessel.
50.67 Accident source term.
50.68 Criticality accident requirements.
Inspections, Records, Reports, Notifications
50.70 Inspections.
50.71 Maintenance of records, making of reports.
50.72 Immediate notification requirements for operating nuclear power reactors.
50.73 License event report system.
50.74 Notification of change in operator or senior operator status.
50.75 Reporting and recordkeeping for decommissioning
planning.
50.76. Licensee's change of status; financial
qualifications.
US/IAEA Safeguards Agreement
50.78 Installation information and verification.
Transfers of Licenses--Creditors' Rights--Surrender of Licenses
50.80 Transfer of licenses.
50.81 Creditor regulations.
50.82 Termination of license.
50.83 Release of part of a power reactor
facility or site for unrestricted use.
Amendment of License or Construction Permit at Request of Holder
50.90 Application for amendment of license or construction permit.
50.91 Notice for public comment; State consultation.
50.92 Issuance of amendment.
Revocation, Suspension, Modification, Amendment of Licenses and Construction Permits, Emergency Operations by the Commission
50.100 Revocation, suspension, modification of licenses and construction permits for cause.
50.101 Retaking possession of special nuclear material.
50.102 Commission order for operation after revocation.
50.103 Suspension and operation in war or national emergency.
Backfitting
50.109 Backfitting.
Enforcement
50.110 Violations.
50.111 Criminal penalties.
50.120 Training and qualification of nuclear power plant personnel.
Appendix A to Part 50--General Design Criteria for Nuclear Power Plants
Appendix B to Part 50--Quality Assurance Criteria for Nuclear Power Plants and Fuel Reprocessing Plants
Appendix C to Part 50--A Guide for the Financial Data and Related Information Required To Establish Financial Qualifications for Facility Construction Permits
Appendix D to Part 50--[Reserved]
Appendix E to Part 50--Emergency Planning and Preparedness for Production and Utilization Facilities
Appendix F to Part 50--Policy Relating to the Siting of Fuel Reprocessing Plants and Related Waste Management Facilities
Appendix G to Part 50--Fracture Toughness Requirements
Appendix H to Part 50--Reactor Vessel Material Surveillance Program Requirements
Appendix I to Part 50--Numerical Guides for Design Objectives and Limiting Conditions for Operation to Meet the Criterion "As Low as is Reasonably Achievable" for
Radioactive Material in Light-Water-Cooled Nuclear Power Reactor Effluents
Appendix J to Part 50--Primary Reactor Containment Leakage Testing for Water-Cooled Power Reactors
Appendix K to Part 50--ECCS Evaluation Models
Appendix L to Part 50--Information Requested by the Attorney General for Antitrust Review of Facility Construction Permits and Initial Operating Licenses
Appendix M to Part 50--Standardization of Design; Manufacture of Nuclear Power Reactors; Construction and Operation of Nuclear Power Reactors Manufactured Pursuant to
Commission License
Appendix N to Part 50--Standardization of Nuclear Power Plant Designs: Licenses to Construct and Operate Nuclear Power Reactors of Duplicate Design at Multiple Sites
Appendix O to Part 50--Standardization of Design: Staff Review of Standard Designs
Appendix P to Part 50--[Reserved]
Appendix Q to Part 50--Pre-application Early Review of Site Suitability Issues
Appendix R to Part 50--Fire Protection Program for Nuclear Power Facilities Operating Prior to January 1, 1979
Appendix S to Part 50--Earthquake Engineering Criteria for Nuclear Power Plants
Authority: Secs. 102, 103, 104, 105, 161, 182, 183, 186, 189, 68
Stat. 936, 938, 948, 953, 954, 955, 956, as amended, sec. 234, 83
Stat. 444, as amended (42 U.S.C. 2132, 2133, 2134, 2135, 2201, 2232,
2233, 2239, 2282); secs. 201, as amended, 202, 206, 88 Stat. 1242,
as amended, 1244, 1246 (42 U.S.C. 5841, 5842, 5846); sec. 1704, 112
Stat. 2750 (44 U.S.C. 3504 note).
Section 50.7 also issued under Public Law 95-601, sec. 10, 92
Stat. 2951(42 U.S.C. 5841). Section 50.10 also issued under secs.
101, 185, 68 Stat. 936, 955 as amended (42 U.S.C. 2131, 2235), sec.
102, Public Law 91-190, 83 Stat. 853 (42 U.S.C. 4332). Sections
50.13, 50.54(dd), and 50.103 also issued under sec. 108, 68 Stat.
939, as amended (42 U.S.C. 2138). Sections 50.23, 50.35, 50.55, and
50.56 also issued under sec. 185, 68 Stat. 955 (42 U.S.C. 2235).
Sections 50.33a, 50.55a and Appendix Q also issued under sec. 102,
Public Law 91-190, 83 Stat. 853 (42 U.S.C. 4332). Sections 50.34 and
50.54 also issued under sec. 204, 88 Stat. 1245 (42 U.S.C. 5844).
Sections 50.58, 50.91, and 50.92 also issued under Pub. L. 97-415,
96 Stat. 2073 (42 U.S.C. 2239). Section 50.78 also issued under sec.
122, 68 Stat. 939 (42 U.S.C. 2152). Sections 50.80-50.81 also issued
under sec. 184, 68 Stat. 954, as amended (42 U.S.C. 2234). Appendix
F also issued under sec. 187, 68 Stat. 955 (42 U.S.C. 2237).
Source: 21 FR 355, Jan. 19, 1956, unless otherwise noted.
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