Document: 10 CFR Part 50
Document ID: 20fe50ef-d452-4d24-95e3-504097f2ed00
Document Type: cfr
Title: Issuance of construction permits. [1]
Source: 10 CFR Part 50
Source URL: https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-10/part-50/section-50.35
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Section ID: 50.35
CFR Part: 50
CFR Title: 10

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l design of the facility, the findings required above will be appropriately modified to reflect that fact. ( b ) A construction permit will constitute an authorization to the applicant to proceed with construction but will not constitute Commission approval of the safety of any design feature or specification unless the applicant specifically requests such approval and such approval is incorporated in the permit. The applicant, at his option, may request such approvals in the construction permit or, from time to time, by amendment of his construction permit. The Commission may, in its discretion, incorporate in any construction permit provisions requiring the applicant to furnish periodic reports of the progress and results of research and development programs designed to resolve safety questions. ( c ) Any construction permit will be subject to the limitation that a license authorizing operation of the facility will not be issued by the Commission until ( 1 ) the applicant has submitted to the Commission, by amendment to the application, the complete final safety analysis report, portions of which may be submitted and evaluated from time to time, and ( 2 ) the Commission has found that the final design provides reasonable assurance that the health and safety of the public will not be endangered by operation of the facility in accordance with the requirements of the license and the regulations in this chapter. [ 27 FR 12915 , Dec. 29, 1962, as amended at 31 FR 12780 , Sept. 30, 1966; 35 FR 5318 , Mar. 31, 1970; 35 FR 6644 , Apr. 25, 1970; 35 FR 11461 , July 7, 1970] Footnotes - 50.35 [ 1 ] The Commission may issue a provisional construction permit pursuant to the regulations in this part in effect on March 30, 1970, for any facility for which a notice of hearing on an application for a provisional construction permit has been published on or before that date.