Document: 10 CFR Part 52
Document ID: fd69617e-7b5c-49e2-90ee-815727c55e10
Document Type: cfr
Title: Contents of applications; technical information.
Source: 10 CFR Part 52
Source URL: https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-10/part-52/section-52.137
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Section ID: 52.137
CFR Part: 52
CFR Title: 10

Content:
eactor design characteristics will be taken into consideration by the Commission: ( i ) Intended use of the reactor including the proposed maximum power level and the nature and inventory of contained radioactive materials; ( ii ) The extent to which generally accepted engineering standards are applied to the design of the reactor; ( iii ) The extent to which the reactor incorporates unique, unusual or enhanced safety features having a significant bearing on the probability or consequences of accidental release of radioactive materials; and ( iv ) The safety features that are to be engineered into the facility and those barriers that must be breached as a result of an accident before a release of radioactive material to the environment can occur. Special attention must be directed to plant design features intended to mitigate the radiological consequences of accidents. In performing this assessment, an applicant shall assume a fission product release [ 9 ] from the core into the containment assuming that the facility is operated at the ultimate power level contemplated. The applicant shall perform an evaluation and analysis of the postulated fission product release, using the expected demonstrable containment leak rate and any fission product cleanup systems intended to mitigate the consequences of the accidents, together with applicable postulated site parameters, including site meteorology, to evaluate the offsite radiological consequences. The evaluation must determine that: ( A ) An individual located at any point on the boundary of the exclusion area for any 2-hour period following the onset of the postulated fission product release, would not receive a radiation dose in excess of 25 rem [ 10 ] total effective dose equivalent (TEDE); and ( B ) An individual located at any point on the outer boundary of the low population zone, who is exposed to the radioactive cloud resulting from the postulated fission product release (during the entire period of its passage)