Document: 10 CFR Part 50
Document ID: 39c9caec-f58c-4961-8db3-68dca2e163f5
Document Type: cfr
Title: Emergency plans.
Source: 10 CFR Part 50
Source URL: https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-10/part-50/section-50.47
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Section ID: 50.47
CFR Part: 50
CFR Title: 10

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ay result in the Commission declining to issue an operating license; however, the applicant will have an opportunity to demonstrate to the satisfaction of the Commission that deficiencies in the plans are not significant for the plant in question, that adequate interim compensating actions have been or will be taken promptly, or that there are other compelling reasons to permit plant operations. Where an applicant for an operating license asserts that its inability to demonstrate compliance with the requirements in either § 50.160 or paragraph (b) of this section results wholly or substantially from the decision of State and/or local governments not to participate further in emergency planning, an operating license may be issued if the applicant demonstrates to the Commission's satisfaction that: ( i ) The applicant's inability to comply with the requirements in either § 50.160 or paragraph (b) of this section is wholly or substantially the result of the non-participation of State and/or local governments. ( ii ) The applicant has made a sustained, good faith effort to secure and retain the participation of the pertinent state and/or local governmental authorities, including the furnishing of copies of its emergency plan. ( iii ) The applicant's emergency plan provides reasonable assurance that public health and safety is not endangered by operation of the facility concerned. To make that finding, the applicant must demonstrate that, as outlined below, adequate protective measures can and will be taken in the event of an emergency. A utility plan will be evaluated against the same planning standards applicable to a state or local plan, as listed in paragraph (b) of this section, with due allowance made both for— ( A ) Those elements for which state and/or local non-participation makes compliance infeasible and ( B ) The utility's measures designed to compensate for any deficiencies resulting from state and/or local non-participation. In making its determination