Document: 10 CFR Part 50
Document ID: 95bb6c95-4469-43d8-aa77-b4d3038159b8
Document Type: cfr
Title: Definitions.
Source: 10 CFR Part 50
Source URL: https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-10/part-50/section-50.2
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Section ID: 50.2
CFR Part: 50
CFR Title: 10

Content:
ommercial activity (typically long-term) that significantly serves the U.S. national interest and cannot be accomplished without the use of HEU fuel; ( 2 ) Reactor physics or reactor development based explicitly on the use of HEU fuel; ( 3 ) Research projects based on neutron flux levels or spectra attainable only with HEU fuel; or ( 4 ) A reactor core of special design that could not perform its intended function without using HEU fuel. United States, when used in a geographical sense, includes Puerto Rico and all territories and possessions of the United States. Utilization facility means: ( 1 ) Any nuclear reactor other than one designed or used primarily for the formation of plutonium or U-233; or ( 2 ) An accelerator-driven subcritical operating assembly used for the irradiation of materials containing special nuclear material and described in the application assigned docket number 50-608. Note: Pursuant to subsections 11v. and 11cc., respectively, of the Act, the Commission may from time to time add to, or otherwise alter, the foregoing definitions of production and utilization facility. It may also include as a facility an important component part especially designed for a facility, but has not at this time included any component parts in the definitions. [ 21 FR 355 , Jan. 19, 1956] Editorial Note Editorial Note: For Federal Register citations affecting § 50.2 , see the List of CFR Sections Affected, which appears in the Finding Aids section of the printed volume and at www.govinfo.gov .