Document: 10 CFR Part 72
Document ID: 26040a09-868b-4181-a097-d6b74d1b2d3e
Document Type: cfr
Title: Design control.
Source: 10 CFR Part 72
Source URL: https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-10/part-72/section-72.146
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Section ID: 72.146
CFR Part: 72
CFR Title: 10

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n feature in lieu of other verifying or checking processes, the licensee and certificate holder shall include suitable qualification testing of a prototype or sample unit under the most adverse design conditions. The licensee, applicant for a license, certificate holder, and applicant for a CoC shall apply design control measures to items such as the following: criticality physics, radiation, shielding, stress, thermal, hydraulic, and accident analyses; compatibility of materials; accessibility for inservice inspection, maintenance, and repair; features to facilitate decontamination; and delineation of acceptance criteria for inspections and tests. ( c ) The licensee, applicant for a license, certificate holder, and applicant for a CoC shall subject design changes, including field changes, to design control measures commensurate with those applied to the original design. Changes in the conditions specified in the license or CoC require prior NRC approval.