Document: 10 CFR Part 52
Document ID: 3ab5015e-d63f-44de-9ba7-180a7b64b644
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-52.17
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Section ID: 52.17
CFR Part: 52
CFR Title: 10

Content:
§ 52.17 Contents of applications; technical information. ( a ) For applications submitted before September 27, 2007, the rule provisions in effect at the date of docketing apply unless otherwise requested by the applicant in writing. The application must contain: ( 1 ) A site safety analysis report. The site safety analysis report shall include the following: ( i ) The specific number, type, and thermal power level of the facilities, or range of possible facilities, for which the site may be used; ( ii ) The anticipated maximum levels of radiological and thermal effluents each facility will produce; ( iii ) The type of cooling systems, intakes, and outflows that may be associated with each facility; ( iv ) The boundaries of the site; ( v ) The proposed general location of each facility on the site; ( vi ) The seismic, meteorological, hydrologic, and geologic characteristics of the proposed site with appropriate consideration of the most severe of the natural phenomena that have been historically reported for the site and surrounding area and with sufficient margin for the limited accuracy, quantity, and period of time in which the historical data have been accumulated; ( vii ) The location and description of any nearby industrial, military, or transportation facilities and routes; ( viii ) The existing and projected future population profile of the area surrounding the site; ( ix ) A description and safety assessment of the site on which a facility is to be located. The assessment must contain an analysis and evaluation of the major structures, systems, and components of the facility that bear significantly on the acceptability of the site under the radiological consequence evaluation factors identified in paragraphs (a)(1)(ix)(A) and (a)(1)(ix)(B) of this section. In performing this assessment, an applicant shall assume a fission product release [ 1 ] from the core into the containment assuming that the facility is operated at the ultimate power level