Document: 10 CFR Part 72
Document ID: c3671b7a-294d-433e-bf58-5c8ec349927c
Document Type: cfr
Title: Changes, tests, and experiments.
Source: 10 CFR Part 72
Source URL: https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-10/part-72/section-72.48
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Section ID: 72.48
CFR Part: 72
CFR Title: 10

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§ 72.48 Changes, tests, and experiments. ( a ) Definitions for the purposes of this section: ( 1 ) Change means a modification or addition to, or removal from, the facility or spent fuel storage cask design or procedures that affects a design function, method of performing or controlling the function, or an evaluation that demonstrates that intended functions will be accomplished. ( 2 ) Departure from a method of evaluation described in the FSAR (as updated) used in establishing the design bases or in the safety analyses means: ( i ) Changing any of the elements of the method described in the FSAR (as updated) unless the results of the analysis are conservative or essentially the same; or ( ii ) Changing from a method described in the FSAR to another method unless that method has been approved by NRC for the intended application. ( 3 ) Facility means either an independent spent fuel storage installation (ISFSI) or a Monitored Retrievable Storage facility (MRS). ( 4 ) The facility or spent fuel storage cask design as described in the Final Safety Analysis Report (FSAR) (as updated) means: ( i ) The structures, systems, and components (SSC) that are described in the FSAR (as updated), ( ii ) The design and performance requirements for such SSCs described in the FSAR (as updated), and ( iii ) The evaluations or methods of evaluation included in the FSAR (as updated) for such SSCs which demonstrate that their intended function(s) will be accomplished. ( 5 ) Final Safety Analysis Report (as updated) means: ( i ) For specific licensees, the Safety Analysis Report for a facility submitted and updated in accordance with § 72.70 ; ( ii ) For general licensees, the Safety Analysis Report for a spent fuel storage cask design, as amended and supplemented; and ( iii ) For certificate holders, the Safety Analysis Report for a spent fuel storage cask design submitted and updated in accordance with § 72.248 . ( 6 ) Procedures as described in the Final Safety Analysis Report (as