Document: 10 CFR Part 50
Document ID: 7b933bf1-d013-48db-aaae-6242d8705c6e
Document Type: cfr
Title: Issuance of operating license. [1]
Source: 10 CFR Part 50
Source URL: https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-10/part-50/section-50.57
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Section ID: 50.57
CFR Part: 50
CFR Title: 10

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ection with a pending proceeding under this section make a motion in writing, under this paragraph (c) , for an operating license authorizing low-power testing (operation at not more than 1 percent of full power for the purpose of testing the facility), and further operations short of full power operation. Action on such a motion by the presiding officer shall be taken with due regard to the rights of the parties to the proceedings, including the right of any party to be heard to the extent that his contentions are relevant to the activity to be authorized. Before taking any action on such a motion that any party opposes, the presiding officer shall make findings on the matters specified in paragraph (a) of this section as to which there is a controversy, in the form of an initial decision with respect to the contested activity sought to be authorized. The Director of Nuclear Reactor Regulation will make findings on all other matters specified in paragraph (a) of this section. If no party opposes the motion, the presiding officer will issue an order in accordance with § 2.319(p) authorizing the Director of Nuclear Reactor Regulation to make appropriate findings on the matters specified in paragraph (a) of this section and to issue a license for the requested operation. [ 35 FR 5318 , Mar. 31, 1970, as amended at 35 FR 6644 , Apr. 25, 1970; 37 FR 11873 , June 15, 1972; 37 FR 15142 , July 28, 1972; 49 FR 35753 , Sept. 12, 1984; 51 FR 7765 , Mar. 6, 1986; 69 FR 2275 , Jan. 14, 2004] Footnotes - 50.57 [ 1 ] The Commission may issue a provisional operating license pursuant to the regulations in this part in effect on March 30, 1970, for any facility for which a notice of hearing on an application for a provisional operating license or a notice of proposed issuance of a provisional operating license has been published on or before that date.