10 C.F.R. § 52.45 Filing of applications.
Title 10 - Energy
(a)(1) Any person may seek a standard design certification for an essentially complete nuclear power plant design which is an evolutionary change from light water reactor designs of plants which have been licensed and in commercial operation before the effective date of this rule. (2) Any person may also seek a standard design certification for a nuclear power plant design which differs significantly from the light water reactor designs described in paragraph (a)(1) of this section or utilizes simplified, inherent, passive, or other innovative means to accomplish its safety functions. (b) An application for certification may be filed notwithstanding the fact that an application for a construction permit or combined license for such a facility has not been filed. (c)(1) Because a final design approval under appendix O of this part is a prerequisite for certification of a standard design, a person who seeks such a certification and does not hold, or has not applied for, a final design approval, shall file with the Director of Nuclear Reactor Regulation an application for a final design approval and certification. (2) Any person who seeks certification but already holds, or has applied for, a final design approval, also shall file with the Director of Nuclear Reactor Regulation an application for certification, because the NRC staff may require that the information before the staff in connection with the review for the final design approval be supplemented for the review for certification. (d) The applicant must comply with the filing requirements of 10 CFR 50.30(a) (1)–(4), and (6) and 50.30(b) as they would apply to an application for a nuclear power plant construction permit. The following portions of §50.4, which is referenced by §50.30(a)(1), are applicable to the extent technically relevant: paragraphs (a); (b), except for paragraphs (6); (c); and (e).
Title 10: Energy
PART 52—EARLY SITE PERMITS; STANDARD DESIGN CERTIFICATIONS; AND COMBINED LICENSES FOR NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS
Subpart B—Standard Design Certifications
§ 52.45 Filing of applications.
