§ 53.1309 Contents of applications for construction permits; technical information.
The application must contain a Preliminary Safety Analysis Report (PSAR) that describes the facility and the limits on its operation and presents a preliminary safety analysis of the SSCs of the facility as a whole. The PSAR must include the following information, at a level of detail sufficient to enable the Commission to reach a conclusion on safety matters that must be resolved by the Commission before issuance of a CP:
(a)(1) Site information. An application for a CP for a commercial nuclear reactor must include the site information equivalent to that required for an early site permit in § 53.1146(a)(1)(iv) through (x).
(2) Design information. Except as specified in this paragraph (a)(2), an application for a CP for a commercial nuclear plant must include the design information equivalent to that required for a standard design certification as defined in § 53.1239(a)(2) through (a)(21), (a)(23), and § 53.1239(a)(26) through (27).
(i) Quality assurance program. A description of the QAP to be applied to the design, fabrication, construction, and testing of the SSCs of the facility under § 53.610(a)(6), including a discussion of how the requirements of appendix B to part 50 of this chapter will be satisfied.
(ii) Preliminary design information. The information provided in the application may include some aspects of the design that are not fully developed, and the information is therefore preliminary. The completed design, including any changes during construction, must be described in the FSAR required in § 53.1369 that supports an application for an OL.
(iii) Planned research or testing. Descriptions of how design features and related functional design criteria will fulfill the safety criteria in subpart B and how that has been or will be demonstrated through either analysis, appropriate test programs, experience, or a combination thereof. Where any design feature has not been fully developed or demonstrated to fulfill the functional design criteria at the time of an application for a CP, the applicant must provide a plan for future analysis, research and development, test programs, gathering of experience, or a combination thereof to provide reasonable confidence that the required demonstration will be available for an application for an OL
(iv) Programmatic controls. Descriptions of the programmatic controls may include those to be provided in the FSAR or other licensing-basis documents because they are necessary to achieve and maintain the reliability and capability of SSCs relied upon to demonstrate compliance with the established safety criteria and functional design criteria required in subpart B, and to maintain consistency with analyses required by § 53.450.
(3) Technical qualifications. A description of the technical qualifications of the applicant to engage in the proposed activities under the regulations in this chapter.
(4) Emergency preparedness. A description of the applicant's preliminary plans for coping with emergencies based on:
(i) Except as provided in paragraph (a)(4)(ii) of this section, the requirements in appendix E to part 50.
(ii) For a commercial nuclear plant consisting of either small modular reactors or non-light-water reactors, the requirements in either § 50.160 or appendix E to part 50.
(5) Physical security. A report that provides a preliminary description of how the site characteristics support the development of adequate security plans and measures consistent with the requirements in § 53.540.
(6) Fitness-for-duty program. A description of the fitness-for-duty (FFD) program required by 10 CFR part 26 and its implementation.
(b) A description of the program to protect Safeguards Information against unauthorized disclosure in accordance with the requirements in §§ 73.21 and 73.22 of this chapter, as applicable.