10 CFR 53.230
§ 53.230 Safety functions.
United States · 10 CFR — Energy · Status: effective
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- 10 CFR 53.230, § 53.230 Safety functions, United States, version 1 as recorded 2026-07-09, yourstate.us, https://yourstate.us/provision/37573
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(a) The primary safety function is limiting the release of radioactive materials from the facility and must be maintained during normal operation and for LBEs over the life of the plant.
(b) Additional safety functions needed to support the retention of radioactive materials during LBEs—such as controlling reactivity, heat generation, heat removal, and chemical interactions—must be identified for each commercial nuclear plant.
(c) The primary and additional safety functions are required to satisfy the safety criteria defined in §§ 53.210 and 53.220 and must be fulfilled by the design features, human actions, and programmatic controls specified throughout this part.
Legislative history
This is a federal regulation, adopted through agency rulemaking under the Administrative Procedure Act — not enacted by a recorded vote of Congress.