10 CFR 53.425
§ 53.425 Design features and functional design criteria for normal operations.
United States · 10 CFR — Energy · Status: effective
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- 10 CFR 53.425, § 53.425 Design features and functional design criteria for normal operations, United States, version 1 as recorded 2026-07-09, yourstate.us, https://yourstate.us/provision/37583
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(a) Design features must be provided for each commercial nuclear plant to support the Radiation Protection Program required in § 53.850.
(b) Functional design criteria must be defined for each design feature relied upon to demonstrate compliance with § 53.850.
(c) Functional design criteria, including design objectives for dose to the maximally exposed member of the public, must be defined for design features to show that plant design features and corresponding programmatic controls, including monitoring programs, control liquid, gaseous, and solid wastes, as required under part 20 of this chapter.
Legislative history
This is a federal regulation, adopted through agency rulemaking under the Administrative Procedure Act — not enacted by a recorded vote of Congress.