10 CFR 53.1525
§ 53.1525 Revising certification information within a design certification rule.
United States · 10 CFR — Energy · Status: effective
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- 10 CFR 53.1525, § 53.1525 Revising certification information within a design certification rule, United States, version 1 as recorded 2026-07-09, yourstate.us, https://yourstate.us/provision/37759
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(a) A holder of an OL or COL who references a design certification rule issued under this part must request an exemption if proposing to change one or more elements of the certification information. The Commission may grant such a request only if it determines that the exemption will comply with the requirements of § 53.080 and that the special circumstances outweigh any decrease in safety that may result from the reduction in standardization caused by the departure.
(b) The request for an exemption must be included with any associated license amendment request, which must be requested and processed in accordance with §§ 53.1510, 53.1515, and 53.1520.
(c) Licensees must evaluate changes to the design as described in the Final Safety Analysis Report (FSAR) not involving changes to the certification information using the criteria in § 53.1550.
Legislative history
This is a federal regulation, adopted through agency rulemaking under the Administrative Procedure Act — not enacted by a recorded vote of Congress.