§ 50.33 Contents of applications; general information.
Each application shall state:
(a) Name of applicant;
(b) Address of applicant;
(c) Description of business or occupation of applicant;
(d)(1) If applicant is an individual, state citizenship.
(2) If applicant is a partnership, state name, citizenship and address of each partner and the principal location where the partnership does business.
(3) If applicant is a corporation or an unincorporated association, state:
(i) The state where it is incorporated or organized and the principal location where it does business;
(ii) The names, addresses and citizenship of its directors and of its principal officers;
(iii) Whether it is owned, controlled, or dominated by an alien, a foreign corporation, or foreign government, and if so, give details.
(4) If the applicant is acting as agent or representative of another person in filing the application, identify the principal and furnish information required under this paragraph with respect to such principal.
(e) The class of license applied for, the use to which the facility will be put, the period of time for which the license is sought, and a list of other licenses, except operator's licenses, issued or applied for in connection with the proposed facility.
(f) Except for an electric utility applicant for a license to operate a utilization facility of the type described in § 50.21(b) or § 50.22, information sufficient to demonstrate to the Commission the financial qualification of the applicant to carry out, in accordance with regulations in this chapter, the activities for which the permit or license is sought. As applicable, the following should be provided:
(1) If the application is for a construction permit, the applicant shall submit information that demonstrates that the applicant possesses or has reasonable assurance of obtaining the funds necessary to cover estimated construction costs and related fuel cycle costs. The applicant shall submit estimates of the total construction costs of the facility and related fuel cycle costs, and shall indicate the source(s) of funds to cover these costs.
(2) If the application is for an operating license, the applicant shall submit information that demonstrates the applicant possesses or has reasonable assurance of obtaining the funds necessary to cover
estimated operation costs for the period of the license. The applicant shall submit estimates for total annual operating costs for each of the first five years of operation of the facility. The applicant shall also indicate the source(s) of funds to cover these costs. An applicant seeking to renew or extend the term of an operating license for a power reactor need not submit the financial information that is required in
an application for an initial license. Applicants to renew or extend the term of an operating license for a nonpower reactor shall include the financial information that is required in an application for an initial license.
(3) If the application is for a combined license under subpart C of part 52 of this chapter, the applicant shall submit the information described in paragraphs (f)(1) and (f)(2) of this section.
(4) Each application for a construction permit, operating license, or combined license submitted by a newly-formed entity organized for the primary purpose of constructing and/or operating a facility must also include information showing:
(i) The legal and financial relationships it has or proposes to have with its stockholders or owners;
(ii) The stockholders' or owners' financial ability to meet any contractual obligation to the entity which they have incurred or proposed to incur; and
(iii) Any other information considered necessary by the Commission to enable it to determine the applicant's financial qualification.
(5) The Commission may request an established entity or newly-formed entity to submit additional or more
detailed information respecting its financial arrangements and status of funds if the Commission considers this information appropriate. This may include information regarding a licensee’s ability to continue the conduct of the activities authorized by the license and to decommission the facility.
(g)(1) Except as provided in paragraph
(g)(2) of this section, if the application
is for an operating license or combined
license for a nuclear power reactor, or
if the application is for an early site
permit and contains plans for coping
with emergencies under § 52.17(b)(2)(ii)
of this chapter, the applicant shall
submit the radiological emergency
response plans of State and local
governmental entities in the United
States that are wholly or partially within
the plume exposure pathway emergency
planning zone (EPZ),4 as well as the
plans of State governments wholly or
partially within the ingestion pathway
EPZ.5 If the application is for an early
site permit that, under 10 CFR
52.17(b)(2)(i), proposes major features of
the emergency plans describing the
EPZs, then the descriptions of the EPZs
must meet the requirements of this
paragraph. Generally, the plume
exposure pathway EPZ for nuclear
power reactors shall consist of an area
about 10 miles (16 km) in radius and the
ingestion pathway EPZ shall consist of
an area about 50 miles (80 km) in
radius. The exact size and configuration
of the EPZs surrounding a particular
nuclear power reactor shall be
determined in relation to the local
emergency response needs and
capabilities as they are affected by such
conditions as demography, topography,
land characteristics, access routes, and
jurisdictional boundaries. The size of
the EPZs also may be determined on a
case-by-case basis for gas-cooled
reactors and for reactors with an
authorized power level less than 250
MW thermal. The plans for the ingestion
pathway shall focus on such actions as
are appropriate to protect the food
ingestion pathway.
(2) Small modular reactor, non-lightwater
reactor, or non-power production
or utilization facility applicants
complying with § 50.160 who apply for
a construction permit or an operating
license under this part, or small
modular reactor or non-light-water
reactor applicants complying with
§ 50.160 who apply for a combined
license or an early site permit under
part 52 of this chapter, must submit as
part of the application the analysis used
to determine whether the criteria in
§ 50.33(g)(2)(i)(A) and (B) are met and,
if they are met, the size of the plume
exposure pathway EPZ.
(i) The plume exposure pathway EPZ
is the area within which:
(A) Public dose, as defined in
§ 20.1003 of this chapter, is projected to
exceed 10 mSv (1 rem) total effective
dose equivalent over 96 hours from the
release of radioactive materials from the
facility considering accident likelihood
and source term, timing of the accident
sequence, and meteorology; and
(B) Pre-determined, prompt protective
measures are necessary.
(ii) If the application is for an
operating license or combined license or
if the application is for an early site
permit and contains plans for coping
with emergencies under § 52.17(b)(2)(ii)
of this chapter, and if the plume
exposure pathway EPZ extends beyond
the site boundary:
(A) The applicant shall submit
radiological emergency response plans
of State, local, and participating Tribal
governmental entities in the United
States that are wholly or partially within
the plume exposure pathway EPZ.
(B) The exact configuration of the
plume exposure pathway EPZ
surrounding the facility shall be
determined in relation to the local
emergency response needs and
capabilities as they are affected by such
conditions as demography, topography,
land characteristics, access routes, and
jurisdictional boundaries.
(iii) If the application is for an early
site permit that, under § 52.17(b)(2)(i) of
this chapter, proposes major features of
the emergency plans and describes the
EPZ, and if the EPZ extends beyond the
site boundary, then the exact
configuration of the plume exposure
pathway EPZ surrounding the facility
shall be determined in relation to the
local emergency response needs and
capabilities as they are affected by such
conditions as demography, topography,
land characteristics, access routes, and
jurisdictional boundaries.
(h) If the applicant, other than an applicant for a combined license, proposes to construct or alter a
production or utilization facility, the application shall state the earliest and latest dates for completion of the construction or alteration.
(i) If the proposed activity is the generation and distribution of electric energy under a class 103 license, a list of the names and addresses of such regulatory agencies as may have jurisdiction over the rates and services incident to the proposed activity, and a list of trade and news publications which circulate in the area where the proposed activity will be conducted and which are considered appropriate to give reasonable notice of the application to those municipalities, private utilities, public bodies, and cooperatives, which might have a potential interest in the facility.
(j) If the application contains Restricted Data or other defense information, it shall be prepared in such manner that all Restricted Data and other defense information are separated from the unclassified information.
(k) (1) For an application for an operating license or combined license for a production or utilization facility, information in the form of a report, as described in § 50.75, indicating how reasonable assurance will be provided that funds will be available to decommission the facility.
(2) On or before July 26, 1990, each holder of an operating license for a production or utilization facility in effect on July 27, 1990, shall submit information in the form of a report as described in § 50.75 of this part, indicating how reasonable assurance will be provided that funds will be available to decommission the facility.
[21 FR 355, Jan. 19, 1956, as amended at 35 FR 19660, Dec. 29, 1970; 38 FR 3956, Feb. 9, 1973; 45 FR 55408, Aug. 19, 1980; 49 FR 35752, Sept. 12, 1984; 53 FR 24049, June 27, 1988; 69 FR 4448, Jan. 30, 2004; 72 FR 49490, Aug. 28, 2007; 88 FR 80074, Nov. 16, 2023]
4 Emergency planning zones (EPZs) are
discussed in NUREG–0396, EPA 520/1–78–
016, ‘‘Planning Basis for the Development of
State and Local Government Radiological
Emergency Response Plans in Support of
Light Water Nuclear Power Plants,’’
December 1978.
5 If the State and local emergency response
plans have been previously provided to the
NRC for inclusion in the facility docket, the
applicant need only provide the appropriate
reference to meet this requirement.
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