TABLE OF CONTENTS The following text is reproduced from the US (1971) General Design Criteria (CFR Part 50, App. A) .
The criteria document numbering and cross- references have been retained.
| Applicability | Criterion title | Criterion number |
|---|---|---|
| I. Overall Requirements: | Quality Standards and Records | 1 |
| Design Bases for Protection Against Natural Phenomena | 2 | |
| Fire Protection | 3 | |
| Environmental and Dynamic Effects Design Bases | 4 | |
| Sharing of Structures, Systems, and Components | 5 | |
| II. Protection by Multiple Fission Product Barriers: | Reactor Design | 10 |
| Reactor Inherent Protection | 11 | |
| Suppression of Reactor Power Oscillations | 12 | |
| Instrumentation and Control | 13 | |
| Reactor Coolant Pressure Boundary | 14 | |
| Reactor Coolant System Design | 15 | |
| Containment Design | 16 | |
| Electric Power Systems | 17 | |
| Inspection and Testing of Electric Power Systems | 18 | |
| Control Room | 19 | |
| III. Protection and Reactivity Control Systems: | Protection System Functions | 20 |
| Protection System Reliability and Testability | 21 | |
| Protection System Independence | 22 | |
| Protection System Failure Modes | 23 | |
| Separation of Protection and Control Systems | 24 | |
| Protection System Requirements for Reactivity Control Malfunctions | 25 | |
| Reactivity Control System Redundancy and Capability | 26 | |
| Combined Reactivity Control Systems Capability | 27 | |
| Reactivity Limits | 28 | |
| Protection Against Anticipated Operational Occurrences | 29 | |
| IV. Fluid Systems: | Quality of Reactor Coolant Pressure Boundary | 30 |
| Fracture Prevention of Reactor Coolant Pressure Boundary | 31 | |
| Inspection of Reactor Coolant Pressure Boundary | 32 | |
| Reactor Coolant Makeup | 33 | |
| Residual Heat Removal | 34 | |
| Emergency Core Cooling | 35 | |
| Inspection of Containment Heat Removal... |
