# Economic Simplified Boiling-Water Reactor Design Certification
> **Nuclear Regulatory Commission** · Final rule. · Published 2014-10-15 · Effective 2014-11-14 · 79 FR 61944
## Document
- **Document number:** 2014-24362
- **Category:** nuclear-safety
- **Sub-agency:** Nuclear Regulatory Commission
- **Federal Register citation:** 79 FR 61944
- **CFR reference:** 10 CFR 52
- **Publication date:** 2014-10-15
- **Effective date:** 2014-11-14
- **Energy docket:** NRC-2010-0135
## Abstract

The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is adopting a new rule certifying the Economic Simplified Boiling-Water Reactor (ESBWR) standard plant design. This action is necessary so that applicants or licensees intending to construct and operate an ESBWR design may do so by referencing this design certification rule (DCR). The applicant for certification of the ESBWR design is GE-Hitachi Nuclear Energy (GEH).

## Source
- [Federal Register document](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2014/10/15/2014-24362/economic-simplified-boiling-water-reactor-design-certification)
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