[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 176 (Friday, September 11, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Page 48772]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-24457]


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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION


Notice of Issuance of Final Design Approval and Final Safety 
Evaluation Report: Westinghouse Electric Company AP600 Standard Design

    The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission has issued a final design 
approval (FDA) to Westinghouse Electric Company for the AP600 standard 
design pursuant to 10 CFR Part 52, Appendix O. This FDA allows the 
AP600 standard design to be referenced in an application for a 
construction permit or operating license under 10 CFR Part 50, or an 
application for a combined license under 10 CFR Part 52. In addition, 
the Commission has issued the Final Safety Evaluation Report (FSER) 
that supports issuance of the FDA.
    Issuance of this FDA signifies completion of the technical review 
phase of the application for certification of the AP600 design under 
Subpart B of 10 CFR Part 52. The NRC staff performed its technical 
review of the AP600 Standard Safety Analysis Report, Probabilistic Risk 
Assessment, and Tier 1 Material in accordance with the standards for 
review of design certification applications set forth in 10 CFR 52.48 
that were applicable and technically relevant to the AP600 design or 
were modified by the exemptions identified in Section 1.6 of the NRC's 
FSER (NUREG-1512).
    On the basis of its evaluation and independent analyses, as 
described in the FSER, the NRC staff concludes that Westinghouse's 
application for design certification meets the applicable portions of 
10 CFR 52.47 and the review standards set forth above. In addition, the 
AP600 design is ready for the rulemaking phase, subject to satisfactory 
completion of the Enclosure 2 AP600 design control document (DCD). 
Therefore, the NRC staff and Advisory Committee on Reactor Safeguards 
will utilize the AP600 DCD and will rely on it in the rulemaking phase 
of the design certification review process pursuant to 10 CFR 52.51.
    A copy of the AP600 FSER and FDA have been placed in the NRC's 
Public Document Room, the Gelman Building, 2120 L Street, NW, 
Washington, DC 20037, for review and copying by interested persons.

    Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 3rd day of September 1998.

    For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Theodore R. Quay,
Director, Standardization Project Directorate, Division of Rector 
Program Management, Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation.
[FR Doc. 98-24457 Filed 9-10-98; 8:45 am]
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