[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 68 (Friday, April 7, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Page 18383]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-8632]


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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION


Notice of Issuance of Final Design Approval and Final Safety 
Evaluation Report, Supplement 1, for AP600 Standard Plant Design 
Westinghouse Electric Company

    The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) has issued Supplement 
1 to the Final Safety Evaluation Report (FSER) related to certification 
of the AP600 Standard Plant Design. On the basis of the evaluation 
described in the FSER (NUREG-1512) and Supplement 1 thereto, the NRC 
staff concludes that the confirmatory issues in NUREG-1512 are 
resolved, the AP600 design documentation is acceptable, and 
Westinghouse's application for design certification meets the 
requirements of Subpart B to 10 CFR Part 52 that are applicable and 
technically relevant to the AP600 Standard Plant Design.
    The NRC has also issued a revised final design approval (FDA) to 
Westinghouse for the AP600 design under 10 CFR part 52, appendix O. 
This FDA allows the AP600 design to be referenced in an application for 
a construction permit or an operating license under 10 CFR Part 50, or 
an application for a combined license under 10 CFR part 52. The FDA was 
revised to make it coterminous with the design certification rule that 
was issued on December 23, 1999 (Appendix C to 10 CFR part 52). This 
FDA supersedes the FDA dated September 3, 1998.
    A copy of the AP600 FDA and Supplement 1 to the FSER 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 31st day of March 2000.

    For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Christopher I. Grimes,
Chief, License Renewal and Standardization Branch, Division of 
Regulatory Improvement Programs, Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation.
[FR Doc. 00-8632 Filed 4-6-00; 8:45 am]
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