[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 236 (Monday, December 9, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Pages 73894-73895]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-29304]


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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

[Docket No. 5200026; NRC-2008-0252]


Vogtle Unit 4 Combined License

AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

ACTION: Determination of inspections, tests, analyses, and acceptance 
criteria (ITAAC).

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SUMMARY: The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) staff has 
determined that the inspections, tests, and analyses have been 
successfully completed, and that the specified acceptance criteria are 
met for ITAAC E.3.8.05.01.01, for the Vogtle Unit 4 Combined License.

ADDRESSES: Please refer to Docket ID NRC-2008-0252 when contacting the 
NRC about the availability of information regarding this document. You 
may access publicly-available information related to this document 
using any of the following methods:
     Federal Rulemaking Web site: Go to http://www.regulations.gov and search for Docket ID NRC-2008-0252. Address 
questions about NRC dockets to Carol Gallagher; telephone: 301-287-
3422; email: [email protected]. For technical questions, contact 
the individuals listed in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section 
of this document.
     NRC's Agencywide Documents Access and Management System 
(ADAMS): You may access publicly available documents online in the NRC 
Library at http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/adams.html. To begin the 
search, select ``ADAMS Public Documents'' and then select ``Begin Web-
based ADAMS Search.'' For problems with ADAMS, please contact the NRC's 
Public Document Room (PDR) reference staff at 1-800-397-4209, 301-415-
4737, or by email to [email protected]. The ADAMS accession number 
for each document referenced in this document (if that document is 
available in ADAMS) is provided the first time that a document is 
referenced.
     NRC's PDR: You may examine and purchase copies of public 
documents at the NRC's PDR, Room O1-F21, One White Flint North, 11555 
Rockville Pike, Rockville, Maryland 20852.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: David Jaffe, Office of New Reactors, 
U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555-0001; 
telephone: 301-415-1439, email: [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Licensee Notification of Completion of ITAAC

    On October 1, 2013, Southern Nuclear Operating Company Inc., (the 
licensee) submitted an ITAAC closure notification (ICN) under Sec.  
52.99(c)(1) of Title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations (10 CFR) 
informing the NRC that the licensee has successfully performed the 
required inspections, tests, and analyses for ITAAC E.3.8.05.01.01, and 
that the specified acceptance criteria are met for Vogtle Unit 4 
Combined License (ADAMS Accession No. ML13275A108). This ITAAC was 
approved as part of the issuance of the combined license, NPF-92, for 
this facility.

NRC Staff Determination of Completion of ITAAC

    The NRC staff has determined that the inspections, tests, and 
analyses have been successfully completed, and that the specified 
acceptance criteria are met for Vogtle Unit 4 Combined License, ITAAC 
E.3.8.05.01.01. This notice fulfills the staff's obligations under 10 
CFR 52.99(e)(1) to publish a notice in the Federal Register of the NRC 
staff's determination of the successful completion of inspections, 
tests and analyses.
    The documentation of the NRC staff's determination is in the ITAAC 
Closure Verification Evaluation Form (VEF), dated November 12, 2013 
(ADAMS Accession Number ML13319A141). The VEF is a form that represents 
the NRC staff's structured process for reviewing ICNs. The ICN presents 
a narrative description of how the ITAAC was completed, and the NRC's 
ICN review process involves a determination on whether, among other 
things, (1) the ICN provides sufficient information, including a 
summary of the methodology used to perform the ITAAC, to demonstrate 
that the inspections, tests, and analyses have been successfully 
completed; (2) the ICN provides sufficient information to demonstrate 
that the acceptance criteria are met; and (3) any inspections for the 
ITAAC have been completed and any ITAAC findings associated with the 
ITAAC have been closed.
    The NRC staff's determination of the successful completion of this 
ITAAC is based on information available at this time and is subject to 
the licensee's ability to maintain the condition that the acceptance 
criteria are met. If new information disputes the NRC staff's 
determination, this ITAAC will be reopened as necessary. The NRC 
staff's determination will be used to support a subsequent finding, 
pursuant to 10 CFR

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52.103(g), at the end of construction that all acceptance criteria in 
the combined license are met. The ITAAC closure process is not 
finalized for this ITAAC until the NRC makes an affirmative finding 
under 10 CFR 52.103(g). Any future updates to the status of this ITAAC 
will be reflected on the NRC's Web site at http://www.nrc.gov/reactors/new-reactors/oversight/itaac.html.

    Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 2nd day of December 2013.

    For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
David Jaffe,
Senior Project Manager, Licensing Branch 4, Division of New Reactor 
Licensing, Office of New Reactors.
[FR Doc. 2013-29304 Filed 12-6-13; 8:45 am]
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