[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 24 (Thursday, February 5, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Pages 6551-6552]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-02271]


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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

[Docket No. 52-026, NRC-2008-0252]


Southern Nuclear Operating Company, Inc., Vogtle Combined License

AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

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

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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 inspections, tests, analyses, and acceptance criteria (ITAAC) 
3.3.00.09, for the Vogtle Unit 4 Combined License.

DATES: February 5, 2015.

ADDRESSES: Please refer to Docket ID NRC-2008-0252 when contacting the 
NRC about the availability of information regarding this document. You 
may obtain 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 individual listed in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section of 
this document.
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ADAMS Public Documents collection at http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/adams.html. To begin the search, select

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``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 (if it 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: Chandu Patel, Office of New Reactors, 
U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555-0001; 
telephone: 301-415-3025, email: [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Licensee Notification of Completion of ITAAC

    On December 11, 2014, Southern Nuclear Operating Company, Inc. (the 
licensee) submitted an ITAAC closure notification (ICN) under Section 
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 3.3.00.09, and that 
the specified acceptance criteria are met for Vogtle Unit 4 Combined 
License (ADAMS Accession No. ML14345A948). This ITAAC was approved as 
part of the issuance of the combined license, NPF-92, for this 
facility. This ITAAC is in Appendix C of the combined license and is 
publicly available in ADAMS under Accession No. ML14100A135.

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 
3.3.00.09. 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 January 13, 2015 
(ADAMS Accession No. ML15014A479). 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 the staff receives new information that suggests 
the staff's determination on this ITAAC is incorrect, then the staff 
will determine whether to reopen this ITAAC (including withdrawing the 
staff's determination on this ITAAC). The NRC staff's determination 
will be used to support a subsequent finding, pursuant to 10 CFR 
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 29th day of January 2015.

    For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Chandu Patel,
Senior Project Manager, Division of New Reactor Licensing, Office of 
New Reactors.
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