[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 143 (Thursday, July 27, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Page 34994]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2017-15756]


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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

[Docket Nos. 52-025 and 52-026; NRC-2008-0252]


Southern Nuclear Operating Company; Vogtle Electric Generating 
Plant, Units 3 and 4; Ventilation System Changes

AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

ACTION: License amendment application; withdrawal by applicant.

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SUMMARY: The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) has granted the 
request of Southern Nuclear Operating Company (SNC) to withdraw its 
application dated December 9, 2016, for a proposed amendment and 
exemption to Combined Licenses (COL), NPF-91 and NPF-92 for the Vogtle 
Electric Generating Plant Units 3 and 4, respectively. The proposed 
amendment would have revised the COLs concerning the design details of 
the containment recirculation cooling system (VCS) and radiologically 
controlled area ventilation system (VAS). SNC submitted the withdrawal 
request in a letter dated June 28, 2017.

DATES: July 27, 2017.

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: 301-415-
3463; email: [email protected]. For technical questions, contact 
the individual listed in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section of 
this document.
     NRC's Agencywide Documents Access and Management System 
(ADAMS): You may obtain publicly-available documents online in the 
ADAMS Public Documents collection 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 (if it is available 
in ADAMS) is provided the first time that it is mentioned in this 
document. The request for the amendment and exemption was submitted by 
letter dated December 9, 2016, and is available in ADAMS under 
Accession No. ML16344A411.
     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: Ruth C. Reyes, Office of New Reactors, 
U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555-0001; 
telephone: 301-415-3249; email: [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The NRC has granted the request of SNC (the 
licensee) to withdraw its December 9, 2016, application (ADAMS 
Accession No. ML16344A411) for proposed amendment and exemption to COL 
NPF-91 and NPF-92 for the Vogtle Electric Generating Plant Units 3 and 
4, respectively, located in Burke County, Georgia.
    The proposed amendment would have changed plant-specific Tier 1 
(and COL Appendix C) Tables 2.7.5-1, 2.7.5-2, and 2.7.7-3 and 
associated Updated Final Safety Analysis Report text, tables, and 
figures related to: (1) Modifying the configuration of the containment 
recirculation fan coil unit assemblies of the VCS, and revising the 
values for the various design parameters affected by this re-
configuration, (2) adding a fourth pressure differential indicator to 
the radiologically controlled area ventilation system to be located in 
the auxiliary building component cooling system valve room, and (3) 
reducing the total ventilation flow provided through the VAS fuel 
handling area ventilation subsystem as a result of a reduction in heat 
loads in the areas serviced by the VAS.
    This proposed amendment request was noticed in the Federal Register 
(82 FR 13662) dated March 14, 2017.

    Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 18th day of July 2017.

    For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Jennifer Dixon-Herrity,
Chief, Licensing Branch 4, Division of New Reactor Licensing, Office of 
New Reactors.
[FR Doc. 2017-15756 Filed 7-26-17; 8:45 am]
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