[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 54 (Tuesday, March 20, 2018)]
[Notices]
[Page 12206]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2018-05568]


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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

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


Southern Nuclear Operating Company, Inc.; Vogtle Electric 
Generating Plant, Units 3 and 4

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 to withdraw its 
application dated July 29, 2016, for proposed amendments to Combined 
License (COL) Nos. NPF-91 and NPF-92 for the Vogtle Electric Generating 
Plant (VEGP), Units 3 and 4, respectively. The COLs were issued to 
Southern Nuclear Operating Company, Inc.; Georgia Power Company; 
Oglethorpe Power Corporation; MEAG Power SPVM, LLC; MEAG Power SPVJ, 
LLC; MEAG Power SPVP, LLC; and the City of Dalton, Georgia (the 
licensee), for construction and operation of the VEGP, Units 3 and 4, 
located in Burke County, Georgia. The amendments would have added an 
Interim Amendment Request (IAR) Process to License Condition 2.D.(1) of 
the VEGP, Units 3 and 4, COLs for changes during construction when 
emergent conditions are present.

DATES: March 20, 2018.

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 Website: Go to http://www.regulations.gov and search for Docket ID NRC-2008-0252. Address 
questions about NRC dockets to Jennifer Borges; telephone: 301-287-
9127; 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 amendments was submitted by letter dated July 
29, 2016, and supplemented by letter dated January 5, 2017 (ADAMS 
Accession Nos. ML16211A436 and ML17005A514, respectively).
     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: Southern Nuclear Operating Company (the 
licensee) is a holder of two COLs, Nos. NPF-91 and NPF-92, issued to 
Southern Nuclear Operating Company, Inc.; Georgia Power Company; 
Oglethorpe Power Corporation; MEAG Power SPVM, LLC; MEAG Power SPVJ, 
LLC; MEAG Power SPVP, LLC; and the City of Dalton, Georgia, for 
construction and operation of VEGP, Units 3 and 4, located in Burke 
County, Georgia. The NRC has granted the licensee's request to withdraw 
its application dated July 29, 2016, as supplemented by letter dated 
January 5, 2017.
    The proposed amendments would have added an additional license 
amendment process called an IAR to License Condition 2.D.(1) of the 
VEGP, Units 3 and 4, COLs. Based on the application and supplemental 
information the licensee provided, the licensee intended to use the 
proposed IAR process to obtain expedited approval of requested changes 
during construction in certain emergent conditions when the licensee 
finds that a construction activity is not in conformance with the 
licensing basis, but there is little or no safety significance, and the 
construction activity cannot be adjusted. The proposed IAR process 
would have been used to allow construction to proceed until the 
nonconforming condition is resolved when there is insufficient time to 
conduct a detailed, technical safety analysis to support a license 
amendment request, or the preliminary amendment request process was 
already approved by the Commission.
    The NRC staff issued an initial Federal Register notice of 
opportunity to request a hearing on this license amendment request and 
a proposed no significant hazards consideration determination on 
October 11, 2016 (81 FR 70184).

    Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 13th day of March 2018.

    For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

Jennifer L. Dixon-Herrity,
Chief, Licensing Branch 4, Division of New Reactor Licensing, Office of 
New Reactors.
[FR Doc. 2018-05568 Filed 3-19-18; 8:45 am]
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