[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 204 (Monday, October 22, 2018)]
[Notices]
[Pages 53321-53322]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2018-22985]
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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; Inspections, Tests, Analyses, and
Acceptance Criteria
AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
ACTION: Determination of the successful completion of inspections,
tests, and analyses.
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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 the Vogtle Electric Generating Plant (VEGP), Units 3 and 4.
DATES: The determination of the successful completion of inspections,
tests, and analyses for VEGP Units 3 and 4 is effective October 22,
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 regarding Docket IDs in Regulations.gov 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 ``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: Chandu Patel, Office of New Reactors,
U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555-0001;
telephone: 301-415-3025; email: [email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Licensee Notification of Completion of ITAAC
Southern Nuclear Operating Company, Inc. (SNC), Georgia Power
Company, Oglethorpe Power Corporation, MEAG Power SPVM, LLC., MEAG
Power SPVJ, LLC., MEAG Power SPVP, LLC., and the City of Dalton,
Georgia, (hereafter called the licensee) have submitted Inspections,
Tests, Analyses, and Acceptance Criteria (ITAAC) closure notifications
(ICNs) under paragraph 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,
and that the acceptance criteria are met for:
VEGP Unit 3 ITAAC: 2.2.03.08b.02 (176), 2.2.03.08c.iv.04 (186),
2.2.05.07a.ii (266), 2.3.05.03a.i (343), 2.3.09.03.iii (425),
3.2.00.01c.ii (742), and 3.2.00.01d (743).
VEGP Unit 4 ITAAC: 2.2.05.07a.ii (266), 3.2.00.01c.ii (742), and
3.2.00.01d (743).
The ITAAC for VEGP Unit 3 are in Appendix C of the VEGP Unit 3
combined license (ADAMS Accession No. ML14100A106). The ITAAC for VEGP
Unit 4 are in Appendix C of VEGP Unit 4 combined license (ADAMS
Accession No. ML14100A135).
II. NRC Staff Determination of Completion of ITAAC
The NRC staff has determined that the specified inspections, tests,
and analyses have been successfully completed, and that the specified
acceptance criteria are met. The documentation of the NRC staff's
determination is in the ITAAC Closure Verification Evaluation Form
(VEF) for each ITAAC. The VEF is a form that represents the NRC staff's
structured process for reviewing ICNs. Each ICN presents a narrative
description of how the ITAAC was completed. The NRC's ICN review
process involves a determination on whether, among other things: (1)
Each 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)
each ICN provides sufficient information to demonstrate that the
acceptance criteria of the ITAAC are met; and (3) any NRC inspections
for the ITAAC have been completed and any ITAAC findings associated
with that ITAAC have been closed.
The NRC staff's determination of the successful completion of these
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 any of these ITAAC is incorrect, then the
staff will determine whether to reopen that ITAAC (including
withdrawing the staff's determination on that 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 these ITAAC until the NRC makes an affirmative
finding under 10 CFR 52.103(g). Any future updates to the status of
these ITAAC will be reflected on the NRC's website at http://www.nrc.gov/reactors/new-reactors/oversight/itaac.html.
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.
Vogtle Electric Generating Plant Unit 3, Docket No. 5200025
A complete list of the review status for VEGP Unit 3 ITAAC,
including the submission date and ADAMS Accession Number for each ICN
received, the
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ADAMS Accession Number for each VEF, and the ADAMS Accession Numbers
for the inspection reports associated with these specific ITAAC, can be
found on the NRC's website at http://www.nrc.gov/reactors/new-reactors/new-licensing-files/vog3-icnsr.pdf.
Vogtle Electric Generating Plant Unit 4, Docket No. 5200026
A complete list of the review status for VEGP Unit 4 ITAAC,
including the submission date and ADAMS Accession Number for each ICN
received, the ADAMS Accession Number for each VEF, and the ADAMS
Accession Numbers for the inspection reports associated with these
specific ITAAC, can be found on the NRC's website at http://www.nrc.gov/reactors/new-reactors/new-licensing-files/vog4-icnsr.pdf.
Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 17th day of October, 2018.
For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Jennifer L. Dixon-Herrity,
Chief, Licensing Branch 4, Division of Licensing, Siting, and
Environmental Analysis, Office of New Reactors.
[FR Doc. 2018-22985 Filed 10-19-18; 8:45 am]
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