[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 139 (Friday, July 19, 2019)]
[Notices]
[Pages 34953-34954]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-15325]


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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 specified inspections, tests, and analyses have been 
successfully completed, and that specified acceptance criteria are met 
for the Vogtle Electric Generating Plant (VEGP), Units 3 and 4.

DATES: Determinations of the successful completion of inspections, 
tests, and analyses for VEGP Units 3 and 4 are effective on the dates 
indicated in the NRC staff's verification evaluation forms for the 
inspections, tests, analyses, and acceptance criteria (ITAAC).

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 https://www.regulations.gov/ and search for Docket ID NRC-2008-0252. Address 
questions about NRC docket IDs 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 https://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: 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) has submitted ITAAC closure 
notifications (ICNs) 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, 
and that the acceptance criteria are met for:

VEGP Unit 3 ITAAC

    2.2.03.09a.iii (203), 2.3.02.08a.ii (302), 2.3.04.11 (338), 
2.3.07.07b.ii (403), and 3.3.00.02g (775).

VEGP Unit 4 ITAAC

    2.3.02.08a.ii (302), and 2.3.05.03b.i (346).
    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. Licensee ITAAC Post-Closure Notifications (IPCNs)

    Following submittal of the licensee's ITAAC closure notifications 
until the Commission makes the finding under 10 CFR 52.103(g), 10 CFR 
52.99(c)(2) requires that the licensee submit IPCNs notifying the NRC 
of new information that materially alters the basis for determining 
either that inspections, tests, or analyses were performed as required, 
or that acceptance criteria are met. The notification must contain 
sufficient information to demonstrate

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that, notwithstanding the new information, the prescribed inspections, 
tests, or analyses have been performed as required, and the prescribed 
acceptance criteria are met. 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 (the licensee) has submitted IPCN(s) under 10 CFR 
52.99(c)(2) for:

VEGP Unit 3 ITAAC

    2.3.04.08 (335), and 2.3.04.09 (336).

VEGP Unit 4 ITAAC

    2.3.04.08 (335), and 2.3.04.09 (336).
    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).

III. 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 and IPCNs.
    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's review process for IPCNs is similar to that for ICNs but focuses 
on how the licensee addressed the new, material information giving rise 
to the IPCN.
    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 NRC staff receives new information that 
suggests the NRC staff's determination on any of these ITAAC is 
incorrect, then the NRC staff will determine whether to reopen that 
ITAAC (including withdrawing the NRC 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 https://www.nrc.gov/reactors/new-reactors/oversight/itaac.html.
    This notice fulfills the NRC 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 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 https://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 https://www.nrc.gov/reactors/new-reactors/new-licensing-files/vog4-icnsr.pdf.

    Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 15th day of July 2019.

    For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Jennifer L. Dixon-Herrity,
Chief, Licensing Branch 2, Division of Licensing, Siting, and 
Environmental Analysis, Office of New Reactors.
[FR Doc. 2019-15325 Filed 7-18-19; 8:45 am]
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