[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 22 (Monday, February 3, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Pages 6001-6002]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-01921]
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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
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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 ``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 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, and that the acceptance criteria are met for:
VEGP Unit 3 ITAAC
2.2.03.08c.vi.03 (191), 2.5.04.01 (556), 2.6.09.05b (645),
3.3.00.02a.ii.e (768), 2.6.03.04j (876), and 2.6.05.03i (630).
VEGP Unit 4 ITAAC
2.2.03.09a.iii (203), 2.3.05.03c.i (349), 2.3.05.03d.i (351),
2.6.09.05b (645), 3.3.00.06b (788), and 2.6.03.04j (876).
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)
Since the last Federal Register notice of the NRC staff's
determinations of successful completion of inspections, tests, and
analyses for VEGP Units 3 and 4 (October 15, 2019; 84 FR 55183), the
NRC staff has not made additional determinations of the successful
completion of inspections, tests, and analyses based on licensee IPCNs
submitted under 10 CFR 52.99(c)(2).
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
and IPCN 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 28th day of January 2020.
For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Victor E. Hall,
Chief, Vogtle Project Office, Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation.
[FR Doc. 2020-01921 Filed 1-31-20; 8:45 am]
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