[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 151 (Monday, August 8, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 48201-48202]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-16928]
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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
[Docket No. 52-025; NRC-2008-0252]
Southern Nuclear Operating Company, Inc.; Vogtle Electric
Generating Plant, Unit 3; Operation Under a Combined License
AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
ACTION: Finding that the acceptance criteria in the combined license
are met.
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SUMMARY: The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) found pursuant to
its regulations that the acceptance
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criteria in the combined license for Vogtle Electric Generating Plant
(VEGP), Unit 3 are met. Because of this action, operation of the
facility is allowed in accordance with the terms and conditions of the
license.
DATES: The finding that the acceptance criteria in the combined license
are met became effective on August 3, 2022.
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 Docket IDs in Regulations.gov to Stacy Schumann;
telephone: 301-415-0624; 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]. For the convenience of the reader,
instructions about obtaining materials referenced in this document are
provided in the ``Availability of Documents'' section.
NRC's PDR: You may examine and purchase copies of public
documents, by appointment, at the NRC's PDR, Room P1 B35, One White
Flint North, 11555 Rockville Pike, Rockville, Maryland 20852. To make
an appointment to visit the PDR, please send an email to
[email protected] or call 1-800-397-4209 or 301-415-4737, between
8:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m. Eastern Time (ET), Monday through Friday,
except Federal holidays.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Cayetano Santos, Office of Nuclear
Reactor Regulation, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC
20555-0001; telephone: 301-415-7270; email: [email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Under Section 2.106 of title 10 of the Code
of Federal Regulations (10 CFR), ``Notice of issuance,'' the NRC is
providing notice that it has found that the acceptance criteria in the
combined license for VEGP, Unit 3 are met. Section 185b. (42 U.S.C.
2235(b)) of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended (AEA), and 10 CFR
52.97(b) require that the Commission identify within the combined
license the inspections, tests, and analyses, including those
applicable to emergency planning, that the licensee shall perform, and
the acceptance criteria that, if met, are necessary and sufficient to
provide reasonable assurance that the facility has been constructed and
will be operated in conformity with the license, the provisions of the
AEA, and the Commission's rules and regulations. In compliance with
these requirements, the Commission included inspections, tests,
analyses, and acceptance criteria (ITAAC) in Appendix C to VEGP, Unit 3
combined license No. NPF-91.
Section 185b. of the AEA also requires, in part, that following
issuance of the combined license, the Commission shall ensure that the
prescribed inspections, tests, and analyses are performed, and before
operation of the facility, find that the prescribed acceptance criteria
are met. The NRC codified the requirement to ensure completion of the
inspections, tests, and analyses in 10 CFR 52.99(e) and codified the
requirement regarding the finding that the acceptance criteria are met
in 10 CFR 52.103(g).
The NRC staff has determined that the inspections, tests, and
analyses have been successfully completed and found that all specified
acceptance criteria in the VEGP, Unit 3 combined license No. NPF-91 are
met. This finding was made on August 3, 2022, and was effective on
August 3, 2022. The principal basis for the staff's 10 CFR 52.103(g)
finding was the staff's review of the licensee's ITAAC notifications
under 10 CFR 52.99(c) and the staff's inspection of ITAAC-related
activities conducted by the licensee. The staff explained the basis for
its finding in the document titled ``10 CFR 52.103(g) Basis Document
Vogtle Electric Generating Plant, Unit 3.'' Because of the NRC's
finding that the acceptance criteria are met, operation of the facility
is allowed in accordance with the terms and conditions of the license.
I. Availability of Documents
The documents identified in the following table are available to
interested persons through the ADAMS Public Documents collection and
the NRC's PDR. The files are also available online at https://www.nrc.gov/reactors/new-reactors/col-holder/vog3.html.
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Document ADAMS accession No.
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VEGP, Unit 3 Combined License No. ML14100A106.
NPF-91.
VEGP, Unit 3 Finding that the ML20290A282.
Acceptance Criteria in the
Combined License Are Met.
10 CFR 52.103(g) Basis Document ML20290A276.
Vogtle Electric Generating
Plant, Unit 3.
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Dated: August 3, 2022.
For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Andrea D. Veil,
Director, Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation.
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