[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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