[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 147 (Wednesday, August 2, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 50919-50920]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2023-16408]


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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

[Docket No. 52-026; NRC-2008-0252]


Southern Nuclear Operating Company, Inc.; Vogtle Electric 
Generating Plant, Unit 4; 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 criteria in the combined license 
for Vogtle Electric Generating Plant (VEGP), Unit 4 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 July 28, 2023.

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, at 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: The PDR, where you may examine and order copies 
of publicly available documents, is open by appointment. 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 
a.m. and 4 p.m. 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 4 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,

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the Commission included inspections, tests, analyses, and acceptance 
criteria (ITAAC) in Appendix C to VEGP, Unit 4 combined license No. 
NPF-92.
    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 4 combined license No. NPF-92 are 
met. This finding was made on July 28, 2023, and was effective on July 
28, 2023. 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 4.'' 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/vog4.html.

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          Document description                  ADAMS accession No.
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VEGP, Unit 4 Combined License No. NPF-92  ML14100A135
VEGP, Unit 4 Finding that the Acceptance  ML22348A093
 Criteria in the Combined License Are
 Met.
10 CFR 52.103(g) Basis Document Vogtle    ML22348A088
 Electric Generating Plant, Unit 4.
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    Dated: July 28, 2023.

    For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Andrea D. Veil,
Director, Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation.
[FR Doc. 2023-16408 Filed 8-1-23; 8:45 am]
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