[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 107 (Thursday, June 5, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Pages 23965-23966]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2025-10255]
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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
[Docket No. 52-026, NRC 2025-0085]
Southern Nuclear Operating Company, Inc.; Vogtle Electric
Generating Plant, Unit 4; License Amendment Application; Withdrawal by
Applicant
AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) has granted the
request of Southern Nuclear Operating Company, Inc. (SNC) to withdraw
its application dated May 1, 2025, for a proposed amendment to Combined
License NPF-92. The proposed license amendment would have added a Note
to Vogtle Electric Generating Plant (Vogtle), Unit 4, Technical
Specification (TS) 3.7.6, ``Main Control Room Emergency Habitability
System (VES),'' Action, Condition F to allow a one-time allowance to
provide time to repair VES bottled air system valve leakage. More
specifically, the proposed Note would allow a one-time 72-hour delay
for the initiation of Required Actions F.1 and F.2 Completion Times for
VES air system leakage repairs.
DATES: June 5, 2025.
ADDRESSES: Please refer to Docket ID NRC-2025-0085 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-2025-0085. Address
questions about Docket IDs in Regulations.gov to Bridget Curran;
telephone: 301-415-1003; 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]. SNC's letter to the NRC dated May
1, 2025, ``License Amendment Request: One-Time Allowance to Repair VES
Bottled Air System Valve Leakage,'' is available in ADAMS under
Accession No. ML25121A336. SNC's letter to the NRC dated May 20, 2025,
titled, ``Withdraw License Amendment Request,'' is available in ADAMS
under Accession No. ML25140A974.
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. eastern time (ET), Monday through Friday, except
Federal holidays.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Zachary Turner, Office of Nuclear
Reactor Regulation, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington,
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DC 20555-0001; telephone: 301-415-2258; email: [email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Discussion
The NRC has granted SNC's request dated May 20, 2025 (ADAMS
Accession No. ML25140A974), to withdraw its application dated May 1,
2025 (ADAMS Accession No. ML25121A336), for a proposed amendment to
Combined License NPF-92 for Vogtle, Unit 4, located in Burke County,
GA.
The proposed license amendment would have added a Note to Vogtle,
Unit 4, TS 3.7.6, ``Main Control Room Emergency Habitability System
(VES),'' Action, Condition F to allow a one-time allowance to provide
time to repair VES bottled air system valve leakage. The Note would
have extended the initiation of Required Actions F.1 and F.2 Completion
Times from discovery of Condition F entry when Condition F entry is a
result of VES air system leakage repairs. The one-time allowance would
have expired upon entry into MODE 4 on startup from the first refueling
outage of Vogtle, Unit 4.
The proposed amendment was noticed in the Federal Register on May
15, 2025.
Dated: June 02, 2025.
For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Zachary Turner,
Project Manager, Plant Licensing Branch II-1, Division of Operating
Reactor Licensing, Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation.
[FR Doc. 2025-10255 Filed 6-4-25; 8:45 am]
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