[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 24 (Thursday, February 5, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Pages 6551-6552]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-02271]
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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
[Docket No. 52-026, NRC-2008-0252]
Southern Nuclear Operating Company, Inc., Vogtle Combined License
AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
ACTION: Determination of inspections, tests, analyses, and acceptance
criteria.
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SUMMARY: The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) staff has
determined that the inspections, tests, and analyses have been
successfully completed, and that the specified acceptance criteria are
met for inspections, tests, analyses, and acceptance criteria (ITAAC)
3.3.00.09, for the Vogtle Unit 4 Combined License.
DATES: February 5, 2015.
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 Web site: Go to http://www.regulations.gov and search for Docket ID NRC-2008-0252. Address
questions about NRC dockets to Carol Gallagher; telephone: 301-287-
3422; email: [email protected]. For technical questions, contact
the individual listed in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section of
this document.
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(ADAMS): You may obtain publicly-available documents online in the
ADAMS Public Documents collection at http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/adams.html. To begin the search, select
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``ADAMS Public Documents'' and then 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 (if it 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:
Licensee Notification of Completion of ITAAC
On December 11, 2014, Southern Nuclear Operating Company, Inc. (the
licensee) submitted an ITAAC closure notification (ICN) 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 for ITAAC 3.3.00.09, and that
the specified acceptance criteria are met for Vogtle Unit 4 Combined
License (ADAMS Accession No. ML14345A948). This ITAAC was approved as
part of the issuance of the combined license, NPF-92, for this
facility. This ITAAC is in Appendix C of the combined license and is
publicly available in ADAMS under Accession No. ML14100A135.
NRC Staff Determination of Completion of ITAAC
The NRC staff has determined that the inspections, tests, and
analyses have been successfully completed, and that the specified
acceptance criteria are met for Vogtle Unit 4 Combined License, ITAAC
3.3.00.09. This notice fulfills the 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.
The documentation of the NRC staff's determination is in the ITAAC
Closure Verification Evaluation Form (VEF), dated January 13, 2015
(ADAMS Accession No. ML15014A479). The VEF is a form that represents
the NRC staff's structured process for reviewing ICNs. The ICN presents
a narrative description of how the ITAAC was completed, and the NRC's
ICN review process involves a determination on whether, among other
things, (1) the 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) the ICN provides sufficient information to demonstrate
that the acceptance criteria are met; and (3) any inspections for the
ITAAC have been completed and any ITAAC findings associated with the
ITAAC have been closed.
The NRC staff's determination of the successful completion of this
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 staff receives new information that suggests
the staff's determination on this ITAAC is incorrect, then the staff
will determine whether to reopen this ITAAC (including withdrawing the
staff's determination on this 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 this ITAAC until the NRC makes an affirmative finding
under 10 CFR 52.103(g). Any future updates to the status of this ITAAC
will be reflected on the NRC's Web site at http://www.nrc.gov/reactors/new-reactors/oversight/itaac.html.
Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 29th day of January 2015.
For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Chandu Patel,
Senior Project Manager, Division of New Reactor Licensing, Office of
New Reactors.
[FR Doc. 2015-02271 Filed 2-4-15; 8:45 am]
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