[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 156 (Monday, August 15, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 50126-50127]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-17421]
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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
[Docket Nos. 52-025 and 52-026; NRC-2008-0252]
Southern Nuclear Operating Company, Inc.; Vogtle Electric
Generating Plant, Units 3 and 4 Inspections, Tests, Analyses, and
Acceptance Criteria
AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
ACTION: Determination of the successful completion of inspections,
tests, and analyses.
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SUMMARY: The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) staff has
determined that specified inspections, tests, and analyses have been
successfully completed, and that specified acceptance criteria are met
for the Vogtle Electric Generating Plant (VEGP), Units 3 and 4.
DATES: Determinations of the successful completion of inspections,
tests, and analyses for VEGP Units 3 and 4 are effective on the dates
indicated in the NRC staff's verification evaluation forms for the
inspections, tests, analyses, and acceptance criteria (ITAAC).
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.
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(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]. The ADAMS accession number for each
document referenced in this document (if that document is 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, 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:
I. Licensee Notification of Completion of ITAAC
Southern Nuclear Operating Company, Inc. (hereafter called SNC or
the licensee) has submitted ITAAC closure notifications (ICNs) 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, and that the acceptance
criteria are met for:
VEGP Unit 3 ITAAC
2.1.02.02a (13), 2.1.02.05a.i (19), 2.1.02.07b (26), 2.1.02.11a.i
(46), 2.1.02.11b.i (48), 2.1.02.11c.i (51), 2.1.02.11c.ii (52),
2.1.02.13c (65), 2.1.03.03 (72), 2.1.03.06.i (75), 2.1.03.09b (83),
2.1.03.12 (87), 2.2.01.05.i (98), 2.2.01.06b (103), 2.2.01.09 (110),
2.2.01.10c (113), 2.2.01.11a.iv (117), 2.2.02.05a.i (126), 2.2.02.06b
(133), 2.2.02.07b.i (138), 2.2.02.07f.i (145), 2.2.02.10c (153),
2.2.03.02a (159), 2.2.03.05a.i (165), 2.2.03.07b (172), 2.2.03.08c.x
(195), 2.2.03.08c.xiii (198), 2.2.03.10 (206), 2.2.03.11a.i (207),
2.2.03.11b.i (209), 2.2.03.11c.i (212), 2.2.03.11c.ii (213),
2.2.04.05a.i (226), 2.2.04.07b (233), 2.2.04.12a.iii (250),
2.2.05.05a.i (259), 2.2.05.06a (263), 2.2.05.07a.i (265), 2.2.05.07c
(270), 2.3.02.06b (296), 2.3.04.04.ii (331), 2.3.04.10 (337),
2.3.05.02.i (340), 2.3.06.02a (355), 2.3.06.07b (368), 2.3.07.06a
(399), 2.3.09.02a (421), 2.3.09.02b (422), 2.3.09.03.ii (424),
2.3.09.04b (428), 2.3.10.07a.ii (444), 2.3.11.03b (454), 2.3.11.03c
(455), 2.3.13.06b (467), 2.3.19.02a (486), 2.3.29.04 (491), 2.4.02.02a
(497), 2.4.02.02b (498), 2.5.01.02a (506), 2.5.02.02.i (522),
2.5.02.05a (527), 2.5.02.06a.i (529), 2.5.02.06a.ii (530), 2.5.02.06c.i
(532), 2.5.02.08a.ii (540), 2.5.02.08b.ii (543), 2.5.02.09d (548),
2.5.03.02 (555), 2.5.04.02.i (557), 2.5.04.03 (560), 2.6.01.02.i (579),
2.6.01.03a (582), 2.6.01.04d (587), 2.6.01.04e (588), 2.6.02.02a (593),
2.6.02.02b (594), 2.6.02.02c (595), 2.6.03.02.i (597), 2.6.03.04a
(601), 2.6.03.04c (603), 2.6.03.04i (609), 2.6.03.07 (616), 2.6.04.02a
(622), 2.6.04.02c (624), 2.6.05.02.ii (629), 2.6.09.05c (646),
2.6.09.06 (647), 2.6.09.08 (650), 2.6.09.13a (652), 2.6.09.13c (654),
2.6.09.15a (655), C.2.6.09.07 (667), C.2.6.09.08a (668), 2.7.01.14
(700), 2.7.02.03a (703), 2.7.05.02.i (719), 2.7.06.03.i (726),
3.1.00.03 (735), 3.2.00.01e (744), 3.2.00.05 (752), 3.2.00.07 (756),
3.2.00.09 (758), 3.3.00.02a.i.b (761), 3.3.00.05b (785), 3.3.00.05c
(786), 3.3.00.07aa (789), 3.3.00.07ab (790), 3.3.00.07ac (791),
3.3.00.07ba (792), 3.3.00.07bb (793), 3.3.00.07bc (794), 3.3.00.07c.i.a
(795), 3.3.00.07c.i.b (796), 3.3.00.07c.ii.a (797), 3.3.00.07c.ii.b
(798), 3.3.00.07d.i (799), 3.3.00.07d.ii.a (800), 3.3.00.07d.ii.b
(801), 3.3.00.07d.ii.c (802), 3.3.00.07d.iii.a (803), 3.3.00.07d.iii.b
(804), 3.3.00.07d.iii.c (805), 3.3.00.08 (813), 3.3.00.14 (820),
3.3.00.16 (821), 3.3.00.17 (822), 3.5.00.01.i (823), 3.5.00.06 (831),
E.3.9.01.01.01 (845), E.3.9.03.00.02 (848), 2.2.05.09c (877), and
2.3.10.11a (878).
VEGP Unit 4 ITAAC
2.1.02.08d.v (36), 2.2.01.07.i (107), 2.2.01.11a.i (114)
2.2.03.09a.ii (202), 2.3.04.11 (338), 2.3.10.02a (431), 2.5.02.08b.i
(542), 3.2.00.02 (745), 3.3.00.02b (770), and 3.3.00.02f (774).
The ITAAC for VEGP Unit 3 are in Appendix C of the VEGP Unit 3
combined license (ADAMS Accession No. ML14100A106). The ITAAC for VEGP
Unit 4 are in Appendix C of the VEGP Unit 4 combined license (ADAMS
Accession No. ML14100A135).
II. Licensee ITAAC Post-Closure Notifications (IPCNs)
Since the last Federal Register notice of the NRC staff's
determinations of successful completion of inspections, tests, and
analyses for VEGP Units 3 and 4 (87 FR 5866; February 2, 2022), the NRC
staff has not made additional determinations of the successful
completion of inspections, tests, and analyses based on licensee IPCNs
submitted under 10 CFR 52.99(c)(2).
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III. NRC Staff Determination of Completion of ITAAC
The NRC staff has determined that the specified inspections, tests,
and analyses have been successfully completed, and that the specified
acceptance criteria are met. The documentation of the NRC staff's
determination is in the ITAAC Closure Verification Evaluation Form
(VEF) for each ITAAC. The VEF is a form that represents the NRC staff's
structured process for reviewing ICNs and IPCNs.
Each ICN presents a narrative description of how the ITAAC was
completed. The NRC's ICN review process involves a determination on
whether, among other things: (1) each 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) each ICN provides sufficient
information to demonstrate that the acceptance criteria of the ITAAC
are met; and (3) any NRC inspections for the ITAAC have been completed
and any ITAAC findings associated with that ITAAC have been closed. The
NRC's review process for IPCNs is similar to that for ICNs but focuses
on how the licensee addressed the new, material information giving rise
to the IPCN.
The NRC staff's determination of the successful completion of these
ITAAC for VEGP Unit 3 is final because the NRC has found pursuant to 10
CFR 52.103(g) that the acceptance criteria in the VEGP Unit 3 combined
license are met (87 FR 48201; August 8, 2022). As such, the licensee is
allowed to operate VEGP Unit 3 in accordance with the terms and
conditions of the license. In accordance with 10 CFR 52.103(h), the
ITAAC in the VEGP Unit 3 licensee no longer constitute regulatory
requirements.
The NRC staff's determination of the successful completion of these
ITAAC for VEGP Unit 4 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 NRC staff receives new
information that suggests the NRC staff's determination on any of these
ITAAC is incorrect, then the NRC staff will determine whether to reopen
that ITAAC (including withdrawing the NRC staff's determination on that
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 these ITAAC until
the NRC makes an affirmative finding under 10 CFR 52.103(g). Any future
updates to the status of these ITAAC can be found by selecting the link
``ITAAC Status Report'' on the NRC's website: https://www.nrc.gov/reactors/new-reactors/col-holder/vog4.html.
This notice fulfills the NRC 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.
Vogtle Electric Generating Plant Unit 3, Docket No. 5200025
A complete list of the review status for VEGP Unit 3 ITAAC,
including the submission date and ADAMS accession number for each ICN
and IPCN received, the ADAMS accession number for each VEF, and the
ADAMS accession numbers for the inspection reports associated with
these specific ITAAC can be found by selecting the link ``ITAAC Status
Report'' at the NRC's website https://www.nrc.gov/reactors/new-reactors/col-holder/vog3.html.
Vogtle Electric Generating Plant Unit 4, Docket No. 5200026
A complete list of the review status for VEGP Unit 4 ITAAC,
including the submission date and ADAMS accession number for each ICN
and IPCN received, the ADAMS accession number for each VEF, and the
ADAMS accession numbers for the inspection reports associated with
these specific ITAAC, can be found by selecting the link ``ITAAC Status
Report'' at the NRC's website https://www.nrc.gov/reactors/new-reactors/col-holder/vog4.html.
Dated: August 9, 2022.
For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Victor E. Hall,
Chief, Vogtle Project Office, Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation.
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