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areas in a letter dated July 11, 2013
(ADAMS Package ML13205A152),
followed by a corrected background
count rate for the FSSR on August 19,
2013 (ADAMS Accession No.
ML13235A009).
In a letter dated February 26, 2014
(ADAMS Accession No. ML14063A207),
the UM confirmed that FNR systems
and components had been transferred to
the UM Broad Scope license No. 21–
00215–04 by Amendment No. 102, in
accordance with the approved DP, and
requested termination of the FNR
license. The Amendment No. 102
transfer was approved by the NRC, with
a correction, on February 19, 2014
(ADAMS Accession No. ML14055A189).
On June 23, 2014, NRC inspectors
confirmed that site conditions were
acceptable for license termination
(ADAMS Accession No. ML14197A232).
Additionally, NRC staff has reviewed
the FNR FSSR. The FNR FSSR states
that the criteria for termination set forth
in FNR’s license (R–28), and as
established in its DP and FSSP have
been satisfied.
The FSSR indicates that all but one of
the individual radiological
measurement determinations made
throughout the facility for surface
contamination (both total and
removable) were found to be less than
the criteria established in the DP, which
is acceptable in accordance with the
MARSSIM statistical methodology.
Similarly, sample results from soil, and
sediments were found to be less than
the volumetric radionuclide
concentration criteria established in the
DP. Additionally, all the radioactive
wastes have been removed from the
facility. For these reasons, the NRC staff
has determined that the survey results
in the report comply with the criteria in
the NRC approved DP and the release
criteria in subpart E of part 20 of Title
10 of the Code of Federal Regulations
(10 CFR).
On August 9 through 11, 2011 the
NRC conducted an on-site inspection of
the decommissioning activities at the
FNR. The NRC inspector evaluated
decommissioning performance and
conducted independent radiation
surveys and soil sampling, with soil
sample evaluation of the NRC samples
by the Oak Ridge Associated
Universities (ORAU). The inspection
was an examination of UM’s licensed
activities as they relate to radiation
safety and to compliance with the
Commission’s regulations and the
license conditions, including the DP
and FSSP. The inspection consisted of
observations by the inspectors,
interviews with personnel, and a review
of procedures and records and
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acquisition of split samples. As a result
of this inspection, a Notice of Violation
was issued to the UM for failing to
independently monitor or audit either
decommissioning operations or the
quality assurance program annually as
required (ADAMS Accession No.
ML11299A076). This violation has been
resolved by the UM reinitiating audits
and quality assurance reviews as part of
semi-annual Decommissioning Review
Committee meetings, as documented in
an October 10, 2012 NRC inspection
report. (ADAMS Accession No.
ML12284A282). The final report from
ORAU of the results of the soil sample
analysis was provided to the NRC on
August 23, 2011 (ADAMS Accession
No. ML112420852). One of the soil
samples exceeded the FNR DP’s soil
derived concentration guideline level
for Cobalt-60, which was addressed by
the UM subsequently remediating all
the soil from the cavity area, and
resampling as part of the final status
survey.
At the request of NRC staff, on
January 16, 2015 (ADAMS Accession
No. ML15020A725), UM provided the
results of eight additional soil samples,
taken to a depth of thirteen feet, in the
area where stockpiled soils were reused
to refill the excavation in the former
storage ports area of the FNR. All
samples were below minimum
detectable activity and well below the
soil derived concentration guideline
levels, which demonstrates that the
reused stockpiled soils are acceptable
for unrestricted release. Additionally,
three split samples were sent to ORAU
for laboratory analysis (ADAMS
Accession No. ML15030A311). The
results contained in the analytical report
are consistent with UM’s report.
Pursuant to 10 CFR 50.82(b)(6), the
NRC staff has concluded that the UM
FNR in Ann Arbor, Michigan, has been
decommissioned in accordance with the
approved DP and that the FSSR and
associated documentation demonstrates
that the facilities and site may be
released in accordance with the criteria
for license termination in 10 CFR part
20, subpart E. Further, on the basis of
the decommissioning activities carried
out by the UM, the NRC’s review of the
licensee’s FSSR, the results of the NRC
inspections conducted at the reactor
facility, and the results of confirmatory
lab analyses, the NRC has concluded
that the decommissioning process is
complete and the facilities and sites
may be released for unrestricted use.
Therefore, Facility Operating License
No. R–28 is terminated.
Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 2nd day
of April 2015.
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For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Andrew Persinko,
Deputy Director, Division of
Decommissioning, Uranium Recovery, and
Waste Programs, Office of Nuclear Material
Safety and Safeguards.
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[Docket Nos. 52–025 and 52–026; NRC–
2008–0252]
Vogtle Electric Generating Station,
Units 3 and 4; Southern Nuclear
Operating Company; Tier 1 Editorial
and Consistency Changes
Nuclear Regulatory
Commission.
ACTION: Exemption and combined
license amendment issuance.
AGENCY:
The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory
Commission (NRC) is granting an
exemption to allow a departure from the
certification information of Tier 1 of the
generic design control document (DCD)
and is issuing License Amendment No.
30 to Combined Licenses (COLs), NPF–
91 and NPF–92. The COLs were issued
to Southern Nuclear Operating
Company, Inc., and Georgia Power
Company, Oglethorpe Power
Corporation, Municipal Electric
Authority of Georgia, and the City of
Dalton, Georgia (the licensee); for
construction and operation of the Vogtle
Electric Generating Plant (VEGP) Units
3 and 4, located in Burke County,
Georgia.
The granting of the exemption allows
the changes to Tier 1 information
requested in the amendment. Because
the acceptability of the exemption was
determined in part by the acceptability
of the amendment, the exemption and
amendment are being issued
concurrently.
SUMMARY:
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
https://www.regulations.gov and search
for Docket ID NRC–2008–0252. Address
questions about NRC dockets to Carol
Gallagher; telephone: 301–415–3463;
email: Carol.Gallagher@nrc.gov. For
technical questions, contact the
individual listed in the FOR FURTHER
INFORMATION CONTACT section of this
document.
ADDRESSES:
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• NRC’s Agencywide Documents
Access and Management System
(ADAMS): You may obtain publiclyavailable documents online in the
ADAMS Public Documents collection at
https://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/
adams.html. To begin the search, select
‘‘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 pdr.resource@nrc.gov. The
ADAMS accession number for each
document referenced (if it is available in
ADAMS) is provided the first time that
a document is referenced. The request
for the amendment and exemption was
submitted by letter dated July 29, 2014
(ADAMS Accession No. ML14210A646)
and supplemented by letter dated
November 5, 2014 (ADAMS Accession
No. ML14309A586).
• 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:
Ruth Reyes, Office of New Reactors,
U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission,
Washington, DC 20555–0001; telephone:
301–415–3249; email: Ruth.Reyes@
nrc.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Introduction
The NRC is granting an exemption
from Paragraph B of Section III, ‘‘Scope
and Contents,’’ of appendix D, ‘‘Design
Certification Rule for the AP1000,’’ to
part 52 of Title 10 of the Code of Federal
Regulations (10 CFR) and issuing
License Amendment No. 30 to COLs,
NPF–91 and NPF–92, to the licensee.
The exemption is required by Paragraph
A.4 of Section VIII, ‘‘Processes for
Changes and Departures,’’ appendix D
to 10 CFR part 52 to allow the licensee
to depart from Tier 1 information. With
the requested amendment, the licensee
sought changes to COL Appendix C and
corresponding plant-specific Tier 1
information to correct editorial errors
and/or consistency errors (e.g.,
inconsistencies between Updated Final
Safety Analysis Report (UFSAR) (Tier 2)
and Tier 1 information, and
inconsistencies between information
from different locations within Tier 1).
Part of the justification for granting
the exemption was provided by the
review of the amendment. Because the
exemption is necessary in order to issue
the requested license amendment, the
NRC granted the exemption and issued
the amendment concurrently, rather
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than in sequence. This included issuing
a combined safety evaluation containing
the NRC staff’s review of both the
exemption request and the license
amendment. The exemption met all
applicable regulatory criteria set forth in
10 CFR 50.12, 10 CFR 52.7, and Section
VIII.A.4 of appendix D to 10 CFR part
52. The license amendment was found
to be acceptable as well. The combined
safety evaluation is available in ADAMS
under Accession No. ML14350B104.
Identical exemption documents
(except for referenced unit numbers and
license numbers) were issued to the
licensee for VEGP Units 3 and 4 (COLs
NPF–91 and NPF–92). The exemption
documents for VEGP Units 3 and 4 can
be found in ADAMS under Accession
Nos. ML14351A256 and ML14351A271,
respectively. The exemption is
reproduced (with the exception of
abbreviated titles and additional
citations) in Section II of this document.
The amendment documents for COLs
NPF–91 and NPF–92 are available in
ADAMS under Accession Nos.
ML14351A250 and ML14351A252,
respectively. A summary of the
amendment documents is provided in
Section III of this document.
II. Exemption
Reproduced below is the exemption
document issued to Vogtle Units 3 and
4. It makes reference to the combined
safety evaluation that provides the
reasoning for the findings made by the
NRC (and listed under Item 1) in order
to grant the exemption:
1. In a letter dated July 29, 2014, and
as supplemented by the letter dated
November 5, 2014, the licensee
requested from the Commission an
exemption to allow departures from Tier
1 information in the certified DCD
incorporated by reference in 10 CFR
part 52, appendix D as part of license
amendment request 14–002, ‘‘Tier 1
Editorial and Consistency Changes.’’
For the reasons set forth in Section 3.1
of the NRC staff’s Safety Evaluation,
which can be found in ADAMS under
Accession No. ML14350B104, the
Commission finds that:
A. The exemption is authorized by
law;
B. the exemption presents no undue
risk to public health and safety;
C. the exemption is consistent with
the common defense and security;
D. special circumstances are present
in that the application of the rule in this
circumstance is not necessary to serve
the underlying purpose of the rule;
E. the special circumstances outweigh
any decrease in safety that may result
from the reduction in standardization
caused by the exemption; and
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F. the exemption will not result in a
significant decrease in the level of safety
otherwise provided by the design.
2. Accordingly, the licensee is granted
an exemption from the certified DCD
Tier 1 Figures 2.2.4–1, 3.3–1 through 10,
3.3–11A, 3.3–11B, and 3.3–12 through
14; Tables: 2.2.2–3, 2.2.3–4, 2.2.3–6,
2.2.4–1, 2.2.4–4, 2.2.5–5, 2.3.2–1, 2.3.2–
2, 2.3.6–1, 2.3.6–4, 2.3.10–1, 2.3.10–4,
2.3.14–2, 2.6.3–3, 2.6.3–4, 3.3–1, 3.3–6,
2.1.3–4, 2.5.1–2 and 3.7–2; and Sections
2.6.3 and 3.3, as described in the
licensee’s request dated July 29, 2014,
and supplemented on November 5,
2014. This exemption is related to, and
necessary for the granting of License
Amendment No. 30, which is being
issued concurrently with this
exemption.
3. As explained in Section 5.0 of the
NRC staff’s Safety Evaluation (ADAMS
Accession Number ML14350B104), this
exemption meets the eligibility criteria
for categorical exclusion set forth in 10
CFR 51.22(c)(9). Therefore, pursuant to
10 CFR 51.22(b), no environmental
impact statement or environmental
assessment needs to be prepared in
connection with the issuance of the
exemption.
4. This exemption is effective as of the
date of its issuance.
III. License Amendment Request
By letter dated July 29, 2014, and
supplemented by letter dated November
5, 2014, the licensee requested that the
NRC amend the COLs for VEGP, Units
3 and 4, COLs NPF–91 and NPF–92. The
proposed amendment is described in
Section I, above.
The Commission has determined for
these amendments that the application
complies with the standards and
requirements of the Atomic Energy Act
of 1954, as amended (the Act), and the
Commission’s rules and regulations.
The Commission has made appropriate
findings as required by the Act and the
Commission’s rules and regulations in
10 CFR Chapter I, which are set forth in
the license amendment.
A notice of consideration of issuance
of amendment to facility operating
license or combined license, as
applicable, proposed no significant
hazards consideration determination,
and opportunity for a hearing in
connection with these actions, was
published in the Federal Register on
September 30, 2014 (79 FR 58812). The
November 5, 2014, supplement had no
effect on the no significant hazards
consideration determination, and no
comments were received during the 60day comment period.
The Commission has determined that
these amendments satisfy the criteria for
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categorical exclusion in accordance
with 10 CFR 51.22. Therefore, pursuant
to 10 CFR 51.22(b), no environmental
impact statement or environmental
assessment need be prepared for these
amendments.
IV. Conclusion
Using the reasons set forth in the
combined safety evaluation, the staff
granted the exemption and issued the
amendment that the licensee requested
on July 29, 2014, as supplemented by
letter dated November 5, 2014. The
exemption and amendment were issued
on February 13, 2015 as part of a
combined package to the licensee
(ADAMS Accession No. ML14350B012).
Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 7th day
of April 2015.
For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Chandu P. Patel,
Acting Chief, Licensing Branch 4, Division
of New Reactor Licensing, Office of New
Reactors.
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BILLING CODE 7590–01–P
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I. Obtaining Information and
Submitting Comments
Biweekly Notice; Applications and
Amendments to Facility Operating
Licenses and Combined Licenses
Involving No Significant Hazards
Considerations
A. Obtaining Information
Nuclear Regulatory
Commission.
ACTION: Biweekly notice.
AGENCY:
Pursuant to Section 189a. (2)
of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as
amended (the Act), the U.S. Nuclear
Regulatory Commission (NRC) is
publishing this regular biweekly notice.
The Act requires the Commission to
publish notice of any amendments
issued, or proposed to be issued and
grants the Commission the authority to
issue and make immediately effective
any amendment to an operating license
or combined license, as applicable,
upon a determination by the
Commission that such amendment
involves no significant hazards
consideration, notwithstanding the
pendency before the Commission of a
request for a hearing from any person.
This biweekly notice includes all
notices of amendments issued, or
proposed to be issued from March 19,
2015 to April 1, 2015. The last biweekly
notice was published on March 31,
2015.
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Comments must be filed by May
14, 2015. A request for a hearing must
be filed by June 15, 2015.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments
by any of the following methods (unless
this document describes a different
method for submitting comments on a
specific subject):
• Federal Rulemaking Web site: Go to
https://www.regulations.gov and search
for Docket ID NRC–2015–0088. Address
questions about NRC dockets to Carol
Gallagher; telephone: 301–415–3463;
email: Carol.Gallagher@nrc.gov.
• Mail comments to: Cindy Bladey,
Office of Administration, Mail Stop:
OWFN–12–H08, U.S. Nuclear
Regulatory Commission, Washington,
DC 20555–0001.
For additional direction on obtaining
information and submitting comments,
see ‘‘Obtaining Information and
Submitting Comments’’ in the
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section of
this document.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Angela Baxter, Office of Nuclear Reactor
Regulation, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory
Commission, Washington DC 20555–
0001; telephone: 301–415–2976, email:
Angela.Baxter@nrc.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
DATES:
Please refer to Docket ID NRC–2015–
0088 when contacting the NRC about
the availability of information for this
action. You may obtain publiclyavailable information related to this
action by any of the following methods:
• Federal rulemaking Web site: Go to
https://www.regulations.gov and search
for Docket ID NRC–2015–0088.
• NRC’s Agencywide Documents
Access and Management System
(ADAMS): You may obtain publiclyavailable documents online in the
ADAMS Public Documents collection at
https://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/
adams.html. To begin the search, select
‘‘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 pdr.resource@nrc.gov. The
ADAMS accession number for each
document referenced (if it is available in
ADAMS) is provided the first time that
it is mentioned in the SUPPLEMENTARY
INFORMATION section.
• NRC’s PDR: You may examine and
purchase copies of public documents at
the NRC’s PDR, Room O1–F21, One
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White Flint North, 11555 Rockville
Pike, Rockville, Maryland 20852.
B. Submitting Comments
Please include Docket ID NRC–2015–
0088, facility name, unit number(s),
application date, and subject in your
comment submission.
The NRC cautions you not to include
identifying or contact information that
you do not want to be publicly
disclosed in your comment submission.
The NRC will post all comment
submissions at https://
www.regulations.gov as well as enter the
comment submissions into ADAMS.
The NRC does not routinely edit
comment submissions to remove
identifying or contact information.
If you are requesting or aggregating
comments from other persons for
submission to the NRC, then you should
inform those persons not to include
identifying or contact information that
they do not want to be publicly
disclosed in their comment submission.
Your request should state that the NRC
does not routinely edit comment
submissions to remove such information
before making the comment
submissions available to the public or
entering the comment into ADAMS.
II. Notice of Consideration of Issuance
of Amendments to Facility Operating
Licenses and Combined Licenses and
Proposed No Significant Hazards
Consideration Determination
The Commission has made a
proposed determination that the
following amendment requests involve
no significant hazards consideration.
Under the Commission’s regulations in
§ 50.92 of Title 10 of the Code of Federal
Regulations (10 CFR), this means that
operation of the facility in accordance
with the proposed amendment would
not (1) involve a significant increase in
the probability or consequences of an
accident previously evaluated, or (2)
create the possibility of a new or
different kind of accident from any
accident previously evaluated; or (3)
involve a significant reduction in a
margin of safety. The basis for this
proposed determination for each
amendment request is shown below.
The Commission is seeking public
comments on this proposed
determination. Any comments received
within 30 days after the date of
publication of this notice will be
considered in making any final
determination.
Normally, the Commission will not
issue the amendment until the
expiration of 60 days after the date of
publication of this notice. The
Commission may issue the license
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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
[Docket Nos. 52-025 and 52-026; NRC-2008-0252]
Vogtle Electric Generating Station, Units 3 and 4; Southern
Nuclear Operating Company; Tier 1 Editorial and Consistency Changes
AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
ACTION: Exemption and combined license amendment issuance.
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SUMMARY: The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is granting an
exemption to allow a departure from the certification information of
Tier 1 of the generic design control document (DCD) and is issuing
License Amendment No. 30 to Combined Licenses (COLs), NPF-91 and NPF-
92. The COLs were issued to Southern Nuclear Operating Company, Inc.,
and Georgia Power Company, Oglethorpe Power Corporation, Municipal
Electric Authority of Georgia, and the City of Dalton, Georgia (the
licensee); for construction and operation of the Vogtle Electric
Generating Plant (VEGP) Units 3 and 4, located in Burke County,
Georgia.
The granting of the exemption allows the changes to Tier 1
information requested in the amendment. Because the acceptability of
the exemption was determined in part by the acceptability of the
amendment, the exemption and amendment are being issued concurrently.
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 https://www.regulations.gov and search for Docket ID NRC-2008-0252. Address
questions about NRC dockets to Carol Gallagher; telephone: 301-415-
3463; email: Carol.Gallagher@nrc.gov. For technical questions, contact
the individual listed in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section of
this document.
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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 ``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 pdr.resource@nrc.gov. The
ADAMS accession number for each document referenced (if it is available
in ADAMS) is provided the first time that a document is referenced. The
request for the amendment and exemption was submitted by letter dated
July 29, 2014 (ADAMS Accession No. ML14210A646) and supplemented by
letter dated November 5, 2014 (ADAMS Accession No. ML14309A586).
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: Ruth Reyes, Office of New Reactors,
U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555-0001;
telephone: 301-415-3249; email: Ruth.Reyes@nrc.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Introduction
The NRC is granting an exemption from Paragraph B of Section III,
``Scope and Contents,'' of appendix D, ``Design Certification Rule for
the AP1000,'' to part 52 of Title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations
(10 CFR) and issuing License Amendment No. 30 to COLs, NPF-91 and NPF-
92, to the licensee. The exemption is required by Paragraph A.4 of
Section VIII, ``Processes for Changes and Departures,'' appendix D to
10 CFR part 52 to allow the licensee to depart from Tier 1 information.
With the requested amendment, the licensee sought changes to COL
Appendix C and corresponding plant-specific Tier 1 information to
correct editorial errors and/or consistency errors (e.g.,
inconsistencies between Updated Final Safety Analysis Report (UFSAR)
(Tier 2) and Tier 1 information, and inconsistencies between
information from different locations within Tier 1).
Part of the justification for granting the exemption was provided
by the review of the amendment. Because the exemption is necessary in
order to issue the requested license amendment, the NRC granted the
exemption and issued the amendment concurrently, rather than in
sequence. This included issuing a combined safety evaluation containing
the NRC staff's review of both the exemption request and the license
amendment. The exemption met all applicable regulatory criteria set
forth in 10 CFR 50.12, 10 CFR 52.7, and Section VIII.A.4 of appendix D
to 10 CFR part 52. The license amendment was found to be acceptable as
well. The combined safety evaluation is available in ADAMS under
Accession No. ML14350B104.
Identical exemption documents (except for referenced unit numbers
and license numbers) were issued to the licensee for VEGP Units 3 and 4
(COLs NPF-91 and NPF-92). The exemption documents for VEGP Units 3 and
4 can be found in ADAMS under Accession Nos. ML14351A256 and
ML14351A271, respectively. The exemption is reproduced (with the
exception of abbreviated titles and additional citations) in Section II
of this document. The amendment documents for COLs NPF-91 and NPF-92
are available in ADAMS under Accession Nos. ML14351A250 and
ML14351A252, respectively. A summary of the amendment documents is
provided in Section III of this document.
II. Exemption
Reproduced below is the exemption document issued to Vogtle Units 3
and 4. It makes reference to the combined safety evaluation that
provides the reasoning for the findings made by the NRC (and listed
under Item 1) in order to grant the exemption:
1. In a letter dated July 29, 2014, and as supplemented by the
letter dated November 5, 2014, the licensee requested from the
Commission an exemption to allow departures from Tier 1 information in
the certified DCD incorporated by reference in 10 CFR part 52, appendix
D as part of license amendment request 14-002, ``Tier 1 Editorial and
Consistency Changes.''
For the reasons set forth in Section 3.1 of the NRC staff's Safety
Evaluation, which can be found in ADAMS under Accession No.
ML14350B104, the Commission finds that:
A. The exemption is authorized by law;
B. the exemption presents no undue risk to public health and
safety;
C. the exemption is consistent with the common defense and
security;
D. special circumstances are present in that the application of the
rule in this circumstance is not necessary to serve the underlying
purpose of the rule;
E. the special circumstances outweigh any decrease in safety that
may result from the reduction in standardization caused by the
exemption; and
F. the exemption will not result in a significant decrease in the
level of safety otherwise provided by the design.
2. Accordingly, the licensee is granted an exemption from the
certified DCD Tier 1 Figures 2.2.4-1, 3.3-1 through 10, 3.3-11A, 3.3-
11B, and 3.3-12 through 14; Tables: 2.2.2-3, 2.2.3-4, 2.2.3-6, 2.2.4-1,
2.2.4-4, 2.2.5-5, 2.3.2-1, 2.3.2-2, 2.3.6-1, 2.3.6-4, 2.3.10-1, 2.3.10-
4, 2.3.14-2, 2.6.3-3, 2.6.3-4, 3.3-1, 3.3-6, 2.1.3-4, 2.5.1-2 and 3.7-
2; and Sections 2.6.3 and 3.3, as described in the licensee's request
dated July 29, 2014, and supplemented on November 5, 2014. This
exemption is related to, and necessary for the granting of License
Amendment No. 30, which is being issued concurrently with this
exemption.
3. As explained in Section 5.0 of the NRC staff's Safety Evaluation
(ADAMS Accession Number ML14350B104), this exemption meets the
eligibility criteria for categorical exclusion set forth in 10 CFR
51.22(c)(9). Therefore, pursuant to 10 CFR 51.22(b), no environmental
impact statement or environmental assessment needs to be prepared in
connection with the issuance of the exemption.
4. This exemption is effective as of the date of its issuance.
III. License Amendment Request
By letter dated July 29, 2014, and supplemented by letter dated
November 5, 2014, the licensee requested that the NRC amend the COLs
for VEGP, Units 3 and 4, COLs NPF-91 and NPF-92. The proposed amendment
is described in Section I, above.
The Commission has determined for these amendments that the
application complies with the standards and requirements of the Atomic
Energy Act of 1954, as amended (the Act), and the Commission's rules
and regulations. The Commission has made appropriate findings as
required by the Act and the Commission's rules and regulations in 10
CFR Chapter I, which are set forth in the license amendment.
A notice of consideration of issuance of amendment to facility
operating license or combined license, as applicable, proposed no
significant hazards consideration determination, and opportunity for a
hearing in connection with these actions, was published in the Federal
Register on September 30, 2014 (79 FR 58812). The November 5, 2014,
supplement had no effect on the no significant hazards consideration
determination, and no comments were received during the 60-day comment
period.
The Commission has determined that these amendments satisfy the
criteria for
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categorical exclusion in accordance with 10 CFR 51.22. Therefore,
pursuant to 10 CFR 51.22(b), no environmental impact statement or
environmental assessment need be prepared for these amendments.
IV. Conclusion
Using the reasons set forth in the combined safety evaluation, the
staff granted the exemption and issued the amendment that the licensee
requested on July 29, 2014, as supplemented by letter dated November 5,
2014. The exemption and amendment were issued on February 13, 2015 as
part of a combined package to the licensee (ADAMS Accession No.
ML14350B012).
Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 7th day of April 2015.
For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Chandu P. Patel,
Acting Chief, Licensing Branch 4, Division of New Reactor Licensing,
Office of New Reactors.
[FR Doc. 2015-08566 Filed 4-13-15; 8:45 am]
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