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of March, 2008.
For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
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Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation.
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Advisory Committee on Reactor
Safeguards (ACRS); Meeting of the
Subcommittee on Economic Simplified
Boiling Water Reactor (ESBWR);
Notice of Meeting
The ACRS Subcommittee on ESBWR
will hold a meeting on April 9, 2008, in
the Commissioners’ Conference Room,
11555 Rockville Pike, Rockville,
Maryland.
The entire meeting will be open to
public attendance, with the exception of
a portion that may be closed to discuss
General Electric—Hitachi Nuclear
Energy Americas, LLC. (GEH)
proprietary information pursuant to 5
U.S.C. 552b(c)(4).
The agenda for the subject meeting
shall be as follows:
Wednesday, April 9, 2008—8:30 a.m.
until 5 p.m.
The Subcommittee will discuss the
staff’s approach to resolve the thermalhydraulic issues previously identified
by the Subcommittee during its review
of Chapters 4, 6, 15, and 21 of the Safety
Evaluation Report (SER) with open
items associated with the ESBWR
design certification application. In
addition, the Subcommittee will review
SER Chapter 18, ‘‘Human Factors
Engineering.’’ The Subcommittee will
hear presentations by and hold
discussions with representatives of the
NRC staff and other interested persons
regarding this matter. The
Subcommittee will gather information,
analyze relevant issues and facts, and
formulate proposed positions and
actions, as appropriate, for deliberation
by the full Committee.
Members of the public desiring to
provide oral statements and/or written
comments should notify the Designated
Federal Official, Mr. David Bessette
(telephone 301/415–8065) five days
prior to the meeting, if possible, so that
appropriate arrangements can be made.
Electronic recordings will be permitted
only during those portions of the
meeting that are open to the public.
Detailed procedures for the conduct of
and participation in ACRS meetings
were published in the Federal Register
on September 26, 2007 (72 FR 54695).
Further information regarding this
meeting can be obtained by contacting
the Designated Federal Official between
7:45 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. (ET). Persons
planning to attend this meeting are
urged to contact the above named
individual at least two working days
prior to the meeting to be advised of any
potential changes to the agenda.
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Dated: March 12, 2008.
Cayetano Santos,
Branch Chief, ACRS.
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Dated: March 12, 2008.
Cayetano Santos,
Chief, Reactor Safety Branch.
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Advisory Committee on Reactor
Safeguards (ACRS); Subcommittee
Meeting on Planning and Procedures;
Notice of Meeting
The ACRS Subcommittee on Planning
and Procedures will hold a meeting on
April 9, 2008, Room T–2B1, 11545
Rockville Pike, Rockville, Maryland.
The entire meeting will be open to
public attendance, with the exception of
a portion that may be closed pursuant
to 5 U.S.C. 552b ( c) (2) and (6) to
discuss organizational and personnel
matters that relate solely to the internal
personnel rules and practices of the
ACRS, and information the release of
which would constitute a clearly
unwarranted invasion of personal
privacy.
The agenda for the subject meeting
shall be as follows:
Wednesday, April 9, 2008, 12 p.m.
until 1 p.m.
The Subcommittee will discuss
proposed ACRS activities and related
matters. The Subcommittee will gather
information, analyze relevant issues and
facts, and formulate proposed positions
and actions, as appropriate, for
deliberation by the full Committee.
Members of the public desiring to
provide oral statements and/or written
comments should notify the Designated
Federal Officer, Mr. Sam Duraiswamy
(telephone: 301–415–7364) between
7:30 a.m. and 4 p.m. (ET) five days prior
to the meeting, if possible, so that
appropriate arrangements can be made.
Electronic recordings will be permitted
only during those portions of the
meeting that are open to the public.
Detailed procedures for the conduct of
and participation in ACRS meetings
were published in the Federal Register
on September 26, 2007 (72 FR 54695).
Further information regarding this
meeting can be obtained by contacting
the Designated Federal Officer between
7:30 a.m. and 4 p.m. (ET). Persons
planning to attend this meeting are
urged to contact the above named
individual at least two working days
prior to the meeting to be advised of any
potential changes in the agenda.
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South Carolina Electric & Gas
Company; Virgil C. Summer Nuclear
Station, Unit No. 1; Exemption
1.0
Background
The South Carolina Electric & Gas
Company (SCE&G, the licensee) is the
holder of the Renewed Facility
Operating License No. NPF–12 which
authorizes operation of the Virgil C.
Summer Nuclear Station, Unit No. 1
(VCSNS). The license provides, among
other things, that the facility is subject
to all rules, regulations, and orders of
the Nuclear Regulatory Commission
(NRC or the Commission) now or
hereafter in effect.
The facility consists of a pressurizedwater reactor located in Fairfield County
in South Carolina.
2.0
Request/Action
Pursuant to Title 10 of the Code of
Federal Regulations (10 CFR), Section
50.12, ‘‘Specific Exemptions,’’ SCE&G
has, by letters dated May 31 and
October 11, 2007, requested an
exemption from 10 CFR 50.46,
‘‘Acceptance Criteria for Emergency
Core Cooling Systems for Light-Water
Nuclear Power Reactors,’’ and Appendix
K to 10 CFR 50, ‘‘ECCS Evaluation
Models,’’ (Appendix K). The regulation
in 10 CFR 50.46 contains acceptance
criteria for emergency core cooling
system (ECCS) for reactors fueled with
zircaloy or ZIRLOTM cladding. In
addition, Appendix K requires that the
Baker-Just equation be used to predict
the rates of energy release, hydrogen
concentration, and cladding oxidation
from the metal-water reaction. The
exemption request relates solely to the
specific types of cladding material
specified in these regulations. As
written, the regulations presume the use
of zircaloy or ZIRLOTM fuel rod
cladding. Thus, an exemption from the
requirements of 10 CFR 50.46, and
Appendix K is needed to irradiate a lead
test assembly (LTA) comprised of
different cladding alloys at VCSNS.
The exemptions requested by the
licensee would allow the use of one
LTA containing either all Optimized
ZIRLOTM fuel rod cladding or a
combination of Optimized ZIRLOTM and
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AXIOMTM fuel rod cladding to continue
to be irradiated up to a burnup of 75
gigawatt days per metric ton uranium
(GWd/MTU).
Previously, by letter dated January 14,
2005, the NRC staff approved the
irradiation of four LTAs containing fuel
rods with Optimized ZIRLOTM and
several different developmental clad
(AXIOMTM) alloys. That exemption was
contingent on the fuel rod burnup
remaining within the applicable
licensed limits, which for burnup, was
a value of 62 GWd/MTU. The licensee
inserted those LTAs into VCSNS for
irradiation in fuel cycles 16 and 17. In
the licensee’s letters of May 31 and
October 11, 2007, the licensee requested
an exemption to continue the irradiation
of one of the four LTAs for a third
operating cycle. This LTA would be
irradiated in fuel cycle 18 in order to
gain high burnup experience. The
licensee requested to irradiate the LTA
to a peak rod average of up to 75 GWd/
MTU.
The licensee also requested an
exemption from 10 CFR 50.44,
‘‘Combustible gas control for nuclear
power reactors.’’ The requested
exemption from 10 CFR 50.44 is not
being considered further by the NRC
staff because revisions were made to 10
CFR 50.44 (68 FR 54123; September 16,
2003), such that it does not refer to
specific types of zirconium cladding,
thus removing the need for such an
exemption.
3.0 Discussion
Pursuant to 10 CFR 50.12, the
Commission may, upon application by
any interested person or upon its own
initiative, grant exemptions from the
requirements of 10 CFR Part 50, when
(1) the exemptions are authorized by
law, will not present an undue risk to
public health or safety, and are
consistent with the common defense
and security; and (2) when special
circumstances are present. Under
Section 50.12(a)(2) of 10 CFR, special
circumstances include, among other
things, when application of the specific
regulation in the particular
circumstance would not serve, or is not
necessary to achieve, the underlying
purpose of the rule.
Authorized by Law
This exemption would allow the
licensee to re-insert one LTA containing
either all Optimized ZIRLOTM fuel rod
cladding or a combination of Optimized
ZIRLOTM and AXIOMTM fuel rod
cladding that does not meet the
definition of Zircaloy or ZIRLOTM as
specified by 10 CFR 50.46, and
Appendix K, into the core of VCSNS
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Advisory Committee on Reactor Safeguards (ACRS); Meeting of the
Subcommittee on Economic Simplified Boiling Water Reactor (ESBWR);
Notice of Meeting
The ACRS Subcommittee on ESBWR will hold a meeting on April 9,
2008, in the Commissioners' Conference Room, 11555 Rockville Pike,
Rockville, Maryland.
The entire meeting will be open to public attendance, with the
exception of a portion that may be closed to discuss General Electric--
Hitachi Nuclear Energy Americas, LLC. (GEH) proprietary information
pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 552b(c)(4).
The agenda for the subject meeting shall be as follows:
Wednesday, April 9, 2008--8:30 a.m. until 5 p.m.
The Subcommittee will discuss the staff's approach to resolve the
thermal-hydraulic issues previously identified by the Subcommittee
during its review of Chapters 4, 6, 15, and 21 of the Safety Evaluation
Report (SER) with open items associated with the ESBWR design
certification application. In addition, the Subcommittee will review
SER Chapter 18, ``Human Factors Engineering.'' The Subcommittee will
hear presentations by and hold discussions with representatives of the
NRC staff and other interested persons regarding this matter. The
Subcommittee will gather information, analyze relevant issues and
facts, and formulate proposed positions and actions, as appropriate,
for deliberation by the full Committee.
Members of the public desiring to provide oral statements and/or
written comments should notify the Designated Federal Official, Mr.
David Bessette (telephone 301/415-8065) five days prior to the meeting,
if possible, so that appropriate arrangements can be made. Electronic
recordings will be permitted only during those portions of the meeting
that are open to the public. Detailed procedures for the conduct of and
participation in ACRS meetings were published in the Federal Register
on September 26, 2007 (72 FR 54695).
Further information regarding this meeting can be obtained by
contacting the Designated Federal Official between 7:45 a.m. and 4:30
p.m. (ET). Persons planning to attend this meeting are urged to contact
the above named individual at least two working days prior to the
meeting to be advised of any potential changes to the agenda.
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Dated: March 12, 2008.
Cayetano Santos,
Branch Chief, ACRS.
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