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Duke Energy Carolinas, LLC;
Establishment of Atomic Safety and
Licensing Board
[Docket Nos. 50–424 and 50–425]
Pursuant to delegation by the
Commission dated December 29, 1972,
published in the Federal Register, 37 FR
28,710 (1972), and the Commission’s
regulations, see 10 CFR 2.104, 2.300,
2.303, 2.309, 2.311, 2.318, and 2.321,
notice is hereby given that an Atomic
Safety and Licensing Board (Board) is
being established to preside over the
following proceeding;
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Duke Energy Carolinas, LLC
(William States Lee III Nuclear Station,
Units 1 and 2)
This proceeding concerns a Petition to
Intervene and Request for Hearing
submitted by the Blue Ridge
Environmental Defense League, and a
request to participate in any hearing by
the South Carolina Office of Regulatory
Staff, which were submitted in response
to an April 28, 2008 Notice of Hearing
and Opportunity To Petition for Leave
To Intervene on a Combined License for
William States Lee III Units 1 and 2 (73
FR 22,978). The Petition to Intervene
and Request for Hearing challenges the
application filed by Duke Energy
Carolinas, LLC, pursuant to Subpart C of
10 CFR Part 52 for a combined license
for William States Lee III Nuclear
Station, Units 1 and 2, which would be
located in Cherokee County, South
Carolina.
The Board is comprised of the
following administrative judges:
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Issued at Rockville, Maryland, this 8th day
of July 2008.
Anthony J. Baratta,
Associate Chief Administrative Judge—
Technical, Atomic Safety and Licensing
Board Panel.
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Paul S. Ryerson, Chair, Atomic Safety
and Licensing Board Panel, U.S.
Nuclear Regulatory Commission,
Washington, DC 20555–0001;
Nicholas G. Trikouros, Atomic Safety
and Licensing Board Panel, U.S.
Nuclear Regulatory Commission,
Washington, DC 20555–0001;
Dr. William H. Murphy, Atomic Safety
and Licensing Board Panel, U.S.
Nuclear Regulatory Commission,
Washington, DC 20555–0001.
All correspondence, documents, and
other materials shall be filed in
accordance with the NRC E-Filing rule,
which the NRC promulgated in August
2007 (72 FR 49,139).
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Southern Nuclear Operating Company,
Inc., Georgia Power Company,
Oglethorpe Power Corporation,
Municipal Electric Authority of
Georgia, City of Dalton, GA, Vogtle
Electric Generating Plant, Units 1 and
2; Notice of Consideration of Issuance
of Amendment to Facility Operating
License, Proposed No Significant
Hazards Consideration Determination,
and Opportunity for a Hearing and
Order Imposing Procedures for Access
to Sensitive Unclassified NonSafeguards Information
The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory
Commission (the Commission) is
considering issuance of an amendment
to Facility Operating License No. NPF–
68 and NPF–81 issued to the Southern
Nuclear Operating Company, Inc. (the
licensee), acting for itself, Georgia
Power Company, Oglethorpe Power
Corporation, Municipal Electric
Authority of Georgia, and City of Dalton,
Georgia (the owners), for operation of
the Vogtle Electric Generating Plant
(VEGP), Units 1 and 2 (VEGP Units 1
and 2) located in Wayne County,
Georgia.
This amendment application proposes
a one-time steam generator (SG) tubing
eddy current inspection interval
revision to the VEGP Units 1 and 2,
Technical Specifications (TSs) 5.5.9,
‘‘Steam Generator (SG) Program,’’ to
incorporate an interim alternate repair
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criterion in the provisions for SG tube
repair criteria during the Unit 2
inspection performed in Refueling
Outage 13 and subsequent operating
cycle. This amendment application
requests approval of an interim alternate
repair criterion (IARC) that requires fulllength inspection of the tubes within the
tubesheet but does not require plugging
tubes if any axial or circumferential
cracking observed in the region greater
than 17 inches below the top of the
tubesheet (TTS) is less than a value
sufficient to permit the remaining
circumferential ligament to transmit the
limiting axial loads. This amendment
application is required to preclude
unnecessary plugging while still
maintaining structural and leakage
integrity.
This amendment application includes
SUNSI (proprietary information). Before
issuance of the proposed license
amendment, the Commission will have
made findings required by the Atomic
Energy Act of 1954, as amended (the
Act), and the Commission’s regulations.
The Commission has made a
proposed determination that the
amendment request involves no
significant hazards consideration. Under
the Commission’s regulations in Title 10
of the Code of Federal Regulations (10
CFR), Section 50.92, 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. As required by 10 CFR
50.91(a), the licensee has provided its
analysis of the issue of no significant
hazards consideration, which is
presented below:
(1) Does the proposed change involve a
significant increase in the probability or
consequences of an accident previously
evaluated?
Response: No.
Of the various accidents previously
evaluated, the proposed changes only affect
the steam generator tube rupture (SGTR)
event evaluation and the postulated steam
line break (SLB), locked rotor and control rod
ejection accident evaluations. Loss-of-coolant
accident (LOCA) conditions cause a
compressive axial load to act on the tube.
Therefore, since the LOCA tends to force the
tube into the tubesheet rather than pull it out,
it is not a factor in this licensing amendment
request. Another faulted load consideration
is a safe shutdown earthquake (SSE);
however, the seismic analysis of Model F
steam generators has shown that axial
loading of the tubes is negligible during an
SSE.
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[Docket Nos. 52-018-COL, 52-019-COL; ASLBP No. 08-865-03-COL-BD01]
Duke Energy Carolinas, LLC; Establishment of Atomic Safety and
Licensing Board
Pursuant to delegation by the Commission dated December 29, 1972,
published in the Federal Register, 37 FR 28,710 (1972), and the
Commission's regulations, see 10 CFR 2.104, 2.300, 2.303, 2.309, 2.311,
2.318, and 2.321, notice is hereby given that an Atomic Safety and
Licensing Board (Board) is being established to preside over the
following proceeding;
Duke Energy Carolinas, LLC
(William States Lee III Nuclear Station, Units 1 and 2)
This proceeding concerns a Petition to Intervene and Request for
Hearing submitted by the Blue Ridge Environmental Defense League, and a
request to participate in any hearing by the South Carolina Office of
Regulatory Staff, which were submitted in response to an April 28, 2008
Notice of Hearing and Opportunity To Petition for Leave To Intervene on
a Combined License for William States Lee III Units 1 and 2 (73 FR
22,978). The Petition to Intervene and Request for Hearing challenges
the application filed by Duke Energy Carolinas, LLC, pursuant to
Subpart C of 10 CFR Part 52 for a combined license for William States
Lee III Nuclear Station, Units 1 and 2, which would be located in
Cherokee County, South Carolina.
The Board is comprised of the following administrative judges:
Paul S. Ryerson, Chair, Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Panel, U.S.
Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555-0001;
Nicholas G. Trikouros, Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Panel, U.S.
Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555-0001;
Dr. William H. Murphy, Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Panel, U.S.
Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555-0001.
All correspondence, documents, and other materials shall be filed
in accordance with the NRC E-Filing rule, which the NRC promulgated in
August 2007 (72 FR 49,139).
Issued at Rockville, Maryland, this 8th day of July 2008.
Anthony J. Baratta,
Associate Chief Administrative Judge--Technical, Atomic Safety and
Licensing Board Panel.
[FR Doc. E8-16008 Filed 7-11-08; 8:45 am]
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