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August 11, 2017, provided additional
information that clarified the
application, did not expand the scope of
the application as originally noticed,
and did not change the NRC staff’s
original proposed no significant hazards
consideration determination as
published in the Federal Register.
The Commission’s related evaluation
of the amendments is contained in a
Safety Evaluation dated February 16,
2018.
No significant hazards consideration
comments received: No.
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Tennessee Valley Authority, Docket
Nos. 50–327 and 50–328, Sequoyah
Nuclear Plant, Units 1 and 2, Hamilton
County, Tennessee
Date of amendment request: May 26,
2016, as supplemented by letter dated
October 26, 2017.
Brief description of amendments: The
amendments correct a non-conservative
Technical Specification (TS)
Surveillance Requirement acceptance
criterion for the diesel generator steadystate frequency in Limiting Condition
for Operation 3.8.1, ‘‘AC [Alternating
Current] Sources—Operating.’’
Date of issuance: February 12, 2018.
Effective date: As of the date of
issuance and shall be implemented
within 60 days of issuance.
Amendment Nos.: 341—Unit 1 and
334—Unit 2. A publicly-available
version is in ADAMS under Accession
No. ML18026A810; documents related
to these amendments are listed in the
Safety Evaluation enclosed with the
amendments.
Renewed Facility Operating License
Nos. DPR–77 and DPR–79. Amendments
revised the Renewed Facility Operating
Licenses and TSs.
Date of initial notice in Federal
Register: August 2, 2016 (81 FR 50740).
The supplemental letter dated October
26, 2017, provided additional
information that clarified the
application, did not expand the scope of
the application as originally noticed,
and did not change the staff’s original
proposed no significant hazards
consideration determination as
published in the Federal Register.
The Commission’s related evaluation
of the amendments is contained in a
Safety Evaluation dated February 12,
2018.
No significant hazards consideration
comments received: No.
Dated at Rockville, Maryland, on March 6,
2018.
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For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Gregory F. Suber,
Deputy Director, Division of Operating
Reactor Licensing, Office of Nuclear Reactor
Regulation.
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Southern Nuclear Operating Company,
Inc.; Vogtle Electric Generating Plant,
Units 3 and 4; Pipe Rupture Hazard
and Flooding Analysis
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
elements of the certification information
of Tier 1 of the generic AP1000 design
control document (DCD) and is issuing
License Amendment Nos. 107 and 106
to Combined Licenses (COL), NPF–91
and NPF–92, respectively. The COLs
were issued to Southern Nuclear
Operating Company, and Georgia Power
Company, Oglethorpe Power
Corporation, MEAG Power SPVM, LLC,
MEAG Power SPVJ, LLC, MEAG Power
SPVP, LLC, and the City of Dalton,
Georgia (collectively referred to as 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 asked
for 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.
The exemption revises the plantspecific Tier 1 information and
corresponding changes to COL
Appendix C, and the amendment
changes the associated plant-specific
DCD Tier 2 material incorporated into
the VEGP Updated Final Safety Analysis
Report (UFSAR), to address mitigation
of fire protection system flooding of the
Auxiliary Building identified following
completion of the pipe rupture hazards
analysis for the VEGP Units 3 and 4.
DATES: The exemption and amendment
were issued on February 1, 2018.
ADDRESSES: Please refer to Docket ID
NRC–2008–0252 when contacting the
NRC about the availability of
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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 NRC dockets to Jennifer
Borges; 301–287–9127; email:
Jennifer.Borges@nrc.gov. For technical
questions, contact the individual listed
in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION
CONTACT section of this document.
• 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
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 this document. The
request for the amendment and
exemption was designated License
Amendment Request (LAR) 17–010 and
submitted by letter dated March 31,
2017, (ADAMS Accession No.
ML17090A570) and revised and
supplemented by letters dated August
21, October 9, November 1, December 1,
and December 15, 2017, and January 3,
2018 (ADAMS Accession Nos.
ML17233A325, ML17282A014,
ML17305B507, ML17335A762,
ML17349A928, and ML18003B082,
respectively).
• 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:
William (Billy) Gleaves, Office of New
Reactors, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory
Commission, Washington, DC 20555–
0001; telephone: 301–415–5848; email:
Bill.Gleaves@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 Nos. 107 and 106
to COLs, NPF–91 and NPF–92,
respectively, to the licensee. The
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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
proposed changes to plant-specific Tier
1 information and corresponding
changes to COL Appendix C and
associated plant-specific DCD Tier 2
material incorporated into the VEGP
UFSAR, by revising information to
address the need for mitigation of fire
protection system flooding of the
Auxiliary Building identified during
completion of the pipe rupture hazards
analysis. 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 met all
applicable regulatory criteria and was
found to be acceptable as well. The
combined safety evaluation is available
in ADAMS under Accession No.
ML18017A261.
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. ML18017A608 and ML18017A524,
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.
ML18017A386 and ML18017A577,
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 VEGP Units 3 and
Unit 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 March 31, 2017, as
supplemented and revised by letters
dated August 21, October 9, November
1, December 1 and December 15, 2017,
and January 3, 2018, Southern Nuclear
Operating Company requested from the
Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC
or Commission) an exemption to allow
departures from Tier 1 information in
the certified DCD incorporated by
reference in Title 10 10 CFR part 52,
appendix D, ‘‘Design Certification Rule
for the AP1000 Design,’’ as part of
license amendment request (LAR) 17–
010, ‘‘Request for License Amendment
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and Exemption: Pipe Rupture Hazard
and Flooding Analyses.’’
For the reasons set forth in Section 3.1
of the NRC staff’s Safety Evaluation,
which can be found at ADAMS
Accession No. ML18017A261 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 AP1000
DCD Tier 1 information, with
corresponding changes to Appendix C
of the Facility Combined License as
described in the request dated March
31, 2017, as supplemented and revised
by letters dated August 21, October 9,
November 1, December 1 and December
15, 2017 and January 3, 2018. This
exemption is related to, and necessary
for, the granting of License Amendment
Nos.107 and 106, which is issued
concurrently with this exemption.
3. As explained in Section 6.0 of the
NRC staff’s Safety Evaluation (ADAMS
Accession Number ML18017A261, 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 March 31, 2017
(ADAMS Accession No. ML17090A570),
and revised and supplemented by letters
dated August 21, October 9, November
1, December 1, and December 15, 2017,
and January 3, 2018 (ADAMS Accession
Nos. ML17233A325, ML17282A014,
ML17305B507, ML17335A762,
ML17349A928, and ML18003B082,
respectively), 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 of this Federal
Register notice.
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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 COL, 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 June 6, 2017 (82 FR 26123).
No comments were received during the
30-day comment period.
The Commission has determined that
these amendments satisfy the criteria for
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
by letter dated March 31, 2017,
(ADAMS Accession No. ML17090A570)
and revised and supplemented by letters
dated August 21, October 9, November
1, December 1, and December 15, 2017,
and January 3, 2018 (ADAMS Accession
Nos. ML17233A325, ML17282A014,
ML17305B507, ML17335A762,
ML17349A928, and ML18003B082,
respectively).
The exemption and amendment were
issued to the licensee on February 1,
2018, as part of a combined package
(ADAMS Accession No. ML18017A721).
Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 7th day
of March, 2018.
For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Jennifer L. Dixon-Herrity,
Chief, Licensing Branch 4, Division of New
Reactor Licensing, Office of New Reactors.
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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; Pipe Rupture Hazard and Flooding
Analysis
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 elements of the certification
information of Tier 1 of the generic AP1000 design control document
(DCD) and is issuing License Amendment Nos. 107 and 106 to Combined
Licenses (COL), NPF-91 and NPF-92, respectively. The COLs were issued
to Southern Nuclear Operating Company, and Georgia Power Company,
Oglethorpe Power Corporation, MEAG Power SPVM, LLC, MEAG Power SPVJ,
LLC, MEAG Power SPVP, LLC, and the City of Dalton, Georgia
(collectively referred to as 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 asked for 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.
The exemption revises the plant-specific Tier 1 information and
corresponding changes to COL Appendix C, and the amendment changes the
associated plant-specific DCD Tier 2 material incorporated into the
VEGP Updated Final Safety Analysis Report (UFSAR), to address
mitigation of fire protection system flooding of the Auxiliary Building
identified following completion of the pipe rupture hazards analysis
for the VEGP Units 3 and 4.
DATES: The exemption and amendment were issued on February 1, 2018.
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 NRC dockets to Jennifer Borges; 301-287-9127; email:
[email protected]. For technical questions, contact the
individual listed in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section of
this document.
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
800-397-4209, 301-415-4737, or by email to [email protected]. The
ADAMS accession number for each document referenced (if it is available
in ADAMS) is provided the first time that it is mentioned in this
document. The request for the amendment and exemption was designated
License Amendment Request (LAR) 17-010 and submitted by letter dated
March 31, 2017, (ADAMS Accession No. ML17090A570) and revised and
supplemented by letters dated August 21, October 9, November 1,
December 1, and December 15, 2017, and January 3, 2018 (ADAMS Accession
Nos. ML17233A325, ML17282A014, ML17305B507, ML17335A762, ML17349A928,
and ML18003B082, respectively).
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: William (Billy) Gleaves, Office of New
Reactors, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555-
0001; telephone: 301-415-5848; email: [email protected].
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 Nos. 107 and 106 to COLs, NPF-
91 and NPF-92, respectively, to the licensee. The
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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 proposed changes to plant-specific Tier 1
information and corresponding changes to COL Appendix C and associated
plant-specific DCD Tier 2 material incorporated into the VEGP UFSAR, by
revising information to address the need for mitigation of fire
protection system flooding of the Auxiliary Building identified during
completion of the pipe rupture hazards analysis. 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 met all applicable regulatory criteria and was found to be
acceptable as well. The combined safety evaluation is available in
ADAMS under Accession No. ML18017A261.
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. ML18017A608 and
ML18017A524, 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. ML18017A386 and
ML18017A577, 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 VEGP Units 3
and Unit 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 March 31, 2017, as supplemented and revised by
letters dated August 21, October 9, November 1, December 1 and December
15, 2017, and January 3, 2018, Southern Nuclear Operating Company
requested from the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC or Commission) an
exemption to allow departures from Tier 1 information in the certified
DCD incorporated by reference in Title 10 10 CFR part 52, appendix D,
``Design Certification Rule for the AP1000 Design,'' as part of license
amendment request (LAR) 17-010, ``Request for License Amendment and
Exemption: Pipe Rupture Hazard and Flooding Analyses.''
For the reasons set forth in Section 3.1 of the NRC staff's Safety
Evaluation, which can be found at ADAMS Accession No. ML18017A261 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 AP1000 DCD Tier 1 information, with corresponding changes to
Appendix C of the Facility Combined License as described in the request
dated March 31, 2017, as supplemented and revised by letters dated
August 21, October 9, November 1, December 1 and December 15, 2017 and
January 3, 2018. This exemption is related to, and necessary for, the
granting of License Amendment Nos.107 and 106, which is issued
concurrently with this exemption.
3. As explained in Section 6.0 of the NRC staff's Safety Evaluation
(ADAMS Accession Number ML18017A261, 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 March 31, 2017 (ADAMS Accession No. ML17090A570),
and revised and supplemented by letters dated August 21, October 9,
November 1, December 1, and December 15, 2017, and January 3, 2018
(ADAMS Accession Nos. ML17233A325, ML17282A014, ML17305B507,
ML17335A762, ML17349A928, and ML18003B082, respectively), 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 of
this Federal Register notice.
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 COL, 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
June 6, 2017 (82 FR 26123). No comments were received during the 30-day
comment period.
The Commission has determined that these amendments satisfy the
criteria for 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 by letter dated March 31, 2017, (ADAMS Accession No.
ML17090A570) and revised and supplemented by letters dated August 21,
October 9, November 1, December 1, and December 15, 2017, and January
3, 2018 (ADAMS Accession Nos. ML17233A325, ML17282A014, ML17305B507,
ML17335A762, ML17349A928, and ML18003B082, respectively).
The exemption and amendment were issued to the licensee on February
1, 2018, as part of a combined package (ADAMS Accession No.
ML18017A721).
Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 7th day of March, 2018.
For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Jennifer L. Dixon-Herrity,
Chief, Licensing Branch 4, Division of New Reactor Licensing, Office of
New Reactors.
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