Southern Nuclear Operating Company, Inc.; Vogtle Electric Generating Plant, Units 3 and 4; Inspections, Tests, Analyses, and Acceptance Criteria

Published date21 October 2020
Citation85 FR 67017
Record Number2020-23316
SectionNotices
CourtNuclear Regulatory Commission
Federal Register, Volume 85 Issue 204 (Wednesday, October 21, 2020)
[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 204 (Wednesday, October 21, 2020)]
                [Notices]
                [Pages 67017-67018]
                From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
                [FR Doc No: 2020-23316]
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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 to Jennifer Borges; telephone: 301-287-9127;
                email: [email protected]. For technical questions, contact the
                individual listed in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section of
                this document.
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                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.
                 Attention: The PDR, where you may examine and order copies
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                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., Georgia Power Company,
                Oglethorpe Power Corporation, MEAG Power SPVM, LLC., MEAG Power SPVJ,
                LLC., MEAG Power SPVP, LLC., and the City of Dalton, Georgia,
                (hereafter called the licensee) has submitted ITAAC closure
                notifications (ICNs) under Sec. 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
                 2.1.02.08d.i (32), 2.1.02.08e (40), 2.1.02.09b.ii (43),
                2.2.03.08c.i.01 (177), 2.2.03.08c.i.03 (179), 2.2.03.08c.i.04 (180),
                2.2.03.08c.ii (181), 2.2.03.09a.i (201), 2.3.05.03c.ii (350),
                2.3.05.03d.ii (352), 2.3.15.03 (483), 2.5.05.03b (570), C.2.6.09.02
                (659), 2.7.06.02.ii (725), 3.3.00.05a (784), C.3.8.02.01 (843), and
                E.3.9.08.01.03 (872).
                VEGP Unit 4 ITAAC
                 2.3.05.03a.ii (344), 2.5.05.03b (570), 3.3.00.02g (775), 3.3.00.05a
                (784), and C.3.8.02.01 (843).
                 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 VEGP
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                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, 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).
                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 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 will be reflected on the NRC's
                website at https://www.nrc.gov/reactors/new-reactors/oversight/itaac.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
                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 on the NRC's website at https://www.nrc.gov/reactors/new-reactors/new-licensing-files/vog3-icnsr.pdf.
                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 on the NRC's website at https://www.nrc.gov/reactors/new-reactors/new-licensing-files/vog4-icnsr.pdf.
                 Dated: October 16, 2020.
                 For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
                Omar R. Lopez-Santiago,
                Chief, Vogtle Project Office, Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation.
                [FR Doc. 2020-23316 Filed 10-20-20; 8:45 am]
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