ML18351A346

Exemption - Vogtle Electric Generating Plant Unit 4 LAR 18-019

ML18351A346
Person / Time
Site:	Vogtle
Issue date:	01/22/2019
From:	Anna Bradford, Anna Bradford NRC/NRO/DLSE/LB4
To:	City of Dalton, GA, Georgia Power Co, MEAG Power, Oglethorpe Power Corp, Southern Nuclear Operating Co
KALLAN P/415-2809
Shared Package
ML18351A342	List: ML18351A343 ML18351A344 ML18351A346 ML18351A347 ML18351A348 ML18351A349 ML18351A350 ML18351A351
References
EPID L-2018-LLA-0212, LAR 18-019
Download: ML18351A346 (2)

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SOUTHERN NUCLEAR OPERATING COMPANY, INC.

GEORGIA POWER COMPANY OGLETHORPE POWER CORPORATION MEAG POWER SPVM, LLC MEAG POWER SPVJ, LLC MEAG POWER SPVP, LLC CITY OF DALTON, GEORGIA VOGTLE ELECTRIC GENERATING PLANT UNIT 4 DOCKET NO.52-026 EXEMPTION FROM REGULATIONS SET FORTH IN APPENDIX D OF 10 CFR PART 52 Exemption License No. NPF-92

1. In a letter dated August 3, 2018, the Southern Nuclear Operating Company (SNC) requested from the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC or the Commission) an exemption to allow departures from Tier 1 information in the certified Design Control Document (DCD) incorporated by reference in Title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations (10 CFR) Part 52, Appendix D, Design Certification Rule for the AP1000 Design, as part of license amendment request (LAR)18-019, Crediting Previously Completed First Plant and First Three Plant Tests.

For the reasons set forth in Section 3.2 of the NRC staffs Safety Evaluation, which can be found at Agencywide Documents Access and Management System (ADAMS)

Accession Number ML18351A351, 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, SNC is granted an exemption from the certified DCD Tier 1 information, with corresponding changes to Appendix C of the Facility Combined License, as described in the licensees request dated August 3, 2018. This exemption is related to, and necessary for the granting of License Amendment No. 150, which is being issued concurrently with this exemption.

3. As explained in Section 5.0 of the NRC staffs Safety Evaluation (ADAMS Accession Number ML18351A351), 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.

FOR THE NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION:

/RA/

Anna H. Bradford, Deputy Director Division of Licensing, Siting, and Environmental Analysis Office of New Reactors Date of Issuance: January 22, 2019