ML19063A888

Exemption - Vogtle Electric Generating Plant (LAR-18-021) PORV Relief Valve Noise Mitigation Unit 3

ML19063A888
Person / Time
Site:	Vogtle
Issue date:	04/18/2019
From:	Anna Bradford NRC/NRO/DLSE
To:	City of Dalton, GA, Georgia Power Co, MEAG Power, Oglethorpe Power Corp, Southern Nuclear Operating Co
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Shared Package
ML19063A886	List: ML19063A887 ML19063A888 ML19063A889 ML19063A890 ML19063A891 ML19063A892 ML19063A893 ML19063A894
References
EPID: L-2018-LLA-0225
Download: ML19063A888 (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 3 DOCKET NO.52-025 EXEMPTION FROM REGULATIONS SET FORTH IN APPENDIX D OF 10 CFR PART 52 Exemption License No. NPF-91

1.

In a letter dated August 10, 2018, revised October 11, 2018, and supplemented February 15, 2019, Southern Nuclear Operating Company (SNC) requested from the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC or 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)18-021, Power Operated Relief Valve (PORV) Noise Mitigation.

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 ML19063A894, 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 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 10, 2018, revised October 11, 2018, and supplemented February 15, 2019. This exemption is related to, and necessary for the granting of License Amendment No. 159, which is being issued concurrently with this exemption.

3.

As explained in Section 5.0 of the NRC staffs Safety Evaluation (ADAMS Accession Number ML19063A894), 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: April 18, 2019