ML19164A265

Exemption - Vogtle Electric Generating Plant, Unit 3 (LAR 19-005)

ML19164A265
Person / Time
Site:	Vogtle
Issue date:	11/15/2019
From:	Mark King NRC/NRR/VPOB
To:	Southern Nuclear Operating Co
GLEAVES B/415-5848
Shared Package
ML19164A263	List: ML19164A264 ML19164A265 ML19164A266 ML19164A267 ML19164A268 ML19164A269 ML19164A270 ML19164A271
References
EPID L-2019-LLA-0069, LAR 19-005
Download: ML19164A265 (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 March 29, 2019, as revised October 10, 2019, Southern Nuclear Operating Company (SNC) requested from the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC or Commission) an exemption to allow departure 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) 19-005R1, Consolidation of Structural Building ITAAC.

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 ML19164A271, 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 the Facility Combined License, as described in the licensees request dated March 29, 2019, as revised October 10, 2019. This exemption is related to, and necessary for the granting of License Amendment No. 167, which is being issued concurrently with this exemption.

3.

As explained in Section 5.0 of the NRC staffs Safety Evaluation (ADAMS Accession Number ML19164A271), 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/

Mike King, Director Vogtle Project Office Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation Date of Issuance: November 15, 2019