ML20217L603

Notification of Issuance of License Amendment

ML20217L603
Person / Time
Site:	Vogtle
Issue date:	08/04/2020
From:	Julie Ezell NRC/OGC
To:	Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Panel
SECY RAS
References
52-025-LA-3, License Amendment, RAS 55752
Download: ML20217L603 (2)

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August 4, 2020 UNITED STATES OF AMERICA NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION BEFORE THE ATOMIC SAFETY AND LICENSING BOARD In the Matter of )

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SOUTHERN NUCLEAR OPERATING CO. ) Docket No.52-025

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(Vogtle Electric Generating Plant, Unit 3) )

NOTIFICATION OF ISSUANCE OF LICENSE AMENDMENT Consistent with the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) staffs (Staffs) obligation to inform NRC adjudicatory bodies and participants of relevant new developments in a proceeding,1 the Staff hereby informs the Licensing Board and the participants that the Staff issued Amendment No. 182 to Combined License No. NPF-91 for the Vogtle Electric Generating Plant, Unit 3.2 The amendment changes the north-south minimum seismic gap requirement above grade between the nuclear island and the annex building west of Column Line I from elevation 141 feet through 154 feet to accommodate as-built localized nonconformances. This action has been taken in response to the February 7, 2020, amendment application submitted by Southern Nuclear Operating Company, Inc. (SNC).3 1

USEC Inc. (American Centrifuge Plant), CLI-06-10, 63 NRC 451, 470 (2006).

2 Letter from Cayetano Santos Jr., NRC, to Brian H. Whitley, Southern Nuclear Operating Company, Inc.

(Aug. 4, 2020) (ADAMS Accession No. ML20132A032 (package)).

3 Letter from Brian H. Whitley, SNC, to NRC Document Control Desk (Feb. 7, 2020) (ML20038A939).

The license amendment (and associated exemption), the final no significant hazards consideration determination, and the Staffs safety evaluation are available at ADAMS accession number ML20132A032.

Respectfully submitted,

/Signed (electronically) by/

Julie G. Ezell Counsel for NRC Staff U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Mail Stop O-14 A44 Washington, DC 20555-0001 (301) 287-9157 Julie.Ezell@nrc.gov Dated at Gaithersburg, MD, this 4th day of August 2020