ML23093A101

Exemption from the Requirements of 10 CFR Part 50, Section 46, Acceptance Criteria for Emergency Core Cooling Systems for Light-Water Nuclear Power Reactors (EPID L-2022-LLE-0020) - Letter

ML23093A101
Person / Time
Site:	Vogtle
Issue date:	08/01/2023
From:	John Lamb Plant Licensing Branch II
To:	Brown R Southern Nuclear Operating Co
References
EPID L-2022-LLE-0020
Download: ML23093A101 (1)

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August 1, 2023 Mr. R. Keith Brown Regulatory Affairs Director Southern Nuclear Operating Co., Inc.

3535 Colonnade Parkway Birmingham, AL 35243

SUBJECT:

VOGTLE ELECTRIC GENERATING PLANT, UNIT 2 - EXEMPTION FROM THE REQUIREMENTS OF 10 CFR 50.46, ACCEPTANCE CRITERIA FOR EMERGENCY CORE COOLING SYSTEMS FOR LIGHT-WATER NUCLEAR POWER REACTORS (EPID L-2022-LLE-0020)

Dear Mr. Brown:

The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission has approved the enclosed exemptions from specific requirements of Title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations (10 CFR), Part 50, Section 50.46, Acceptance criteria for emergency core cooling systems for light-water nuclear power reactors, for Vogtle Electric Generating Plant (Vogtle), Unit 2. This action is in response to your application dated June 30, 2022, as supplemented by letters dated September 13, 2022, and January 20, and May 5, 2023, that requested exemptions to allow the use of AXIOM fuel rod cladding material in lead test assemblies 7ST1, 7ST2, 7ST3, and 7ST4 for up to two cycles of operation at Vogtle, Unit 2.

A copy of the exemptions is enclosed. The exemptions have been forwarded to the Office of the Federal Register for publication.

Sincerely,

/RA/

John G. Lamb, Senior Project Manager Plant Licensing Branch II-1 Division of Operating Reactor Licensing Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation Docket No. 50-425

Enclosure:

Exemption cc: Listserv

ENCLOSURE EXEMPTION

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