ML23094A119

Exemption from the Requirements of 10 CFR Part 50, Section 68, Criticality Accident Requirements (EPID L-2022-LLE-0022)- Letter

ML23094A119
Person / Time
Site:	Vogtle
Issue date:	08/01/2023
From:	John Lamb NRC/NRR/DORL/LPL2-1
To:	Brown R Southern Nuclear Operating Co
Shared Package
ML23094A051	List: ML23094A099 ML23094A119
References
L-2022-LLE-0022
Download: ML23094A119 (3)

Text

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, UNITS 1 AND 2 - EXEMPTION FROM THE REQUIREMENTS OF 10 CFR 50.68, CRITICALITY ACCIDENT REQUIREMENTS, PARAGRAPH (B)(7) (EPID L-2022-LLE-0022)

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 50.68, Criticality accident requirements, paragraph (b)(7) for Vogtle Electric Generating Plant (Vogtle), Units 1 and 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 lead test assemblies 7ST1, 7ST2, 7ST3, and 7ST4 each with four fuel rods with a maximum nominal Uranium 235 (U-235) enrichment of up to six percent by weight for up to two cycles of operation at Vogtle, Unit 2, and to receive, inspect, and store 7ST1, 7ST2, 7ST3, and 7ST4 at Vogtle, Units 1 and 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 Nos. 50-424, and 50-425

Enclosure:

Exemption cc: Listserv

ENCLOSURE EXEMPTION

ML23094A051 (Package)

ML23094A119 (Letter);

ML23094A099 (FRN);

ML23094A114 (Exemption)

OFFICE NRR/DORL/LPL2-1/PM NRR/DORL/LPL2-1/LA NRR/DSS/SFNB/BC OGC - NLO NAME JLamb KGoldstein SKrepel MASpencer DATE 04/02/2023 04/06/2023 04/11/2023 05/15/2023 OFFICE NRR/DORL/LPL2-1/BC NRR/DORL/D NRR/DORL/LPL2-1/PM NAME MMarkley BPham JLamb DATE 05/31/2023 08/01/2023 08/01/2023