ML21237A239

Exemption Unit 4 - Vogtle Electric Generating Plant LAR-21-001: Clarification of ITAAC Regarding Invessel Components

ML21237A239
Person / Time
Site:	Vogtle
Issue date:	10/15/2021
From:	Gregory Bowman NRC/NRR/VPOB
To:	City of Dalton, GA, Georgia Power Co, MEAG Power, Oglethorpe Power Corp, Southern Nuclear Operating Co
Gleaves B
Shared Package
ML21237A205	List: ML21237A233 ML21237A234 ML21237A235 ML21237A236 ML21237A237 ML21237A238 ML21237A239 ML21237A240
References
EPID L-2021-LLA-0153, LAR-21-001
Download: ML21237A239 (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 4 DOCKET NO.52-026 EXEMPTION FROM REGULATIONS SET FORTH IN APPENDIX D OF 10 CFR PART 52 Exemption License No. NPF-92

1. In a letter dated August 24, 2021, 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)21-001, Clarification of ITAAC Regarding Invessel Components.

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 ML21237A240, 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 would not serve the underlying purpose of the rule or 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 AP1000 DCD Tier 1 information, with corresponding changes to Appendix C of the Facility Combined License, as described in the licensees request dated August 24, 2021. This exemption is related to, and necessary for the granting of License Amendment No. 186, which is being issued concurrently with this exemption.

3. As explained in Section 6.0 of the NRC staffs Safety Evaluation (ADAMS Accession Number ML21237A240), 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/

Gregory T. Bowman, Director Vogtle Project Office Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation Date of Issuance: October 15th, 2021