ML19183A024

Federal Register Notice (FRN) for NRC Staff'S Determination of Completion of Multiple ITAAC for Vogtle Electric Generating Plant, Units 3 and 4

ML19183A024
Person / Time
Site:	Vogtle
Issue date:	07/15/2019
From:	Jennifer Dixon-Herrity NRC/NRO/DLSE/LB2
To:
STOHR B/415-7000
References
NRC-2008-0252
Download: ML19183A024 (5)

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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

[Docket Nos.52-025 and 52-026; NRC-2008-0252]

Southern Nuclear Operating Company, Inc.

Vogtle Electric Generating Plant, Units 3 and 4 Inspections, Tests, Analyses, and Acceptance Criteria AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

ACTION: Determination of the successful completion of inspections, tests, and analyses.

SUMMARY

The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) staff has determined that specified inspections, tests, and analyses have been successfully completed, and that specified acceptance criteria are met for the Vogtle Electric Generating Plant (VEGP),

Units 3 and 4.

DATES: Determinations of the successful completion of inspections, tests, and analyses for VEGP Units 3 and 4 are effective on the dates indicated in the NRC staffs verification evaluation forms for the inspections, tests, analyses, and acceptance criteria (ITAAC).

ADDRESSES: Please refer to Docket ID NRC-2008-0252 when contacting the NRC about the availability of information regarding this document. You may obtain publicly-available information related to this document using any of the following methods:

• Federal Rulemaking Web site: Go to https://www.regulations.gov/ and search for Docket ID NRC-2008-0252. Address questions about NRC docket IDs to Jennifer Borges; telephone: 301-287-9127; e-mail: Jennifer.Borges@nrc.gov. For

technical questions, contact the individual listed in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section of this document.

• NRC's Agencywide Documents Access and Management System (ADAMS): You may obtain publicly available documents online in the ADAMS Public Documents collection at https://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/adams.html. To begin the search, select ADAMS Public Documents and then select Begin Web-based ADAMS Search. For problems with ADAMS, please contact the NRCs Public Document Room (PDR) reference staff at 1-800-397-4209, 301-415-4737, or by e-mail to pdr.resource@nrc.gov. The ADAMS accession number for each document referenced in this document (if that document is available in ADAMS) is provided the first time that a document is referenced.

• NRC's PDR: You may examine and purchase copies of public documents at the NRCs PDR, Room O1-F21, One White Flint North, 11555 Rockville Pike, Rockville, Maryland 20852.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Chandu Patel, Office of New Reactors, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555-0001; telephone:

301-415-3025; e-mail: Chandu.Patel@nrc.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. Licensee Notification of Completion of ITAAC Southern Nuclear Operating Company, Inc. (SNC), Georgia Power Company, Oglethorpe Power Corporation, MEAG Power SPVM, LLC., MEAG Power SPVJ, LLC.,

MEAG Power SPVP, LLC., and the City of Dalton, Georgia, (hereafter called the licensee) has submitted ITAAC closure notifications (ICNs) under § 52.99(c)(1) of title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations (10 CFR), informing the NRC that the licensee has successfully performed the required inspections, tests, and analyses, and that the acceptance criteria are met for:

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VEGP Unit 3 ITAAC 2.2.03.09a.iii (203), 2.3.02.08a.ii (302), 2.3.04.11 (338), 2.3.07.07b.ii (403),

and 3.3.00.02g (775).

VEGP Unit 4 ITAAC 2.3.02.08a.ii (302), and 2.3.05.03b.i (346).

The ITAAC for VEGP Unit 3 are in Appendix C of the VEGP Unit 3 combined license (ADAMS Accession No. ML14100A106). The ITAAC for VEGP Unit 4 are in Appendix C of VEGP Unit 4 combined license (ADAMS Accession No. ML14100A135).

II. Licensee ITAAC Post-Closure Notifications (IPCNs)

Following submittal of the licensees ITAAC closure notifications until the Commission makes the finding under 10 CFR 52.103(g), 10 CFR 52.99(c)(2) requires that the licensee submit IPCNs notifying the NRC of new information that materially alters the basis for determining either that inspections, tests, or analyses were performed as required, or that acceptance criteria are met. The notification must contain sufficient information to demonstrate that, notwithstanding the new information, the prescribed inspections, tests, or analyses have been performed as required, and the prescribed acceptance criteria are met. Southern Nuclear Operating Company, Inc.

(SNC), Georgia Power Company, Oglethorpe Power Corporation, MEAG Power SPVM, LLC., MEAG Power SPVJ, LLC., MEAG Power SPVP, LLC., and the City of Dalton, Georgia (the licensee) has submitted IPCN(s) under 10 CFR 52.99(c)(2) for:

VEGP Unit 3 ITAAC 2.3.04.08 (335), and 2.3.04.09 (336).

VEGP Unit 4 ITAAC 2.3.04.08 (335), and 2.3.04.09 (336).

The ITAAC for VEGP Unit 3 are in Appendix C of the VEGP Unit 3 combined license (ADAMS Accession No. ML14100A106). The ITAAC for VEGP Unit 4 are in 3

Appendix C of VEGP Unit 4 combined license (ADAMS Accession No. ML14100A135).

III. NRC Staff Determination of Completion of ITAAC The NRC staff has determined that the specified inspections, tests, and analyses have been successfully completed, and that the specified acceptance criteria are met.

The documentation of the NRC staffs determination is in the ITAAC Closure Verification Evaluation Form (VEF) for each ITAAC. The VEF is a form that represents the NRC staffs structured process for reviewing ICNs and IPCNs.

Each ICN presents a narrative description of how the ITAAC was completed.

The NRCs ICN review process involves a determination on whether, among other things: 1) each ICN provides sufficient information, including a summary of the methodology used to perform the ITAAC, to demonstrate that the inspections, tests, and analyses have been successfully completed; 2) each ICN provides sufficient information to demonstrate that the acceptance criteria of the ITAAC are met; and 3) any NRC inspections for the ITAAC have been completed and any ITAAC findings associated with that ITAAC have been closed. The NRCs review process for IPCNs is similar to that for ICNs but focuses on how the licensee addressed the new, material information giving rise to the IPCN.

The NRC staffs determination of the successful completion of these ITAAC is based on information available at this time and is subject to the licensees ability to maintain the condition that the acceptance criteria are met. If the NRC staff receives new information that suggests the NRC staffs determination on any of these ITAAC is incorrect, then the NRC staff will determine whether to reopen that ITAAC (including withdrawing the NRC staffs determination on that ITAAC). The NRC staffs determination will be used to support a subsequent finding, pursuant to 10 CFR 52.103(g), at the end of construction that all acceptance criteria in the combined license are met. The ITAAC closure process is not finalized for these ITAAC until the NRC 4

makes an affirmative finding under 10 CFR 52.103(g). Any future updates to the status of these ITAAC will be reflected on the NRCs Web site at https://www.nrc.gov/reactors/new-reactors/oversight/itaac.html.

This notice fulfills the NRC staffs obligations under 10 CFR 52.99(e)(1) to publish a notice in the Federal Register of the NRC staffs determination of the successful completion of inspections, tests, and analyses.

Vogtle Electric Generating Plant Unit 3, Docket No. 5200025 A complete list of the review status for VEGP Unit 3 ITAAC, including the submission date and ADAMS Accession Number for each ICN received, the ADAMS Accession Number for each VEF, and the ADAMS Accession Numbers for the inspection reports associated with these specific ITAAC, can be found on the NRCs Web site at https://www.nrc.gov/reactors/new-reactors/new-licensing-files/vog3-icnsr.pdf.

Vogtle Electric Generating Plant Unit 4, Docket No. 5200026 A complete list of the review status for VEGP Unit 4 ITAAC, including the submission date and ADAMS Accession Number for each ICN received, the ADAMS Accession Number for each VEF, and the ADAMS Accession Numbers for the inspection reports associated with these specific ITAAC, can be found on the NRCs Web site at https://www.nrc.gov/reactors/new-reactors/new-licensing-files/vog4-icnsr.pdf.

Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 15th day of July, 2019.

For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

/RA/

Jennifer L. Dixon-Herrity, Chief, Licensing Branch 2, Division of Licensing, Siting, and Environmental Analysis, Office of New Reactors.

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