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| issue date = 04/18/2018
| issue date = 04/18/2018
| title = Exemption - Vogtle Electric Generating Plant Unit 3 LAR 17-018
| title = Exemption - Vogtle Electric Generating Plant Unit 3 LAR 17-018
| author name = Bradford A H
| author name = Bradford A
| author affiliation = NRC/NRO/DNRL/LB4
| author affiliation = NRC/NRO/DNRL/LB4
| addressee name = Whitley B H
| addressee name = Whitley B
| addressee affiliation = Georgia Power Co, MEAG Power, Oglethorpe Power Corp, Southern Nuclear Operating Co, Inc
| addressee affiliation = Georgia Power Co, MEAG Power, Oglethorpe Power Corp, Southern Nuclear Operating Co, Inc
| docket = 05200025
| docket = 05200025
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Code of Federal Regulations  
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 3 DOCKET NO. 52-025 EXEMPTION FROM REGULATIONS SET FORTH IN APPENDIX D OF 10 CFR PART 52 Exemption License No. NPF-91
: 1. In a letter dated August 30, 2017, as supplemented by letter dated January 12, 2018, Southern Nuclear Operating Company, Inc., (licensee) 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) 17-018, Class 1E Motor-Operated Valve Terminal Voltage Testing.
For the reasons set forth in Section 3.1 of the NRC staffs Safety Evaluation, which can be found at Agencywide Documents Access and Management System (ADAMS)
Accession Number ML17320A798, 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 is not necessary to serve the underlying purpose of the rule;


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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, the licensee is granted an exemption from the certified DCD Tier 1 information, with corresponding changes to Appendix C of the Facility Combined Licenses as described in the licensees request dated August 30, 2017, as supplemented by letter dated January 12, 2018. This exemption is related to, and necessary for, the granting of License Amendment No. 121, which is being issued concurrently with this exemption.
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: 3. As explained in Section 5.0 of the NRC staffs Safety Evaluation (ADAMS Accession Number ML17320A798), 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/
Anna H. Bradford, Deputy Director Division of New Reactor Licensing Office of New Reactors Date of Issuance: April 18, 2018}}

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Exemption - Vogtle Electric Generating Plant Unit 3 LAR 17-018
ML18072A054
Person / Time
Site: Vogtle Southern Nuclear icon.png
Issue date: 04/18/2018
From: Anna Bradford
NRC/NRO/DNRL/LB4
To: Whitley B
Georgia Power Co, MEAG Power, Oglethorpe Power Corp, Southern Nuclear Operating Co
habib d/415-1035
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ML18072A051 List:
References
EPID L-2017-LLA-0092, LAR 17-018
Download: ML18072A054 (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 3 DOCKET NO.52-025 EXEMPTION FROM REGULATIONS SET FORTH IN APPENDIX D OF 10 CFR PART 52 Exemption License No. NPF-91

1. In a letter dated August 30, 2017, as supplemented by letter dated January 12, 2018, Southern Nuclear Operating Company, Inc., (licensee) 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)17-018, Class 1E Motor-Operated Valve Terminal Voltage Testing.

For the reasons set forth in Section 3.1 of the NRC staffs Safety Evaluation, which can be found at Agencywide Documents Access and Management System (ADAMS)

Accession Number ML17320A798, 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 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, the licensee is granted an exemption from the certified DCD Tier 1 information, with corresponding changes to Appendix C of the Facility Combined Licenses as described in the licensees request dated August 30, 2017, as supplemented by letter dated January 12, 2018. This exemption is related to, and necessary for, the granting of License Amendment No. 121, which is being issued concurrently with this exemption.
3. As explained in Section 5.0 of the NRC staffs Safety Evaluation (ADAMS Accession Number ML17320A798), 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/

Anna H. Bradford, Deputy Director Division of New Reactor Licensing Office of New Reactors Date of Issuance: April 18, 2018