ML22348A102

103g - FRN

ML22348A102
Person / Time
Site:	Vogtle
Issue date:	07/28/2023
From:	Andrea Veil Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation
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Download: ML22348A102 (4)

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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

[Docket No.52-026; NRC-2008-0252]

Southern Nuclear Operating Company, Inc.

Vogtle Electric Generating Plant, Unit 4

Operation Under a Combined License

AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

ACTION: Finding that the acceptance criteria in the combined license ar e met.

SUMMARY

The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) found pursuant to its

regulations that the acceptance criteria in the combined licens e for Vogtle Electric

Generating Plant (VEGP), Unit 4 are met. Because of this action, operation of the facility

is allowed in accordance with the terms and conditions of the l icense.

DATES: The finding that the acceptance criteria in the combined licens e are met

became effective on July 28, 2023.

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 Website: Go to https://www.regulations.gov and

search for Docket ID NRC-2008-0252. Address questions about Docket IDs in

Regulations.gov to Stacy Schumann; telephone: 301-415-0624; ema il:

Stacy.Schumann@nrc.gov. For technical questions, contact the in dividual listed in the

For Further Information Contact section of this document.

• NRCs 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.ht ml. To begin the search, select Begin Web-based ADAMS Search. For problems wit h ADAMS, please

contact the NRCs Public Document Room (PDR) reference staff at 1-800-397-4209, at

301-415-4737, or by email to PDR.Resource@nrc.gov. For the conv enience of the

reader, instructions about obtaining materials referenced in th is document are provided

in the Availability of Documents section.

• NRCs PDR: The PDR, where you may examine and order copies of publicly

available documents, is open by appointment. To make an appoint ment to visit the PDR,

please send an email to PDR.Resource@nrc.gov or call 1-800-397-4209 or 301-415-

4737, between 8 a.m. and 4 p.m. ET, Monday through Friday, exce pt Federal holidays.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Cayetano Santos, Office of Nuclear

Reactor Regulation, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washing ton, DC 20555-

0001; telephone: 301-415-7270; email: Cayetano.Santos@nrc.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Under section 2.106 of title 10 of the Code of

Federal Regulations (10 CFR), Notice of issuance, the NRC is providing notice th at it

has found that the acceptance criteria in the combined license for VEGP, Unit 4 are met.

Section 185b. (42 U.S.C. 2235(b)) of the Atomic Energy Act of 1 954, as amended

(AEA), and 10 CFR 52.97(b) require that the Commission identify within the combined

license the inspections, tests, and analyses, including those a pplicable to emergency

planning, that the licensee shall perform, and the acceptance c riteria that, if met, are

necessary and sufficient to provide reasonable assurance that t he facility has been

constructed and will be operated in conformity with the license, the provisions of the

AEA, and the Commissions rules and regulations. In compliance with these

requirements, the Commission included inspections, tests, analy ses, and acceptance

criteria (ITAAC) in Appendix C to VEGP, Unit 4 combined license No. NPF-92.

2 Section 185b. of the AEA also requires, in part, that following issuance of the

combined license, the Commission shall ensure that the prescrib ed inspections, tests,

and analyses are performed, and before operation of the facilit y, find that the prescribed

acceptance criteria are met. The NRC codified the requirement t o ensure completion of

the inspections, tests, and analyses in 10 CFR 52.99(e) and cod ified the requirement

regarding the finding that the acceptance criteria are met in 1 0 CFR 52.103(g).

The NRC staff has determined that the inspections, tests, and a nalyses have

been successfully completed and found that all specified accept ance criteria in the

VEGP, Unit 4 combined license No. NPF-92 are met. This finding was made on

July 28, 2023, and was effective on July 28, 2023. The principa l basis for the staffs

10 CFR 52.103(g) finding was the staffs review of the licensee s ITAAC notifications

under 10 CFR 52.99(c) and the staffs inspection of ITAAC-relat ed activities conducted

by the licensee. The staff explained the basis for its finding in the document titled

10 CFR 52.103(g) Basis Document Vogtle Electric Generating Pla nt, Unit 4. Because

of the NRCs finding that the acceptance criteria are met, oper ation of the facility is

allowed in accordance with the terms and conditions of the lice nse.

I. Availability of Documents

The documents identified in the following table are available t o interested

persons through the ADAMS Public Documents collection and the N RCs PDR. The files

are also available online at https://www.nrc.gov/reactors/new-r eactors/col-

holder/vog4.html.

3 Document Description ADAMS Accession No.

VEGP, Unit 4 Combined License No. NPF-92 ML14100A135

VEGP, Unit 4 Finding that the Acceptance Criteria in the Combined License Are Met ML22348A093 10 CFR 52.103(g) Basis Document Vogtle Electric Generating Plant, Unit 4 ML22348A088

Dated: July 28, 2023.

For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

/RA/

Andrea D. Veil, Director, Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation.

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