ML18065B025

Vogtle Electric Generating Plant, Units 3 and 4 - Iar Withdrawal Federal Register Notice

ML18065B025
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Site:	Vogtle
Issue date:	03/13/2018
From:	Dixon-Herrity J L NRC/NRO/DNRL/LB4
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patel c/415-3025
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[7590-01-P] 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; AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

ACTION: License amendment application; withdrawal by licensee.

SUMMARY

The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) has granted a request by Southern Nuclear Operating Company to withdraw its application dated July 29, 2016, for a proposed amendment to Combined Licenses (COL), NPF-91 and NPF-92 for the Vogtle Electric Generating Plant (VEGP) Units 3 and 4, respectively. The COLs were issued to Southern Nuclear Operating Company, Inc., 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); for construction and operation of the VEGP Units 3 and 4, located in Burke County, Georgia.

The amendment would have added an Interim Amendment Request (IAR) Process to License Condition 2.D.(1) of VEGP Units 3 and 4 COLs for changes during construction when emergent conditions are present.

DATES: March 20, 2018.

2 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 http://www.regulations.gov and search for Docket ID NRC-2008-0252. Address questions about NRC dockets to Jennifer Borges; 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 http://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 NRC's 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 (if it is available in ADAMS) is provided the first time that it is mentioned in this document. The request for the amendment was submitted by letter dated July 29, 2016, and supplemented by letter dated January 5, 2017. These letters are available in ADAMS under Accession Nos. ML16211A436 and ML17005A514.

• NRC's PDR: You may examine and purchase copies of public documents at the NRC's 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

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3 SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Southern Nuclear Operating Company is a holder of two COLs NPF-91 and NPF-92, issued to Southern Nuclear Operating Company, Inc., 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), for construction and operation of the VEGP Units 3 and 4, located in Burke County, Georgia. The NRC has granted the licensee's request to withdraw the LAR to amend both COLs, dated July 29, 2016, as supplemented by letter dated January 5, 2017.

The proposed amendment requested that the NRC staff approve an additional license amendment process called an IAR that would be added to License Condition 2.D.(1) in COLs NPF-91 and NPF-92. Based on the application and supplemental information the licensee provided, the licensee intended to use the pr oposed IAR process to obtain expedited approval of requested changes during construction in certain emergent conditions when the licensee finds that a construction activity is not in conformance with the licensing basis but there is little or no safety significance and the construction activity can't be adjusted. The proposed IAR process would have been used to allow construction to proceed until the non-conforming condition is resolved when there is insufficient time to conduct a detailed, technical, safety analysis to support a license amendment request or the preliminary amendment request process already approved by the Commission.

4 The NRC staff issued an initial Federal Register notice of opportunity to request a hearing on this LAR and a proposed No Significant Hazards Consideration determination on October 11, 2016 (81 FR 70184).

Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 13 day of March 2018.

For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

/RA/ Jennifer L. Dixon-Herrity, Chief, Licensing Branch 4, Division of New Reactor Licensing, Office of New Reactors.