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Week of September 3, 2018—Tentative 

There are no meetings scheduled for 

the week of September 3, 2018. 

Week of September 10, 2018—Tentative 

Monday, September 10, 2018 

10:00 a.m. Briefing on NRC 

International Activities (Closed— 

Ex. 1 & 9) 

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meetings is subject to change on short 

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Dated: August 2, 2018. 

Glenn Ellmers, 

Policy Coordinator, Office of the Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2018–16894 Filed 8–3–18; 11:15 am] 

BILLING CODE 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, Ventilation System 

Changes 

AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory 

Commission. 

ACTION: Exemption and combined 

license amendment; issuance. 

SUMMARY: The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory 

Commission (NRC) is granting 

exemptions to allow a departure from 

elements of the certification information 

of Tier 1 of the generic AP1000 design 

control document (DCD) and issuing 

License Amendment Nos. 131 and 130 

to Combined Licenses (COL), NPF–91 

and NPF–92, respectively. The COLs 

were issued to Southern Nuclear 

Operating Company, and 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 Vogtle Electric 

Generating Plant (VEGP) Units 3 and 4, 

located in Burke County, Georgia. 

The granting of the exemptions allows 

the changes to Tier 1 information asked 

for in the amendment. Because the 

acceptability of the exemptions were 

determined in part by the acceptability 

of the amendments, the exemptions and 

amendments are being issued 

concurrently. 

The exemption revises the plantspecific Tier 1 information and 

corresponding changes to COL 

Appendix C, and the amendment 

changes the associated plant-specific 

DCD Tier 2 material incorporated into 

the VEGP Updated Final Safety Analysis 

Report (UFSAR), to modify an 

administrative program to manage 

unqualified inorganic zinc coatings in 

Service Level I areas of the VEGP Units 

3 and 4 containment buildings. 

DATES: The exemptions and 

amendments were issued on July 10, 

2018. 

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 

http://www.regulations.gov and search 

for Docket ID NRC–2008–0252. Address 

questions about NRC dockets to Jennifer 

Borges; 301–287–9127; email: 

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 publiclyavailable 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 

800–397–4209, 301–415–4737, or by 

email 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 amendments and 

exemptions was designated License 

Amendment Request (LAR) 17–039 and 

submitted by letter dated November 3, 

2017, and supplemented by letter dated 

March 28, 2018 (ADAMS Accession No. 

ML17307A201 and ML18087A147, 

respectively). 

• 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: 

William (Billy) Gleaves, Office of New 

Reactors, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory 

Commission, Washington, DC 20555– 

0001; telephone: 301–415–5848; email: 

Bill.Gleaves@nrc.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Introduction 

The NRC is granting an exemption 

from paragraph B of section III, ‘‘Scope 

and Contents,’’ of appendix D, ‘‘Design 

Certification Rule for the AP1000,’’ to 

part 52 of title 10 of the Code of Federal 

Regulations (10 CFR) and issuing 

License Amendment Nos. 131 and 130 

to COLs, NPF–91 and NPF–92, 

respectively, to the licensee. The 

exemption is required by paragraph A.4 

of section VIII, ‘‘Processes for Changes 

and Departures,’’ appendix D, to 10 CFR 

part 52 to allow the licensee to depart 

from Tier 1 information. With the 

requested license amendment, the 

licensee proposed changes to plantspecific Tier 1 and associated COL 

Appendix C information, as well as 

plant-specific Tier 2 materials located in 

the plant-specific UFSAR, all of which 

are related to changes in an 

administrative program to manage 

unqualified coatings in Service Level I 

areas of the VEGP Units 3 and 4 

containment buildings. 

Part of the justification for granting 

the exemption was provided by the 

review of the amendment. Because the 

exemption is necessary in order to issue 

the requested license amendment, the 

NRC granted the exemption and issued 

the amendment concurrently, rather 

than in sequence. This included issuing 

a combined safety evaluation containing 

the NRC staff’s review of both the 


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exemption request and the license 

amendment. The exemptions met all 

applicable regulatory criteria set forth in 

10 CFR 50.12, 10 CFR 52.7, and section 

VIII.A.4 of appendix D to 10 CFR part 

52. The license amendments met all 

applicable regulatory criteria and were 

found to be acceptable as well. The 

combined safety evaluation is available 

in ADAMS under Accession No. 

ML18158A313. 

Identical exemption documents 

(except for referenced unit numbers and 

license numbers) were issued to the 

licensee for VEGP Units 3 and 4 (COLs 

NPF–91 and NPF–92). The exemption 

documents for VEGP Units 3 and 4 can 

be found in ADAMS under Accession 

Nos. ML18158A307 and ML18158A308, 

respectively. The exemption is 

reproduced (with the exception of 

abbreviated titles and additional 

citations) in Section II of this document. 

The amendment documents for COLs 

NPF–91 and NPF–92 are available in 

ADAMS under Accession Nos. 

ML18158A309 and ML18158A311, 

respectively. A summary of the 

amendment documents is provided in 

Section III of this document. 

II. Exemption 

Reproduced below is the exemption 

document issued to VEGP Units 3 and 

Unit 4. It makes reference to the 

combined safety evaluation that 

provides the reasoning for the findings 

made by the NRC (and listed under Item 

1) in order to grant the exemption: 

1. In a letter dated November 3, 2017, 

as supplemented March 28, 2018, 

Southern Nuclear Operating Company 

(SNC) requested from the Commission 

an exemption to allow departures from 

Tier 1 information in the certified DCD 

incorporated by reference in 10 CFR 

part 52, appendix D, ‘‘Design 

Certification Rule for the AP1000 

Design,’’ as part of license amendment 

request (LAR) 17–039, ‘‘Unqualified 

Service Level I Coatings Program.’’ 

For the reasons set forth in Section 3.2 

of the NRC staff’s Safety Evaluation, 

which can be found under ADAMS 

Accession No. ML18158A313, 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 License, as described in the 

licensee’s request dated November 3, 

2017, as supplemented by letter dated 

March 28, 2018. This exemption is 

related to, and necessary for the granting 

of License Amendment No. 131 (Unit 3) 

and 130 (Unit 4), which is being issued 

concurrently with this exemption. 

3. As explained in Section 5.0 of the 

NRC staff’s Safety Evaluation (ADAMS 

Accession Number ML18158A313), 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. 

III. License Amendment Request 

By letter dated November 3, 2017, as 

supplemented by letter dated March 28, 

2018 (ADAMS Accession No. 

ML17307A201 and ML18087A147), the 

licensee requested that the NRC amend 

the COLs for VEGP, Units 3 and 4, COLs 

NPF–91 and NPF–92. The proposed 

amendment is described in Section I of 

this Federal Register notice. 

The Commission has determined for 

these amendments that the application 

complies with the standards and 

requirements of the Atomic Energy Act 

of 1954, as amended (the Act), and the 

Commission’s rules and regulations. 

The Commission has made appropriate 

findings as required by the Act and the 

Commission’s rules and regulations in 

10 CFR chapter I, which are set forth in 

the license amendment. 

A notice of consideration of issuance 

of amendment to facility operating 

license or COL, as applicable, proposed 

no significant hazards consideration 

determination, and opportunity for a 

hearing in connection with these 

actions, was published in the Federal 

Register on December 19, 2017 (82 FR 

60223). No comments were received 

during the 30-day comment period. 

The Commission has determined that 

these amendments satisfy the criteria for 

categorical exclusion in accordance 

with 10 CFR 51.22. Therefore, pursuant 

to 10 CFR 51.22(b), no environmental 

impact statement or environmental 

assessment need be prepared for these 

amendments. 

IV. Conclusion 

Using the reasons set forth in the 

combined safety evaluation, the staff 

granted the exemptions and issued the 

amendments that the licensee requested 

by letter November 3, 2017, as 

supplemented by letter dated March 28, 

2018 (ADAMS Accession No. 

ML17307A201 and ML18087A147, 

respectively). 

The exemptions and amendments 

were issued on July 10, 2018, as part of 

a combined package to the licensee 

(ADAMS Accession No. ML18158A305). 

Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 2nd day 

of August 2018. 

For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. 

Jennifer L. Dixon-Herrity, 

Chief, Licensing Branch 4, Division of 

Licensing, Siting and Environmental 

Analysis. Office of New Reactors. 

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BILLING CODE 7590–01–P 

NUCLEAR REGULATORY 

COMMISSION 

[NRC–2018–0162] 

Radiation Safety Surveys at Medical 

Institutions 

AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory 

Commission. 

ACTION: Regulatory guide; withdrawal. 

SUMMARY: The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory 

Commission (NRC) is withdrawing 

Regulatory Guide (RG) 8.23, ‘‘Radiation 

Safety Surveys at Medical Institutions.’’ 

RG 8.23 is being withdrawn because the 

NRC amended its regulations to remove 

certain prescriptive requirements 

regarding the types and frequencies of 

surveys. Therefore, the prescriptive 

guidance in RG 8.23 is no longer 

needed. 

DATES: The withdrawal of RG 8.23 is 

applicable August 7, 2018. 

ADDRESSES: Please refer to Docket ID 

NRC–2018–0162 when contacting the 

NRC about the availability of 

information regarding this document. 

You may access publicly-available 

information related to this document 

using any of the following methods: 

• Federal Rulemaking Website: Go to 

http://www.regulations.gov and search 

for Docket ID NRC–2018–0162. Address 

questions about NRC dockets to Jennifer 

Borges; telephone: 301–287–9127; 

email: Jennifer.Borges@nrc.gov. For 

technical questions, contact the 

individuals listed in the FOR FURTHER


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