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change to the operation of the plant has 

no relation to security issues. Therefore, 

the common defense and security is not 

diminished by this exemption. 

4.8 Special Circumstances 

One of the special circumstances 

described in 10 CFR 50.12(a)(2)(ii) is 

that the application of the regulation is 

not necessary to achieve the underlying 

purpose of the rule. The underlying 

purpose of 10 CFR Part 50, Appendix R, 

Section III.G is to ensure that at least 

one means of achieving and maintaining 

safe shutdown remains available during 

and following a postulated fire event. 

While the licensee does not comply 

with the explicit requirements of 

Section III.G.2, the approved OMAs, in 

conjunction with the other installed fire 

protection features, provide a method to 

ensure that a train of equipment 

necessary to achieve and maintain safe 

shutdown of the plant will be available 

in the event of a fire in these fire zones. 

The NRC staff concludes that 

application of the regulation is not 

necessary to achieve the underlying 

purpose of the rule for the plant 

configurations approved in this 

exemption. Therefore special 

circumstances exist, as required by 10 

CFR 50.12(a)(2)(ii), that warrant the 

issuance of this exemption. 

5.0 Conclusion 

Based on all of the features of the 

defense-in-depth concept discussed for 

the fire zones listed in Section 4.4 of 

this exemption, the NRC staff concludes 

that the use of specific OMAs found 

acceptable in Sections 3.0 and 4.0 of 

this evaluation, in these particular 

instances and in conjunction with the 

other installed fire protection features, 

in lieu of strict compliance with the 

requirements of III.G.2, will allow IP3 to 

meet the underlying purpose of the rule 

for those fire zones. The use of other 

specific OMAs in certain fire zones were 

found to be not acceptable, as discussed 

in Sections 3.0 and 4.0 of this 

evaluation, and as such, are not 

approved by this exemption. 

Accordingly, the Commission has 

determined that, pursuant to 10 CFR 

50.12(a), the exemption is authorized by 

law, will not present an undue risk to 

the public health and safety, is 

consistent with the common defense 

and security and that special 

circumstances are present to warrant 

issuance of the exemption. Therefore, 

the Commission hereby grants Entergy 

an exemption from the requirements of 

Section III.G.2 of Appendix R of 10 CFR 

part 50, to utilize the OMAs approved 

above at IP3. 

Pursuant to 10 CFR 51.32, the 

Commission has determined that the 

granting of this exemption will not have 

a significant effect on the quality of the 

human environment (76 FR 74832). 

This exemption is effective upon 

issuance. 

Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this first day 

of February 2012. 

For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. 

Michele G. Evans, 

Director, Division of Operating Reactor 

Licensing, Office of Nuclear Reactor 

Regulation. 

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The Board was established as an 

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Dated: February 9, 2012. 

Nigel Mote, 

Executive Director, U.S. Nuclear Waste 

Technical Review Board. 

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