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areas in a letter dated July 11, 2013 

(ADAMS Package ML13205A152), 

followed by a corrected background 

count rate for the FSSR on August 19, 

2013 (ADAMS Accession No. 

ML13235A009). 

In a letter dated February 26, 2014 

(ADAMS Accession No. ML14063A207), 

the UM confirmed that FNR systems 

and components had been transferred to 

the UM Broad Scope license No. 21– 

00215–04 by Amendment No. 102, in 

accordance with the approved DP, and 

requested termination of the FNR 

license. The Amendment No. 102 

transfer was approved by the NRC, with 

a correction, on February 19, 2014 

(ADAMS Accession No. ML14055A189). 

On June 23, 2014, NRC inspectors 

confirmed that site conditions were 

acceptable for license termination 

(ADAMS Accession No. ML14197A232). 

Additionally, NRC staff has reviewed 

the FNR FSSR. The FNR FSSR states 

that the criteria for termination set forth 

in FNR’s license (R–28), and as 

established in its DP and FSSP have 

been satisfied. 

The FSSR indicates that all but one of 

the individual radiological 

measurement determinations made 

throughout the facility for surface 

contamination (both total and 

removable) were found to be less than 

the criteria established in the DP, which 

is acceptable in accordance with the 

MARSSIM statistical methodology. 

Similarly, sample results from soil, and 

sediments were found to be less than 

the volumetric radionuclide 

concentration criteria established in the 

DP. Additionally, all the radioactive 

wastes have been removed from the 

facility. For these reasons, the NRC staff 

has determined that the survey results 

in the report comply with the criteria in 

the NRC approved DP and the release 

criteria in subpart E of part 20 of Title 

10 of the Code of Federal Regulations 

(10 CFR). 

On August 9 through 11, 2011 the 

NRC conducted an on-site inspection of 

the decommissioning activities at the 

FNR. The NRC inspector evaluated 

decommissioning performance and 

conducted independent radiation 

surveys and soil sampling, with soil 

sample evaluation of the NRC samples 

by the Oak Ridge Associated 

Universities (ORAU). The inspection 

was an examination of UM’s licensed 

activities as they relate to radiation 

safety and to compliance with the 

Commission’s regulations and the 

license conditions, including the DP 

and FSSP. The inspection consisted of 

observations by the inspectors, 

interviews with personnel, and a review 

of procedures and records and 

acquisition of split samples. As a result 

of this inspection, a Notice of Violation 

was issued to the UM for failing to 

independently monitor or audit either 

decommissioning operations or the 

quality assurance program annually as 

required (ADAMS Accession No. 

ML11299A076). This violation has been 

resolved by the UM reinitiating audits 

and quality assurance reviews as part of 

semi-annual Decommissioning Review 

Committee meetings, as documented in 

an October 10, 2012 NRC inspection 

report. (ADAMS Accession No. 

ML12284A282). The final report from 

ORAU of the results of the soil sample 

analysis was provided to the NRC on 

August 23, 2011 (ADAMS Accession 

No. ML112420852). One of the soil 

samples exceeded the FNR DP’s soil 

derived concentration guideline level 

for Cobalt-60, which was addressed by 

the UM subsequently remediating all 

the soil from the cavity area, and 

resampling as part of the final status 

survey. 

At the request of NRC staff, on 

January 16, 2015 (ADAMS Accession 

No. ML15020A725), UM provided the 

results of eight additional soil samples, 

taken to a depth of thirteen feet, in the 

area where stockpiled soils were reused 

to refill the excavation in the former 

storage ports area of the FNR. All 

samples were below minimum 

detectable activity and well below the 

soil derived concentration guideline 

levels, which demonstrates that the 

reused stockpiled soils are acceptable 

for unrestricted release. Additionally, 

three split samples were sent to ORAU 

for laboratory analysis (ADAMS 

Accession No. ML15030A311). The 

results contained in the analytical report 

are consistent with UM’s report. 

Pursuant to 10 CFR 50.82(b)(6), the 

NRC staff has concluded that the UM 

FNR in Ann Arbor, Michigan, has been 

decommissioned in accordance with the 

approved DP and that the FSSR and 

associated documentation demonstrates 

that the facilities and site may be 

released in accordance with the criteria 

for license termination in 10 CFR part 

20, subpart E. Further, on the basis of 

the decommissioning activities carried 

out by the UM, the NRC’s review of the 

licensee’s FSSR, the results of the NRC 

inspections conducted at the reactor 

facility, and the results of confirmatory 

lab analyses, the NRC has concluded 

that the decommissioning process is 

complete and the facilities and sites 

may be released for unrestricted use. 

Therefore, Facility Operating License 

No. R–28 is terminated. 

Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 2nd day 

of April 2015. 

For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. 

Andrew Persinko, 

Deputy Director, Division of 

Decommissioning, Uranium Recovery, and 

Waste Programs, Office of Nuclear Material 

Safety and Safeguards. 

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BILLING CODE 7590–01–P 

NUCLEAR REGULATORY 

COMMISSION 

[Docket Nos. 52–025 and 52–026; NRC– 

2008–0252] 

Vogtle Electric Generating Station, 

Units 3 and 4; Southern Nuclear 

Operating Company; Tier 1 Editorial 

and Consistency Changes 

AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory 

Commission. 

ACTION: Exemption and combined 

license amendment issuance. 

SUMMARY: The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory 

Commission (NRC) is granting an 

exemption to allow a departure from the 

certification information of Tier 1 of the 

generic design control document (DCD) 

and is issuing License Amendment No. 

30 to Combined Licenses (COLs), NPF– 

91 and NPF–92. The COLs were issued 

to Southern Nuclear Operating 

Company, Inc., and Georgia Power 

Company, Oglethorpe Power 

Corporation, Municipal Electric 

Authority of Georgia, 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 exemption allows 

the changes to Tier 1 information 

requested in the amendment. Because 

the acceptability of the exemption was 

determined in part by the acceptability 

of the amendment, the exemption and 

amendment are being issued 

concurrently. 

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 Carol 

Gallagher; telephone: 301–415–3463; 

email: Carol.Gallagher@nrc.gov. For 

technical questions, contact the 

individual listed in the FOR FURTHER

INFORMATION CONTACT section of this 

document. 


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• 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 

1–800–397–4209, 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 

a document is referenced. The request 

for the amendment and exemption was 

submitted by letter dated July 29, 2014 

(ADAMS Accession No. ML14210A646) 

and supplemented by letter dated 

November 5, 2014 (ADAMS Accession 

No. ML14309A586). 

• 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: 

Ruth Reyes, Office of New Reactors, 

U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, 

Washington, DC 20555–0001; telephone: 

301–415–3249; email: Ruth.Reyes@

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 No. 30 to COLs, 

NPF–91 and NPF–92, 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 amendment, the licensee 

sought changes to COL Appendix C and 

corresponding plant-specific Tier 1 

information to correct editorial errors 

and/or consistency errors (e.g., 

inconsistencies between Updated Final 

Safety Analysis Report (UFSAR) (Tier 2) 

and Tier 1 information, and 

inconsistencies between information 

from different locations within Tier 1). 

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 

exemption request and the license 

amendment. The exemption 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 amendment was found 

to be acceptable as well. The combined 

safety evaluation is available in ADAMS 

under Accession No. ML14350B104. 

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. ML14351A256 and ML14351A271, 

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. 

ML14351A250 and ML14351A252, 

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 Vogtle Units 3 and 

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 July 29, 2014, and 

as supplemented by the letter dated 

November 5, 2014, the licensee 

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 as part of license 

amendment request 14–002, ‘‘Tier 1 

Editorial and Consistency Changes.’’ 

For the reasons set forth in Section 3.1 

of the NRC staff’s Safety Evaluation, 

which can be found in ADAMS under 

Accession No. ML14350B104, 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 Figures 2.2.4–1, 3.3–1 through 10, 

3.3–11A, 3.3–11B, and 3.3–12 through 

14; Tables: 2.2.2–3, 2.2.3–4, 2.2.3–6, 

2.2.4–1, 2.2.4–4, 2.2.5–5, 2.3.2–1, 2.3.2– 

2, 2.3.6–1, 2.3.6–4, 2.3.10–1, 2.3.10–4, 

2.3.14–2, 2.6.3–3, 2.6.3–4, 3.3–1, 3.3–6, 

2.1.3–4, 2.5.1–2 and 3.7–2; and Sections 

2.6.3 and 3.3, as described in the 

licensee’s request dated July 29, 2014, 

and supplemented on November 5, 

2014. This exemption is related to, and 

necessary for the granting of License 

Amendment No. 30, 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 ML14350B104), 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 July 29, 2014, and 

supplemented by letter dated November 

5, 2014, 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, above. 

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 combined license, 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 

September 30, 2014 (79 FR 58812). The 

November 5, 2014, supplement had no 

effect on the no significant hazards 

consideration determination, and no 

comments were received during the 60- 

day comment period. 

The Commission has determined that 

these amendments satisfy the criteria for 


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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 exemption and issued the 

amendment that the licensee requested 

on July 29, 2014, as supplemented by 

letter dated November 5, 2014. The 

exemption and amendment were issued 

on February 13, 2015 as part of a 

combined package to the licensee 

(ADAMS Accession No. ML14350B012). 

Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 7th day 

of April 2015. 

For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. 

Chandu P. Patel, 

Acting Chief, Licensing Branch 4, Division 

of New Reactor Licensing, Office of New 

Reactors. 

[FR Doc. 2015–08566 Filed 4–13–15; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 7590–01–P 

NUCLEAR REGULATORY 

COMMISSION 

[NRC–2015–0088] 

Biweekly Notice; Applications and 

Amendments to Facility Operating 

Licenses and Combined Licenses 

Involving No Significant Hazards 

Considerations 

AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory 

Commission. 

ACTION: Biweekly notice. 

SUMMARY: Pursuant to Section 189a. (2) 

of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as 

amended (the Act), the U.S. Nuclear 

Regulatory Commission (NRC) is 

publishing this regular biweekly notice. 

The Act requires the Commission to 

publish notice of any amendments 

issued, or proposed to be issued and 

grants the Commission the authority to 

issue and make immediately effective 

any amendment to an operating license 

or combined license, as applicable, 

upon a determination by the 

Commission that such amendment 

involves no significant hazards 

consideration, notwithstanding the 

pendency before the Commission of a 

request for a hearing from any person. 

This biweekly notice includes all 

notices of amendments issued, or 

proposed to be issued from March 19, 

2015 to April 1, 2015. The last biweekly 

notice was published on March 31, 

2015. 

DATES: Comments must be filed by May 

14, 2015. A request for a hearing must 

be filed by June 15, 2015. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments 

by any of the following methods (unless 

this document describes a different 

method for submitting comments on a 

specific subject): 

• Federal Rulemaking Web site: Go to 

http://www.regulations.gov and search 

for Docket ID NRC–2015–0088. Address 

questions about NRC dockets to Carol 

Gallagher; telephone: 301–415–3463; 

email: Carol.Gallagher@nrc.gov. 

• Mail comments to: Cindy Bladey, 

Office of Administration, Mail Stop: 

OWFN–12–H08, U.S. Nuclear 

Regulatory Commission, Washington, 

DC 20555–0001. 

For additional direction on obtaining 

information and submitting comments, 

see ‘‘Obtaining Information and 

Submitting Comments’’ in the 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section of 

this document. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Angela Baxter, Office of Nuclear Reactor 

Regulation, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory 

Commission, Washington DC 20555– 

0001; telephone: 301–415–2976, email: 

Angela.Baxter@nrc.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Obtaining Information and 

Submitting Comments 

A. Obtaining Information 

Please refer to Docket ID NRC–2015– 

0088 when contacting the NRC about 

the availability of information for this 

action. You may obtain publiclyavailable information related to this 

action by any of the following methods: 

• Federal rulemaking Web site: Go to 

http://www.regulations.gov and search 

for Docket ID NRC–2015–0088. 

• 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 

1–800–397–4209, 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 the SUPPLEMENTARY

INFORMATION section. 

• 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. 

B. Submitting Comments 

Please include Docket ID NRC–2015– 

0088, facility name, unit number(s), 

application date, and subject in your 

comment submission. 

The NRC cautions you not to include 

identifying or contact information that 

you do not want to be publicly 

disclosed in your comment submission. 

The NRC will post all comment 

submissions at http://

www.regulations.gov as well as enter the 

comment submissions into ADAMS. 

The NRC does not routinely edit 

comment submissions to remove 

identifying or contact information. 

If you are requesting or aggregating 

comments from other persons for 

submission to the NRC, then you should 

inform those persons not to include 

identifying or contact information that 

they do not want to be publicly 

disclosed in their comment submission. 

Your request should state that the NRC 

does not routinely edit comment 

submissions to remove such information 

before making the comment 

submissions available to the public or 

entering the comment into ADAMS. 

II. Notice of Consideration of Issuance 

of Amendments to Facility Operating 

Licenses and Combined Licenses and 

Proposed No Significant Hazards 

Consideration Determination 

The Commission has made a 

proposed determination that the 

following amendment requests involve 

no significant hazards consideration. 

Under the Commission’s regulations in 

§ 50.92 of Title 10 of the Code of Federal 

Regulations (10 CFR), this means that 

operation of the facility in accordance 

with the proposed amendment would 

not (1) involve a significant increase in 

the probability or consequences of an 

accident previously evaluated, or (2) 

create the possibility of a new or 

different kind of accident from any 

accident previously evaluated; or (3) 

involve a significant reduction in a 

margin of safety. The basis for this 

proposed determination for each 

amendment request is shown below. 

The Commission is seeking public 

comments on this proposed 

determination. Any comments received 

within 30 days after the date of 

publication of this notice will be 

considered in making any final 

determination. 

Normally, the Commission will not 

issue the amendment until the 

expiration of 60 days after the date of 

publication of this notice. The 

Commission may issue the license 


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