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performed to evaluate ongoing assembly 

and cladding performance. (Due 4/30/ 

2012) 

2. Prior to startup for Unit 3 Cycle 18, 

poolside examinations will be 

performed to evaluate ongoing assembly 

and cladding performance. (Due 10/30/ 

2013) 

3. After completion of Unit 3 Cycle 18 

(the third and final irradiation cycle), 

poolside examinations will be 

performed to evaluate assembly and 

cladding performance. (Due 6/30/2015) 

4. The Westinghouse NGF LFAs will 

be modeled in the PVNGS core physics 

models, including the Zirconium diboride integral fuel burnable absorber 

(IFBA). As such, the impact of the LFAs 

will be included in the PVNGS cyclespecific core physics calculations 

supporting the reload effort for each 

cycle during use of the LFAs. (Due 10/ 

30/2010, 4/30/2012, and 10/30/2013, 

respectively) 

5. Evaluations will verify performance 

of the Westinghouse NGF LFAs with 

respect to the safety analysis. The 

analyses will include thermal-hydraulic 

compatibility, loss-of-coolant accident 

(LOCA) and non-LOCA criteria, 

mechanical design, thermal hydraulic, 

seismic, core physics, and neutronic 

compatibility of the LFAs in the PVNGS 

Unit 3 core. The evaluations will make 

use of the fact that the LFAs will be 

operated in non-limiting locations and 

will verify the reload analyses are not 

adversely impacted. The results will be 

documented in a final design report. 

(Due 10/30/2010) 

6. A compatibility study will be 

performed to ensure that insertion of the 

Westinghouse NGF LFAs will not cause 

the remaining Westinghouse fuel to 

exceed its operating limits and ensure 

there is no adverse impact on fuel 

performance or mechanical integrity. 

The results of the compatibility study 

will be documented in a final design 

report. (Due 10/30/2010) 

In addition, since APS referenced 

Westinghouse Topical Report WCAP– 

12610–P–A & CENPD–404–P–A, 

Addendum 1–A, ‘‘Optimized ZIRLOTM,’’ 

dated July 2006, in its request for the 

exemption to use LFAs with Optimized 

ZIRLOTM cladding, the licensee shall 

ensure compliance with the conditions 

and limitations listed in Section 5.0 of 

the NRC staff’s Safety Evaluation Report 

for that report. 

4.0 Conclusion 

Accordingly, the Commission has 

determined that, pursuant to 10 CFR 

50.12, the exemption is authorized by 

law, will not present an undue risk to 

the public health and safety, and is 

consistent with the common defense 

and security. Also, special 

circumstances are present. Therefore, 

the Commission hereby grants APS a 

temporary exemption from the 

requirements of 10 CFR 50.46 and 

Appendix K to allow the use of fuel rods 

clad with an advanced alloy, Optimized 

ZIRLOTM, in the PVNGS, Unit 3, core in 

non-limiting locations during Operating 

Cycles 16, 17, and 18. 

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 as published in the 

Federal Register on August 24, 2010 (75 

FR 52045). 

This exemption is effective upon 

issuance. 

Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 26th day 

of August 2010. 

For The Nuclear Regulatory Commission. 

Joseph G. Giitter, 

Director, Division of Operating Reactor 

Licensing, Office of Nuclear Reactor 

Regulation. 

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