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Southern Nuclear Operating Company, Inc., Vogtle Electric Generating Plant, Units 3 and 4 Nuclear Instrumentation System Excore Detector Surface Material Inspection Clarification, 14920-14921 [2017-05778]
Download as PDF 14920 Federal Register / Vol. 82, No. 55 / Thursday, March 23, 2017 / Notices sradovich on DSK3GMQ082PROD with NOTICES 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. Background In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. Chapter 35), the NRC is requesting public comment on its intention to request the OMB’s approval for the information collection summarized below. 1. The title of the information collection: NRC Form 749, ‘‘Manual License Verification Report.’’ 2. OMB approval number: 3150–0223. 3. Type of submission: Extension. 4. The form number, if applicable: NRC Form 749. 5. How often the collection is required or requested: On occasion. Licensees subject to 10 CFR part 37, ‘‘Physical Protection of Byproduct Material’’ license verification requirements must verify the legitimacy of the license with the issuing agency prior to transferring radioactive materials in quantities of concern. 6. Who will be required or asked to respond: Licensees are required to complete a license verification under the circumstances noted in 4 above. A License Verification System (LVS) is available to provide an electronic method for fulfilling this requirement. In cases where a licensee is unable to use the LVS to perform a verification, they will provide NRC Form 749 for manual license verification. 7. The estimated number of annual responses: 456. 8. The estimated number of annual respondents: 456. 9. The estimated number of hours needed annually to comply with the information collection requirement or request: 46 hours. 10. Abstract: When a licensee is unable to use the License Verification System to perform their license verification prior to transferring radioactive materials in quantities of concern, a manual process is available, in which licensees submit the NRC Form 749, ‘‘Manual License Verification Report.’’ The form provides the information necessary for the license VerDate Sep<11>2014 17:13 Mar 22, 2017 Jkt 241001 issuing agencies to perform the verification on behalf of the licensee transferring the radioactive materials. III. Specific Requests for Comments The NRC is seeking comments that address the following questions: 1. Is the proposed collection of information necessary for the NRC to properly perform its functions? Does the information have practical utility? 2. Is the estimate of the burden of the information collection accurate? 3. Is there a way to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information to be collected? 4. How can the burden of the information collection on respondents be minimized, including the use of automated collection techniques or other forms of information technology? Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 17th day of March 2017. For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. David Cullison, NRC Clearance Officer, Office of the Chief Information Officer. [FR Doc. 2017–05749 Filed 3–22–17; 8:45 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 Nuclear Instrumentation System Excore Detector Surface Material Inspection Clarification Nuclear Regulatory Commission. ACTION: Exemption and combined license amendment; issuance. AGENCY: 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. 66 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, MEAG Power SPVM, LLC, MEAG Power SPVJ, LLC, MEAG Power SPVP, LLC, 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 asked for in the amendment. Because the SUMMARY: PO 00000 Frm 00056 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 acceptability of the exemption was determined in part by the acceptability of the amendment, the exemption and amendment are being issued concurrently. DATES: The exemption and amendment were issued on January 19, 2017. 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. • 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 this document. The request for the amendment and exemption was submitted by letter dated July 25, 2016 (ADAMS Accession No. ML16207A496), and supplemented by the letters dated September 23, 2016 (ADAMS Accession No. ML16267A429) and October 13, 2016 (ADAMS Accession No. ML16287A662). • 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; email: Chandu.Patel@ 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 E:\FR\FM\23MRN1.SGM 23MRN1 sradovich on DSK3GMQ082PROD with NOTICES Federal Register / Vol. 82, No. 55 / Thursday, March 23, 2017 / Notices part 52 of title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations (10 CFR), and issuing License Amendment No. 66 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 proposed changes to the VEGP Units 3 and 4 Updated Final Safety Analysis Report (UFSAR) in the form of departures from the incorporated plantspecific DCD Tier 2 information. The proposed amendment also involves related changes to plant-specific Tier 1 information, with corresponding changes to the associated COL Appendix C information to clarify the Inspections, Tests, Analyses and Acceptance Criteria (ITAAC) related to the inspection of excore (source range, intermediate range, and power range) detectors. 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. ML16320A370. 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. ML16320A277 and ML16320A282, 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. ML16320A258 and ML16320A265, respectively. A summary of the amendment documents is provided in Section III of this document. 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 25, 2016, as supplemented by letters dated September 23, 2016, and October 13, 2016, 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 16–010, ‘‘Nuclear Instrumentation System Excore Detector Surface Material Inspection Clarification.’’ For the reasons set forth in Section 3.1 of the NRC staff’s Safety Evaluation, which can be found at ADAMS Accession No. ML16320A370, 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 Licenses as described in the licensee’s request dated July 25, 2016, as supplemented by letters dated September 23, 2016, and October 13, 2016. This exemption is related to, and necessary for the granting of License Amendment No. 66, which is being issued concurrently with this exemption. 3. As explained in Section 5.0 of the NRC staff’s Safety Evaluation (ADAMS Accession No. ML16320A370), 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. 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 No. ML16267A429), and October 13, 2016 (ADAMS Accession No. ML16287A662), 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 document. 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 September 13, 2016 (81 FR 62926). 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. III. License Amendment Request By letter dated July 25, 2016 (ADAMS Accession No. ML16207A496), and supplemented by the letters dated September 23, 2016 (ADAMS Accession VerDate Sep<11>2014 17:13 Mar 22, 2017 Jkt 241001 PO 00000 Frm 00057 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 9990 14921 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 25, 2016, as supplemented by letters dated September 23, 2016, and October 13, 2016. The exemption and amendment were issued on January 19, 2017, as part of a combined package to the licensee (ADAMS Accession No. ML16320A230). Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 13th day of March 2017. For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. Jennifer Dixon-Herrity, Chief, Licensing Branch 4, Division of New Reactor Licensing, Office of New Reactors. [FR Doc. 2017–05778 Filed 3–22–17; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 7590–01–P E:\FR\FM\23MRN1.SGM 23MRN1
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Generating Plant, Units 3 and 4 Nuclear Instrumentation System Excore
Detector Surface Material Inspection Clarification
License Amendment No. 66 to Combined Licenses (COLs), NPF-91 and NPF-
DATES: The exemption and amendment were issued on January 19, 2017.
letter dated July 25, 2016 (ADAMS Accession No. ML16207A496), and
supplemented by the letters dated September 23, 2016 (ADAMS Accession
No. ML16267A429) and October 13, 2016 (ADAMS Accession No.
ML16287A662).
the AP1000,'' to
part 52 of title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations (10 CFR), and
issuing License Amendment No. 66 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 proposed changes to the VEGP
Units 3 and 4 Updated Final Safety Analysis Report (UFSAR) in the form
of departures from the incorporated plant-specific DCD Tier 2
associated COL Appendix C information to clarify the Inspections,
Tests, Analyses and Acceptance Criteria (ITAAC) related to the
inspection of excore (source range, intermediate range, and power
range) detectors. Part of the justification for granting the exemption
was provided by the review of the amendment. Because the exemption is
ADAMS under Accession No. ML16320A370.
4 can be found in ADAMS under Accession Nos. ML16320A277 and
ML16320A282, respectively. The exemption is reproduced (with the
are available in ADAMS under Accession Nos. ML16320A258 and
ML16320A265, respectively. A summary of the amendment documents is
1. In a letter dated July 25, 2016, as supplemented by letters
dated September 23, 2016, and October 13, 2016, the licensee requested
part 52, Appendix D, as part of license amendment request 16-010,
``Nuclear Instrumentation System Excore Detector Surface Material
Inspection Clarification.''
Evaluation, which can be found at ADAMS Accession No. ML16320A370, the
licensee's request dated July 25, 2016, as supplemented by letters
dated September 23, 2016, and October 13, 2016. This exemption is
related to, and necessary for the granting of License Amendment No. 66,
(ADAMS Accession No. ML16320A370), this exemption meets the eligibility
By letter dated July 25, 2016 (ADAMS Accession No. ML16207A496),
and supplemented by the letters dated September 23, 2016 (ADAMS
Accession No. ML16267A429), and October 13, 2016 (ADAMS Accession No.
ML16287A662), the licensee requested that the NRC amend the COLs for
September 13, 2016 (81 FR 62926). No comments were received during the
requested on July 25, 2016, as supplemented by letters dated September
23, 2016, and October 13, 2016. The exemption and amendment were issued
on January 19, 2017, as part of a combined package to the licensee
(ADAMS Accession No. ML16320A230).