[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 40 (Wednesday, February 29, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Page 12332]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-4824]
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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
[Docket Nos. 52-025 and 52-026; NRC-2008-0252]
Vogtle Electric Generating Plant, Units 3 and 4; Issuance of
Combined Licenses and Limited Work Authorizations and Record of
Decision
AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
ACTION: Issuance of Combined Licenses (NPF-91 and NPF-92) and Limited
Work Authorization (LWA) (Nos. LWA-001 and LWA-002) and Record of
Decision Issuance.
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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ravindra Joshi, Office of New
Reactors, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555-
0001; telephone: 301-415-6191; email: ravindra.joshi@nrc.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Introduction
Pursuant to Title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations (10 CFR)
2.106, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is providing notice of
the issuance of Combined Licenses (COL), NPF-91 and NPF-92 and Limited
Work Authorizations LWA-001 and LWA-002 to Southern Nuclear Operating
Company (SNC), Georgia Power Company, Oglethorpe Power Corporation,
Municipal Electric Authority of Georgia, and the City of Dalton,
Georgia, an incorporated municipality in the State of Georgia acting by
and through its Board of Water, Light and Sinking Fund Commissioners.
With respect to the application for COLs and for LWAs filed by SNC, on
behalf of itself and the other four entities named above, the NRC finds
that the applicable standards and requirements of the Atomic Energy Act
of 1954, as amended, and the Commissions regulations have been met. The
NRC finds that any required notifications to other agencies or bodies
have been duly made and that there is reasonable assurance that the
facility will be constructed and will operate in conformity with the
license, as amended, the provisions of the Act, and the Commission
regulations. Furthermore, the NRC finds that the licensees are
technically and financially qualified to engage in the activities
authorized, and that issuance of the license will not be inimical to
the common defense and security or to the health and safety of the
public. Finally, with respect to the LWAs, the NRC finds that there are
no unresolved safety issues related to the activities that would
constitue good cause for withholding the authorizations.
Accordingly, the COLs and LWAs were issued on February 10, 2012,
and are effective immediately.
II. Further Information
The NRC has prepared a Final Safety Evaluation Report (FSER) and
Final Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement (FSEIS) that document
the information reviewed and NRC's conclusion. The Commission has also
issued its Memorandum and Order documenting its final decision on the
uncontested hearing held on September 27-28, 2011, which serves as the
Record of Decision in this proceeding. In accordance with 10 CFR 2.390
of the NRC's ``Rules of Practice,'' details with respect to this
action, including the FSER and accompanying documentation included in
the combined license package, as well as the Commission's hearing
decision, are available electronically at the NRC's Electronic Reading
Room at http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/adams.html. From this site,
persons can access the NRC's Agencywide Document Access and Management
System (ADAMS), which provides text and image files of NRC's public
documents. The ADAMS accession numbers for the documents related to
this notice are:
ML110450302 ``Final Safety Evaluation Report for Combined Licenses
for Vogtle Electric Generating Plant, Units 3 and 4''
ML11076A010 NUREG-1947, ``Final Supplemental Environmental Impact
Statement for Combined Licenses for Vogtle Electric Generating
Plant, Units 3 and 4''
ML11180A086 VEGP COL Application--Submittal 8 of the application
ML12040A192 Commission's Memorandum and Order on the uncontested
hearing (record of decision)
ML112991101 Combined License No. NPF-91
ML113060407 Combined License No. NPF-92
ML113350133 Limited Work Authorization No. LWA-001
ML113350143 Limited Work Authorization No. LWA-002
Persons who do not have access to ADAMS or who encounter problems
in accessing the documents located in ADAMS should contact the NRC
Public Document Room (PDR) Reference staff by telephone at 1-800-397-
4209, 301-415-4737, or by email to pdr.resource@nrc.gov. The documents
are also available at http://www.nrc.gov/reactors/new-reactors/col.html.
These documents may also be viewed electronically on the public
computers located at the NRC's Public Document Room (PDR), O 1 F21, One
White Flint North, 11555 Rockville Pike, Rockville, MD 20852. The PDR
reproduction contractor will copy documents for a fee.
For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 13th day of February 2012.
Mark Tonacci,
Chief, Licensing Branch 4, Division of New Reactor Licensing, Office of
New Reactors.
[FR Doc. 2012-4824 Filed 2-28-12; 8:45 am]
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