Nuclear Regulatory Commission
The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) has issued exemptions from certain portions of the acceptance criteria for emergency core cooling systems to allow the use of a risk-informed methodology in lieu of a deterministic methodology to evaluate the effects of debris in containment following a loss-of-coolant accident for the Vogtle Electric Generating Plant, Units 1 and 2 (Vogtle), located in Burke County, Georgia. The exemptions are in response to a request dated August 17, 2020, as supplemented by letters dated December 17, 2020, and February 15, 2021, from the Southern Nuclear Operating Company, Inc. (SNC, the licensee).
Document Headings Document headings vary by document type but may contain the following: the agency or agencies that issued and signed a document the number of the CFR title and the number of each part the document amends, proposes to amend, or is directly related to the agency docket number / agency internal file number the RIN which identifies each regulatory action listed in the Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions See the Document Drafting Handbook for more details. Nuclear Regulatory Commission [Docket Nos. 50-424 and 50-425; NRC-2021-0086] AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission. ACTION: Exemptions; issuance. SUMMARY: The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) has issued exemptions from certain portions of the acceptance criteria for emergency core cooling systems to allow the use of a risk-informed methodology in lieu of a deterministic methodology to evaluate the effects of debris in containment following a loss-of-coolant accident for the Vogtle Electric Generating Plant, Units 1 and 2 (Vogtle), located in Burke County, Georgia. The exemptions are in response to a request dated August 17, 2020, as supplemented by letters dated December 17, 2020, and February 15, 2021, from the Southern Nuclear Operating Company, Inc. (SNC, the licensee). DATES: The exemptions were issued on July 30, 2021. ADDRESSES: Please refer to Docket ID NRC-2021-0086 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 website: Go to https://www.regulations.gov and search for Docket ID NRC-2021-0086. Address questions about Docket IDs in Regulations.gov to Stacy Schumann; telephone: 301-415-0624; email: Stacy.Schumann@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 (AD…
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Citation: 86 FR 43567
