Southern Nuclear Operating Company, Inc.; Vogtle Electric Generating Plant, Unit 4; License Amendment Application; Withdrawal by Applicant

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Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) has granted the request of Southern Nuclear Operating Company, Inc. (SNC) to withdraw its application dated May 1, 2025, for a proposed amendment to Combined License NPF-92. The proposed license amendment would have added a Note to Vogtle Electric Generating Plant (Vogtle), Unit 4, Technical Specification (TS) 3.7.6, “Main Control Room Emergency Habitability System (VES),” Action, Condition F to allow a one-time allowance to provide time to repair VES bottled air system valve leakage. More specifically, the proposed Note would allow a one-time 72-hour delay for the initiation of Required Actions F.1 and F.2 Completion Times for VES air system leakage repairs.

Please refer to Docket ID NRC-2025-0085 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-2025-0085. Address questions about Docket IDs in Regulations.gov to Bridget Curran; telephone: 301-415-1003; email: [email protected]. 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 publicly available documents online in the ADAMS Public Documents collection at https://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/adams.html. To begin the search, 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, at 301-415-4737, or by email to [email protected]. SNC's letter to the NRC dated May 1, 2025, “License Amendment Request: One-Time Allowance to Repair VES Bottled Air System Valve Leakage,” is available in ADAMS under Accession No. ML25121A336. SNC's letter to the NRC dated May 20, 2025, titled, “Withdraw License Amendment Request,” is available in ADAMS under Accession No. ML25140A974.
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