JPN-95-032, Forwards Nonproprietary & Proprietary Versions of Licensing Topical Rept, Application of 'Regional Excursion W/Flow- Biased APRM Neutron Flux Scram' Stability Solution (Option I-D) to Ja FitzPatrick Npp. Proprietary Version Withheld

Forwards Nonproprietary & Proprietary Versions of Licensing Topical Rept, Application of 'Regional Excursion W/Flow- Biased APRM Neutron Flux Scram' Stability Solution (Option I-D) to Ja FitzPatrick Npp. Proprietary Version Withheld

ML20086B215
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Site:	FitzPatrick
Issue date:	06/29/1995
From:	Cahill L POWER AUTHORITY OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK (NEW YORK
To:	NRC OFFICE OF INFORMATION RESOURCES MANAGEMENT (IRM)
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.&hQ( Cn>cf Nuclear o*ficer June 29,1995 JPN-95-032 U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Attn: Document Control Desk Mail Station P1-137 Washington, DC 20555 Subject. James A. FitzPatrick Nuclear Power Plant Docket No. 50-333 Submittal of Plant Specific Licensing Topical Report for Long-Term Solution on Reactor Stability 1 Generic Letter.94-02)

References:

1) "BWR Owners Group Long-Term Stability Solutions Licensing Methodology," NEDO-31960, June 1991, and NEDO-31960 Supplement 1, March 1992.

2) NYPA letter, W. J. Cahill, Jr. to NRC (JPN-94-046), " Response to

'eneric Letter 94-02 Regarding Thermal-Hydraulic Instabilities in Boiling Nater Reactors," dated September 9,1994.

Dear Sir:

This letter transmits the plant specific Ucensing Topical Report (LTR) for the James A.

FitzPatrick Nuclear Power Plant which contains the final analysis to demonstrate the application of the " Regional Exclusion with Flow-Biased APRM Neutron Flux Scram" Stability Solution (Option 1-D) of Reference 1. The LTR concludes that compliance with the applicable General Design Criterion is met with the Option 1-D solution for the FitzPatrick plant. This submittal is in response to commitment JPN-94-046-04 (Reference 2).

The Authority stated in Reference 2 that the Option 1-D solution will be augmented with the installation of an on-line stability monitor, and that a description of this monitor would be included in the plant specific LTR. Since Reference 2 was submitted, additional on-line stability monitoring products have become available. Because the Authority is currently selecting the type of monitor to be implemented at the FitzPatrick plant, this description is not included in this submittal. .

t A description of the on-line stability monitor and proposed Technical Specification changes resulting from the implementation of Option 1 D will be submitted to the NRC by i March 31,1996. There are no changes to the remaining long-term actions desenbed in Reference 2.

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p-g, The Licensing Topical Report is submitted as Attachment 1. In accordance with the provisions of 10 CFR 2.790, this report contains proprietary information which should be

!. withheld from public disclosure. Attachment 2 is the General Electric affidavit attesting to this proprietary information. A non-proprieta y copy of the LTR is provided in Attachment 3. The Authority's commitments associated with this submittal tre summarized in Attachment 4.

If you have any questions, please contact Mr. A. Zaremba.

Very truly yours, f

w William J. Luil, Jr.

Chief Nuclear Officer Attachments: As stated cc: Regional Administrator U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission 475 Allendale Road King of Prussia, PA 19406 Office of the Resident inspector U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission P.O. Box 136 Lycoming, NY 13093 Mr. C. E. Carpenter, Project Manager Project Directorate 1-1 Division of Reactor Projects - 1/II U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Mail Stop 14 B2 Washington, DC 20555

1 ATTACHMENT 11 TO JPN-95-032 General Electric Company Affidavit of Mr. George B. Strambsk With ResnecLto_P_toprietary Information New York Power Authority JAMES A. FITZPATRICK NUCLEAR POWER PLANT Docket No. 50-333 DPR-59

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General Electric Company AFFIDAVIT I, George B. Stramback,l'eing duly sworn, depose and state as follows:

(1) I am Project Manager, Licensing Services, General Electric Company ("GE") and have been delegated the function of reviewing the information described in paragraph (2) which is sought to be withheld, and have been authorized to apply for its withholding.

(2) The information sought to be withheld is contained in the GE proprietary report GENE-637-044-0295, Application of the " Regional Exchision With Flow-Biased APRM Neutron Fhix Scram" Stability Solution (Option 1-D) to the James A.

Fit: Patrick Nuc/ car Power Plant, Class III (GE Proprietary Information), dated February 1995. The proprietary information is delineated by bars marked in the margin adjacent to the specific material.

(3) In making this application for withholding of proprietary information of which it is the owner, GE relies upon the exemption from disclosure set forth in the Freedom of Information Act ("FOIA"), 5 USC Sec. 552(b)(4), and the Trade Secrets Act,18 USC Sec. 1905, and NRC regulations 10 CFR 9.17(a)(4), 2.790(a)(4), and 2.790(d)(1) for " trade secrets and commercial or financial information obtained from a person and privileged or confidential" (Exemption 4). The material for which exemption from disclosure is here sought is all " confidential commercial information",

and some portions also qualify under the narrower definition of" trade secret", within the meanings assigned to those terms for purposes of FOIA Exemption 4 in, respectively, Critical Mass Enerav Project v. Nuclear Reculatory Commission.,

975F2d871 (DC Cir.1992), and Public Citizen Health Research Grouo v. FDA, 704F2d1280 (DC Cir.1983).

(4) Some examples of categories of information which fit into the definition of proprietary information are:

a. Information that discloses a process, method, or apparatus, including supporting data and analyses, where prevention ofits use by General Electric's competitors without license from General Electric constitutes a competitive economic advantage over other companies;

b. Information which, if used by a competitor, would reduce his expenditure of resources or improve his competitive position in the design, manufacture, shipment, installation, assurance of quality, or licensing of a similar product; GBS95-2-afstabl6. doc Affidavit Page 1

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c. Information which reveals cost or price information, production capacities, budget levels, or commercial strategies of General Electric, its customers, or its suppliers;

d. Information which reveals aspects of past, present, or future General Electric customer-funded development plans and programs, of potential commercial value to General Electric;

e. Information which discloses patentable subject matter for which it may be desirable to obtain patent protection.

The information sought to be withheld is considered to be proprietary for the reasons set forth in both paragraphs (4)b. and (4)d., above.

(5) The information sought to be withheld is being submitted to NRC in confidence. The information is of a sort customarily held in confidence by GE, and is in fact so held.

The information sought to be withheld has, to the best of my knowledge and belief, consistently been held in confidence by GE, no public disclosure has been made, and it is not available in public sources. All disclosures to third parties including any required transmittals to NRC, have been made, or must be made, pursuant to regulatoy provisions or proprietary agreements which provide for maintenance of the information in confidence. Its initial designation as proprietary information, and i the subsequent steps taken to prevent its unauthorized disclosure, are as set forth in paragraphs (6) and (7) followir.g.

1 (6) Initial approval of proprietary treatment of a document is made by the manager of the originating component, the person most likely to be acquainted with the value and sensitivity of the information in relation to industry knowledge. Access to such documents within GE is limited on a "need to know" basis.

(7) The procedure for approval of external release of such a document typically requires review by the staff manager, project manager, principal scientist or other equivalent authority, by the manager of the cognizant marketing function (or his delegate), and 3 by the Legal Operation, for technical content, competitive effect, and determination 1 of the accuracy of the proprietary designation. Disclosures outside GE are limited to regulatory bodies, customers, and potential customers, and their agents, suppliers, and licensees, and others with a legitimate need for the information, and then only in accordance with appropriate regulatory provisions or proprietary agreements.

(8) The information identified in paragraph (2), above, is classified as proprietary because it contains detailed results of analytical models, methods and processes, including computer codes, which GE has developed, obtained NRC approval of, and applied to perform thermal hydraulic stability performance evaluations for the BWR.

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The development and approval of the stability analysis computer codes und 'st this analysis was achieved at a significant cost, in excess of one-half million 3;tlars, to GE.

I The development of the evr.luation process along with the interpretation and application of the analytical results is derived from the extensive experience database that constitutes a major GE asset.

(9) Public disclosure of the information sought to be withheld is likely to cause  ;

substantial harm to GE's competitive position and foreclose or reduce the availability of profit-making opportunities. The information is part of GE's comprehensive BWR safety and technology base, and its commercial value extends beyond the original development cost. The value of the technology base goes beyond the extensive physical database and analytical methodology and includes development of the expertise to determine and apply the appropriate evaluation process. In addition, the technology base includes the value derived from providing analyses done with NRC-approved methods.

The research, development, engineering, analytical and NRC review costs comprise a '

substantial investment of time and money by GE.

The precise value of the expertise to devise an evaluation process and apply the  :

correct analytical methodology is diflicult to quantify, but it clearly is substantial.

GE's competitive advantage will be lost ifits competitors are able to use the results of the GE experience to normalize or verify their own process or if they are able to claim an equivalent understanding by demonstrating that they can arrive at the same or similar conclusions.

The value of this information to GE would be lost if the information were disclosed to the public. Making such information available to competitors without their having been required to undertake a similar expenditure of resources would unfairly provide competitors with a windfall, and deprive GE of the opportunity to exercise its competitive advantage to seek an adequate return on its large investment in '

developing these very valuable analytical tools.

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