ML060820133

Quad Cities, Units 1 and 2 - GE, Request for Withholding Information from Public Disclosure

ML060820133
Person / Time
Site:	Dresden, Quad Cities
Issue date:	07/05/2006
From:	Banerjee M Plant Licensing Branch III-2
To:	Stramback G General Electric Co
Banerjee M, NRR/ADPT, 415-2277
References
TAC MC0875, TAC MC0876, TAC MC0877, TAC MC0878
Download: ML060820133 (5)

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July 5, 2006 Mr. George B. Stramback Manager, Regulatory Services GE Nuclear Energy 1989 Little Orchard Street M/C HME San Jose, CA 95125-1030

SUBJECT:

GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY, REQUEST FOR WITHHOLDING INFORMATION FROM PUBLIC DISCLOSURE FOR DRESDEN NUCLEAR POWER STATION, UNITS 2 AND 3, AND QUAD CITIES NUCLEAR POWER STATION, UNITS 1 AND 2 (TAC NOS. MC0875, MC0876, MC0877 AND MC0878)

Dear Mr. Stramback:

By letters to the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) dated May 19, 2005 and May 31, 2006, Exelon Generation Company, LLC, submitted two affidavits dated May 25, 2005 and April 6, 2006, respectively, executed by you. In the affidavits you requested that the information contained in the following documents be withheld from public disclosure pursuant to Title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations (10 CFR), Part 2, Section 2.390:

GENE-0000-0039-3540-01P, Exelon Quad Cities Units 1 & 2 Steam Dryer Dynamic Time History Analysis: Original, 2003 Repair and 2004 Repair Dryer Configurations using Loads from Scale Model Test Results and Plant Measurements, Revision 1, Class III, dated April 2005 GENE-0000-0039-5860-01-P, Test and Analysis Report, Quad Cities New Design Steam Dryer, Dryer #1 Experimental Modal Analysis and Correlation with Finite Element Results, Revision 1, Class III, dated May 2005 Nonproprietary copies of these documents have been placed in the NRCs Public Document Room and added to the Agencywide Documents Access and Management System Public Electronic Reading Room.

The affidavits stated that the submitted information should be considered exempt from mandatory public disclosure for the following reasons:

(1) The information discloses a process, method, or apparatus, including supporting data and analyses, where prevention of its use by General Electrics competitors without license from General Electric constitutes a competitive economic advantage over other companies; and (2) The information, 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.

G. Stramback Additionally, you indicated that the information was submitted to the NRC in confidence, has consistently been held in confidence, is of a type customarily held in confidence, is not available in a public source, and qualifies under the narrower definition of trade secret.

We have reviewed your application and the material in accordance with the requirements of 10 CFR 2.390 and, on the basis of your statements, have determined that the submitted information sought to be withheld contains proprietary commercial information and should be withheld from public disclosure.

Therefore, the versions of the submitted information marked as proprietary will be withheld from public disclosure pursuant to 10 CFR 2.390(b)(5) and Section 103(b) of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended.

Withholding from public inspection shall not affect the right, if any, of persons properly and directly concerned to inspect the documents. If the need arises, we may send copies of this information to our consultants working in this area. We will, of course, ensure that the consultants have signed the appropriate agreements for handling proprietary information.

If the basis for withholding this information from public inspection should change in the future such that the information could then be made available for public inspection, you should promptly notify the NRC. You also should understand that the NRC may have cause to review this determination in the future, for example, if the scope of a Freedom of Information Act request includes your information. In all review situations, if the NRC makes a determination adverse to the above, you will be notified in advance of any public disclosure.

If you have any questions regarding this matter, I may be reached at 301-415-2277.

Sincerely,

/RA/

Maitri Banerjee, Senior Project Manager Plant Licensing Branch III-2 Division of Operating Reactor Licensing Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation Docket Nos. 50-237, 50-249, 50-254, and 50-265 cc: See next page

ML060820133 OFFICE PM:LPL3-2 PE:LPL3-2 LA:LPL3-2 BC:EEMB BC:LPL3-2 NAME MBanerjee TWengert DClarke KManoly* KJabbour for DCollins DATE 6/29/06 6/27/06 6/13/06 4/5/06 7/5/06 Dresden and Quad Cities Nuclear Power Stations cc:

Site Vice President - Dresden Nuclear Power Station Senior Vice President of Operations Exelon Generation Company, LLC Exelon Generation Company, LLC 6500 N. Dresden Road 4300 Winfield Road Morris, IL 60450-9765 Warrenville, IL 60555 Dresden Nuclear Power Station Plant Manager Vice President - Licensing and Regulatory Exelon Generation Company, LLC Affairs 6500 N. Dresden Road Exelon Generation Company, LLC Morris, IL 60450-9765 4300 Winfield Road Warrenville, IL 60555 Regulatory Assurance Manager - Dresden Exelon Generation Company, LLC Director - Licensing and Regulatory 6500 N. Dresden Road Affairs Morris, IL 60450-9765 Exelon Generation Company, LLC 4300 Winfield Road U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Warrenville, IL 60555 Dresden Resident Inspectors Office 6500 N. Dresden Road Assistant General Counsel Morris, IL 60450-9766 Exelon Generation Company, LLC 4300 Winfield Road Chairman Warrenville, IL 60555 Grundy County Board Administration Building Manager Licensing - Dresden, 1320 Union Street Quad Cities and Clinton Morris, IL 60450 Exelon Generation Company, LLC 4300 Winfield Road Regional Administrator Warrenville, IL 60555 U.S. NRC, Region III 801 Warrenville Road Site Vice President - Quad Cities Nuclear Lisle, IL 60532-4351 Power Station Exelon Generation Company, LLC Illinois Emergency Management 22710 206th Avenue N.

Agency Cordova, IL 61242-9740 Division of Disaster Assistance &

Preparedness Quad Cities Nuclear Power Station 110 East Adams Street Plant Manager Springfield, IL 62701-1109 Exelon Generation Company, LLC 22710 206th Avenue N.

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Regulatory Assurance Manager - Quad Cities Exelon Generation Company, LLC 22710 206th Avenue N.

Cordova, IL 61242-9740 Quad Cities Resident Inspectors Office U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission 22712 206th Avenue N.

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