ML062900523

Proprietary Letter, Request for Withholding Information from Public Disclosure - Round 10 RAI - GE-ER1-AEP-06-349,

ML062900523
Person / Time
Site:	Browns Ferry
Issue date:	12/20/2006
From:	Ellen Brown NRC/NRR/ADRO/DORL/LPLII-2
To:	Stramback G General Electric Co
Brown Eva, NRR/DORL, 415-2315
References
TAC MC3743, TAC MC3744, TAC MC3812, TS-418, TS-431
Download: ML062900523 (4)

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December 20, 2006 Mr. George B. Stramback Regulatory Services Project Manager GE Nuclear Energy 175 Curtner Avenue San Jose, CA 95125

SUBJECT:

GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY, REQUEST FOR WITHHOLDING INFORMATION FROM PUBLIC DISCLOSURE FOR BROWNS FERRY NUCLEAR PLANT, UNITS 1, 2, AND 3 - REQUEST FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION FOR EXTENDED POWER UPRATE - ROUND 10 (TAC NOS. MC3812, MC3743 AND MC3744) (TS-431 AND TS-418)

Dear Mr. Stramback:

By letter dated October 5, 2006, Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) submitted an affidavit dated September 29, 2006, executed by you, requesting that the information contained in the following document be withheld from public disclosure pursuant to Title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations (10 CFR), Part 2, Section 2,390:

Enclosure 1 to GE [General Electric] letter GE-ER1-AEP-06-349 Larry King (GE) to J. Valente (TVA), GE Responses to NRC Requests for Additional Information - SBWB - 50/75, dated September 29, 2006 The information was contained in Enclosure 1 of TVAs letter dated October 5, 2006. A nonproprietary copy of this document has been placed in the Nuclear Regulatory Commissions (NRCs) Public Document Room and added to the Agencywide Documents Access and Management System Public Electronic Reading Room.

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

a. Information that 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.

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.

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.

G. Stramback December 20, 2006 Therefore, the version(s) 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, please contact me at (301) 415-2315.

Sincerely,

/RA/

Eva A. Brown, Project Manager Plant Licensing Branch II-2 Division of Operating Reactor Licensing Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation Docket Nos. 50-259, 50-260, and 50-296 cc w/enclosure: See next page

ML062900523 NRR-084 OFFICE LPL2-2/PM LPL2-2/PM LPL2-2/PM LPL2-2/BC NAME MGutierrez EBrown BClayton LRaghavan DATE 10/19/06 12/20/06 10/18/06 12/20/06 Mr. George B. Stramback BROWNS FERRY NUCLEAR PLANT cc:

Mr. Karl W. Singer Mr. Robert G. Jones, General Manager Chief Nuclear Officer and Browns Ferry Site Operations Executive Vice President Browns Ferry Nuclear Plant Tennessee Valley Authority Tennessee Valley Authority 6A Lookout Place P.O. Box 2000 1101 Market Street Decatur, AL 35609 Chattanooga, Tennessee 37402-2801 Mr. Larry S. Mellen Mr. Ashok S. Bhatnagar, Senior Vice President Browns Ferry Unit 1 Project Engineer Nuclear Operations Division of Reactor Projects, Branch 6 Tennessee Valley Authority U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission 6A Lookout Place 61 Forsyth Street, SW.

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