ML071700406

PSEG Nuclear LLC, Request for Withholding Information from Public Disclosure for Hope Creek Generating Station

ML071700406
Person / Time
Site:	Hope Creek
Issue date:	07/03/2007
From:	James Shea NRC/NRR/ADRO/DORL/LPLI-2
To:	Barnes G Public Service Enterprise Group
Sanders, Carleen, NRR/DORL 415-1603
References
TAC MD3002
Download: ML071700406 (4)

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July 3, 2007 Mr. George P. Barnes Site Vice President - Hope Creek PSEG Nuclear P.O. Box 236 Hancocks Bridge, NJ 08038

SUBJECT:

PSEG NUCLEAR LLC, REQUEST FOR WITHHOLDING INFORMATION FROM PUBLIC DISCLOSURE FOR HOPE CREEK GENERATING STATION (TAC NO. MD3002)

Dear Mr. Barnes:

By letter dated May 24, 20071, you submitted an affidavit executed by Alan J. Bilanin on behalf of Continuum Dynamics, Inc. (C.D.I.), dated May 18, 2007, 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:

EPU [extended power uprate] Conditions in the Main Steam Lines at Hope Creek Unit 1: Additional Subscale Four Lines Tests, C.D.I. Technical Note 07-01, Revision 0 A nonproprietary copy of this document2 has been placed in the Nuclear Regulatory Commissions (NRC's) Public Document Room and added to the Agencywide Documents Access and Management System (ADAMS) Public Electronic Reading Room. To view this document visit http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/adams.html.

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

3(a) a process or method, including supporting data and analysis, where prevention of its use by C.D.I.s competitors without license from C.D.I. constitutes a competitive advantage over other companies; 3(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; 3(c) Information which discloses patentable subject matter for which it may be desirable to obtain patent protection.

1 ADAMS accession number ML071630305 2

ADAMS accession number ML071630307

G. Barnes 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 version 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 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 301-415-1388.

Sincerely,

/ra/

James J. Shea, Project Manager Plant Licensing Branch 1-2 Division of Operating Reactor Licensing Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation Docket No. 50-354 cc: See next page

Hope Creek Generating Station cc:

Mr. Dennis Winchester Mr. Paul Bauldauf, P.E., Asst. Director Vice President - Nuclear Assessments Radiation Protection Programs PSEG Nuclear NJ Department of Environmental P.O. Box 236 Protection and Energy Hancocks Bridge, NJ 08038 CN 415 Trenton, NJ 08625-0415 Mr. George H. Gellrich Plant Support Manager Mr. Brian Beam PSEG Nuclear Board of Public Utilities P.O. Box 236 2 Gateway Center, Tenth Floor Hancocks Bridge, NJ 08038 Newark, NJ 07102 Mr. Michael J. Massaro Regional Administrator, Region I Plant Manager - Hope Creek U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission PSEG Nuclear 475 Allendale Road P.O. Box 236 King of Prussia, PA 19406 Hancocks Bridge, NJ 08038 Senior Resident Inspector Mr. Darin Benyak Hope Creek Generating Station Director - Regulatory Assurance U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission PSEG Nuclear - N21 Drawer 0509 P.O. Box 236 Hancocks Bridge, NJ 08038 Hancocks Bridge, NJ 08038 Mr. William Levis Mr. James Mallon Senior Vice President & Chief Nuclear Manager - Licensing Officer 200 Exelon Way - KSA 3-E PSEG Nuclear LLC-X04 Kennett Square, PA 19348 Post Office Box 236 Hancocks Bridge, NJ 08038 Jeffrie J. Keenan, Esquire PSEG Nuclear - N21 Alan J. Bilanin P.O. Box 236 President and Senior Associate Hancocks Bridge, NJ 08038 Continuum Dynamics, Inc.

34 Lexington Avenue Mr. Michael Jesse Ewing, NJ 08618-2302 Manager - Regulatory Assurance P.O. Box 236 Hancocks Bridge, NJ 08038 Township Clerk Lower Alloways Creek Township Municipal Building, P.O. Box 157 Hancocks Bridge, NJ 08038

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