ML073240098
| ML073240098 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Millstone, Kewaunee, Surry, North Anna  |
| Issue date: | 11/29/2007 |
| From: | Siva Lingam NRC/NRR/ADRO/DORL/LPLII-1 |
| To: | Gerald Bichof Virginia Electric & Power Co (VEPCO) |
| Lingam, Siva NRR/DORL 415-1564 | |
| References | |
| TAC MD6144, TAC MD6145, TAC MD6146, TAC MD6147, TAC MD6148, TAC MD6149, TAC MD6150 | |
| Download: ML073240098 (6) | |
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November 29, 2007 Mr. Gerald T. Bischof Vice President, Nuclear Engineering Virginia Electric and Power Company Richmond, Virginia 23261
SUBJECT:
REQUEST FOR WITHHOLDING INFORMATION FROM PUBLIC DISCLOSURE FOR KEWAUNEE POWER STATION, MILLSTONE POWER STATION, UNITS 2 AND 3, NORTH ANNA POWER STATION, UNIT NOS. 1 AND 2, AND SURRY POWER STATION, UNIT NOS. 1 AND 2 (TACS. MD6144, MD6145, MD6146, MD6147, MD6148, MD6149 AND MD6150)
Dear Mr. Bischof:
By letter dated November 9, 2007, and affidavit dated October 2, 2007, executed by David H.
Peace of Swagelok Company, Dominion Energy Kewaunee, Inc. (the licensee), Dominion Nuclear Connecticut, Inc. (the licensee), and Virginia Electric and Power Company (the licensee), submitted responses for Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) staffs request for additional information with respect to licensees original application submitted on July 25, 2007, requesting NRC approval to use the alternative rules of American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), Boiler and Pressure Vessel Code (Code),Section III, Division 1, Code Cases N-756 and N-757 for Kewaunee Power Station, Millstone Power Station, Units 2 and 3, North Anna Power Station, Unit Nos. 1 and 2, and Surry Power Station, Unit Nos. 1 and 2. The licensee requested that Swagelok proprietary document, Design Report, ASME BP&V Section III, Class 3, SS-45S8-18622-NSR Ball Valve, SS-45XS8-18623-NSR Ball Valve, (Enclosure 1 of to your letter) be withheld from public disclosure pursuant to Title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations (10 CFR), Part 2, Section 2.390.
A nonproprietary copy of this document, Enclosure 2 of Attachment 1 to your letter dated November 9, 2007, Design Report, ASME BP&V Section III, Class 3, SS-45S8-18622-NSR Ball Valve, SS-45XS8-18623-NSR Ball Valve, has been placed in the NRC's 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)
This information is being held in confidence by Swagelok.
(b)
This information is of a type that is held in confidence by Swagelok, and there is a rational basis for doing so because the information contains sensitive commercial information concerning manufacturing of Swagelok valve components.
(c)
This information is being transmitted to the NRC in confidence.
G. Bischof (d)
This information is not available in public sources and could not be gathered readily from other publicly available information.
(e)
Public disclosure of this information would create substantial harm to the competitive position of Swagelok by disclosing confidential Swagelok manufacturing information to other parties whose commercial interests may be adverse to those of Swagelok. Furthermore, Swagelok has expanded significant engineering resources in the development of the information. Therefore, the use of this confidential information by competitors would permit them to use the information developed by Swagelok without the expenditure of similar resources, thus giving them a competitive advantage.
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.
G. Bischof If you have any questions regarding this matter, I may be reached at 301-415-1564.
Sincerely,
/RA/
Siva P. Lingam, Project Manager Plant Licensing Branch II-1 Division of Operating Reactor Licensing Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation Docket Nos. 50-305, 50-336, 50-423, 50-338, 50-339, 50-280, and 50-281 cc: See next page
ML073240098 OFFICE NRR/LPL2-1/PM NRR/LPL2-1/LA NRR/DE/EMCB/BC NRR/LPL2-1/BC NAME SLingam:nc MO=Brien KManoly EMarinos DATE 11/26/07 11/29/07 11/26/07 11/29/07
Kewaunee Power Station, Millstone Power Station, Units 2 and 3, North Anna Power Station, Unit Nos. 1 and 2, and Surry Power Station, Unit Nos. 1 & 2 cc:
Mr. David A. Christian President and Chief Nuclear Officer Virginia Electrical and Power Company Innsbrook Technical Center 5000 Dominion Boulevard Glen Allen, VA 23060-6711 Ms. Lillian M. Cuoco, Esq.
Senior Counsel Dominion Resources Services, Inc.
Building 475, 5th Floor Rope Ferry Road Waterford, Connecticut 06385 Mr. Donald E. Jernigan Site Vice President Surry Power Station Virginia Electric and Power Company 5570 Hog Island Road Surry, Virginia 23883-0315 Senior Resident Inspector Surry Power Station U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission 5850 Hog Island Road Surry, Virginia 23883 Chairman Board of Supervisors of Surry County Surry County Courthouse Surry, Virginia 23683 Dr. W. T. Lough Virginia State Corporation Commission Division of Energy Regulation Post Office Box 1197 Richmond, Virginia 23218 Dr. Robert B. Stroube, MD, MPH State Health Commissioner Office of the Commissioner Virginia Department of Health Post Office Box 2448 Richmond, Virginia 23218 Office of the Attorney General Commonwealth of Virginia 900 East Main Street Richmond, Virginia 23219 Mr. Chris L. Funderburk, Director Nuclear Licensing & Operations Support Dominion Resources Services, Inc.
Innsbrook Technical Center 5000 Dominion Blvd.
Glen Allen, Virginia 23060-6711 Mr. C. Lee Lintecum County Administrator Louisa County Post Office Box 160 Louisa, Virginia 23093 Old Dominion Electric Cooperative 4201 Dominion Blvd.
Glen Allen, Virginia 23060 Senior Resident Inspector North Anna Power Station U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission P. O. Box 490 Mineral, Virginia 23117 Mr. Daniel G. Stoddard Site Vice President North Anna Power Station Virginia Electric and Power Company Post Office Box 402 Mineral, Virginia 23117-0402
Kewaunee Power Station, Millstone Power Station, Units 2 and 3, North Anna Power Station, Unit Nos. 1 and 2, and Surry Power Station, Unit Nos. 1 & 2 cc:
Edward L. Wilds, Jr., Ph.D.
Director, Division of Radiation Department of Environmental Protection 79 Elm Street Hartford, CT 06106-5127 Regional Administrator, Region I U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission 475 Allendale Road King of Prussia, PA 19406 First Selectmen Town of Waterford 15 Rope Ferry Road Waterford, CT 06385 Charles Brinkman, Director Washington Operations Nuclear Services Westinghouse Electric Company 12300 Twinbrook Pkwy, Suite 330 Rockville, MD 20852 Senior Resident Inspector Millstone Power Station c/o U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission P. O. Box 513 Niantic, CT 06357 Mr. J. W. "Bill" Sheehan Co-Chair NEAC 19 Laurel Crest Drive Waterford, CT 06385 Ms. Nancy Burton 147 Cross Highway Redding Ridge, CT 00870 Mr. Evan W. Woollacott Co-Chair Nuclear Energy Advisory Council 128 Terrys Plain Road Simsbury, CT 06070 Mr. Joseph Roy Director of Operations Massachusetts Municipal Wholesale Electric Company P.O. Box 426 Ludlow, MA 01056 Mr. William D. Bartron Licensing Supervisor Dominion Nuclear Connecticut, Inc.
Building 475, 5th Floor Roper Ferry Road Waterford, CT 06385 Mr. J. Alan Price Site Vice President Dominion Nuclear Connecticut, Inc.
Building 475, 5th Floor Rope Ferry Road Waterford, CT 06385 Ms. Leslie N. Hartz Dominion Energy Kewaunee, Inc.
Kewaunee Power Station N 490 Highway 42 Kewaunee, WI 54216 Resident Inspectors Office U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission N490 Highway 42 Kewaunee, WI 54216-9510 Mr. Thomas L. Breene Dominion Energy Kewaunee, Inc.
Kewaunee Power Station N490 Highway 42 Kewaunee, WI 54216 Mr. David H. Peace Swagelok Company 29450 F. A. Lennon Drive Solon, Ohio 44139