ML081260351
| ML081260351 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Oyster Creek (DPR-016) |
| Issue date: | 05/20/2008 |
| From: | Borchardt R NRC/EDO |
| To: | Connors C, Rumpf B, Vanpelt D State of NJ, State of NJ, Senate & General Assembly |
| ASHLEY D NRR/DLR/RLRA 415-3191 | |
| Shared Package | |
| ML081270559 | List: |
| References | |
| EDATS: SECY-2008-0249, FOIA/PA-2009-0070, G20080288, LTR-08-0240, TAC MD8614 | |
| Download: ML081260351 (14) | |
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May 20, 2008 The Honorable Christopher J. Connors New Jersey Senator 9th District Legislative Offices 620 West Lacey Road Forked River, NJ 08731
Dear Mr. Connors:
On behalf of the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC), I am responding to your April 16, 2008, letter conveying the concerns of the Legislative Delegation for the 9th District of New Jersey. You requested that the NRC release the analysis and results of AmerGens 3-D structural analysis of the Oyster Creek Generating Station (Oyster Creek) drywall shell.
The NRC cannot release proprietary information to the public without consent of the owner of the information. Our standard practice is to obtain a nonproprietary summary report so that the public is aware of the findings for these analyses. The calculations contain proprietary design information owned by General Electric and other entities outside of AmerGen. As discussed in our regulations, the staff is required to protect from public disclosure information that has been submitted as proprietary information in accordance with 10 CFR 2.390 and that the NRC has found to be proprietary. A summary report balances the need to protect proprietary data with the necessity to make the findings of the analysis public.
As part of the licensee renewal process, the applicant must meet commitments and conditions prior to entering the period of extended operation. For example, the 3-D analysis is one of many commitments that AmerGen must meet prior to the period of extended operation. The staff will inspect these commitments and license conditions using an onsite NRC inspection team, whose results will be documented in a publicly available inspection report. The NRC is not currently in possession and control of the AmerGen calculations for its 3-D finite-element analysis of the drywell shell at Oyster Creek. However, AmerGen has committed to providing the full analysis onsite for review by not only the NRC staff but also the State of New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection staff. The State of New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection has participated in other onsite audits or inspections at Oyster Creek, as well.
If you have any additional questions, please do not hesitate to contact me.
Sincerely,
/RA RPZimmerman for/
R. W. Borchardt Executive Director for Operations cc: See next page
If you have any additional questions, please do not hesitate to contact me.
Sincerely,
/RA RPZimmerman for/
R. W. Borchardt Executive Director for Operations cc: See next page Docket No. 50-219 Identical letters sent to: Senator C. Connors, Assemblyman B. Rumpf, and Assemblyman Daniel M. Van Pelt.
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Oyster Creek Nuclear Generating Station cc Site Vice President - Oyster Creek Nuclear Generating Station AmerGen Energy Company, LLC P.O. Box 388 Forked River, NJ 08731 Senior Vice President-Operations Support AmerGen Energy Company, LLC 4300 Winfield Road Warrenville, IL 60555 Kathryn M. Sutton, Esquire Morgan, Lewis, & Bockius LLP 1111 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW Washington, DC 20004 Patrick Mulligan, Chief Bureau of Nuclear Engineering New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection 25 Arctic Parkway Ewing, NJ 08638 Vice President - Licensing and Regulatory Affairs AmerGen Energy Company, LLC 4300 Winfield Road Warrenville, IL 60555 Regional Administrator, Region I U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission 475 Allendale Road King of Prussia, PA 19406-1415 Mayor of Lacey Township 818 West Lacey Road Forked River, NJ 08731 Manager Regulatory Assurance Oyster Creek Generating Station AmerGen Energy Company, LLC P.O. Box 388 Forked River, NJ 08731 Senior Resident Inspector U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission P.O. Box 445 Forked River, NJ 08731 Director - Licensing and Regulatory Affairs AmerGen Energy Company, LLC Correspondence Control P.O. Box 160 Kennett Square, PA 19348 Manager Licensing - Oyster Creek Exelon Generation Company, LLC Correspondence Control P.O. Box 160 Kennett Square, PA 19348 Ron Bellamy, Region I U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission 475 Allendale Road King of Prussia, PA 19406-1415 Correspondence Control Desk AmerGen Energy Company, LLC 200 Exelon Way, KSA 1-N-1 Kennett Square, PA 19348 Plant Manager Oyster Creek Nuclear Generating Station AmerGen Energy Company, LLC P.O. Box 388 Forked River, NJ 08731 Associate General Counsel Exelon Generation Company, LLC 4300 Winfield Road Warrenville, IL 60555 Chief Operating Officer (COO)
AmerGen Energy Company, LLC 4300 Winfield Road Warrenville, IL 60555
Oyster Creek Nuclear Generating Station cc Senior Vice President - Mid-Atlantic Operations AmerGen Energy Company, LLC 200 Exelon Way, KSA 3-N Kennett Square, PA 19348 Honorable Lisa P. Jackson Commissioner NJ Department of Environmental Protection 401 E. State St.
7th Floor, East Wing P.O. Box 402 Trenton, NJ 08625-0402
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May 20, 2008 The Honorable Brian E. Rumpf New Jersey Assemblyman 9th District Legislative Offices 620 West Lacey Road Forked River, NJ 08731
Dear Mr. Rumpf:
On behalf of the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC), I am responding to your April 16, 2008, letter conveying the concerns of the Legislative Delegation for the 9th District of New Jersey. You requested that the NRC release the analysis and results of AmerGens 3-D structural analysis of the Oyster Creek Generating Station (Oyster Creek) drywall shell.
The NRC cannot release proprietary information to the public without consent of the owner of the information. Our standard practice is to obtain a nonproprietary summary report so that the public is aware of the findings for these analyses. The calculations contain proprietary design information owned by General Electric and other entities outside of AmerGen. As discussed in our regulations, the staff is required to protect from public disclosure information that has been submitted as proprietary information in accordance with 10 CFR 2.390 and that the NRC has found to be proprietary. A summary report balances the need to protect proprietary data with the necessity to make the findings of the analysis public.
As part of the licensee renewal process, the applicant must meet commitments and conditions prior to entering the period of extended operation. For example, the 3-D analysis is one of many commitments that AmerGen must meet prior to the period of extended operation. The staff will inspect these commitments and license conditions using an onsite NRC inspection team, whose results will be documented in a publicly available inspection report. The NRC is not currently in possession and control of the AmerGen calculations for its 3-D finite-element analysis of the drywell shell at Oyster Creek. However, AmerGen has committed to providing the full analysis onsite for review by not only the NRC staff but also the State of New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection staff. The State of New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection has participated in other onsite audits or inspections at Oyster Creek, as well.
If you have any additional questions, please do not hesitate to contact me.
Sincerely,
/RA RPZimmerman for/
R. W. Borchardt Executive Director for Operations cc: See next page
Oyster Creek Nuclear Generating Station cc Site Vice President - Oyster Creek Nuclear Generating Station AmerGen Energy Company, LLC P.O. Box 388 Forked River, NJ 08731 Senior Vice President-Operations Support AmerGen Energy Company, LLC 4300 Winfield Road Warrenville, IL 60555 Kathryn M. Sutton, Esquire Morgan, Lewis, & Bockius LLP 1111 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW Washington, DC 20004 Patrick Mulligan, Chief Bureau of Nuclear Engineering New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection 25 Arctic Parkway Ewing, NJ 08638 Vice President - Licensing and Regulatory Affairs AmerGen Energy Company, LLC 4300 Winfield Road Warrenville, IL 60555 Regional Administrator, Region I U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission 475 Allendale Road King of Prussia, PA 19406-1415 Mayor of Lacey Township 818 West Lacey Road Forked River, NJ 08731 Manager Regulatory Assurance Oyster Creek Generating Station AmerGen Energy Company, LLC P.O. Box 388 Forked River, NJ 08731 Senior Resident Inspector U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission P.O. Box 445 Forked River, NJ 08731 Director - Licensing and Regulatory Affairs AmerGen Energy Company, LLC Correspondence Control P.O. Box 160 Kennett Square, PA 19348 Manager Licensing - Oyster Creek Exelon Generation Company, LLC Correspondence Control P.O. Box 160 Kennett Square, PA 19348 Ron Bellamy, Region I U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission 475 Allendale Road King of Prussia, PA 19406-1415 Correspondence Control Desk AmerGen Energy Company, LLC 200 Exelon Way, KSA 1-N-1 Kennett Square, PA 19348 Plant Manager Oyster Creek Nuclear Generating Station AmerGen Energy Company, LLC P.O. Box 388 Forked River, NJ 08731 Associate General Counsel Exelon Generation Company, LLC 4300 Winfield Road Warrenville, IL 60555 Chief Operating Officer (COO)
AmerGen Energy Company, LLC 4300 Winfield Road Warrenville, IL 60555
Oyster Creek Nuclear Generating Station cc Senior Vice President - Mid-Atlantic Operations AmerGen Energy Company, LLC 200 Exelon Way, KSA 3-N Kennett Square, PA 19348 Honorable Lisa P. Jackson Commissioner NJ Department of Environmental Protection 401 E. State St.
7th Floor, East Wing P.O. Box 402 Trenton, NJ 08625-0402
May 20, 2008 The Honorable Daniel M. Van Pelt New Jersey Assemblyman 9th District Legislative Offices 620 West Lacey Road Forked River, NJ 08731
Dear Mr. Van Pelt:
On behalf of the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC), I am responding to your April 16, 2008, letter conveying the concerns of the Legislative Delegation for the 9th District of New Jersey. You requested that the NRC release the analysis and results of AmerGens 3-D structural analysis of the Oyster Creek Generating Station (Oyster Creek) drywall shell.
The NRC cannot release proprietary information to the public without consent of the owner of the information. Our standard practice is to obtain a nonproprietary summary report so that the public is aware of the findings for these analyses. The calculations contain proprietary design information owned by General Electric and other entities outside of AmerGen. As discussed in our regulations, the staff is required to protect from public disclosure information that has been submitted as proprietary information in accordance with 10 CFR 2.390 and that the NRC has found to be proprietary. A summary report balances the need to protect proprietary data with the necessity to make the findings of the analysis public.
As part of the licensee renewal process, the applicant must meet commitments and conditions prior to entering the period of extended operation. For example, the 3-D analysis is one of many commitments that AmerGen must meet prior to the period of extended operation. The staff will inspect these commitments and license conditions using an onsite NRC inspection team, whose results will be documented in a publicly available inspection report. The NRC is not currently in possession and control of the AmerGen calculations for its 3-D finite-element analysis of the drywell shell at Oyster Creek. However, AmerGen has committed to providing the full analysis onsite for review by not only the NRC staff but also the State of New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection staff. The State of New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection has participated in other onsite audits or inspections at Oyster Creek, as well.
D. Van Pelt If you have any additional questions, please do not hesitate to contact me.
Sincerely,
/RA RPZimmerman for/
R. W. Borchardt Executive Director for Operations cc: See next page
Oyster Creek Nuclear Generating Station cc Site Vice President - Oyster Creek Nuclear Generating Station AmerGen Energy Company, LLC P.O. Box 388 Forked River, NJ 08731 Senior Vice President-Operations Support AmerGen Energy Company, LLC 4300 Winfield Road Warrenville, IL 60555 Kathryn M. Sutton, Esquire Morgan, Lewis, & Bockius LLP 1111 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW Washington, DC 20004 Patrick Mulligan, Chief Bureau of Nuclear Engineering New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection 25 Arctic Parkway Ewing, NJ 08638 Vice President - Licensing and Regulatory Affairs AmerGen Energy Company, LLC 4300 Winfield Road Warrenville, IL 60555 Regional Administrator, Region I U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission 475 Allendale Road King of Prussia, PA 19406-1415 Mayor of Lacey Township 818 West Lacey Road Forked River, NJ 08731 Manager Regulatory Assurance Oyster Creek Generating Station AmerGen Energy Company, LLC P.O. Box 388 Forked River, NJ 08731 Senior Resident Inspector U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission P.O. Box 445 Forked River, NJ 08731 Director - Licensing and Regulatory Affairs AmerGen Energy Company, LLC Correspondence Control P.O. Box 160 Kennett Square, PA 19348 Manager Licensing - Oyster Creek Exelon Generation Company, LLC Correspondence Control P.O. Box 160 Kennett Square, PA 19348 Ron Bellamy, Region I U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission 475 Allendale Road King of Prussia, PA 19406-1415 Correspondence Control Desk AmerGen Energy Company, LLC 200 Exelon Way, KSA 1-N-1 Kennett Square, PA 19348 Plant Manager Oyster Creek Nuclear Generating Station AmerGen Energy Company, LLC P.O. Box 388 Forked River, NJ 08731 Associate General Counsel Exelon Generation Company, LLC 4300 Winfield Road Warrenville, IL 60555 Chief Operating Officer (COO)
AmerGen Energy Company, LLC 4300 Winfield Road Warrenville, IL 60555
Oyster Creek Nuclear Generating Station cc:
Senior Vice President - Mid-Atlantic Operations AmerGen Energy Company, LLC 200 Exelon Way, KSA 3-N Kennett Square, PA 19348 Honorable Lisa P. Jackson Commissioner NJ Department of Environmental Protection 401 E. State St.
7th Floor, East Wing P.O. Box 402 Trenton, NJ 08625-0402