ML083150424

Request for Withholding Information from Public Disclosure for Browns Ferry Nuclear Plant

ML083150424
Person / Time
Site:	Browns Ferry
Issue date:	11/17/2008
From:	Ellen Brown Plant Licensing Branch II
To:	Campbell W Tennessee Valley Authority
Brown, E, NRR/DORL, 415-2315
References
TAC MD5262, TAC MD5263, TAC MD5264
Download: ML083150424 (5)

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UNITED STATES NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION WASHINGTON, D.C. 20555-0001 November 17, 2008 Mr. William R. Campbell, Jr.

Chief Nuclear Officer and Executive Vice President Tennessee Valley Authority 6A Lookout Place 1101 Market Street Chattanooga, TN 37402-2801 SUB..IECT:

BROWNS FERRY NUCLEAR PLANT, UNITS 1,2, AND 3 - REQUEST FOR WITHHOLDING INFORMATION FROM PUBLIC DISCLOSURE FOR BROWNS FERRY NUCLEAR PLANT (TAC NOS. MD5262, MD5263 AND MD5264)

Dear Mr. Campbell:

By letters dated March 6, and April 4, 2008, the Tennessee Valley Authority submitted affidavits dated March 5 and 31, and April 2, 2008, executed by Alan J. Bilanin and Barbara A. Agans on behalf of Continuum Dynamics, Incorporated (CDI), requesting that information contained in the following documents be withheld from public disclosure pursuant to Title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations (10 CFR) Section 2.390: to a letter dated March 6, 2008 - Response to Round 15 Request for Additional Information (RAI) Regarding Steam Dryer Analyses, Group 2; to a letter dated March 6, 2008 - CDI Report No.08-06P, Stress Assessment of Browns Ferry Nuclear Unit 1 Steam Dryer; to a letter dated March 6, 2008 - CDI Report No.08-04P, Acoustic and Low Frequency, Hydrodynamic Loads at CL TP Power Level on Browns Ferry Nuclear Unit 1 Steam Dryer to 250 HZ; to a letter dated March 6, 2008 - CDI Report No.07-30P, Limit Curve Analysis with ACM Rev. 4 for Power Ascension at Browns Ferry Nuclear Unit 1; to a letter dated April 4, 2008 - Response to Round 15 and 16 Requests for Additional Information (RAI) Regarding Steam Dryer Analyses, Group 3; to a letter dated April 4, 2008 - CDI Report No.08-07P, Stress Assessment of Browns Ferry Nuclear Unit 2 Steam Dryer; to a letter dated April 4, 2008 - CDI Report No.08-05P, Acoustic and Low Frequency Hydrodynamic Loads at CLTP Power Level on Browns Ferry Nuclear Unit 2 Steam Dryer to 250 Hz with Noise Removed;

W. Campbell, Jr.

- 2 to a letter dated April 4, 2008 - COl Technical Note No. OB-13P, Limit Curve Analysis with ACM Rev. 4 for Power Ascension at Browns Ferry Nuclear Unit 2.

Non-proprietary copies of these documents have been placed in the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission's (!\\IRC's) 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:

(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.1. constitutes a competitive 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; (c)

Information which discloses patentable subject matter for which it may be desirable to obtain patent protection. 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.

We have reviewed your application and the material in accordance with the requirements of 10 CFR 2.390 and, on the basis of the statements in the affidavit, 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, 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.

W. Campbell, Jr.

- 3 If you have any questions regarding this matter, I may be reached at 301-415-2315.

Sincerely, IRA!

Eva A. Brown, Senior Project Manager Plant Licensing Branch 11-2 Division of Operating Reactor Licensing Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation Docket Nos. 50-259, 50-260, and 50-296 cc: See next page

Tennessee Valley Authority BROWNS FERRY NUCLEAR PLANT cc:

Chairman Limestone County Commission 310 West Washington Street Athens, AL 35611 Alan J. Bilanin President and Senior Associate Continuum Dynamics, Inc.

34 Lexington Avenue Ewing, NJ 08618-2302 Barbara A. Agans Director, Business Administration of Continuum Dynamics, Inc.

34 Lexington Avenue Ewing, NJ 08618-2302 Additional Distribution via ListServ

W. Campbell, Jr.

- 3 If you have any questions regarding this matter, I may be reached at 301-415-2315.

Sincerely, IRA!

Eva A. Brown, Senior Project Manager Plant Licensing Branch 11-2 Division of Operating Reactor Licensing Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation Docket Nos_ 50-259, 50-260, and 50-296 cc: See next page DISTRIBUTION:

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