ML091480788

Request for Withholding Information from Public Disclosure

ML091480788
Person / Time
Site:	Monticello
Issue date:	06/08/2009
From:	Tam P Plant Licensing Branch III
To:	O'Connor T Northern States Power Co
Tam P
References
TAC MD9990
Download: ML091480788 (4)

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• • • • -i' Mr. Timothy J. O'Connor Site Vice President Monticello Nuclear Generating Plant Northern States Power Company - Minnesota 2807 West County Road 75 Monticello, MN 55362-9637

SUBJECT:

MONTICELLO NUCLEAR GENERATING PLANT - REQUEST FOR WITHHOLDING INFORMATION FROM PUBLIC DISCLOSURE (TAC NO. MD9990)

Dear Mr. O'Connor:

By letter dated May 13, 2009 (Agencywide Documents Access and Management System (ADAMS) Accession No. ML091410117), you responded to a Request for Additional Information (RAI) from the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) staff. Your submittal included Enclosure 4, "Average Power Range Monitor Selected PRNM Licensing Setpoints EPU Operation NUMAC)" (ADAMS Accession No. ML091410126); Calculation CA-08-050, Rev. 0, "Instrument Setpoint Calculations - Average Power Range Monitor (APRM) Non-Flow Biased PRNM Setpoints for CLTP and EPU" (Accession No. ML091410124); and Enclosure 3 (ADAMS Accession No. ML091410120), an affidavit executed by Mr. James F. Harrison ofGE-Hitachi Nuclear Energy Americas LLC (GEH), dated May 11, 2009, requesting that the first two documents be withheld from public disclosure pursuant to Title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations (10 CFR), Part 2, Section 2.390.

The affidavit stated that the entire Enclosure 4 and Calculation CA-08-050, Rev. 0, 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 GEH's competitors without license from GEH 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 GEH's affidavit in accordance with the requirements of 10 CFR 2.390, and on the basis of its statements, we have determined that the submitted information sought to be withheld contains proprietary commercial information and should be withheld from public disclosure.

Therefore, the entire Enclosure 4, which is 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.

T. J. O'Connor -2 We have released to the public as one package your May 13, 2009, letter and Mr. Harrison's affidavit (ADAMS Accession 1\10. ML091410120).

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 regarding this matter, I may be reached at 301-415-1451.

SC?~IL Peter S. Tam, Senior Project Manager Plant Licensing Branch 111-1 Division of Operating Reactor Licensing Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation Docket No. 50-263 cc: Additional Distribution via ListServ

Monticello Nuclear Generating Plant cc:

Mr. James F. Harrison Vice President, Fuels Licensing Regulatory Affairs GE-Hitachi Nuclear Energy Americas LLC 3901 Castle Hayne Road Wilmington, NC 28401 Additional Distribution via ListServ

ML091410120).

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 regarding this matter, I may be reached at 301-415-1451.

Sincerely, IRAJ Peter S. Tam, Senior Project Manager Plant Licensing Branch 111-1 Division of Operating Reactor Licensing Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation Docket No. 50-263 cc: Additional Distribution via ListServ DISTRIBUTION:

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