ML11304A068
| ML11304A068 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Prairie Island  |
| Issue date: | 10/20/2011 |
| From: | Schimmel M A Northern States Power Co, Xcel Energy |
| To: | Document Control Desk, NRC/NMSS/SFST |
| References | |
| L-PI-11-074 | |
| Download: ML11304A068 (8) | |
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'I\ ENCLOSURE 4 CONTAINS PROPRIETARY INFORMATION I Prairie Island Nuclear Generating Plant XcelEnergy 1717 Wakonade Drive East Welch, MN 55089 OCT 20 2011 L-PI-11-074 10 CFR 72.42 U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission ATTN: Document Control Desk Director, Division of Spent Fuel Storage and Transportation Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards Washington, DC 20555-0001 Prairie Island Independent Spent Fuel Storage Installation Docket No. 72-10 Materials License No. SNM-2506 Prairie Island Independent Spent Fuel Storage Installation (ISFSI) License Renewal Application Pursuant to 10 CFR 72.42, the Northern States Power Company, a Minnesota corporation, d/b/a Xcel Energy (hereafter "NSPM") submits an application for renewal of the Prairie Island site-specific ISFSI license. The current license expires on October 31, 2013. NSPM is requesting to extend this license an additional 40 years.Enclosure 1 to this letter contains the oath or affirmation statement required pursuant to 10 CFR 72.16(b).Enclosure 2 to this letter contains the affidavit and withholding request, pursuant to the requirements of 10 CFR 2.390(b)(1)(iii), regarding the trade secret information contained in Enclosure 4.Enclosure 3 to this letter contains the application for renewal of the Prairie Island ISFSI license, which was prepared in accordance with applicable provisions of 10 CFR 72, Subpart B, and NUREG-1927, "Standard Review Plan for Renewal of Spent Fuel Dry Cask Storage System Licenses and Certificates of Compliance," dated March 2011.Enclosure 4 to this letter contains an informational copy of the latest revision of the Prairie Island ISFSI Safety Analysis Report (SAR). Designated portions of the Prairie Island ISFSI SAR contain trade'secret information proprietary to TransnuclearK Inc.Enclosure 5 to this letter contains a nonproprietary version of the Prairie Island ISFSI SAR that may be disclosed to the public.
Document Control Desk Page 2 NSPM requests that the designated portions of the ISFSI SAR in Enclosure 4 be withheld from public disclosure pursuant to 10 CFR 2.390(a)(4).
The drawings, analyses and methodologies designated in this report are of commercial value and the competitive position of the owner, Transnuclear Inc., would be harmed if disclosed.
The application is being submitted on CD-ROM. If there are any questions or if additional information is needed, please contact Ms. Jennie Eckholt, NSPM Fleet Licensing Engineer, at 612-330-5788.
Summary of Commitments This letter contains one new commitment and no changes to existing commitments.
In Appendix C of Enclosure 3, NSPM makes the following commitment:
Regulatory Commitments Due Date/Event 1 Following the issuance of the renewed materials First SAR update in license, the summary descriptions of the ISFSI aging accordance with 10 CFR management program and Time-Limited Aging 72.70(c) following Analyses provided in Appendix C of Enclosure 3 will be issuance of renewed incorporated into the Prairie Island ISFSI Safety materials license.Analysis Report (SAR) as part of a periodic SAR update in accordance with 10 CFR 72.70(c).Mark A. Schimmel Site Vice President, Prairie Island Nuclear Generating Plant Northern States Power Company -Minnesota Enclosures (5)cc: Administrator, Region Ill, USNRC Director, Spent Fuel Project Office, USNRC NMSS Project Manager, Prairie Island ISFSI, USNRC NRR Project Manager, Prairie Island Nuclear Generating Plant, USNRC State of Minnesota Senior Resident Inspector, PINGP, USNRC The enclosed CD-ROM contains the following files: 001_Encl 3 PI ISFSI_LRA.pdf, 7,609 Kilobytes 002_Encl 4 PI ISFSISARVOLl_PROP.pdf, 28,860 Kilobytes, Proprietary 003_Encl 4 PI ISFSISARVOL2_PROP.pdf, 52,156 Kilobytes, Proprietary 004_Encl 5 PI ISFSISARVOLlNON PROP.pdf, 27,801 Kilobytes 005_Encl 5_P1ISFSISAR .VOL2_NON PROP.pdf, 43,578 Kilobytes ENCLOSURE I OATH OR AFFIRMATION PURSUANT TO 10 CFR 72.16 1 Page Follows UNITED STATES NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION NORTHERN STATES POWER COMPANY -MINNESOTA PRAIRIE ISLAND INDEPENDENT SPENT FUEL STORAGE INSTALLATION DOCKET NO. 72-10 REQUEST FOR RENEWAL OF MATERIALS LICENSE No. SNM-2506 PRAIRIE ISLAND INDEPENDENT SPENT FUEL STORAGE INSTALLATION LICENSE RENEWAL APPLICATION The Northern States Power Company, a Minnesota corporation, d/b/a Xcel Energy (hereafter "NSPM"), requests the approval of the application for renewal of the Prairie Island Independent Spent Fuel Storage Installation Materials License as disclosed in the attached Enclosure 3.This letter contains trade secret information, pursuant to 10 CFR 2.390(a)(4), in designated portions of Enclosure
- 4. The designated drawings, analyses, and methodologies are of commercial value and the competitive position of the owner, Transnuclear Inc., would be harmed if disclosed.
NORTHERN STATES POWER COMPANY -MINNESOTA By Mark A. Schimmel Site Vice President, Prairie Island Nuclear Generating Plant Northern States Power Company -Minnesota State of a/ .. JANET LOUISE SWANSON NOTARY PUBLIC -MiNNESOTA UMyS ?VrCOMMISSION EXPIRES 1-31-2012 County of _-. L On this D0 day of _C) DO( before me a notary public acting in said County, personally appeared Mark. A. Schimmel, Site Vice President, Prairie Island Nuclear Generating Plant, and being first duly sworn acknowledged that he is authorized to execute this document on behalf of NSPM, that he knows the contents thereof, and that to the best of his knowledge, information, and belief the statements made in it are true./lY~Page 1 of 1 ENCLOSURE2 PROPRIETARY AFFIDAVIT PURSUANT TO 10 CFR 2.390 2 Pages Follow TN E-31576 AFFIDAVIT PURSUANT TO 10 CFR 2.390 Transnuclear, Inc. )State of Maryland ) SS.County of Howard )I, Jayant Bondre, depose and say that I am a Vice President of Transnuclear, Inc., duly authorized to execute this affidavit, and have reviewed or caused to have reviewed the information which is identified as proprietary and referenced in the paragraph immediately below. I am submitting this affidavit in conformance with the provisions of 10 CFR 2.390 of the Commission's regulations for withholding this information.
The information for which proprietary treatment is sought, is contained in the Prairie Island Independent Spent Fuel Storage Installation (ISFSI) Safety Analysis Report (SAR), (Docket Number: 72-10, License Number: SNM-2506), Revision 14, as listed below: 1. SAR Appendix 3A, "TN-40 Cask Criticality Evaluation Computer Input" 2. SAR Appendix 7B, "Shielding Evaluation Computer Input" 3. Portions of SAR Section A1.5, SAR Drawings TN40HT-72 series, as follows:* Transnuclear Drawing TN40HT-72-2, Revision 1* Transnuclear Drawing TN40HT-72-3, Revision 0* Transnuclear Drawing TN40HT-72-4, Revision 0* Transnuclear Drawing TN40HT-72-5, Revision 0* Transnuclear Drawing TN40HT-72-6, Revision 0* Transnuclear Drawing TN40HT-72-7, Revision 0* Transnuclear Drawing TN40HT-72-8, Revision 0* Transnuclear Drawing TN40HT-72-9, Revision 0* Transnuclear Drawing TN40HT-72-21, Revision 3, Sheets 1,3,5,6, and 7* Transnuclear Drawing TN40HT-72-22, Revision 3 4. Portions of SAR Section A4.2.3.8, "Analysis of Fuel Cladding under Accident Condition Impact Loading," plus Tables A4.2-25 through -26 and Figures A4.2-5 through -12.5. Portions of SAR Section A3.3.2.2.8, "Heat Generation Rate as a Function of Spent Fuel Parameters." 6. SAR Appendix A3A, "TN-40HT Criticality Evaluation Computer Input." 7. Portions of SAR Section A4B. 1.5.6, "Evaluation of Basket Aluminum Components for Long Term Storage Deadweight," plus Figure A4B. 1-1.8. Portions of SAR Appendix A7B, "TN-40HT Shielding Evaluation Computer Input." These documents have been appropriately designated as proprietary.
I have personal knowledge of the criteria and procedures utilized by Transnuclear, Inc. in designating information as a trade secret, privileged or as confidential commercial or financial information.
Page 1 of 2 TN E-31576 Pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (b) (4) of Section 2.390 of the Commission's regulations, the following is furnished for consideration by the Commission in determining whether the information sought to be withheld from public disclosure, included in the above referenced document, should be withheld.1) The information sought to be withheld from public disclosure are portions of certain TN-40 and TN-40HT spent fuel storage cask design drawings and analyses, as included in the Prairie Island ISFSI SAR, which are owned and have been held in confidence by Transnuclear, Inc.2) The information is of a type customarily held in confidence by Transnuclear, Inc. and not customarily disclosed to the public. Transnuclear, Inc. has a rational basis for determining the types of information customarily held in confidence by it.3) Public disclosure of the information is likely to cause substantial harm to the competitive position of Transnuclear, Inc. because the information consists of descriptions of the design and analysis of dry spent fuel storage systems, the application of which provide a competitive economic advantage.
The availability of such information to competitors would enable them to modify their product to better compete with Transnuclear, Inc., take marketing or other actions to improve their product's position or impair the position of Transnuclear, Inc.'s product, and avoid developing similar data and analyses in support of their processes, methods or apparatus.
Further the deponent sayeth not.JayanYBondre Vice President, Transnuclear, Inc.Subscribed and sworn to me before this 3 rd day of October, 2011.Page 2 of 2 ENCLOSURE3 PRAIRIE ISLAND APPLICATION FOR RENEWAL OF THE INDEPENDENT SPENT FUEL STORAGE MATERIALS LICENSE 196 Pages Follow (CD-ROM)