ML11340A085

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Request for Withholding Information from Public Disclosure
ML11340A085
Person / Time
Site: Harris Duke Energy icon.png
Issue date: 12/19/2011
From: Mozafari B
Plant Licensing Branch II
To: Jefferson W
Progress Energy Carolinas
Gleaves B (301) 415-5848
References
TAC ME6999
Download: ML11340A085 (3)


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UNITED STATES NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION WASHINGTON, D.C. 20555-0001 December 19, 2011 Mr. William Jefferson, Jr., Vice President Shearon Harris Nuclear Power Plant Progress Energy Carolinas, Inc.

Post Office Box 165, Mail Code: Zone 1 New Hill, North Carolina 27562-0165

SUBJECT:

SHEARON HARRIS NUCLEAR POWER PLANT, UNIT 1 - REQUEST FOR WITHHOLDING INFORMATION FROM PUBLIC DISCLOSURE (TAC NO. ME6999)

Dear Mr. Jefferson:

By letter dated August 22, 2011, Carolina Power & Light Company, the licensee (doing business as Progress Energy Carolinas, Inc.), submitted an affidavit dated August 5, 2011, executed by Gayle F. Elliott, Manager. Product Licensing, AREVA NP Inc. (AREVA NP), requesting that the information contained in the following document be withheld from public disclosure pursuant to Title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations (10 CFR), Part 2, Section 2.390:, AREVA Report ANP-3011 (P), Revision 1 (Proprietary) (162 pages)

The affidavit stated that the submitted information should be considered exempt from mandatory public disclosure for the reasons set forth in paragraphs 6(b) and 6(c) as follows:

6(b)

Use of the information by a competitor would permit the competitor to significantly reduce its expenditures, in time or resources, to design, produce, or market a similar product or service.

6(c)

The information includes test data or analytical techniques concerning a process, methodology, or component, the application of which results in a competitive advantage for AREVA NP.

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, Enclosure 3, 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.

W. Jefferson

- 2 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 Nuclear Regulatory Commission (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 adverseto 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 301-415-2020.

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Brenda L. Mozafari, Senior Proje Manager Plant Licensing Branch 11-2 Division of Operating Reactor Licensing Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation Docket No. 50-400 cc:

Gayle F. Elliott Manager, Product Licensing AREVA NP Inc.

P.O. Box 10935 3315 Old Forest Road Lynchburg, VA 24506-0935 Additional Distribution via Listserv

ML11340A085 OFFICE LPL2-2/PM LPL2-2/LA LPL2-2/BC LPL2-2/PM

. NAME WGleaves CSoia DBroaddus BMozafari II DATE 12/09/11 12/07/11 12/14/11 12/19/11 II