ML13219A347

Request for Withholding Information from Public Disclosure - 7/5/12, 8/19/12, 9/1/12, and 9/17/12 Letters Regarding Summary Report After Achieving EPU Power Level for the Replacement Steam Dryer

ML13219A347
Person / Time
Site:	Grand Gulf
Issue date:	09/05/2013
From:	Wang A Plant Licensing Branch IV
To:	Entergy Operations
Wang A
References
TAC ME4679
Download: ML13219A347 (4)

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UNITED STATES NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION WASHINGTON, D.C. 20555-0001 September 5,2013 Vice President, Operations Entergy Operations, Inc.

Grand Gulf Nuclear Station P.O. Box 756 Port Gibson, MS 39150

SUBJECT:

REQUEST FOR WITHHOLDING INFORMATION FROM PUBLIC DISCLOSURE FOR GRAND GULF NUCLEAR STATION, UNIT 1 (TAC NO. ME4679)

Dear Sir or Madam:

By letters dated July 5,2012, August 19, 2012, September 1, 2012, and September 17,2012 (Agencywide Documents Access and Management System (ADAMS) Accession Nos. ML12192A113, ML12233A182, ML12248A356, and ML12261A312, respectively), you submitted affidavits dated July 1, 2012, August 16, 2012, August 30,2012, and September 14, 2012, respectively, executed by Mr. Edward D. Schrull, GE-Hitachi Nuclear Energy Americas LLC (GEH). In these letters, you requested that the information contained in the following documents be withheld from public disclosure pursuant to Title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations (10 CFR), Part 2, Section 2.390:

Attachment to letter GNRO-2012/00075 dated July 5, 2012, GEH Report NEDC-33765P, Revision 0, "Grand Gulf Nuclear Station - Replacement Steam Dryer Power Ascension Monitoring - Current Licensed Thermal Power Test Report (GEH Proprietary Information)."

Attachment to letter GNRO-2012/00097 dated August 19, 2012, GEH Report NEDC-33765P, Supplement 1, "Grand Gulf Nuclear Station - Replacement Steam Dryer Power Accession Monitoring - Test Point 4102 MWth (GEH Proprietary Information)."

Attachment to letter GNRO-20121001 04 dated September 1, 2012, GEH Report NEDC-33765P, Supplement 2, "Grand Gulf Nuclear Station - Replacement Steam Dryer Power Accession Monitoring - Test Point 4306 MWth (GEH Proprietary Information)."

Attachment to letter GNRO-2012/0112 dated September 17, 2012, GEH Report NEDC-33765, Supplement 3, "Grand Gulf Nuclear Station - Replacement Steam Dryer Power Accession Monitoring - Test Point 4408 MWth (GEH Proprietary Information)."

No publicly available version of the Attachments to the letters dated July 5, 2012, August 19, 2012, September 1, 2012, and September 17,2012, were prepared as GEH has stated that a vast majority of the reports are proprietary and a non-proprietary version would be of no value.

The affidavits dated July 1, 2012, August 16, 2012, August 30, 2012, and September 14, 2012,

- 2 stated that the submitted information 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 that, if used by a competitor, would reduce their expenditure of resources or improve their competitive position in the design, manufacture, shipment, installation, assurance of quality, or licensing of a similar product.

We have reviewed your applications and the material in accordance with the requirements of 10 CFR 2.390 and, on the basis of the statements in the affidavits, have determined that the submitted information sought to be withheld contains proprietary commercial information and should be withheld from public disclosure.

Therefore, the cited attachments above will be withheld from public disclosure pursuant to 10 CFR 2.390(b )(5) and Section 1 03(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.

- 3 If you have any questions, please contact me at 301-415-1445 or via e-mail at alan.wang@nrc.gov.

Sincerely, X¥t(\\,0., ~ ~

AI~ang, Project Manager Plant Licensing Branch IV Division of Operating Reactor Licensing Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation Docket No. 50-416 cc:

Edward D. Schrull Vice President, Regulatory Affairs Services Licensing GE-Hitachi Nuclear Energy Americas LLC 3901 Castle Hayne Rd.

Wilmington, NC 28401 Additional Distribution via Listserv

- 3 If you have any questions, please contact me at 301-415-1445 or via e-mail at alan.wang@nrc.gov.

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Edward D. Schrull Vice President, Regulatory Affairs Services Licensing GE-Hitachi Nuclear Energy Americas LLC 3901 Castle Hayne Rd.

Wilmington, NC 28401 Additional Distribution via Listserv DISTRIBUTION:

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