RS-14-215, Request for Extraction of Enclosure D of Exelon Set 10 RAI Response Letter RS-14-084, Dated March 28, 2014, Related to the Braidwood and Byron, Units 1 and 2, License Renewal Application

Request for Extraction of Enclosure D of Exelon Set 10 RAI Response Letter RS-14-084, Dated March 28, 2014, Related to the Braidwood and Byron, Units 1 and 2, License Renewal Application

ML14181B207
Person / Time
Site:	Byron, Braidwood
Issue date:	06/30/2014
From:	Gallagher M Exelon Generation Co
To:	Document Control Desk, Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation
References
RS-14-215
Download: ML14181B207 (3)

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10 CFR 50 10 CFR 51 10 CFR 54 RS-14-215 June 30, 2014 U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Attention: Document Control Desk Washington, DC 20555-0001 Braidwood Station, Units 1 and 2 Facility Operating License Nos. NPF-72 and NPF-77 NRC Docket Nos. STN 50-456 and STN 50-457 Byron Station, Units 1 and 2 Facility Operating License Nos. NPF-37 and NPF-66 NRC Docket Nos. STN 50-454 and STN 50-455

Subject:

Request for Retraction of Enclosure D of Exelon Set 10 RAI Response Letter RS-14-084, dated March 28, 2014, related to the Byron Station, Units 1 and 2, and Braidwood Station, Units 1 and 2, License Renewal Application

References:

1. Letter from Michael P. Gallagher, Exelon Generation Company LLC (Exelon) to NRC Document Control Desk, dated May 29, 2013, "Application for Renewed Operating Licenses"

2. Letter from John W. Daily, US NRC to Michael P. Gallagher, Exelon, dated February 26, 2014, "Requests for Additional Information for the Review of the Byron Nuclear Station, Units 1 and 2, and Braidwood Nuclear Station, Units 1 and 2, License Renewal Application -Aging Management - Set 10 (TAC NOS.

MF1879, MF1880, MF1881, and MF1882)"

3. Letter from Michael P. Gallagher, Exelon to NRC Document Control Desk, dated March 28, 2014, "Responses to NRC Requests for Additional Information, Set 10, dated February 26, 2014 related to the Braidwood Station, Units 1 and 2 and Byron Station, Units 1 and 2 License Renewal Application"

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4. Letter from Lindsay R. Robinson, US NRC to Michael P. Gallagher, Exelon, dated May 14, 2014, "Request for Withholding Information from Public Disclosure (TAC Nos. MF1879, MF1880, MF1881, AND MF1882)"

5. Letter from Michael P. Gallagher, Exelon to NRC Document Control Desk, dated June 5, 2014, "Request for Withdrawal of Documents in accordance with 10 CFR 2.390(c), related to the Byron Station, Units 1 and 2, and Braidwood Station, Units 1 and 2, License Renewal Application" In Reference 1, Exelon Generation Company, LLC (Exelon) submitted the License Renewal Application (LRA) for the Byron Station, Units 1 and 2, and Braidwood Station, Units 1 and 2 (BBS). In Reference 2, the NRC requested additional information to support NRC staff review of the LRA. In Reference 3, Exelon submitted responses to these requests. Some of these responses (those contained in Enclosure B of Reference 3) contained information considered by Westinghouse Electric Company (Westinghouse) to be proprietary. Therefore, Reference 3 requested the information in Enclosure B to be withheld from public disclosure, in accordance with 10 CFR 2.390.

NRC staff review of Reference 3 concluded that some of the information sought to be withheld from public disclosure did not meet the requirements of 10 CFR 2.390 for withholding.

Therefore, the NRC issued the Reference 4 letter, denying the request for withholding, and providing Exelon an opportunity to request withdrawal of the documents in accordance with 10 CFR 2.390(c).

In Reference 5, Exelon requested withdrawal of Reference 3, Enclosure B, asking that the NRC return this document to Exelon. Reference 5 also explained that Exelon would be resubmitting information that was originally provided in Reference 3, after preparing that information such that it fully meets the requirements of 10 CFR 2.390 related to treatment of any information that is considered proprietary.

Subsequently, Exelon has determined that some of the information that is considered proprietary from Reference 3, Enclosure B was inadvertently included in Enclosure D of Reference 3. Therefore, since Enclosure D contains information considered by Westinghouse to be proprietary, Exelon now desires to retract Reference 3, Enclosure D and requests that the NRC return this document to Exelon.

Exelon plans to resubmit information replacing what was contained in Reference 3, Enclosures Band D, by July 15, 2014.

There are no new or revised regulatory commitments contained in this letter.

June 30, 2014 U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Page 3 If you have any questions, please contact Mr. Al Fulvio, Manager, Exelon License Renewal, at 610-765-5936.

I declare under penalty of perjury that the foregoing is true and correct.

Executed on Respectfully, Michael P. Gallagher Vice President - License Renewal Projects Exelon Generation Company, LLC cc: Regional Administrator- NRC Region Ill NRC Project Manager (Safety Review), NRR-DLR NRC Project Manager (Environmental Review), NRR-DLR NRC Senior Resident Inspector, Braidwood Station NRC Senior Resident Inspector, Byron Station NRC Project Manager, NRR-DORL-Braidwood and Byron Stations Illinois Emergency Management Agency - Division of Nuclear Safety