ML15042A530

Request for Withholding Information from Public Disclosure for Peach Bottom Atomic Power Station, Unit Nos. 2 and 3

ML15042A530
Person / Time
Site:	Peach Bottom
Issue date:	03/23/2015
From:	Richard Ennis Plant Licensing Branch 1
To:	Bryan Hanson Exelon Generation Co, Exelon Nuclear
Rick Ennis, NRR/DORL/LPLI-2, 415-1420
References
TAC MF4760, TAC MF4761
Download: ML15042A530 (3)

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UNITED ST ATES NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION WASHINGTON, D.C. 20555-0001 March 23, 2015 Mr. Bryan C. Hanson President and Chief Nuclear Officer Exelon Nuclear 4300 Winfield Road Warrenville, IL 60555

SUBJECT:

REQUEST FOR WITHHOLDING INFORMATION FROM PUBLIC DISCLOSURE FOR PEACH BOTTOM ATOMIC POWER STATION, UNIT NOS. 2 AND 3 (TAC NOS. MF4760 AND MF4761)

Dear Mr. Hanson:

By letter dated February 6, 2015, Exelon Generation Company, LLC (Exelon) submitted an affidavit dated January 28, 2015, by GE-Hitachi Nuclear Energy Americas LLC (GEH) executed by Ms. Lisa K. Schichlein (Attachment 5 to Exelon's letter), to the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC). Exelon requested that the information contained in Attachment 3 to its letter be withheld from public disclosure pursuant to Title 1O of the Code of Federal Regulations (10 CFR) Section 2.390. Specifically, Exelon requested that the following document be withheld:

Responses to Containment and Ventilation Branch Requests for Additional Information (Proprietary)

A non-proprietary copy of the document (Attachment 4 to Exelon's letter) has been placed in the NRC's Public Document Room and added to the Agencywide Documents Access and Management System Public Electronic Reading Room.

The affidavit stated that the submitted information should be considered exempt from mandatory public disclosure for the following reasons:

(4)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; and (4)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.

B. Hanson 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, the version of the submitted information 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 document. 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 tor handling proprietary information.

If the basis tor 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 301-415-1420.

Sincerely, Richard B. Ennis, Senior Project Manager Plant Licensing Branch 1-2 Division of Operating Reactor Licensing Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation Docket Nos. 50-277 and 50-278 cc: Ms. Lisa K. Schichlein Senior Project Manager, NPP/Services Licensing Regulatory Affairs GE-Hitachi Nuclear Energy Americas LLC 3901 Castle Hayne Road Wilmington, NC 28401 Additional Distribution via Listserv

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