ML15051A023

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Request for Withholding Information from Public Disclosure (Tac No. MF5431)
ML15051A023
Person / Time
Site: Pilgrim
Issue date: 02/25/2015
From: Nadiyah Morgan
Plant Licensing Branch 1
To: Dent J
Entergy Nuclear Operations
Morgan N
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TAC MF5431
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UNITED STATES NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION WASHINGTON, D.C. 20555-0001 Mr. John A. Dent, Jr.

Site Vice President Entergy Nuclear Operations, Inc.

Pilgrim Nuclear Power Station 600 Rocky Hill Road Plymouth, MA 02360 February 25, 2015

SUBJECT:

PILGRIM NUCLEAR POWER STATION-REQUEST FOR WITHHOLDING INFORMATION FROM PUBLIC DISCLOSURE (TAC NO. MF5431)

Dear Mr. Dent" By letter dated December 10, 2014 (Agencywide Documents Access and Management System (ADAMS) Accession No. ML14349A495), you submitted an affidavit dated September 17, 2014, executed by Mr. Lukas Trosman of Global Nuclear Fuel - Americas, LLC, (GNF-A) 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) Section 2.390:

Global Nuclear Fuels Report, GNF-001N8659-R1-P, "GNF Additional Information Regarding the Requested Changes to the Technical Specification SLMCPR

[Safety Limit Minimum Critical Power Ratio], Pilgrim Cycle 21" A nonproprietary copy of this document has been placed in the Nuclear Regulatory Commission's (NRC's) Public Document Room and added to the NRC Library under ADAMS Accession No. ML14349A496.

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

Information that discloses a process, method, or apparatus, including supporting data and analyses, where prevention of its use by GNF-A's competitors without license from GNF-A constitutes a competitive economic' advantage over other companies; and Information which, if used by a competitor, would reduce his expenditure of resources or improve his competitive position in the design, manufacture, shipment, installation, assurance of quality, or licensing of a similar product.

We have reviewed your application and the material in accordance with the requirements of 1 O 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 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.

If you have any questions regarding this matter, I may be reached at 301-415-1016.

Docket No. 50-293 cc: Distribution via Listserv Mr. Lukas Trosman Sincerely, N (jiyah S. Morgan, Project Manager Plant Licensing Branch 1-1 Division of Operating Reactor Licensing Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation Engineering Manager, Reload Design and Analysis Global Nuclear Fuel - Americas, LLC 3901 Castle Hayne Road Wilmington, NC 28401

ML15051A023 OFFICE NRR/DORL/LPLl-1/PM N RR/DORL/LPLl-1 /LA NAME NMorgan KGoldstein DATE 2/24/2015 02/20/15