ML15128A148

Request for Withholding Information from Public Disclosure Regarding License Amendment Request 14-04 for Seabrook Station, Unit 1

ML15128A148
Person / Time
Site:	Seabrook
Issue date:	06/05/2015
From:	John Lamb Plant Licensing Branch 1
To:	Dean Curtland NextEra Energy Seabrook
Lamb J, NRR/DORL/LPLI-2, 415-3100
References
TAC MF4576, TAC MF4577
Download: ML15128A148 (3)

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UNITED STATES NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION WASHINGTON, D.C. 20555-0001 June 5, 2015 Mr. Dean Curtland, Site Vice President c/o Michael Ossing Seabrook Station NextEra Energy Seabrook, LLC P.O. Box 300 Seabrook, NH 0387 4

SUBJECT:

REQUEST FOR WITHHOLDING INFORMATION FROM PUBLIC DISCLOSURE REGARDING LICENSE AMENDMENT REQUEST 14-04 FOR SEABROOK STATION, UNIT 1 (TAC NOS. MF4576 AND MF4577)

Dear Mr. Curtland:

By letter dated April 23, 2015, NextEra Energy Seabrook, LLC (NextEra or the licensee) submitted a Westinghouse Electric Company LLC (Westinghouse) affidavit dated April 15, 2015, executed by Mr. James A. Gresham (Enclosure 2 to NextEra's letter), for the Re-Submittal of Response to Request for Additional Information for License Amendment Request 14-04, "Revised Reactor Coolant System Pressure - Temperature Limits Applicable for 55 Effective Full Power Years."

NextEra requested that the information contained in Enclosure 3 to its letter be withheld from public disclosure pursuant to Title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations (10 CFR)

Section 2.390. Specifically, NextEra requested that the following document be withheld:

Re-submittal of Response to Request for Additional Information for License Amendment Request 14-04, "Revised Reactor Coolant System Pressure - Temperature Limits Applicable for 55 Effective Full Power Years" (Proprietary)

A non-proprietary copy of the document (Enclosure 1 to NextEra's letter) has been placed in the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission's (NRC's) Public Document Room (PDR) 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)(ii)(a) The information reveals the distinguishing aspects of a process (or component, structure, tool, method, etc.) where prevention of its use by any of Westinghouse's competitors without license from Westinghouse constitutes a competitive economic advantage over other companies.

(4 )(ii)(c) Its use 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 a similar product.

D. Curtland (4)(ii)(e) It reveals aspects of past, present, or future Westinghouse or customer funded development plans and programs of potential commercial value to Westinghouse.

The NRC staff has 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, has determined that the submitted information sought to be withheld contains proprietary commercial information and should be withheld from public disclosure.

Therefore, the above listed document 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, the NRC staff may send copies of this information to our consultants working in this area. The NRC staff 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, please contact me at (301) 415-3100.

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. Lamb, Senior Pr

• ct Manager Pl ,n Licensing Branch 1-2

• i ion of Operating Reactor Licensing e of Nuclear Reactor Regulation Docket No. 50-443 cc: Mr. James A. Gresham Manager, Regulatory Compliance Westinghouse Electric Co 1000 Westinghouse Drive, Bldg. 3 Cranberry Township, PA 16066 Additional distribution via Listserv

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