ML15272A069

Request for Withholding Information from Public Disclosure

ML15272A069
Person / Time
Site:	Waterford
Issue date:	10/01/2015
From:	Michael Orenak Plant Licensing Branch IV
To:	Entergy Operations
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TAC MF6459
Download: ML15272A069 (4)

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UNITED STATES NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION WASHINGTON, D.C. 20555-0001 October 1, 2015 Site Vice President Entergy Operations, Inc.

Waterford Steam Electric Station, Unit 3 17265 River Road Killona, LA 70057-3093

SUBJECT:

WATERFORD STEAM ELECTRIC STATION, UNIT 3 - REQUEST FOR WITHHOLDING INFORMATION FROM PUBLIC DISCLOSURE (TAC NO. MF6459)

Dear Sir or Madam:

By letter dated July 2, 2015 (Agencywide Documents Access and Management System (ADAMS) Accession No. ML15197A106), you submitted an affidavit dated June 26, 2015, executed by Mr. Henry A. Sepp, Director, CRE-Systems and Components Engineering, Westinghouse Electric Company LLC (Westinghouse), 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), Part 2, Section 2.390:

Attachment 2 of CE-15-284, Revision 0, "Fuel Management Adjustment to Radial Fall-off to Reserve Margin for Thermal Conductivity Degradation" (Proprietary)

A nonproprietary copy of the above document was not provided by the licensee.

In addition, by letter dated September 23, 2015 (ADAMS Accession No. ML15268A019),

you submitted an affidavit dated September 11, 2015, executed by Mr. James A.

Gresham, Manager, Regulatory Compliance, Westinghouse, requesting that the information contained in the following document be withheld from public disclosure pursuant to 10 CFR Section 2.390:

Attachment 2 of CE-15-284-P, Revision 1, "Fuel Management Adjustment to

[Radial Fall-off] to Reserve Margin for Thermal Conductivity Degradation."

(Proprietary)

A nonproprietary version of this document has been placed in the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission's (NRC) Public Document Room and added to the NRC Library in ADAMS under Accession No. ML15268A020.

The affidavits dated June 26, 2015, and September 11, 2015, stated that the submitted information should be considered exempt from mandatory public disclosure for the following reasons:

(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.

(b) It consists of supporting data, including test data, relative to a process (or component, structure, tool, method, etc.), the application of which data secures a competitive economic advantage, e.g., by optimization or improved marketability.

(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) It reveals cost or price information, production capacities, budget levels, or commercial strategies of Westinghouse, its customers or suppliers.

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

(f) It contains patentable ideas, for which patent protection may be desirable.

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 versions 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, the NRC may send copies of this information to our consultants working in this area. The NRC 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 the 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, please contact me at 301-415-3229 or Michael. Orenak@nrc.gov.

u Sincerely,

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Michael D. Orenak, Project Manager Plant Licensing IV-2 and Decommissioning Transition Branch Division of Operating Reactor Licensing Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation Docket No. 50-382 cc: Mr. James A. Gresham Manager, Regulatory Compliance Westinghouse Electric Company 1000 Westinghouse Drive, Building 3 Cranberry Township, PA 16066 Additional Distribution via Listserv

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