ML17187A906
| ML17187A906 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Dresden  |
| Issue date: | 04/08/1997 |
| From: | Stang J NRC (Affiliation Not Assigned) |
| To: | Johnson I COMMONWEALTH EDISON CO. |
| References | |
| NUDOCS 9704140114 | |
| Download: ML17187A906 (5) | |
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y UNITED STATES NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION WASHINGTON, D.C. 2055f>-0001 April 8, 1997 Ms. Irene.Johnson, Acting Manager Nuclear Regulatory Services Commonwealth Edison Company Executive Towers West III 1
1400 Opus Place, Suite 500 Downers Grove, IL 60515
SUBJECT:
REQUEST FOR WITHHOLDING INFORMATION FROM PUBLIC DISCLOSURE
Dear Ms. Johnson:
On March 4, 1997, the NRC met with the Commonwealth Edison Company {ComEd, the licensee) to discuss the licensee's request for a technical specification change to use containment overpressure to compensate for a deficiency in net positive suction head for Dresden, Units 2 and 3.
As a result of that meeting, the staff issued a request for additional information {RAI).
Included in ComEd's March 12, 1997, response to.the staff's RAI, were General Electric Company's {GE) affidavit executed by George B. Stramback dated February 6, 1997 and a request to withhold from public disclosure pursuant to 10 CFR 2. 790, a resubmitted proprietary document.entitled, NEDE-30911, SHEX-04 User's Manual, Class II {GE Company Proprietary Information), dated August 1985.
GE stated that the information should be considered exempt from mandatory pUblic disclosure for the following reasons:
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Information that discloses a ~rocess, method, or apparatus, including supporting data and analyses, where prevention of its use by General Electric's competitors without license from General Ele~tric constitutes a competitive economic advantage over other companies; (8)
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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;.
The information 'identified... above, is classified as proprietary because it contains detailed design bases and methods and
. processes regarding the use of analytical models, including computer codes, which GE has developed or modified, and applied to perform evaluations of containment pressurization and heat transfer capability for loss-of-coolant accidents for the BWR.
This detailed level of information normally only is available for GE internal use, is not supplied even to our customers, and only is available for audit by customers and the NRC.
This information shows. in specific detail the processes, codes and methods employed
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- If th~ need arises, we may sen.d copies.of :this'"jnform*ation to* our*.consultants working in.,
- *this *area.* -We will;: of :course, insure thatt~e. consultants'- have si_g11ed the
~ *< 'appropriate. agr:e.ements* for, handling.. propr.i etary i nfor.mat ion........ *.
- .. _: *<-*"* *~-~I:~. t-~~~b~s*i*~_. fo~ ~ithhol~i-ng;~-.:~h-is:i~forma.~i.~n- }r~*m ~ubl i~ i.nsp~C:uo~-: s*h.ould change :in fhe.future 'such.that the* information ct>uld. then be made.available
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- under.stand that* the NRC may have cause:: to :revj ew.this deterniinat.i on **;.n *the.< *-
future, <*fot_ e.xamp.l e*~. ff. the. scope of a. Freedom. qf I nformat iOn 'Act: rMues~.
, includes -your information..:.In.all.review situatiqils, if*the NRC needs*.
additionarinformation from you _or makes a determination 'adverse* to the.* above,
.......f yoJ.will'be... notified i.n advance o*f:-any"pµblic _disclosur~. -*
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Sinc;erely_,
-ORIGINAL SIGN:ED BY:. *.
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~ohn F ~ *Stang:, Senior: Project Man~ger Project Directorate *III-2 Division of ~eactot Projects - III/IV Off~_ce of Nucl~ar*:Reactor Regulation
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Dock~t Nos._50~2~7, 50~249
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The development, modification and approval of this information and models for these BWR analysis computer codes was achieved at a significant cost, on the order of several hundred thousand do 11 ars, to GE.
The development of the supporting processes, was at a significant additional cost to GE, in excess of a million dollars, over and above the large cost of developing the underlying individual proprietary report information."
We have revi ew.ed your submittal ~nd the material in accordance with the requirements of 10 CFR 2.790 and, on the basis of GE's statements, have determined that the submitted information sought to be withheld contains trade secrets or*proprietary commercial information.
Therefore, we have determined that the document entitled, NEDE-30911, SHEX-04 User's Manual, Class II (GE Company Proprietary Information), dated August 1985, marked as proprietary will be withheld from public disclosure pursuant to 10 CFR 2.790(b)(5) and Section 103(b) of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended.
- Withholding f~om 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, insure 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 should also 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 needs additional information from you or makes a determination adverse to the above, you will be notified in advance of any public disclosure.
Docket Nos. ~0-23), 50-249 Sincerely, ORIGINAL SIGNED BY:
John F. Stang, Senior Project Manager Project Directorate 111-2 Division of Reactor Projects - Ill/IV Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation DISTRIBUTION:
cc: see next page DOCUMENT NAME:
G:\\GE312 Docket File JRoe CMoore MPSiemien, OGC PUBLIC EAdensam JStang (and e-mail PDIII-2 r/f RCapra PHil and, RII I MPS)
To receive a copy of this.document, indicat "C" = Copy.without* enclosures "E" = Copy with enclosures "N" c: No copy OFFICE. PM:PDIII-2 D: PDll 1-2 c NAME JSTANG RCAPRA ~
DATE 04/ /97 OFFICIAL RECORD COPY
Ms. Irene Johnson The development, modification and approval of this information and models for these BWR analysis computer codes was achieved at a sigriificant cost, on the order of several hundred thousand do 11 ars, to GE.
The development of the supporting 'J)rocesses, was at a significant additional cost to GE, in excess of a million dollars, over and above the large cost of develo~ing the underlying individual proprietary report information."
We have reviewed your submittal and the material in accordance with the requirements of 10 CFR 2.790 and, on the basis of GE's statements, have determined that the submitted information sought to be withheld contains trade secrets or proprietary commercial information.
Therefore, we have determined that the document entitled, NEDE-30911, SHEX-04 User's Manual, Class II (GE Company Proprietary Information), dated August 1985, marked as proprietary will be withheld from public disclosure pursuant to 10 CFR 2.790(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 di~ectly concerned to inspect the document.
If the need arises, we may send copies of this information to our consultants working* in this *a~ea.
W~will, of course, insure 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 should also 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 needs additional information from you or makes a determination adverse to the above, you will be notified in advance of any public disclosure.
Docket Nos. 50-237, 50-249 cc: see next page Sincerely, o.J~
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F. Stang, enior Project Manager Project Directorate 111-2 Division of Reactor Projects ~ Ill/IV Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation
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I. Johnson Commonwealth Edison Company cc:
Michael I. Miller, Esquire Sidley and Austin One First National Plaza Chicago, Illinois 60603 Site Vice President Dresden Nuclear Power Station 6500 North Dresden Road Morris, Illinois 60450-9765 Station Manager Dresden Nuclear Power Station 6500*North Dresden Road*
Morris, Illinois 60450-9765 U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Resident Inspectors Office Dresden Station 6500 North Dresden Road Morris, "Illinois 60450-9766 Regional Administrator U.S. NRC, Region III*
801 Warrenville Road Lisle, Illinois. 60532-4351 Illinois Department of Nuclear Safety Office of Nuclear Facility Safety 10~5 Outer Park Drive Springfield, Illinois 62704 Chairman
- Gr~ndy County Board Administration Building
- 1320 Union Street Morris, Illinois 60450 Document Control Desk-Licensing Commonwealth'Edison Company 1400 Opus Place, Suite 400 D.owners Grove, Illinois 60515 David J.. Robare General Electric Company 175 Curtner Avenue San Jose, California 95125 Dresden Nuclear Power Statipn Unit Nos. 2 and 3