ML18025A624

Westinghouse Electric Company, Request for Withholding Information from Public Disclosure WCAP-16260-P/WCAP-16260-NP, Revision 2, the Spatially Corrected Inverse Count Rate (Scicr) Method for Subcritical Reactivity Measurement (Prop/Non-Pro

ML18025A624
Person / Time
Site:	Westinghouse, PROJ0700
Issue date:	05/14/2018
From:	Ekaterina Lenning NRC/NRR/DLP/PLPB
To:	Gresham J Westinghouse
Lenning E
References
WCAP-16260-NP, Rev 2, WCAP-16260-P, Rev 2
Download: ML18025A624 (3)

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May 14, 2018 (Original Date on February 14, 2018)

Mr. James A. Gresham, Manager Regulatory Compliance and Plant Licensing Westinghouse Electric Company 1000 Westinghouse Drive Cranberry Township, PA 16066

SUBJECT:

WESTINGHOUSE ELECTRIC COMPANY, REQUEST FOR WITHHOLDING INFORMATION FROM PUBLIC DISCLOSURE

Dear Mr. Gresham:

By letter dated December 14, 2017, Westinghouse Electric Company (Westinghouse) submitted an affidavit dated December 14, 2017, executed by you, 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:

WCAP-16260-P/WCAP-16260-NP, Revision 2, The Spatially Corrected Inverse Count Rate (SCICR) Method for Subcritical Reactivity Measurement (Proprietary/Non-Proprietary)

A nonproprietary copy of this document has been placed in the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commissions (NRCs) Public Document Room and added to the Agencywide Documents Access and Management System Public Electronic Reading Room under Accession No. ML17348B295.

The affidavit 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.

J. Gresham (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 your statements, 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, 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 301-415-3151.

Sincerely,

/RA/

Ekaterina Lenning, Project Manager Licensing Processes Branch Division of Licensing Projects Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation Docket No. 99902038

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