ML18030A097

Forwards Proprietary Response to RAI Re Proposed License Amend 209 to TS Supporting Cycle 11 Reload.Proprietary Info Withheld,Per 10CFR2.790

ML18030A097
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Site:	Susquehanna
Issue date:	02/02/1998
From:	Byram R PENNSYLVANIA POWER & LIGHT CO.
To:	NRC OFFICE OF INFORMATION RESOURCES MANAGEMENT (IRM)
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r CATEGORY 1 REGULA'1 Y INFORMATION DISTRIBUTIOi. SYSTEM (RIDS)

ACCESSION NBR:9802090051 DOC.DATE: 98/02/02 NOTARIZED: YES DOCKET g.

FACIL:+~0-'.387.Susquehanna Steam Electric Station, Unit 1, Pennsylva 05000387 50<)G'8 Susquehanna Steam Electric Station, Unit 2, Pennsylva 05000388 AUTH. NAME AUTHOR AFFILIATION BYRAM,R.G. Pennsylvania Power 8 Light Co.

RECZP.NAME RECIPIENT AFFILIATION Document Control Branch (Document Control Desk)

SUBJECT:

Forwards proprietary response to RAI re proposed license amend 209 to TS supporting cyle 11 reload. Proprietary info withheld,per 10CFR2.790. A DISTRIBUTION CODE: AP01D COPIES RECEIVED:LTR ) ENCL i SIZE:

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Robert G. Byram PP &L, Inc.

Senior Vice President Generation and Chief Nuclear Officer Tel. 610.774.7502 Fax 610.774.5019 E-mail:rgbyram@papt.corn Two North Ninth Street Allentown, PA 18101-1179 pl.corn/

Tel. 610.774.5151 http: //www.pa pp I.EB OR 1998 U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Attn: Document Control Desk Mail Stop P1-137 Washington, D. C. 20555 SUSQUEHANNA STEAM ELECTRIC STATION REVISION TO BASES FOR PROPOSED AMENDMENT NO. 209 TO LICENSE NPF-14 AND RESPONSE TO NRC REQUEST FOR ADDITIONALINFORMATION Docket Nos. 50-387 PLA-4841 FILE R41-2 and 50-388

References:

I) PLA-4664, "Proposed Amendment No. 209 To License NPF-14: Unit I Technical Specification Changes For ATRIUM~10, "August 26, 1997.

2) PLA-4802, "Unit I Cycle I I Information, " December 4, 1997.

This letter provides responses to questions raised during the NRC review of the proposed U1C11 reload license amendment request (Reference 1) and provides a minor clarification change to the proposed Technical Specification bases included in Reference 1.

PP&L submitted a proposed change to the Susquehanna Unit 1 Technical Specifications to support Cycle 11 operation in Reference 1. On October 15, 1997, PP&L met with members of the NRC staff to discuss the proposed change.

On, December 4, 1997, PP&L submitted additional information related to the Susquehanna Unit 1 Cycle 11 core and associated MCPR Safety Limit analyses as requested at the October 15th meeting. As a result of further review of the submittal, the NRC staff has requested additional information related to PP&L's proposed changes, The additional information is provided in Attachment I.

Note that information provided in Attachment I, Response 3 (including Figure 1) is of the type that Siemens Power Corporation maintains in confidence and withholds from public disclosure. It has been handled and classified as proprietary as indicated in the attached affidavit (Attachment III). PP&L requests that this response be withheld from public disclosure in accordance with the nrovisions of 10CFR 2.790.

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FILE R41-2 PLA-4841 Document Control Desk In preparing these responses, PP&L determined that a clarification to the proposed Technical Specification Bases Section 2.1.1 is necessary. Attachment II provides the revised Technical Specification Bases. This change is considered to be a clarification of the original Technical Specification Bases. Therefore, the Safety Assessment, No Significant Hazards Determination, and Environmental Analysis previously provided in Reference 1 remain applicable.

For further information please contact Mr. A. J. Roscioli at (610) 774-4019.

Sincerely, R.

Attachments copy: Regional Administrator - Region I Mr. K. Jenison, NRC Sr. Resident Inspector Mr. V. Nerses, NRC Project Manager Mr. K. Kerns, Pa. DEP

AFFIDAVIT STATE OF WASHINGTON )

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I, H. D. Curet, being duly sworn, hereby say and depose:

1. I am Manager, Product Licensing, for Siemens Power Corporation ("SPC"),

and as such I am authorized to execute this Affidavit.

2. I am familiar with SPC's detailed document control system and policies which govern the protection and control of information.

3. I am familiar with the Siemens Power Corporation information in "Figure 1 and the associated ATRIUM -10 CHF test data included in Response to.Question 3 in Attachment I to PLA-4841," referred to as "Document." Information contained in this Document has been classified by SPC as proprietary in accordance with the control system and policies established by SPC for the control and protection of information.

4. The Document contains information of a proprietary and confidential nature and is of the type customarily held in confidence by SPC and not made available to the public. Based on my experience, I am aware that other companies regard information of the kind contained in the Document as proprietary and confidential.

5. The Document has been made available to the U,S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission in confidence, with the request that the information contained in the Document will not be disclosed or divulged.

6. The Document contains information which is vital to a competitive advantage of SPC and would be helpful to competitors of SPC when competing with SPC.

7. The information contained in the Document is considered to be proprietary by SPC because it reveals certain distinguishing aspects of SPC licensing methodology which secure competitive advantage to SPC for fuel design optimization and marketability, and includes information utilized by SPC in its business which affords SPC an opportunity to obtain a competitive advantage over its competitors who do not or may not know or use the information contained in the Document,

8. The disclosure of the proprietary information contained in the Document to a competitor would permit the competitor to reduce its expenditure of money and manpower and to improve its competitive position by giving it valuable insights into SPC licensing methodology and would result in substantial harm to the competitive position of SPC.

9. The Document contains proprietary information which is held in confidence by SPC and is not available in public sources.

10. In accordance with SPC's policies governing the protection and control of information, proprietary information contained in the Document has been made available, on a limited basis, to others outside SPC only as required and under suitable agreement providing for nondisclosure and limited use of the information.

11. SPC policy requires that proprietary information be kept in a secured file or area and distributed on a need-to-know basis.

12. Information in this Document provides insight into SPC licensing methodology developed by SPC. SPC has invested significant resources in developing the methodology as well as the strategy for this application. Assuming a competitor had available the same background data and incentives as SPC, the competitor might, at a minimum, develop the information for the same expenditure of manpower and money as SPC.

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THAT the statements made hereinabove are, to the best of my knowledge, information, and belief, truthful and complete.

FURTHER AFFIANT SAYETH NOT.

SUBSCRIBED before me this M gtr G/g c~Qyh+10N g day of , 1998. (P TA l~P ~By)G

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Sue M. Galpin NOTARY PUBLIC, STATE OF WASHINGTON MY COMMISSION EXPIRES'/27/00

I ATTACHMENTII TO PI A-4S41 Nhctenent to PLA. E'-,

Page2t d 2b INSERT 2 For the SPC ATRIUM-10 design, the minimum bundlee flow ow 'is greater than h 28,000 lbs/hr. For both the SPC 9x9-2 and ATRIUM-10 fuel designs thee coo an mn coolant fl and maximum i imum flow flow area is such that the mass flux is always greater than 0 25 x 10 Ib s /h r-ft . Full scale test data taken t pressures from 14.7 psia to psia indicate that the fuel assembly critical power 0.26 x 10 Ibs/hr-ft is 3.35 wt or greater.

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