ML18093A344
| ML18093A344 | |
| Person / Time | |
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| Site: | Salem  |
| Issue date: | 09/02/1987 |
| From: | Corbin McNeil Public Service Enterprise Group |
| To: | NRC OFFICE OF ADMINISTRATION & RESOURCES MANAGEMENT (ARM) |
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| ML18093A345 | List: |
| References | |
| NLR-N87158, NUDOCS 8709100150 | |
| Download: ML18093A344 (6) | |
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Public Service Electric and Gas Company Corbin A. McNeill, Jr.
Senior Vice President -
Nuclear Public Service Electric and Gas Company P.O. Box236, Han cocks Bridge, NJ 08038 609 339-4800 September 2, 1987 NLR-N87158 United States Nuclear Regulatory Commission Document Control Desk Washington, DC 20555 Gentlemen:
REQUEST FOR AMENDMENT SALEM GENERATING STATION UNIT NOS. 1 AND 2 DOCKET NOS. 50-272/50-311 The attached information is being provided to support the NRC Staff's review of PSE&G's License Change Request (LCR) 87-05.
This LCR was previously submitted via PSE&G letter NLR-N87078 dated May 5, 1987.
The enclosed information documents the results of Combustion Engineering's study on the Scoop Mixing for the proposed RTD Bypass piping elimination modification for the Salem Generating Station.
This information is being provided to satisfy reviewers concerns and does not change the intent or content of information previously provided.
Thus, this information does not affect the Significant Hazards Consideration previously provided.
In accordance with the prov1s1ons of 10CFR2.790, the Licensee requests withholding portions of this document from disclosure to the public.
Portions of this document contain information which is considered to be withholdable under 10CFR2.790(2) (4).
Justification is provided in the enclosed Combustion Engineering affidavit.
The enclosed document should be considered proprietary in its entirety.
Should there be any questions, please feel free to contact us.
Sincerely, Attachment Pf\\Ol
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Document Control Desk 2
C Mr. D. C. Fischer USNRC Licensing Project Manager Mr. T. J. Kenny USNRC Senior Resident Inspector Mr. w. T. Russell, Administrator USNRC Region I Mr. D. M. Scott, Chief Bureau of Nuclear Engineering Department of Environmental Protection 380 Scotch Road Trenton, NJ 08628
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Combustion Engineering, Inc.
State of Connecticut County of Hartford AFFIDAVIT PURSUANT TO 10 CFR 2. 790
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I, P. L. McGill, depose and say that I am the Vice President, Nuclear Systems, of Combustion Engineering, Inc., duly authorized to make this affidavit, and have reviewed or caused to have reviewed the information which is identified as proprietary and referenced in the paragraph immediately below.
I am submitting this affidavit in conformance with the provisions of 10 CFR 2. 790 of the Commission's regulations and in conjunction with the application of Public Service Gas Company for withholding this information.
The information for which proprietary treatment is sought is contained in the following document:
CEN-361-P, Test Report on Fluid Mixing in the C-E Modified Hot Leg Sampling Scoops for Westinghouse Reactors, August, 1987.
This document has been appropriately designated as proprietary.
I have personal knowledge of the criteria and procedures utilized by Combustion Engineering in designating information as a trade secret, privileged or as confidential commercial of financial information.
Pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (b) (4) of Section 2.790 of the Commission's regulations, the following is furnished for consideration by the Commission in determining whether the information sought to be withheld from public disclosure, included in the above referenced document, should be withheld.
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The information sought to be withheld from public disclosure are the results in the test report on fluid mixing in the Combustion Engineering modified hot leg sampling scoops for Westinghouse reactors, which is owned and has been held in confidence by Combustion Engineering.
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The information consists of test data or other similar data concerning a process, method or component, the application of which results in substantial competitive advantage to Combustion Engineering.
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The information is of a type customarily held in confidence by Combustion Engineering and not customarily disclosed to the public.
Combustion Engineering has a rational basis for determining the types of information customarily held in confidence by it and, in that connection, utilizes a system to determine when and whether to hold certain types of information in confidence.
The details of the aforementioned system were provided to the Nuclear Regulatory Commission via letter DP-537 from F. M. Stern to Frank Schroeder dated December 2, 197 4.
This system was applied in determining that the subject document herein are proprietary.
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The information is being transmitted to the Commission in confidence under the provisions of 10 CFR 2. 790 with the understanding that it is to be received in confidence by the Commission.
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The information, to the best of my knowledge and belief, is not available in public sources, and any disclosure to third parties has been made pursuant to regulatory provisions or proprietary agreements which provide for maintenance of the information in confidence.
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Public disclosure of the information is likely to cause substantial harm to the competitive position of Combustion Engineering because:
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A similar product is manufactured and sold by major pressurized water reactor competitors of Combustion Engineering.
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Development of this information by C-E required hundreds of man hours of* effort and thousands of dollars.
To the best of my knowledge and belief a competitor would have to undergo similar expense in generating equivalent information.
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In order to acquire such information, a competitor would also require considerable time and inconvenience to obtain test results and to report on the fluid mixing in the Combustion Engineering modified hot leg sampling scoops for Westinghouse reactors.
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The information required significant effort and expense to obtain the licensing approvals necessary for application of the inf_ormation.
Avoidance of this expense would decrease a competitor's cost in applying the information and marketing the product to which the information is applicable.
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The information consists of the results in the test report on fluid mixing in the Combustion Engineering modified hot leg sampling scoops for Westinghouse reactors, the application of which provides a competitive economic advantage.
The availability of such information to competitors would enable them to modify their product to better compete* with Combustion Engineering, take marketing or other actions to improve their product's position or impair the position of Combustion Engineering's product, and avoid developing similar data and analyses in support of their processes, methods or apparatus.
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In pricing Combustion Engineering's products and services, significant research, development, engineering, analytical, manufacturing, licensing, quality assurance and other costs and expenses must be included.
The ability of Combustion Engineering's competitors to utilize such
,_ - information without similar expenditure of resources may enable them to sell at prices reflecting significantly lower costs.
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Use of the information by competitors in the international marketplace would increase their ability to market nuclear steam supply systems by reducing the costs associated with their technology development.
In addition, disclosure would have an adverse economic impact on Combustion Engineering's potential for obtaining or maintaining foreign licensees.
Further the deponent sayeth not.
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