ML18094A525

Forwards Listed Proprietary & Nonproprietary Documents Per NRC Request for Addl Info Re NRC Bulletin 88-009.Affidavits from C-E Stating Proprietary Nature of Documents Encl.W/O Stated Documents

ML18094A525
Person / Time
Site:	Salem
Issue date:	06/16/1989
From:	Labruna S Public Service Enterprise Group
To:	NRC OFFICE OF INFORMATION RESOURCES MANAGEMENT (IRM)
References
IEB-88-009, IEB-88-9, NLR-N89117, NUDOCS 8906260205
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• Public Service Electric and Gas Company Stanley: La Bruna Public Service Electric and Gas Company P.O. Box 236, Hancocks Bridge, NJ 08038 609-339-4800 Vice President - Nuclear Operations June 16, 1989 NLR-N89117 United States Nuclear Regulatory Commission Document Control Desk Washington, DC 20555 Gentlemen:

REQUEST FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION BULLETIN 88-09 SALEM GENERATING STATION UNIT NOS. 1 AND 2 DOCKET NOS. 50-272 AND 50-311 Attached is one copy each of the following Combustion Engineering proprietary documents:

TR-ESE-737, Rev~ 00, Salem ICI Thimble Tube Flow Induced Vibration Test Program Copy No. 000014 TR-ESE-746, Rev. 00, Salem ICI Thimble Tube Evaluation of Impact of Reduced Height of Sleeve on Wear Resistance Copy No. 000006 Additionally, one copy of the following non-proprietary documents are attached:

E-71186-165-002, Rev. 03, FTTC Assembly Drawing Table X, page 24, Review of the Wear and Galling Characteristics of Stainless Steel, AISI Cover page and pages 121 and 122 of Corrosion and Wear Handbook for Water Cooled Reactors, U.S. AEC These documents are being provided directly to Mr. J. Stone, NRC Licensing Project Manager pursuant to a request made during a recent NRC site visit by Mr .. Shou-Nien Hou NRR/EMEB and Mr. G.

DiGrassi, BNL. Since these documents were requested as a result of a site visit and are not directly related to a licensing action, only one copy of the proprietary version and no non-proprietary versions are being provided.

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Document Control Desk 2 6-16-89 NLR-N891i7 As noted two of above these documents are considered proprietary by Combustion Engineering and pursuant to 10CFR2.790 should be withheld from public disclosure. Affidavits from Combustion Engineering stating that the proprietary nature of these documents are attached.

Should you have any questions, please feel free to contact us.

Attachments C Mr. J. c. Stone Licensing Project Manager Ms. K. Halvey Gibson Senior Resident Inspector Mr. W. T. Russell, Administrator Region I Mr. Kent Tosch, Chief New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection Division of Environmental Quality Bureau of Nuclear Engineering CN 415 Trenton, NJ 08625

AFFIDAVIT PURSUANT TO 10 CFR 2. 790 Combustion Engineering, Inc. )

State of Connecticut )

County of Hartford ) SS I, A. E. Scherer, depose and say that I am the Director, Nuclear Licensing, 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 Electric and Gas Company for withholding this information.

The information for which proprietary treatment is sought is contained in the following document:

TR-ESE-737,. Rev. O, "Salem ICI Thimble Tube Flow Induced Vibration Test Program Test Report" 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 or 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.

1. The information sought to be withheld from public disclosure concerns the test results supporting the effectiveness of wear sleeves in reducing in-core instrumentation thimble tube wear in Westinghouse reactors, which is owned and has been held in confidence by Combustion Engineering.

2. 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.

3. 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, 1974.

This system was applied in determining that the subject document herein are proprietacy.

4. 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.

5. 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.

6. Public disclosure of the information is likely to cause substantial harm to the competitive position of Combustion Engineering because:

a. A* similar product is manufactured and sold by major pressurized water reactor competitors of Combustion Engineering.

b. Development of this information by C-E required hundreds of man-hours of effort and tens of thousands of dollars. To the best of my knowledge and belief a competitor would have to undergo similar expense in generating equivalent information.

c. In order to acquire such information, a competitor would also require considerable time and inconvenience developing wear sleeve designs for reducing in-core instrumentation thimble tube wear in Westinghouse reactors.

d. The information required significant effort and expense to obtain the licensing approvals necessary for application of the information. Avoidance of this expense would decrease a competitor's cost in applyi~g the information and marketing the product to .which the information is applicable.

e. The information consists of the test results supporting the effectiveness of wear sleeves in reducing in-core instrumentation thimble tube wear in 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 pf Combustion Engineering's product, and avoid developing similar data and analyses in support of their processes, methods or apparatus.

f. 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.

g. 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.

A. E. Scherer Director Nuclear Licensing Sworn to before me this '1Pv day o~.1 /919

AFFIDAVIT PURSUANT TO 10 CFR 2. 790 Comb:ustion Engineering, Inc. )

State of Connecticut )

County of Hartford ) SS I, A. E. Scherer, depose and say that I am the Director, Nuclear Licensing, 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 Electric and Gas Company for withholding this information.

The information for which proprietary treatment is sought is contained in the following document:

TR-ESE-746, Rev. O, "Salem ICI Thimble Tube Evaluation of Impact of Reduced Height of Sleeve on Wear Resistance" 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 or 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.

1. The information sought to be withheld from public disclosure concerns the evaluation of the effectiveness of shortened wear sleeves, as compared to the original, unsleeved in-core instrumentation thimble tube configuration in Westinghouse reactors, which is owned and has been held in confidence by aombustion Engineering.

2*. 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.

3. 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 cert~n 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, 1974.

This system was applied in determining that the subject document herein are proprietary.

4. 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.

5'. 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.

6. Public disclosure of the information is likely to cause substantial harm to the competitive position of Combustion Engineering because:

a. A_ similar product is manufactured and sold by major pressurized water reactor competitors of Combustion Engineering.

b. 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.

c. In order to acquire such information, a competitor would also require considerable time and inconvenience developing a shortened wear sleeve design for reducing in-core instrumentation thimble tube wear in Westinghouse reactors.

d. The information required significant effort and expense to obtain the licensing approvals necessary for application of the information. Avoidance of this expense would decrease a competitor's cost in applying the information and marketing the product to which the information is applicable.'

e. The information consists of the evaluation of the effectiveness of shortened wear sleeves, as compared to the original, unsleeved in-core instrumentation thimble tube configuration in 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.

f. 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.

g. 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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TABULATION OF BABIC DATA 121 FOR~WORD TO TABLE 7-3-WEAR TEST Most of the material combinations considered 11uitable DATA for service application possessed a wear factor less than 100 mg per pound load per million cycles.

Tut Conditions Special Notu Wear factors were determined by means of two different wear test units. One unit, referred to as the (1) The martensitic stainless steels were tested in the piston-cylinder test rig, pr"lduces wear by means of hardened condition. For the precipitation-hardening linear reciprocating motion. The other unit, referred alloys the symbol PH designates the hardened condi-to as the journal-sleeve test rig, produces wear b\* tion, and SA indicates the solution annealed condition.

means of rotational movement. The majority of th~ Ceramics, cermets, and various miscellaneous mate-tests were conducted in oxygenated water containing rials were tested in the as-received condition. The JO to 30 cc of oxygen (STP) per kilogram of water. remaining metals and alloys were tested in the The hydrogen content. for wear tests in hydrogenated solution annealed condition. All references to chro-water:varied from 200 to 500 cc (STP) per kilogram of mium plating are to plating applied by an approved water. For both environments initial electrical resis- supplier. (See ch. 13.)

tivity of the water was 500,000 ohm-cm or greater. (2) The surface finish of untested samples ranged from Tests were normally run for 500,000 cycles. Details of 8 to 16 microinch (rms).

the test procedures are given in chapter 5 on testing (3) The bearing combinations are arranged so that the procedures. entry in the "materials" column is the moving ele-Interpretation of Wear FaciorB ment of the wear couple unless otherwise indicated.

The combinations are listed in order of increasing Wear factors for both tests were determined by meas- wear. A complete cross index of all couples can be uring the weight loss per pound load per million cycles. found in the general index.

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TABLE, WEAR COMPATIBILITY OF DISSIMILAR CORROSION-RESISTANT ALLOY COUPLEs<10 1 Stainless steel couples - weight loss, mg/1,000 cycles l Type Type Nltronlc Nltronlc Nltronlc Type Alloy 304 316 517400 32 50 60 440C (Rockwell hardness} (B 99} (B 91) (C 43} (B 95} (B 99} (B 95) (C 57)

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Type 316 10.5 12.5 S17400 24.7 18.5 52.8 Nitronic 32 8.4 9.4 17.2 7.4 Nitronic 50 9.0 9.5 15.7 8.3 10.0 Nitronic 60 6.0 4.3 5.4 3.2 3.5 2.8 Type 440C 4.1 3.9 11.4 3.1 4.3 2.4 3.8 Other dlsslmllar corrosion-resistant couples-weight loss, mg/1,000 cycles Siiicon Chrome Stelllte Monel Waukesha Alloy bronze plate 6B K-500 88 (Rockwell hardness} (B 93} (C 48} (C 34) (B 81}

Type 304 (B 99) 2.1 @ 3.1 8.1 S17400 (C 43) 2.0 3.3 3.8 34.1 9.1 Nitronic 32 (B 95) 2.3 2.5 2.0 7.6 Nitronic 60 (B 95) 2.2 2.1 1.9 22.9 8.4 Type 316 (B 91) 33.8 9.6

a Monel K-500 (C 34) 30.7 9.3 Test conditions: V2-in.-dia. crossed (90°) cylinders: no lubricant; 16-lb load: 105 rpm: room temperature:

120-grit finish: 10.000 cycles: specimen degreased in acetone: duplicate tests: weight loss corrected for density differences. Hardnesses given apply to both axes.

TABLE.XI GALLING RESISTANCE OF STAINLESS STEELS 11°>

Button Material Block Condition Iii Nominal Hardness Nitronlc Nitronic Material (Brlnell) 410 416 430 440C 303 304 316 517400 32 60 Type410 Hardened & Stress Relieved (352) 3 4 3 3 4 2 2 3 46 50+

Type 416 Hardened & Stress Relieved (342) 4 13 3 21 9 24 42 2 45 50+

Type 430 Annealed ( 159) 3 3 2 2 2 2 2 3 3 36 Type 440C Hardened & Stress Relieved (560) 3 21 2 11 5 3 37 3 50+ 50+

Type 303 Annealed ( 153) 4 9 2 5 2 2 3 3 50+ 50+

Type 304 Annealed ( 140) 2 24 2 3 2 2 2 2 30 50+

Type 316 Annealed (150) 2 42 2 37 3 2 2 2 3 38 S17400 H 950 (415) 3 2 3 3 2 2 2 2 50+ 50+

Nitronic 32 Annealed (235) 46 45 8 50+ 50+ 30 3 50+ 30 50+

N1tronic 60 Annealed (205) 50+ 50+ 36 50+ 50+ 50+ 38 50+ 50+ 50 J Values si1own are unlubncated threshold galling stress (106 psi) for the "button and block" galling test. Condition and hardness apply to both the button and the blank material. Tests were terminated at 50 x 106 psi. so values given as 50+ indicate the samples did not gall.

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