ML18094A653
| ML18094A653 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Salem  |
| Issue date: | 08/28/1989 |
| From: | Stone J Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation |
| To: | Labruna S Public Service Electric & Gas Co, of New Jersey |
| References | |
| TAC-72677, TAC-72678 NUDOCS 8909010238 | |
| Download: ML18094A653 (4) | |
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UCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSIOY WASHINGTON, D. C. 20555
- Docket Nos. 50-272/311 Mr. Stanley LaBruna Vice President-Nuclear Operations Public Service Electric and Gas Company Post Office Box 236 Hancocks Bridge, New Jersey 08038
Dear Mr. LaBruna:
August 28, 1989
SUBJECT:
REQUEST FOR WITHHOLDING INFORMATION FROM PUBLIC DISCLOSURE (TAC NOS. 72677/72678)
By your application dated June 16, 1989, and affidavit of A. E. Scherer dated June 9, 1989, you submitted TR-ESE-746, Rev. 0, Salem ICI Thimble Tube Evaluation of Impact of Reduced Height of Sleeve on Wear Resistance, and requested that it be withheld from public disclosure pursuant to 10 CFR 2.790.
You stated that the submitted information should be considered exempt from mandatory public disclosure for, among others, the following reasons:
- 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 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.
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.
- 4.
The information consists of the evaluation of th~ 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.
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Mr. Stanley LaBruna We have reviewed your application and the material in accordance with the requirements of 10 CFR 2.790 and, on the basis of your statements, have determined that the submitted information sought to be withheld contains trade secrets or proprietary commercial information.
Therefore, the report, TR-ESE-746, Rev. 0, Salem ICI Thimble Tube Evaluation of Impact of Reduced Height of Sleeve on Wear Resistance, 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 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.
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James C. Stone, Project Manager Project Directorate I-2 Division of Reactor Projects I/II Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation
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Mr. Steven E. Miltenberger Public Service Electric & Gas Company cc:
Mark J. Wetterhahn, Esquire Conner and Wetterhahn Suite 1050 1747 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW Washington, DC 20006 Richard Fryling, Jr., Esquire Law Department - Tower SE 80 Park Place Newark, NJ 07101 Mr. L.
K~ Miller General Manager - Salem Operations Salem Generating Station P.O. Box 236 Hancocks Bridge, NJ 08038 Mr. S. LaBruna Vice President - Nuclear Operations Nuclear Department P.O. Box 236 Hancocks Bridge, New Jersey 08038 Robert Traee, Mayor Lower Alloways Creek Township Municipal Hall Hancocks Bridge, NJ 08038 Kathy Halvey Gibson, Resident Inspector Salem Nuclear Generating Station U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Colllflission Drawer I Hancocks Bridge, NJ 08038 Richard F. Engel Deputy Attorney ~eneral Department of Law and Public Safety CN-112 State House Annex Trenton, NJ 08625 Mr. Kent Tosch, Chief New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection Division of Environmental Quality Bureau of Nuclear Engineering State of New Jersey CN 415 Trenton, NJ 08625 Salem Nuclear Generating Station Richard B. McGlynn, Conwnission Department of Public Utilities State of New Jersey 101 Co11111erce Street Newark, NJ 07102 Reg1on~l Administrator, Region I U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Co1m1ission 475 Allendale Road King of Prussia, PA 19406 Lower Alloways Creek Township c/o Mary O. Henderson, Clerk Municipal Building, P.O. Box 157 Hancocks Bridge, NJ 08038 Mr. Bruce A. Preston, Manager Licensing and Regulation Nuclear Department P.O. Box 236 Hancocks Bridge, NJ 08038 Mr. David Wersan Assistant Consumer Advocate Off ice of Consumer Advocate 1425 Strawberry Square Harrisburg, PA 17120 Scott B. Ungerer MGR. - Joint Generation Projects Atlantic Electric P.O. Box 1500 1199 Black Horse Pike Pleasantville, NJ 08232 Delmarva Power & Light Company c/o Jack Urban General Manager, Fuel Supply 800 King Street P.O. Box 231 Wilmington, DE 19899 Mr. A. E. Scherer, Director Nuclear Licensing 1000 Prospect Hill Road P.O. Box 500 Windsor, CN 06095-0500 I
Mr. Stanley LaBruna We have reviewed your application and the material in accordance with the requirements of 10 CFR 2.790 and, on the basis of your statements, have determined that the submitted information sought to be withheld contains trade secrets or proprietary commercial information.
Therefore, the report, TR-ESE-746, Rev. 0, Salem ICI Thimble Tube Evaluation of Impact of Reduced Hefght of Sleeve on Wear Resistance, 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 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.
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