ML18136A362
| ML18136A362 | |
| Person / Time | |
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| Site: | Beaver Valley, Surry, Maine Yankee, FitzPatrick  |
| Issue date: | 12/06/1979 |
| From: | Schwencer A Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation |
| To: | William Kennedy STONE & WEBSTER ENGINEERING CORP., STONE & WEBSTER, INC. |
| References | |
| NUDOCS 8001080227 | |
| Download: ML18136A362 (5) | |
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e UNITED STATES:
NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION WASHINGTON, D. C. 20555
' Docket Nos. 50-309 50-333 50-334 50-280 and.50-281 Mr. William J. L. Kennedy Senior Vice President December 6, 1 979 Stone and Webster Engineering Corporation 245 Summer Street Post Office Box 2325 Boston, Massachusetts 02107
Dear Mr. Kennedy:
SUBJECT:
REQUEST FOR WITHHOLDING FROM PUBLIC DISCLOSURE PROPRIETARY INFORMATION ON COMPUTER PROGRAMS By the following applications and supporting affidavits, Stone and Webster Engineering Corporation (S&W) submitted computer type infor-mation as described below and requested that it be withheld: from public disclosure pursuant to 10 CFR 2.790.
Application Date March 22, 1979 (Confirmation cf documents hand delivered on March 19, 1979)
April 6, 1979 Affidavit Date March 23, 1979 April 6, 1979 by Stone and Webster*
April -9, 1979 by Nuclear Services Corporation (~SC),
.Co~puter Information Requested To Be Withheld S&W Computer Code SHOCK-2
- annotated March 17, 1979, pages 7, 10, 11 and 12 S&'tl Computer Code SHOCK-3 annotated March 17, 1979, pages 5, 6, 7, 8 and 9 Computer programs and infor-mation related to SHOCK 1, 2 and 3, PS.TRESS and NUPIPE-SW, respectively owned by NSC and S&',!
a division of QGadrex Corporation subraitted by letter dated April 13, 1979
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December*6, 1979 The material requested to be withheld provides the information requested in
- Enclosure 3, 11Plan for Verification o.f Stre,s*s Codes," to our letters dated
- April 2, 1979 to the licensee's for Surry l and 2, Maine Yankee~ Fitzpatrick and Beaver Valley plants..
Your reasons fo.r requesting the withholdi:ng of this information were that:
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The SHOCK-2 and SHOCK-3 computer codes were developed at considerable expense to S&W and that if a competitor obtained the subject codes, it would i*mprove the competitive position in the area of pipe stress analysis.
Moreover, it i,s cu,stomary for S&W and its competitors to treat their computer p.rograms for pipe stress analysis as confidential.
Therefore, the subject computer codes are not available fF0m any public source.
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Inf.orQ1atfon consisting of source.program listings of computer programs SHOCK 1-3, PSTRESS and NUPIPE-SW are al so not available in the public domai*n.
The compute.r programs for SHOCK 1-3 and PSTRESS are owned by S&W *. However, the NUPIPE program was obtained by S&W from the Nuclear Services Corporation under a leasing agreement.
S&W has since made certain improvements and added certain capabilities to NUPIPE, which are proprietary a;nd owned by S&W.
For this reason, you state that this r *ogram is sometimes referred to as NUPIPE-SW.
You further state that this information is not disclosed to the public because it*
involves a process which requires the performance of substantial amounts of numerical calculations or requires the investigation of several design alternatives which, if completed manually, would be prohibitively time consuming or impossible to complete.
However, when-accomplished by using a computer program, the process would be completed in reasonable time and at reasonable expense.
The information alsti consists of supporting data for the analysis, including test data, relative to a process (or component, str,ueture, method, etc.), the appreciation of which data secures a competive economic advantage, e.g., by optimization or improved marketability.
Over the years, this has included the development of heat transfer, nuclear analysis and transient analysis codes, incl,udin.g an experimental data base to support them.
The use of such a computer program not in the public do'main constitutes a competitive advantage fo.r S&W over other engineering and construction orga ni zat i o.ns.
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~r.. William J. December 6, 1979 We have reviewed your applications and material based on the requirements and
- criteria of 10 CFR 2.790 and have determined that the information described above sought to be withheld from public disclosure contains ;:,roprietary e-orrrnercial information.
We have also found at this time that the right of the pu:,lic to be fully apprised as to the bases for and effects of the proposed action does not outweigh the demonstrated concern for protection of Stone and Webster.
Engineering Corporation and Nuclear Services Corporation's competitive positions. Accordingly, we have determined that the infoma:ion should be withheld from public disclosure.
We, therefore~ approve your request* for withholding pursuant to Section 2.790 of.10 CFR Part 2 and are withholding the docunents sub~itted by your applications dated March 22 ~nd April 6, 1979 from public inspection ~s proprietary. Withholding from public inspection shall rot affect the right, if any, of persons properly and directly concerned to inspect the doucments.
If the basis for withholding this information from publ i: inspection should change in the future such that the information co~ld then be made available for public i.nspection, you should pror.iptly notify the NRC.
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See next pages Sincerely,
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A. Schwencer, Ch~ef Operating Reac:ors 3ran:h #1 Division of Operat~ng Reactors
Mr *. Will i am J. L. Kennedy. cc:
Mr. George T. Berry General Manager and Chief Engin.eer Power Authority cf the State of New York 10 Columbus Circle*
New York, New York 10019 Mr. Robert H. Groce Licensing Engineer Maine Yankee Atomic Power Company 20 :rurnpi ke Road.
Westboro, Massachusetts 01581 Director, Technical Development Programs State of New York Energy Office Agency* Building 2.
Empire State Plaza
'Albany, New York 12223 Oswego County Office Building 46 E. Bridge Street Oswego, New York 13126 ffr. John M *. R. Paterson Assistant Attorney General State of Maine Augusta, Maine 04330 E. w. Thurlow,*President llaine Yankee Ator.iic Power Company 9 Green Street Augusta, Haine 04330 t1r. Donald E. Vandenburgh Vice Presi_dent - Engineering Yankee Atomic Electric Company 20 Turnpike Road Westboro, Massachusetts 01581 John A. Ritsher, Esquire Ropes and Gray 225 Franklin Street
~oston, Massachusetts 02110 December 6, 1 979 Mr. C. N. Dunn, Vice President Operations Division Duquesne Light Company 435 Sixth Avenue Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15219 Mr. W. L. Proffitt Senior Vice President - Power Virgin*ia Electric and Power Company Post Office Box 26666 Richmond, Virginia 2j261 Mr. Robert R. Radcliffe Office of Energy Resource_s 55 Capitol Street Augusta, Maine 04330 Mr. Nicholas Barth Executive Director Sheepscot Valley Conservation Association, Inc.
P. o. Box 125 *.
Alna, Maine. Q. 535 Wiscasset Public Library Association High Street Hiscasset, Maine 04578 Mrs. L. Patricia Doyle, President SAFE POWER FOR MAINE Post Office Box. 774 Camden, 11a i ne 04843 George M. Wilverding, Licensing Supervi~..
Power Authority of the State of New Yori 10 Columbus Circle New York, New York 10019
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e Mr. William J. L. Kennedy cc: Gerald Charnoff, Esquire Jay E. Silberg, Esquire Shaw, Pittman, Potts and Trowbridge 1800 M Street, N.W.
Washington, o.- c.
20036 Karin Carter, Esquire Special Assistant Attorney General Bureau of Administrative Enforcement 5th Floor, Executive House Harriibu~g, Pennsylvania. 17120 Mr. Roger Tapan Stone and Webster Enginee~ing Corporation P. O *. Box2325 Boston, Massachusetts 02107 Mr. J. D. Woodward R & D Center Westinghouse Electric Corporation Building 7-303 Pittsburgh, *Pennsylvania 15230 B*. F. Jones Memorial Library 663 Franklin Avenue Aliquippa, Pennsylvania 15001 Mr. Jack Carey Technical Assistant Duquesne Light Company P. O. Box 4 Shippingport, Pennsylvania 15077 Mr. R. E. Martin Duquesne Light Company 435 Sixth Avenue Pittsbur~h, Pennsylvania 15219 Marvin Fe in Utility Counsel City of Pittsburgh 313 City-County Building Pi:tsburgh, Pennsylvania
'5219 December 6, 1979
- Mr. James A. Werling Plant Superintendent Beaver Valley Power Station P. O. Box 4 Shippingport, Pennsylvania 15077 Mr~ John A. Levin Public Utility Commission P. *o. Box 3265 Harrisburg, Pennsylvania 17120 Mr. Michael W. Maupin Hunton and Williams Post Office Box 1535 Richmond, Virginia 23213 Swem Library College of Wi.11 iam and Mary Williamsburg, Virginia 23185 Donald J. Burke U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission
- Region II Offi.ce of Inspec *~on and Enforcement 101 Marietta Street, Suite 3100 Atlanta, Georgia 30303 Mr. Vito J. Cassan Assistant General Counsel Power Authority of the State of New York 10 Columbus Circle New York, New York 10019 Mr. P~ter W. Lyon Manager-~ Nuclear Operations Power Authority of the State of New York 10 Columbus Circle New York, New York 10019 Mr. J. D. Leonard, Jr.
Resident Manager James A. FitzPatrick Nuclear Power Pl ant P. 0. Box 41 Lycoming, New York 13093