ML19256D315
| ML19256D315 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Crane  |
| Issue date: | 03/18/1968 |
| From: | Morris P US ATOMIC ENERGY COMMISSION (AEC) |
| To: | US ATOMIC ENERGY COMMISSION (AEC) |
| References | |
| NUDOCS 7910170822 | |
| Download: ML19256D315 (2) | |
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FROM : Peter A. Morris, Director Division of Reactor Licensing st;BJECT: REQUES1 FOR WITHHOLDING INFORMATION FROM PUBLIC INSPECTION -
METROPOLITAN EDISON COMPANY - DOCKET 50-289 Amendment No. 7 dated January 8, 1968, to the application of the Metropolitan Edison Company for a construction permit f or its Three Mile Island Nuclear Station was submitted with a request that Section B of Amendment 7 be withheld from public disclosure pursuant to 10 CFR Section 2.790(b). Section B contains a breakdcwn of the capital costs of the proposed facility, the fuel inventory costs and data en the uranium quantity, enrichment and dollar value of uranium in the first core.
In justification of its request for withholding, Metro-politan Edison Company states that Section B contains confidential (business) infomation pert;ining to the fuel fabrication price negotiated by the Company with the Babcock & Wilcox Cenpany.
Generally, in past applications for permits and licenses for nuclear power reactors the applicants have routinely previded detailed capital cost breakdowns and fuel fabrication costs for the facility ir.volved.
Such information has been utilized in detemining the reasonableness of the facility costs and in detemining the financial qualification of an applicant to construct a facility. The request submitted by the Metropolitan Edison Company for withholding of this information is the first such request received by this Division.
Section A of Amendment No. 7 sets forth a single dollar figure which includes both capital costs and the cost of first core fuel fabrica-tion.
This information coupled with the f act specified in Section A that fuel for the first core will be leased from the Commission provides sufficient information to es timate, without reference to the detailed information contained in Section B of A=endment No. 7, the probable cost of the first core and the capital cost of the facility. Since this information can be obtained by computation frem cost data provided in Section A of Amendment No. 7, the infor=ation contained in Section B is not necessary to make an evaluation of the reasonableness of the costs of the proposed facility and detemining the financial qualifi-cation of the Metropolitan Edison Company to cons truct the proposed facility.
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' MAR 181958 The release of the information ccntained in Section B of Amend =ent No. 7 would reveal the price which Metropolitan Edison Company nego-tiated with its fuel supplier for the first core fuel fabrication.
The release of this information could adversely affect the Company's future bargaining position with respect to the fabrication of subsequent cores.
10 CFR Section 9.S(a)(4) provides that AEC records containing trade secrets and commercial or financial information obtained from a persen and privileged or confidential are exempt frem public disclesure.
The information provided by the Metropolitan Edison Company in Section 3 of Amendment No. 7 clearly falls within this exempt category.
Accordingly, I have determined that Section B of Amendment No. 7 meets all the requirements of 10 CFR Section 2.790(b) for withholding of information from public inspection and have authorized that Section B be withheld from public inspection pursuant to 10 CFR Section 2.790(b).
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MAR 181953 Files OfIsd W Peter A. Morris, Director pew A W Division of Reactor Licensing REQUEST FOR WITSIOLDING INFORMATION FROM PUBLIC INSPECTION -
METROPOLITAN EDISON COMPANY - COCFIT 50-289 Amendment No. 7 dated January 8, 1968, to the application of the Metropolitan Edison Company for a construction pe=mit for its Three Mile Island Nuclear Station was submitted with a request that Section B of Amendment 7 be withheld from public disclosure pursuant to 10 C7R Section 2.790(b). Section B contains a breakdown of the capital costs of the proposed facility, the fuel inventory costs and data on the uranium quantity, enrichment and dol $.ar value of uranium in the first core. In justification of its request for withholding, Metro-politan Edison Company states that Section B contains confidential (business) information pertaining to the fuel fabrication price negotiated by the Company with the Babcock & Wilcox Ccepany.
Generally, in past applications for permits and licenses for nuclear power reactors the applicants have routinely provided detailed capital cost breakdowns and fuel fabrication costs for the facility involved.
Such information has been utilized in determining the reasonableness of the f acility costs and in determining the financial qualification of an applicant to construct a facility. The request submitted by the Metropolitan Edison Company for withholding of this information is the first such request received by this Division.
Section A of A=endment No. 7 sets forth a single dollar figure which includes, both capital costs and the cost of first core fuel fabrica-tion. This information coupled with the fact specified in Section A that fuel for the first core will be leased from the Commission provides sufficient information to estimate, without reference to the detailed information contained in Section B of Amendment No. 7, the probable cost of the first core and the capital cost of the facility. Since this information can be obtained by computation from cost data provided in Section A of Amendment No. 7, the information centained in Section B is not necessary to make an evaluation of the reasonableness of the costs of the proposed facility and determining the financial qualifi-cation of the Metropolitan Edison Company to construct the proposed facility.
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...Y.AR 13 dei The relt:cse of the infor=ation contained in Section E of Amendment No. 7 would reveal the price which Metropolitan Edison Company nego-tinted with its fuel supplier for the first core fuel fabrication.
The release of this information could adversely affect the Company's future bargaining position with respect to the fabricatten of subsequent Core 3.
10 CF2 Section 9.5(a)(4) provides that AEC records containing trade secrets and co=nercial or financial infomation obtained from a persen and privileged or confidenti al are exempt from public disclosure. The infor=ation provided by tha fetropolitan Edison Co=pany la Section 3 of Amend =ent No. 7 clearly falls within this exempt category.
Accordingly, I have determined that Section B of Amendment No. 7 ceets all the requirements of 10 CFR Section 2.790(b) for withholding of information from public inspection and have authorized that Section B be withheld from public inspection pursuant to 10 CFR Section 2.790(b).
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