ML19351F994
| ML19351F994 | |
| Person / Time | |
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| Site: | Comanche Peak  |
| Issue date: | 01/23/1981 |
| From: | Schwencer A Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation |
| To: | Wiesemann R WESTINGHOUSE ELECTRIC COMPANY, DIV OF CBS CORP. |
| References | |
| NUDOCS 8102200736 | |
| Download: ML19351F994 (4) | |
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REQUEST FOR WITHHOLDINS I(FORMAT ON FROM PUBLIC DISCLOSURE, REFERENCE AW-80 COMALCHE PE i By your application and affidavit (identired as Westinghouse letter number NS-TMA-2337, Anderson to Tedesco, c'ated Nc ember 7,1980) you submitted copies of a proprietary version anj a non.roprietary version of 17 slides utilized in the Westinghouse propesal for.ddressing an inadvertent boron dilution event at Comanche Peak. The set ;f proprietary copies was stamped WESTINGHOUSE PROPRIETARY CLASS II, and the set of non-proprietary copies was stamped WESTINGHOUSE PROPRIETARY CLASS III.
You requested that the proprietary copies be withheld from public disclosure ; ursuant to 10 CFR 2.790.
(ot.r reasons for requesting our withholding of this information were:
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The information sought to be withheld from public disclosure is owned and has been held in confidence by We tinghouse.
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The information is of a type customar-ly held in confidence by Westinghouse and not customarily disclosed to the t.ublic.
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The information is being transmitted to the Commission in confidence and, under the provisions of.10 CFR Section 2.790, it is to be received in confidence by the Conunission.
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The infonnation is not available in ptolic sources to the best of our knowledge and belief.
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The proprietary information sought to be withheld in this submittal is that which is appropriately marked in the attachment to Westinghouse letter number NS-TMA-2337, Anderson to Tedesco, dated November 7, 1980.
Further, the information gained from tne Westinghouse treatment is of significant commercial value as follov.s:
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oWJ od Mr. R. A. Wiesemann JAN 23 m (a) Westinghouse uses the informatico to perform and justify analyses which are sold to customers.
(b) Westinghouse sells analyses and :he resulting electronic devices.
Public disclosure of this informatict concerning analysis methods and functional requirements is likely to :ause substantial harm to the competitive position of Westingnouse aecause competitors could utilize this information to assess and justity their own designs without connensurate expense.
The parametric analyses performed anc their evaluation represent a considerable amount of highly qualifi 2d development effort. This work was contingent upon a program which hs been underway for the past four months. Altogether, a substantial ar;unt of money and effort has been expended by Westingnouse which could snly be duolicated by a comoetitor if he were to invest similar sums of.oney and providt:d he had the appropriata talent available.
We have reviewed yc ar application and mate ial based on the reouirements and criteria of 10 CFR 2.790 and have dete mined that the above-mentioned slides sought to be vithheld contain confi.ential or proprietary commercial information.
We also have found at this time that the r ght af the public to be fully apprised as to the bases for and effects c# the proposed action does not outweigh the demonstrated concern for protection of your competitive position.
Accordingly, we have determined that the ifonnation snould be withheld from public disclosure.
We, therefore, approve your request for wi:hholding pursuant to Section 2.790 vf 10 CFR Part 2, and are withholding the,coprietary copies of 17 slides utilized in the Westinghouse proposal for 3ddressing an inadvertent boron dilution event at Comanche Peak from public inspection as proprietary.
Withholding from public inspection shall n->
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 in ormation to our consultants working in this area. We will, of course, assure that the consultants have signed the appropriate agreements for hanc~ing proprietary data.
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w Mr. R. A. Wiesemann JAN 2 31981 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 pubile inspection, you should promptly notify the NRC, Sin.;erely, ft W
A. :chwcacer, Chief Lic':nsing Branch No. 2 Div?sion of Licensing cc: See next page d.
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x.,. J. Gary Executive Vice President and General Manager Texas Utilities Generating Company JAN 2 3 I!MM 20013ryan Tower Dallas, Texas 75201 cc:
Nicholas S. Reynolds, Esq.
Mr. Richard L. Fouk_e
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Debevoise & Liberman
- Citi: ens for Fair Utility Regulation 1200 Seventeenth Street 1663-S Carter Drive t
Washington, O. C.
20036 Arlingten, Texas 76010 Spencer C. Relyea, Esa.
Resident Ins:ector/Comenche Peak W:rsham, Forsythe & Sampels Nuclear Power Station 2001-Bryan Tower c/o U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Dallas, Texas 75201 3
O. Box 33 Glen Rose, Texas 76043
r. Honer C. Schmidt Manager - Nuclear Services Texas Utilities Services, Inc.
2001 Bryan Tower Callas, Texas 75201
!!r. H. R. Rock Gibbs and Hill, Inc.
393 Seventh Avenue New York, New York 10001 Mr. A. T. Parker Westinghouse Electric Corporation P. O. Box 355 Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15230 David J. Preister Assistant Attorney General Environmental Protection Division P. O. Box 12548, Capitol Station Austin, Texas 78711 Mrs. Juanita Ellis, President Citizens-Association for Sound Energy 1425 South Folk I
Dallas, Texas 75224 1
Geoffrey M. Gay, Esc.
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