ML20033G600

Approves 900302 Request to Withhold Rept, Methodology for Finding Potential Fluid Component Age-Related Degradation at Yankee Nuclear Power Station from Public Disclosure (Ref 10CFR2.790)

ML20033G600
Person / Time
Site:	Yankee Rowe
Issue date:	03/28/1990
From:	Travers W Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation
To:	Hazeltine J YANKEE ATOMIC ELECTRIC CO.
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NUDOCS 9004100368
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Mr. John D. Pare 1 tine l

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Bolton, Massachusetts 01740 1398 Dear Mr. Pareltinet

$UL'. JECT: APPROVAL OF REQUEST FOR WIThh0LDING FROM PUBLIC DISCLOSURE 1

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In a letter dated March 2,1990, the Yankee Atomic Electric Company (YAEC) l submitted a copy of a report entitled 'Nethodology for finding Potential Fluid Component Age.f: elated Degradation at the Yankee Fuclear Power Station.' This report contains and dor'iments the basis for a rule based computer program i

ceveloped by YAEC and used as part of their license renewal program to determine whether fluid system components in a pilot cystem were subject to potentially significant age related degradation.

The letter which transmitted the report requested that the report be treated as proprietary because the material i

contair.ed in this transmittal is of the type customarily held in confidence by its owner, Yankee Atomic Electric Company and not customarily disclosed to the public;theinformationisnotavaila>1eInpublicsourcesanddisclosureof I

the subject information sought to be withheld wovic likely cause substantial harm to the competitive position of the Yankee Atomic Electric Company, l

Therefore, the version of the submitted information marked as p(roprietary 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, l

Withholding from public inspection shell not affect the right, if any, of l

persons properly and directly concerned to inspect the documents.

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arises, we may send copies of this information to our consultants working in l

this area. We will, of course, ensure that the consultants have signed the l

appropriate agreements for handling proprietary information.

If the basis for withholding this information from public inspection should i

change in the future such that the inforration could then be made available for public inspection, you should promptly notify the NRC. You also should unoerstand that the NRC may have cause to review this determination in the M

future, for example, if the scope of a Freedom of Inforr.ation Act request pf0I

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includes your informetton.

In all review situations if the NRC makes a cetermination adverse to the above, you will t+ r.ot1}ied in sovence of ar>y public oisclosure.

Sincerely.

Original signed by:

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Star Route Rowe, Massachusetts 01367 Pesident inspector Yankee fluclear Power $tation U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Comission Post Office Box 28 l

Monroe Eridge, Massachusetts 01350 l

Regional Administrator, Region 1 U.S. L'uclear Regulatory Comission i

475 Allendale Road King of Prussia, Pennsylvania 19406 Robert M. Pallisty. Director I

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Massachusetts Department of Public Health 150 Tremont Street, 7th Floor Boston, Massachusetts 02111 Mr. George Sterzinger Comissioner ont Departinent of Public Service Yerr' state Street, 3rd Floor 120 Montpelier, Vermont 05602

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