ML20053E279
| ML20053E279 | |
| Person / Time | |
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| Site: | Limerick  |
| Issue date: | 06/04/1982 |
| From: | Bradley E PECO ENERGY CO., (FORMERLY PHILADELPHIA ELECTRIC |
| To: | Harold Denton Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation |
| Shared Package | |
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| NUDOCS 8206070760 | |
| Download: ML20053E279 (8) | |
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PHILADELPHIA ELECTRIC COMPANY 2301 MARKET STREET P.O. BOX 8699 PHILADELPHI A. PA.19101 EowAnD o. mAuER. JR.
oo MAL UNSEL (215) c41-4000 EUGENE J, OR ADLEY CasocsATE GENanAL C UN&EL DONALD BLANKEN QUDOLPH A. CHILLEMI E. C. MIRK HALL T. H. M AHER CORNELL cases T esN MAL counsel EDWARD J. CULLEN. JR.
JOHN P. KENNEDY. JR.
June 4, 1982 C....uarcouu.
Mr. Harold R. Denton Director Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation United States Nuclear Regulatory Commission Washington, D.C.
20555 Re:
Limerick Generating Station Uuits 1 & 2 Docket No. 50-352 and 50-353
Dear Mr. Denton:
Enclosed are 12 copies of a document entitled, "INCOR Inputs and Calculational Inputs (for RACAP)" which contains the data for the input of RACAP including documentation of calculations performed to obtain the required inputs.
This document is being provided in response to Question C.05 of Mr. A. Schwencer's request for additional information dated March 18, 1982.
We have been advised by General Electric Company that the enclosed documents contain information which it con-siders to be proprietary and trade secrets.
Accordingly, in accordance with Section 2.790 of the Commission's regula-tions, it is hereby requested that the enclosed documents be treated by the Commission as confidential and proprietary and be withheld from public disclosure.
An affidavit of Mr. Joseph E. Quirk of General Electric Company in support of this request is attached hereto.
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' Judge Lawrence Brenner Judge Richard F. Cole Judge Petei-A. Morris Troy B. Conner, Jr., Esq..
Stephen H. Lewis, Esq.
Mr. Frank R. Romano Mr. Charles B. Taylor Mr. Robert L. Anthony Mr. Marvin I. Lewis Samuel & Clarissa B. Cooper Judith A. Dorsey, Esq.
Charles W. Elliot,c, Esq.
Mr. William Lochstet Mr. Alan J. Nogee Mr. Steven Levin Robert W. Adler, Esq.
Mr. Thomas Gerusky Director, Pennsylvania Emergency Management Agency John Shniper, Esq.
Steven P. Hershey James M. Neill, Esq.
Donald S. Bronstein, Esq.
Mr. Joseph H. White, 111 Dr. Judith H. Johnsrud Walter W. Cohen, Esq.
Robert J. Sugarman, Esq.
Mr. W. Wilson Goode Atomic Safety and Licensin;; Appeal Panel Acomic Safecy and Licensing Board Pane 1 Docketing and Service Section i l 4
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I, Joseph F. Quirk, being d ly' shorn, depose and state as follows:
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I am Manager -BWR Systems, Licensing, Nuclear Ener~ Business Operations, Gen al Elec'tric Company ("GE").
I have held this position since November, 1981.
I have been delegated the responsibility to review the document described in Paragraph 2 to determine whether it contains proprietary information.
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I am familiar with the following document:
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of the "Probabilistic Risk Assessment, Limerick Gene' rating I
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Indesignatingmaterialasprohrietary,GeneralElectric utilizes the definition of proprietary information and trade secrets set forth in the American Law Institute's Restatement of Torts, Section 757.
This definition provides:
"A trade secret may consist of any formula, pattern, device or compilation of information which is used in one's business and which gives him an opportunity to obtain an advantage over competitors who do not know or use it... A substantial element of secrecy must exist, so that, except by the use of improper means, there would be difficulty in acquiring information....
Some factors to be considered in determining whether given information is one's trade secret are:
(1) the extent to which the information is known outside of his business; (2) the extent to which it is known by employees and others involved in his business; (3) the extent of measures taken by him to guard the secrecy of the information; (4) the value of the information
.to him and to his competitors; (5) the amount of effort or money expended by him in developing the information; (6) the ease or difficulty with which the information could be properly acquired or duplicated by others."
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Some examples of categories of information which fit into the definition of prcpri,etary information are:
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Information that discloses a process, method or apparatus where prevention of its use by General Electric competitors without License from General Electric constitutes a i
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Information consisting of supporting data and analyses, including test data, relative to a process, method or apparatus,.the application of which provide a competitive economic advantage; e.g., by optimization or improved marketability; 4
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Information which if used by a competitor, would reduce his expenditure of resources or improve his competitive position in the design, manufacture, shipment, installation, assurance of quality or licensing of a similar. product; d.
Information which reveals cost or price information, production capacities, budget levels or commercial strategies-of General Electric, its customers or suppliers; e.
Information which reveals aspects of past, present or future General Electric customer-funded development plans and programs of potential commercial value to General Electric; I
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Information which discloses patentable subject matter for l
which it may be desirable to obtain patent protection; i
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Information which General Electric must treat as proprietary according to agreements with other parties.
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GE has customarily held and continues to hold the Analyses proprietary. Within the Company, these Analyses are provided to employees only on a need-to-know basis.
Dissemination is restricted and distribution of the material is controlled.
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GE also maintains confidential treatment of the Analyses by its customers and contractors through explicit understand-ings and contract provisions.
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The Analyses are labeled " Confidential Proprietary / Security Information, Do Not Duplicate".
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All customers and contractors in possession of the Analyses have, to the best of my knowledge, treated the Analyses in a proprietary fashion.
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The Analyses have never been made available to public sources and are not available to public sources.
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GE will suffer significant competitive harm if the Analyses were to be released.
GE has expended many thousands of dollars to produce the Analyses.
This includes the cost of computers, engineers and analysts that were used to create the analytical' structure and assumptions.
A competitor would obtain a signifi-cant advantage in the marketplace if he has access to this 1
information.
Not only would he not have to expend the time, energy and resources required to develop the Analyses, but he could represent that the Analyses were the product of GE engineering, thus riding on GE's substantial reputation in the marketplace, and still sell the Analyses at lower prices than GE was charging, because GE must recover the cost of development.
In addition, GE has many competitors in the business of producing and marketing Probabilistic Risk Assessments (PRA's) which are based on the Analyses; thus, any information which is obtained at low cost can be directly translated into an immediate advantage in the marketplace, which, since there are so many competitors, is sensitive to cost.
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The production of PRA's is an extremely competitive business.
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission has required many utilities possessing nuclear plants to produce PRA's and it is expected l
that all plants will be expected to perform a PRA in the near future.
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The Analyses are valuable to competitors in other ways besides competing with GE for the PRA market.
These Analyses provide a competitor with a better understanding of all parts of a GE-built nuclear facility.
Since many of these competitors compete with GE in providing many different kinds of services to nuclear facilities, this information could be used to l
enhance their competitive position in other marketplaces.
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I have evaluated the item in Paragraph 2 in accordance with the criteria stated in Paragraphs 3 and 4 above and'found it to be information which is proprietary and which is customarily held in confidence by General Electric.
Joseph F. Quirk, being duly sworn, deposes and says that he has read the foregoing affidavit and the matters stated therein are true and correct to the best of his knowledge, information, and belief.
Executed at San Jose, California, This 1 day of June
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