ML20055E244

Grants 880630 Request to Withhold GE MDE-80-0485, Tech Spec Improvement Analysis for Reactor Protection Sys for Grand Gulf Nuclear Station,Units 1 & 2, Per 10CFR2.790

ML20055E244
Person / Time
Site:	Grand Gulf
Issue date:	06/21/1990
From:	Kintner L Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation
To:	Cottle W ENTERGY OPERATIONS, INC.
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NUDOCS 9007110210
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Docket No. 50-416 Mr. William T. Cottle .;

Vice President-Operations Grand Gulf Entergy Operations,-Inc.

Post Office Box 756 Port Gibson, Mississippi 39150

SUBJECT:

. REQUEST FOR WITHHOLDING INFORMATION FROM PUBLIC DISCLOSURE By your application dated June 30, 1988 and General Electric Company's affidavit dated June 6, 1988, you submitted MDE-80-0485, entitled " Technical Specification Improvement Analysis for the Reactor Protection System for Grand Gulf Nuclear Station, Units 1 and 2," April 1985, and requested that it be withheld from public disclosure pursuant to 10 CFR 2.790.

You stated that the submitted information should be considered exempt from mandatory public disclosure for the following reasons:

1) The information discloses a process method or apparatus where. preven-tion of its use by General Electric s7competitors without license from General Electric constitutes a competitive economic advantage over other companies.

1 l 2) The information consists of supporting data and analyses, including test l data relative to a process, method or apparatus, the application of which l would provide a competitive economic advantage, e.g., by optimization or l improved marketability.

3) The information, if used by a competitor, would reduce his expenditure of resources or improve his competitive position in the design, manu-facture, shipment, installation, assurance of quality or licensing of 1' a similar product.

L 4) The information reveals cost or price information, production capaci-1 ties, budget levels or commercial strategies of General Electric, its '

I customers or suppliers.

5) The information reveals aspects of past, present or future General Electric customer-funded development plans and programs of potential commercial value to General Electric.

, 6) The information discloses patentable subject matter for which it may l be desirable to obtain patent protection.

7) General Electric must treat the information as proprietary according to agreements with other parties.

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Mr. William T. Cottle f We have reviewed your. application and the material in accordance with the .

requirements of 10 CFR 2.790 and, on the basis of General Electric Company's >

statements, have determined that the submitted information sought to be -

withheld contains trade secrets or proprietary commercial information.-

Therefore, MDE-80-0485 marked as proprietary, 'will be withheld from public disclosurepursuantto10CFR2.790(b)(5)andSection103(b)oftheAtomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended, l!1thholding from public inspection shall not 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 information to our consultants working in this area. We will, of course, ensure that the consultants have signed the appropriate agreements for handling proprietary information.

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 public inspection, you should promptly notify the NRC. You also should understand that the NRC may have cause to review this determination in the future, for example, if the scope of a Freedom of Information Act request includes your information. In all review situations, if the NRC makes a determination adverse to the above, you will be notified in advance of any public disclosure.

Sincerely, Lester L. Kintner, Senior Project Manager Project Directorate IV-1 Division of Reactor Projects - III, IV, V and Special Projects Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation ec: See next page

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, 7 Mr; William T. Cottle  !

Fe have reviewed your application and the material in accordance with the l

-requirements of 10 CFR 2.790 and, on the basis of General Electric Company's statements, have determined that the submitted information sought to be

' withheld contains trade secrets or proprietary commercial information.  !

i Therefore, MDE-80-0485 marked as proprietary, 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.

Withholding from public-inspection shall not 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 information to our consultants working in j this area. We will, of course, ensure that the consultants have signed the  !

appropriate agreements for handling proprietary information. 4 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 public inspection, you should promptly notify the NRC. You also should -i understand that the NRC may have cause to review this determination in the -j future, for example, if the scope of a Freedom of Information Act request 1 includes your information. In all review situations, if the NRC makes a {

determination adverse to the above, you will be notified in advance of any public disclosure. i Sincerely, Original sigd Lester L. Kintner, Senior Project Manager )

Project Directorate IV.1 Division of Reactor Projects - 111, ,

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P. O. Boc 31995 P. O. Box 756 Jackson, Mississippi 39286-1995 Port Gibson, Mississippi 39150 Robert B. McGehee, Esquire The Honorable William J. Guste, Jr.

Wise, Carter,-Child, and Attorney General Caraway Department of Justice P. O. Box 651 -

State of Louisiana Jackson, Mississippi 39205 P. O. Box 94005 Nicholas S. Reynolds, Esquire Bishop, Cook, Purcell Alton B. Cobb, M.D.

and Reynolds State Health Officer 1400 L Street, N.W. - 12th Floor State Board of Health Washington, D.C. 20005-3502 P. O. Box 1700 Jackson, Mississippi 39205 Mr. Jim T. LeGros Manager of Quality Assurance Office of the Governor Entergy Operations, Inc. State of Mississippi P. O. Box 31995 Jackson, Mississippi 39201 Jackson, Mississippi 39286-1995 '

President, Mr. Jack McMillan, Director Claiborne County Board of Supervisors Division of Solid Waste Management Port Gibson, Mississippi 39150 Mississippi Department of Natural Resources Regional Administrator, Region II P. O. Box 10385 U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Jackson, Mississippi 39209 101 Marietta St., Suite 2900 Atlanta, Georgia 30323 Mr. John G. Cesare Director, Nuclear Licensing Pike Morre, Attorney General Entergy Operations, Inc. Frank Spencer, Asst. Attorney General P. O. Box 756 State of Mississippi Port Gibson, Mississippi 39150 Post Office Box 22947 Jackson, Mississippi 39225 Mr. C. B. Hogg, Project Manager Bechtel Power Corporation Mr. Gerald W. Muench P. O. Box 2166 Vice President, Operations Support Houston, Texas 77252-2166 Entergy Operations, Inc.

P. O. Box 31995 Mr. H. O. Christensen Jackson, Mississippi 39286-1995 Senior Resident Inspector .

U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Mr. Donald C. Hintz, Executive Vice Route 2, Box 399 President & Chief Operating Officer Port Gibson, Mississippi 39150 Entergy Operations, Inc.

P. O. Box 31995 Jackson, Mississippi 39286-1995

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