ML20055F715

Approves 890210 & 881214 Requests for Withholding WCAP-12125 Re Tube Vibration Induced Fatigue from Public Disclosure Per 10CFR2.790

ML20055F715
Person / Time
Site:	Catawba
Issue date:	06/07/1990
From:	Jabbour K Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation
To:	Wiesemann R WESTINGHOUSE ELECTRIC COMPANY, DIV OF CBS CORP.
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NUDOCS 9007190082
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,i WASHINGTON, D. C 20655 4 6,,, # June 7, 1990 Docket No. 50-413 F : Robert A. Niesemann, Manager Regulatory and legislative Affairs Nuclear and Advanced Technology Division.

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SUBJECT:

RE0lIEST FOR WITHHOLDING INFORMATION FROM Pl!BLIC DISCLOSURE - 1

CATAWBA NUCLEAR STATION, UNIT NO. 1 By your application December dated 14, 1988 (Ref. February)10,1989 CAW-88-124 you submitted (Ref. CAW-89-026)

WCAP-12125 and" Catawba entitled, affidavit: dated

~ Unit 1 Evaluation for' Tube Vibration Induced Fatigue," and requested.that it be wittheid 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. .These reasons correspond with the reasons set forth in your Decernber 14 affidavit and identified by lower case letters in the proprietary and nonproprietary versions of WCAP-12125. j (a)1'The information reveals the distinguishing aspects of a process (or component, structure', tool, method, etc.) where prevention of its use-by any of Westinghouse's competitors without license from Westinghouse cor.stitutes a competitive economic advantage over other companies. i n -(b) It consists of supporting data, including test data, relative to a process (or component, structure, tool, method, etc.), the application

.of which data secures a competitive economic advantage, e.g., by optimization or. improved marketability, a (c) Its use by a competitor would reduce his expenditure of resources or- }

impreve his competitive position in the design,' manufacture, shipment, installation, assurance of quality, or licensing a similar product. 1 (e) It reveals aspects of past, present, or future Westinghouse or customer funded developtrent plans and programs of potential commercial value to '

Westinghouse.

We have reviewed your application and the material in accordance with the require-

nents of~10 CFR 2.790 and, on the basis of Westinghouse's statements, have deter-mined that the submitted information sought to be withheld contains trade secrets or preprietary corrercial information.

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-Therefore, the version of the submitted information marked as proprietary will be withheld.frompublicdisclosurepursuantto10CFR2.790(b)(5)andSection103(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 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 under.

stand 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 advarce of any public disclosure.

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