ML20066B987
| ML20066B987 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Turkey Point  |
| Issue date: | 12/20/1990 |
| From: | Dipiazza R WESTINGHOUSE ELECTRIC COMPANY, DIV OF CBS CORP. |
| To: | Murley T NRC OFFICE OF INFORMATION RESOURCES MANAGEMENT (IRM) |
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| ML17348A806 | List: |
| References | |
| CAW-90-103, NUDOCS 9101090094 | |
| Download: ML20066B987 (10) | |
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{{#Wiki_filter:0 C' '\\ Westinghouse Energy Systems gggllf Electric Corporation w 39 husvgh I ruwvaw 15?3D C3B December 20, 1990 CAW 90 103 Document Control Desk US Nuclear Regulatory Commission Washington, DC 20555 Attention: Dr. Thomas Murley, Director APPLICATION FOR WITHHOLDING PROPRIETARY INFORMATION FROM PUBLIC DISCLOSURE
Subject:
WCAP 102'il-P A, Supplement 2, Revision 1 " Evaluation of Surveillance Frequencies and Out of Service Times for The Engineered Safety Features Actuation System"
Dear Dr. Murley:
The proprietary information for which withholding is being requested in the enclosed letter by Florida Power and Light Company is further identified in Affidavit CAW 90-103 signed by the owner of the proprietary information, Westinghouse Electric Corporation. The affidavit, which accompanies this letter, sets forth the basis on which the information may be withheld from public disclosure by the Commission and addresses with specificity the considerations listed in paragraph (b)(4) of 10CFR Section 2.790 of the Commission's regulations. Accordingly, this letter authorizes the utilization of the accompanying Affidavit by Florida Power and Light Company. Correspondence with respect to the proprietary aspects of the application for withholding or the Westinghouse affidavit should reference this letter, CAW 90-103, and should be addressed to the undersigned. Very truly yours, f 9 7 R9 al P. DiPiazza, anager Enclosures Oper-at-ng Plant Licensing Support ] cc: C. M. Holzle, Esq. - l Office of the General Councel, NRC V. Wilson, Nuclear Reactor Regulation 9101090o94 900822 hDR ADOCK 05000250 PDR
W PROPRIETARY lhf0RMAT!0N NOTICE 1 TRANSMITYED HEREWITH ARE PROPRIETARY AND/OR NON PROPRIETARY VERSIONS OF DOCUMENTS FURNISHED TO THE NRC IN CONNECTION WITH REQUESTS FOR GENERIC AND/0R PLANT SPECIFIC REVIEW AND APPROVAL. IN ORDER TO CONFORM TO THE REQUIREMENTS OF 10CFR 2.790 0F THE COMMISSION'S REGULATIONS CONCERNING THE PROTECil0N OF PROPRIETARY INFORMATION SO SUBMITTED TO THE NRC. THE INFORMATION WHICH IS PROPRIETARY IN THE PROPRIETARY VERSIONS l$ CONTAINED WITHIN BRACKETS AND WHERE THE PROPRIETARY INFORMATION HAS BEEN DELETED IN THE NON PROPRIETARY VERSIONS ON THE BRACKETS REMAIN, THE INFORMATION THAT WAS CONTAINED WITHIN BRACKETS - AND WHERE THE PROPRIETARY INFORMATION HAS BEEN DELETED IN THE NON PROPRIETARY VERSIONS ONLY THE BRACKETS REMAIN, THE INFORMATION THAT WAS CONTAINED WITHlh THE BRACKETS IN THE PROPRIETARY VERSIONS HAVING BEEN DELETED. THE JUSTiflCATION FOR CLAIMING THE INFORMATION SO DESIGNATED AS PROPRIETARY IS INDICATED IN BOTH VERSIONS BY MEANS OF LOWER CASE LETTERS (a)THROUGH(g)CONTAINEDWITHINPARENTHESESLOCATEDASASUPERSCRIPT IMMEDIATELY FOLLOWING THE BRACKETS ENCLOSING EACH 11[M OF INFORMATION BEING IDENTIFIED AS PROPRIETARY OR IN THE MARGIN OPPOSITE SUCH INFORMATION. THESE LOWER CASE LETTERS REFER TO THE TYPES OF INFORMATION WESTINGHOUSE CUSTOMARILY HOLDS IN CONFIDENCE IDENTIFIED IN SECTIONS (4)(li)(a)THROUGH(4)(ii)(g)0FTHEAFFIDAVITACCOMPANYINGTHIS TRANSMITTAL PURSUANT TO 100FR2.790(b)(1). 1
o 4 ) t I 'i ii CAW 90-103 f AFFIDAVIT COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA: ss d: ' COUNTY OF ALLEGHENYt e Before me, the undersigned authority, personally appeared Ronald P." DiPlazza,'who, being by me duly sworn according to law, 7 deposes and says that he is authorized to execute this Affidavit on behalf of Westinghouse Electric Corporation-(" Westinghouse") and that' the averments of fact' set forth in this Affidavit are true and correct to the best of his knowledge,'information, and belief: ),W w 9 -{ Rob _('d ..D) Piazza,Makager l Operating Plant -Licensing Support Sworn'to and subscribed before me this M p. day ~ of Shm/W 1990, i O. hslseNle b, 4' i Notary Public. ... NOTAA% stAL Lo48tAWE M PiPL10A.NOTARYPUBuc MONRotVILLE 80AO. ALLEGHENYCoVNTY ' MV CoMMi$sioN tXPiRE$ D!c.14.1931 MetW P6nnsyt<a iia 4swahn cf N;Wiw .-,.,.. - -.. -.,..,... ~..., -. _...,.. ~.. -. _... -.. - -.. - -.. - -. _
M 2-CAW-90-103 (1) I am Manager, Operating Plant' Licensing Support, in the Nuclear and Advanced Technology Division, of the Westinghouse Electric Corporation and as such, I have been specifically delegated the function of reviewing the proprietary information sought to be withheld _ from public disclosure in connection with nuclear power plant licensing and rulemaking proceedings, and am authorized to apply for its withholding on behalf of the Westinghouse Energy Systems Business Unit. (2) I am making this Affidavit in conformance with the provisions of 10CFR Section 2.790 of the Comission's regulations and in conjunction with the Westinghouse application for withholding accompanying this Affidavit, j (3). I_ have personal knowledge of the criteria and procedures utilized by the Westinghouse Energy Systems Business Unit in designating information as a _ trade secret, privileged or as confidential comercial or financial information. (4) Pursuant to.the provisions of paragraph-(b)(4) of Section 2.790 of the' i Comission's regulations, the following is furnished for consideration by the Comission in determining _whether the information sought to be l withheld from public disclosure should be withheld. L
- (i) The'information sought to be withheld frcm public disclosure is owned and has been held in confidence by Westinghouse.
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I I 3-CAW 90 103- -(ii).The information is of a type customarily held in confidence by Westinghouse and not customarily disclosed _to the public. . Westinghouse has a rational basis for determining the types of information customarily held in confidence by it and, in that connection, uti 's a system to determine when and whether to hold certain' types of information in confidence. The application of that system and the substance of that system constitutes Westinghouse policy and provides the rational basis required. Under that system.information is held in confidence if it falls in one or more of several types, the release of which might result in the loss of an existing or potential competitive advantage, as follows: (a) 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 constitutes a competitive economic advantage: over other companies. (b) It consists of. supporting data, including test data, relative to a-process (orLeomponent, structure, tool, method, etc.), the' application of which data secures a competitive economic -advantageL e.g'., by optimization or improved marketability. .o l ^ u .m
i l L 4 CAW 90 103 i: L (c) Its use by a competitor would reduce his expenditure of [ resources or improve his competitive position in the design, f manuf acture, shipment, installation, assurance of quality, or i licensing a similar product. j [ (d) It reveals cost or price information, production capacities. 1 budget levels, or commercial strategies of Westinghouse, its F _ customers or_ suppliers. (e) It reveals aspects of past, present, or future Westinghouse or j . custom 6r funded development plans and programs of potential i
- commercial value to Westinghouse.
2 (f) It contains patentable _ ideas, for which patent protection may be [ desirab' le. i _(g) It is not the propert'y of Westinghouse,' but must be' treated as I proprietary by Westinghouse according to' agreements with-the owner.- There are s'ound policy reasons behind the Westinghouse system which include the following: (a) The use of such information by Westinghouse gives Westinghouse a competitive advantage.over its competitors. It is, therefore. wittheid from disclosure to protect the Westinghouse competitive position. y-pg g r e-w +c e-w-T we e w m w-w e *- e---- = W -WVM'** 'F'W 'f t
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. CAW 90-103 4 (b) It is information which is marketable in many ways. The extent to which such information is available to :ompetitors diminishas the Westinghouse ability to sell produr.ts and services involving the use of the information. (c) Use.by our competitor would put Westinghouse at a competitive disadvantage by reducing his expenditure of resources at our expense. (d) Each component of proprietary information pertinent to a particular competitive advantage is potentially as valuable as the total competitive advantage. If compatitors acquire components of proprietary information, any one component may be the key to the entire Suzzle, thereby depriving Westinghouse of a competitive-advantage.. (e) Unrestricted disci m ure would jeopardize the position of prominence of Westinghouse in the world market,- and thereby give a market advantage to the competition of those countries. I (f) The Westinghouse capacity to invest corportte assets in research t
- and development _ depends upon the success in obtaining and maintaining a competitive advantage.
9 6-CAW-90 103 (iii) The information is being transmitted to the Commission in confidence and, under the provisions of 10CFR Section 2.790, it is to be received in confidence by the Commission. (iv) The information sought to be protected is not available in public sources or available information has not been previously employed in the same original manner or method to the best of our knowledge and belief. (v) The proprietary information sought to be withheld in this submittal is that which is appropriately mar:.ed in " Evaluation of Surveillance Frequencies and Out of Service Times For The Engineered Safety Features Actuation Systom", WCAP-10271-P A, Supplement 2, Revision 1 (Proprietary), for Turkey Point Units 3 and 4, being transmitted by the Florida Power and Light Company (FPL) letter and Application for Withholding Proprietary Information from Public Disclosu*e, J. Goldberg, FPL, to Document Control Desk, to the Attention of Dr. Thomas Murley, Director, Ofiice of NRC, December, 1990. The proprietary ~ information as submitted for use by Florida Power and Light Company for the Turkey Point Units 3 and 4 is expected to be applicable in other licensee submittals in response to certain NRC requirements for justification of relaxed surveillance testing and allowed out of service times for the ESFAS system.
-7 CAW-90-103 This information is part or that which will enable Westinghouse to: (a) Quantify the ESFAS system unavailability change due to the surveillance frequency and allowed outage time changes in ESFAS systen: technical specifications. (b) Translate ESFAS system unavailability changes to change in plant risk. (c) Assist customers in implementing the surveillance internal relaxations. Further this information has substantial commercial value as follows: (a) Westinghouse plans to sell the use of similar information to its customers for purposes of justifying relaxation of similar technical specification surveillance requirements. (b) Westinghouse can sell support and defense of this methodology to its customers in the licensing process. l
, CAW 90-103 Public disclosure of this proprietary information is likely to cause substantial harm to the competitive position of Westinghouse because it would enhance the ability of competitors to provide similar analytical documentation and licensing defense services for commercial power reactors without commensurate expenses. Also, public disclosure of the information would enable others to use the information to meet NRC requirements'for licensing documentation without purchasing the right to-use the information. The development of.the technology described in part by the information is the result of applying the results of many years of experience in an intensive Westinghouse effort and the expenditure of a considerable sum of money. In order for competitors of Westinghouse to duplicate this information, similar technical programs would have to be-performed and a significant manpower effort, having the' requisite talent and experience, would have to be expended for-developing testing and analytical methods and performing tests. Further the deponent sayeth not.. l: n I , -+,- .%,.e e:. y ,v. ..w- ..e.-,-,.w .,,.-e..-,--.we,- --. -,.m',-rm,- +---,--.-
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