ML20070S408

Forwards Proprietary Portion of Amend 13,replacing Proprietary Pages of Amend 1 to Ssar.Encl Withheld (Ref 10CFR2.790)

ML20070S408
Person / Time
Site:	05000447
Issue date:	01/19/1983
From:	Sherwood G GENERAL ELECTRIC CO.
To:	Eisenhut D Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation
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ML19303B466	List: ML20070S400 ML20070S408
References
JNF-002-83, JNF-2-83, MFN-007-83, MFN-7-83, NUDOCS 8302040383
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NUCLEAR POWER GENER AL $ ELECTRIC SYSTEMS DIVISION GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY.175 CURTNER AVE., SAN JOSE. CALIFORNIA 95125 MFN 007-83 MC 682, (408) 925-5040 JNF 002-83 January 19, 1983 U.S. Nuclear Rcgulatory Commission Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation Washington, D.C. 20555 Attention: Mr. D. G. Eisenhut Division of Licensing Gentlemen:

SUBJECT:

SUBMITTAL OF PROPRIETARY INFORMATION FOR REVIEW 0F 238 NUCLEAR ISLAND GENERAL ELECTRIC STANDARD ANALYSIS REPORT (GESSAR II); DOCKET NO. STN 50-447 General Electric is submitting the proprietary portion of Amendment No. 13. Amendment No. 13 replaces all of the proprietary pages of Amendment No. 1. The only change is to correct "Rev.1" to "Rev. 0" on the upper right hand corner of each page. As in the case of the pro-prietary portion of Amendment No. 1, we are requesting Amendment No. 13 to be withheld from pi')lic disclosure and considered as proprietary pursuant to Section 2.790 of 10CFR Part 2.

The information contained herein provides test results and analytical methods, discussions which have been identified as proprietary in Amendment No. 1. It is, therefore, requested that Amendment No. 13 be held in confidence and not be released for publication or otherwise disclosed.

Very truly yours, enn . S erwood, Manager Nuclear Safety & Licensing Operation GGS: rf: csc/G12211*

Attachments cc: F. J. Miraglia (w/o att) D. C. Scaletti (w/o att)

C. O. Thomas (w/o att) L. S. Gifford (w/o att) 8302040383 830119 PDR ADOCK 05000447 B PDR

GENERAL ELECTRIC C0MPANY AFFIDAVIT I, Glenn G. Sherwood, being duly sworn, depose and state as follows:

1. I am Manager of BWR Projects Licensing, General Electric Company, and have been delegated the function of reviewing the information described in paragraph 2 which is sought to be withheld and have been authorized to apply for its withholding.

2. The information sought to be withheld is contained in the proprie-tary supplement to Appendices 3B and 6A and Chapters 4 and 11 of 238 Nuclear Island General Electric Standard Analysis Report (GESSAR II).

3. In designating material as proprietary, General Electric 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 ootain 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 informa-tion.... 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 l

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."

4. Some examples of categories of information which fit into the definition of proprietary information are:

a. Information that discloses a process, method or apparatus where prevention of its use by General Electric's competitors without license from General Electric constitutes a competitive economic advantage over other companies;

b. Information consisting of supporting data and analyses, includ-l ing test data, relative to a process, method or apparatus, the l application of which provide a competitive economic advantage, e.g., by optimization or improved marketability; -

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c. 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;

f. Information which discloses patentable subject matter for which it may be desirable to obtain patent protection;

g. Information which General Electric must treat as proprietary according to agreements with other parties.

5. In addition to proprietary treatment given to material meeting the standards enumerated above, General Electric customarily maintains in confidence preliminary and draft material which has not been subject to complete proprietary, technical and editorial review.

This practice is based on the fact that draft documents often do not appropriately reflect all aspects of a problem, may contain tentative conclusions and may contain errors that can be corrected during normal review and approval procedures. Also, until the final document is completed it may not be possible to make any definitive determination as to its proprietary nature. General Electric is not generally willing to release such a document to the general public in such a preliminary form. Such documents are, however, on occasion furnished to the NRC staff on a confidential basis because it is General Electric's belief that it is in the public interest for the staff to be promptly furnished with significant or potentially significant information. Furnishing the document on a confidential basis pending completion of General Electric's internal review permits early acquaintance of the staff with the information while protecting General Electric's potential proprietary position and permitting General Electric co insure the public documents are technically accurate and correct.

6. Initial approval of proprietary treatment of a document is made by the Subsection Manager of the originating component, the man most likely to be acquainted with the value and sensitivity of the information in relation to industry knowledge. Access to such documents within the Company is limited on a "need to know" basis and such documents at all times are clearly identified as proprietary.

7. The procedure for approval of external release of such a. document is reviewed by the Section Manager, Project Manager, Principal Scientist or other equivalent authority, by the Section Manager of the cognizant Marketing function (or his delegate) and by the Legal Operation for technical content, competitive effect and determination of the accuracy of the proprietary designation in accordance with the

standards enumerated above. Disclosures outside General Electric are generally limited to regulatory bodies, customers and potential customers and their agents, suppliers anc licensees only in accordance with appropriate regulatory provisions or proprietary agreements.

8. The document mentioned in paragraph 2 above has been evaluated in accordance with the above criteria and procedures and has been found to contain information which is proprietary and which is customarily held in confidence by General Electric.

9. The information presented in the proprietary supplement of the document mentioned in Paragraph 2 provides test results and analy-tical method discussions which have been identified as proprietary in previously submitted documents.

10. Public disclosure of the information sought to be withheld is likely to cause substantial harm to the competitive position of the General Electric Company and deprive or reduce the availability of profit-making opportunities because:

a. It was developed with the expenditure of resources exceeding

$26,000,000.

b. Public availability of this information would deprive General Electric of the ability to seek reimbursement, would permit competitors to utilize this information to General Electric's detriment, and would impair General Electric's ability to maintain licensing agreements to the substantial financial and competitive disadvantage of General Electric.

c. Put lic availability of the information would allow foreign competitors, including competiting BWR suppliers, to obtain containment information at no cost with General Electric developed at substantial cost. Use of this information by foreign competitors would given them a competitive advantage over General Electric by allowing foreign competitors to produce their containments at lower cost than General Electric.

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STATE OF CALIFORNIA COUNTY OF SANTA CLARA

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Glenn G. Sherwood, 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 19th day of January 1983.

Glenn G. Sherwood General Electric Company Subscribed and sworn before me this 19th day of January 1983.

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UNITED STATES 0F AMERICA NUCLEAR REGULAT0RY C0MMISSION In the matter of )

General Electric Company ) Docket No. STN 50-447 Standard Plant )

SUBMITTAL OF PROPRIETARY INFORMATION FOR REVIEW 0F 238 NUCLEAR ISLAND GENERAL ELECTRIC STANDARD SAFETY ANALYSIS REPORT (GESSAR II)

General Electric Company, applicant in the above captioned proceeding, hereby submits proprietary information to be included in the review of the 238 Nuclear Island General Electric Standard Safety Analysis Report (GESSAR II).

This proprietary material, pertaining to Appendices 3B and 6A and Chapters 4 and 11, is part of Amendment No. 13.

Respectively submitted, General lectric pany by: f Glenn G. Sherwood, Man ger Nuclear Safety & Licensing Operation STATE OF CALIFORNIA )

COUNTY OF SANTA CLARA )ss:

On this 19th day of January in the year 1983, before me, Ruthe M.

Kinnamon, Notary Public, personally appeared Glenn G. Sherwood, personally proved to me on the basis, of satisfaction evidence to be the person whose name is subscribed to this instrument, and acknowledged that he executed it.

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