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Requests That Proprietary WCAP-14122, Beaver Valley Unit 1 Steam Generator Tube Criteria for Indications at Tube Support Plates, Be Withheld,Per 10CFR2.790
ML20078P878
Person / Time
Site: Beaver Valley
Issue date: 07/15/1994
From: Liparulo N
WESTINGHOUSE ELECTRIC COMPANY, DIV OF CBS CORP.
To: Russell W
NRC OFFICE OF INFORMATION RESOURCES MANAGEMENT (IRM)
Shared Package
ML19311B572 List:
References
CAW-94-661, NUDOCS 9412210006
Download: ML20078P878 (9)


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CAW-94-661  :

U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Document Control Desk ,

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Attention: Mr. William T. Russell, Director APPLICATION FOR WITHHOLDING PROPRIETARY  !

INFORMATION FROM PUBLIC DISCLOSURE l

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WCAP-14122, " Beaver Valley Unit 1 Steam Generator Tube Plugging Criteria for Indications at Tube Support Plates" (Proprietary) _;

Dear Mr. Russell:

The proprietary information for which withholding is being requested in the above-referenced letter is further identified in Affidavit CAW-94-661 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 r specificity the considerations listed in paragraph (b)(4) of 10 CFR Section 2.790 of the Commission's -

regulations.  !

Accordingly, this letter authorizes the utilization of the accompanying Affidavit by Duquesne Light Company.

Correspondence with respect to the proprietary aspects of the application for withholding or the Westinghouse affidavit should reference this letter, CAW-94-661, and should be addressed to the undersigned.

l Very truly yours, Mr. Nichola. . .i 10, Manager l Nuclear Safety Regulatory & Licensing Activities <

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l, Proprietary Information Notice Transmitted herewith are proprietary and/or non-proprietary versions of docmnents furnished to the NRC in connection with requests for generic and/or plant-specific review and approval.

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In order to conform to the requirements of 10 CFR 2.790 of the Commission's regulations concerning the protection of proprietary information so submitted to the NRC, the information which is proprietary in the ,

l proprietary versions is 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 within the brackets in the proprietary versions having been deleted). The justification for claiming the information so designated as proprietary is indicated in both versions by means of lower case letters (a) through (f) contained within parentheses located as a superscript immediately following the brackets enclosing each l

item of information being identified as proprietary or in the margin opposite such information. Dese lower case letters refer to the types of information Westinghouse customarily holds in confidence -

identified in Sections (4)(ii)(a) through (4)(ii)(f) of the affidavit accompanying this transmittal pursuant to 10 CFR 2.790(b)(1).

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The reports transmitted herewith each bear a Westinghouse copyright notice. The NRC is permitted to make the number of copies of the information contained in these reports which are necessary for its internal use in connection with generic and plant-specific reviews and approvals as well as the issuance, denial, amendment, transfer, renewal, modification, suspension, revocation, or violation of a license, permit, order, or regulation subject to the requirements of 10 CFR 2.790 regarding restrictions on public disclosure to the extent such information has been identified as proprietary by Westinghouse, copyright  ;

protection notwithstanding. With respect to the non-proprietary versions of these reports, the NRC is permitted to make the number of copies beyond those necessary for its internal use which are necessary in  ;

order to have one copy available for public viewing in the appropriate docket files in the public document ,

room in Washington, DC and in local public document rooms as may be required by NRC regulations if the number of copies submitted is insufficient for this purpose. Copies made by the NRC must include the copyright notice in all instances and the proprietary notice if the original was identified as proprietary, L

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AFFIDAVIT COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA: l ss ,

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Before me, the undersigned authority, personally appeared Henry A. Sepp, who, being by me  ;

duly sworn according to law, 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:

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Sworn to and subscribed i before me this IB day of 1L/w

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$ CAW-94-661 (1) I am Manager, Regulatory and Licensing Initiatives, in the Nuclear Technology Division, of L 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 Commission's regulations and in conjunction with the Westinghouse application for withholding accompanying this Affidavit.

(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 commercial or financial information.

(4) Pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (b)(4) of Section 2.790 of the Commission's regulations, the following is furnished for consideration by the Commission in determining whether the information sought to be withheld from public disclosure should be withheld.

(i) The information sought to be withheld from public disclosure is owned and has been held in confidence by Westinghouse.

(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, utilizes 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:

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(a) The information reveals the distinguishing aspects of a process (or component, . .

structure, tool, method, etc.) where prevention'of its use by any of

- We'stinghouse'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 (or component, structure, tool, method, etc.), the application of which data secures a competitive economic advantage, e.g., by optimization or improved l marketability.

(c) Its use by a competitor would reduce his expenditure of resources or improve his competitive position in the design, manufacture, shipment, installation, I

assurance of quality, or licensing a similar product.

(d) It reveals cost or price information, production capacities, budget levels, or commercial strategies of Westinghouse, its customers or suppliers.

(e) It reveals aspects of past, present, or future Westinghouse or customer tunded  ;

development plans and programs of potential commercial value to Westinghouse.

It contains patentable ideas, for which patent protection may be desirable.

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There are sound 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, withheld from disclosure to protect the Westinghouse competitive position, (b) It is information which is marketable in many ways. The extent to which such information is available to competitors diminishes the Westinghouse i ability to sell products and services involving the use of the information.

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,.o CAW-94-661 (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 a

competitive advantage is potentially as valuable as the total competitive advantage. If competitors acquire components of proprietary information, any one component may be the key to the entire puzzle, thereby depriving Westinghos.se of a competitive advantage.

(e) Unrestric d disclosure would jeopardize the position of prominence of Westinghouse in the world market, and thereby give a market advantage to the competition of those countries.

(f) The Westinghouse capacity to invest corporate assets in research and development depends upon the success in obtaining and maintaining a competitive advantage.

(iii) The information is being transmitted to the Commission in confidence and, under the provisions of 10CFR Sectirn 2.790, it is to be received in confidence by the Commission.

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(iv) The information sought to be protected is not available in p.blic 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 l appropriately marked in " Beaver Valley Unit i Steam Generator Tube Plugging Criteria for Indications at Tube Support Plates", WCAP-14122 (Proprietary),

July,1994 for Beaver Valley Unit 1, being transmitted by the Duquesne Light Company (DLCo) letter and Application for Withholding Proprietary Information from Public Disclosure, to the Document Control Desk, Attention, Mr. William T.

Russell. T'ie proprietary information as submitted for use by Duquesne Light Company for the Beaver Valley Unit 1 is expected to be applicable in other licensee

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submittals in response to certain NRC requirements for justification of steam generater tube alternate plugging criterion. 1 I

This information is part of that which will enable Westinghouse to: -

(a) Provide documentation for steam generator alternate plugging criterion.

(b) Provide basis for the form of the leak rate correlation.

(c) Provide steamline break (SLB) leak rate analyses.

(d) Assist the customer in getting flRC approval.

Further this information has substantial commercial value as follaws:

(a) Westinghouse plans to sell the use of similar information to its customers foi purposes of meeting requirements for licensing documentation.

(b) Westinghouse can sell support and defense of the technology to its customers in the licensing process.

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 methodologies 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, nenc wow

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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 j testing and analytical methods and performing testing.

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Beaver Valley Power Station, Unit No. 1 BV-1 Docket No. 50-334, Licentie No. DPR-66 Proposed Operating License Change Request No. 207 Interin Steam Generator Tube Plugging Criteria Before me, the undersigned notary public, in and for the County and Commonwealth aforesaid, this day personally appeared George S.

Thomas, to me known, who being duly sworn according to law, deposes and says that he is Division Vice President, Nuclear Services of the Nuclear Power Division, Duquesne Light Company, he ic duly authorized to execute and file the foregoing submittal on behalf .of said Company, and the statements set forth in the submittal are true and correct to the best of his knowledge, information and belief.

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  • Proposed Operating License Change Request No. 207 Interim Steam Generator Tube Plugging Criteria Page 2 It is requested that the review and approval of this application be completed on a schedule which will support the Unit i refueling outage presently scheduled to begin in October 1994. Approval of the amendment and request by October 14, 1994, Will provide sufficient time to adequately implement the necessary program changes.

Sincerely, ter.5 George S. Thomas cc: Proprietary copies Mr. T. T. Martin, NRC Region I Administrator Mr. G. E. Edison, Project Manager cc: Non-Proprietary copies Mr. L. W. Rossbach, Sr. Resident Inspector Mr. W. P. Dornsife, Director BRP/ DER Mr. R. J. Barkanic, BRP/ DER l

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4. .DPR-66 i REACTOR COOLANT SYSTEM l

SURVEILLANCE REQUIREMENTS (Continued)

2. Tubes in those areas where experience has indicated potential proble.ms, and
3. At least 3 percent of the total number of sleeved tubes in all three steam generators. A sample size less than 3 percent is acceptable provided all the sleeved tubes in the steam generator (s) examined during the refueling outage are inspected. These inspections will include both the tube and the sleeve, and
4. A tube inspection pursuant to Specification 4.4.5.4.a.6. If any selected tube does not permit the passage of the eddy current probe for a tube or sleeve inspection, this shall be recorded and an adjacent tube shall be selected and subjected to a tube inspection.
c. The tubes selected as the second and third samples (if required by Table 4.4-2) during each inservice inspection may be subjected to a partial tube inspection provided:
1. The tubes selected for these samples include the tubes from those areas of the tube sheet array where tubes with imperfections were previously found, and
2. The inspections include those portions of the tubes where imperfections were previously found.

T e results of each sample inspection shall be classified into one of the following three categories:

Cateaory Insoection Results C-1 Less than 5 percent of the total tubes inspected are degraded tubes and none of the inspected tubes are defective.

C-2 One or more tubes, but not more than 1 percent of the total tubes inspected are defective, or between 5 percent and 10 percent of the total tubes inspected are degraded tubes.

BEAVER VALLEY - DNIT 1 3/4 4-9 Amendment No.

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