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Application for Withholding Proprietary RESAR-SP/90 Westinghouse Advanced PWR Preliminary Design Approval Modules 6 & 8, Secondary Side Safeguards Sys / Steam Power..., (Ref 10CFR2.790)
ML20099G576
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Site: 05000601
Issue date: 11/09/1984
From: Wiesemann R
WESTINGHOUSE ELECTRIC COMPANY, DIV OF CBS CORP.
To: Harold Denton
Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation
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AW-84-99, NUDOCS 8411270343
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Westinghouse Water Reactor S*355 Electric Corporation Divisions "" *'s a m w a m s230 November 9,1984 AW-84-99 Docket No.'STN-50-601 l I Mr. Harold R. Denton, Director Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Comission Washington D. C. 20555 APPLICATION FDR WITHHOLDING PROPRIETARY INFORMATION FROM PURLTC DISCLOSURE

SUBJECT:

Westinghouse Advanced Pressurizer Water Reactor (MAPWR) Reference Safety Analysis Report, RESAR-SP/90, PDA Modules 6 and 8, " Secondary Side Safeguards System"/" Steam and Power Conversion System" REF: Westinghouse Letter no. NS-NRC-84-2976, Rahe to Denton, dated November 9, 1984

Dear Mr. Denton:

This application for withholding is submitted by Westinghouse Electric Corporation (" Westinghouse") pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (b) (1) of Section 2.790 of the Commission's regulations. It contains commercial strategic infomation proprietary to Westinghouse and customarily held in confidence.

The affidavit previously provided to justify withholding proprietary infomation in this matter was submitted as AW-82-57 with letter NS-EPR-2675 dated November 1,1982 and $s equally applicable to this material.

Accordingly, it is respectfully requested that the subject infonnation which is proprietary to Westinghouse be withheld from public disclosure in accordance with 10CFR Section 2.790 of the Comission's regulations.

Correspondence with respect to this application for withholding or the accompanying affidavit should reference AW-84-99 and should be addressed to the undersigned.

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Office of the Executive Legal Director, NRC

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AW-82-57 AFFIDAVIT -

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Before me, the undersigned authority, personally appeared John D. McAdoo, 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 I his knowledge, information, and belief:

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Sworn to and subscribed before me this / day of h .u M W /1982.

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AW-82-57 (1) I am Assistant Manager, Nuclear Safety Dep$rtment, in the Nuclear Technology Division, of Westinghouse Electric Corporation and as such, I have been specifically delegated the function of reviewing the proprietary information sought to be withheld from public dis-closure in connection with nuclear. power plant licensing or rule-making proceedings, and am authorized to apply for its withholding ,

on behalf of the Westinghouse Water ReactorI Divisions.

-(2) I am making this Affidavit in confonnance with the provisions of 10CFR Section 2.790 of the Commission's regulations and in con-junction with the Westinghouse application for withholding ac-companying this Affidavit.

(3) I have personal knowledge of the criteria and procedures utilized by Westinghouse Nuclear Energy _ Systems in designating information ,

as a trade secret, priv,ileged or as confidential commercial or financial information.

(4) Pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (b)(.4) of Section 2.790 of the Comission's regulations, the following is furnished for 4

consideration by the Commission in determining whether the in-formation sought to be withhld from public disclosure should be withheld.

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

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(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 appi cation 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 com-petitive 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 Westinghouse's competitors without license from Westinghouse consti-tutes 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 marketability.

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AW-82-57 (c) Its use 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 a similar product.

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

(e). It reveals aspects of past, present, or future West-inghouse or customer funded development plans and pro-grams of potential commercial value to Westinghouse.

(f). It contains patentable ideas, for which patent pro-tection may be desira.b.le. .

(gl It is not the property of Westinghouse, but must be treated as proprietary by Westinghouse according to agreements with the owner. s 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 com-petitors. It is, therefore, withheld from disclosure to protect the Westinghouse competitive position.

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' %- l AW-82-57 (b) It is information which is marketable in many ways.

The extent to which such information is available to competitors diminishes the Westinghouse ability to sell products 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.

4 (d). Each component of proprietary information pertinent to a particular competitive advantage is potentially as valuable as the total competitive advantage. If competitors acquire components of proprietary infor-mation, any one component may be the key to the entire ,

puzzle, thereby depriving Westinghouse of a competitive advantage.

(e) Unrestricted disclosure would jeopardize the position of prominence of Westinghouse in the world market,

_ and thereby give a market advantage to the competition in 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.

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AW-82-57 (iii) The information is being transmitted to the Comission in confidence and, under the provisions of 10CFR Section 2.790, it is to be received in confidence by the Commission.

Civ) The information sought to be protected is not available in public sources or available information has not been pre-viously 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 sub-mittal is that which is. appropriately marked in the " Westing-house Advanced Pressurized Water Reactor (WAPWR) Licensing Control Document." This document identifies specific design features and improvements which the WAPWR will have in order to meet current regulatory requirements. In addition, it _

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establishes the WAPWR position with respect to each require-ment.

Public disclosure of this infomation is likely to cause sub-stantial harm to the competitive position of Westinghouse as it would reveal the description of the improved design features of the WAPWR; Westinghouse plans for future design, testing. and an'alysis aimed at design verification; and demonstration of the design's capability to meet evolving NRC/ACRS safety goals.

All of this information is of competitive value because of the large amount of effort and money expended by Westinghouse over a period of several years in carrying out this particular I

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Information regarding its development programs is valuable to Westinghouse because:

(a). Information resulting from its development programs gives kestinghouse 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 nany ways. The extent to which such_i.nformation is available to competi- _

tors dimin.ishes the Westinghouse ability to sell products and services involving the use of the information.

Ocl Use by our competitor would put Westinghouse at a com-petitive disadvantage by reducing his expenditure of resources at our expense.

(d) Each component of proprietary information pertinent to a particular competitor advantage is potentially as valuable as the total competitive advantage. If com-petitors acquire components of proprietary information, any one component may be the key to the entire puzzle thereby depriving Westinghouse of a competitive advantage.

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AW-82-57 (e) The Westinghouse capacity to invest corporate assets in research and development depends upon the success in obtaining and maintaining a competitive advantage.

Being an innovative concept, this information might not be discovered by the competitors of Westinghouse independently.

To duplicate this information, competitors would first have to be similarly inspired and would then have to expend an effort similar to that of Westinghouse to develop the design.

Further the deponent sayeth not.

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NS-NRC-84-2976 November 9,1984 Mr. Harold R. Denton, Director Off. ice of Nuclear Reactor Regulation Docket No. STN-50-601 U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Comission Washington, D.C. 20555

SUBJECT:

Westinghouse Advanced Pressurized Water Reactor (MAPWR) Reference Safety Analysis Report, RESAR-SP/90, PDA Modules 6 and 8,

" Secondary Side Safeguards System"/" Steam and Power Conversion r

System"

REFERENCE:

Westinghouse letter NS-EPR-2945, E. P. Rahe, Jr. _(N) to H. R.

Denton (NRC) dated August 2,1984 -

ATTENTION: K. T. Eccleston, Project Manager, SSPB

Dear Mr. Denton:

1 Enclosed are:

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Forty-one (41) copies of a Westinghouse doctment entitled, Westinghouse Advanced Pressurized Water Reactor RE3AR-SP/90, PDA Modules 6 and 8,

" Secondary Side Safeguards System"/" Steam and Power Conversion System" (Proprietary) .

2. Four (4) copies of a Westinghouse document entitled, Westinghouse Advanced Pressurized Water Reactor RESAR-SP/90, FDA Modules 6 and 8, " Secondary Side Safeguards System"/" Steam and Power Conversion System" (Non-Proprietary).
3. One (1) copy of an Application for Withholding Proprietary Infomation From

) Public Disclosure, AW-84-99 (Non-Proprietary).

, 4. One (1) copy of an original affidavit, AW-82-57 (Non-Proprietary).

Be enclosed document, MAPWR RESAR-SP/90, PDA Modules 6 and 8, " Secondary Side Safeguards System"/" Steam and Power Conversion System", is a consolidation of what was originally anticipated to be two separate submittals and is submitted for NRC review. The rationale for combining these two systems is discussed in

the reference letter. ,

his submittal contains proprietary information of Westinghouse Electric Corporation. In conformance with the requirements of 10CFR 2.790, as amended, of the Commission's regulations, we are enclosing with this sutaittal an  ;

application for withholding proprietary infomation from public disclosure and cn affidavit. De affidavit sets forth the basis on which the information may __

be withheld from public disclosure by the Comission.

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Mr. H. R. Denton Page h o Correspondence with respect to the affidavit or application for withholding should reference AW-84-99 and should be addressed to R. A. Wiesemann, Manager of Regulatory 355, and Pennsylvania Pittsburgh, Legislative Affairs, Westinghouse Electric Corporation, P.O. Box 15230.

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.,( ~ P. Rahe, Jr. , Manager U uclear Safety Department MDB/kk Enclosures cc: D. Eisenhut R. Bernero F. R. Miraglia, Jr.

C. O. Thomas K. Eccleston I

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