ML20122A173

Request for Withholding Information from Public Disclosure Regarding Changes to Technical Specifications Related to Primary Containment Hydrodynamic Loads

ML20122A173
Person / Time
Site:	FitzPatrick
Issue date:	06/02/2020
From:	Samson Lee NRC/NRR/DORL/LPL1
To:	Bryan Hanson Exelon Generation Co, Exelon Nuclear
Lee S, NRR/DORL/LPL1, 415-3168
References
EPID L-2019-LLA-0197
Download: ML20122A173 (3)

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June 2, 2020 Mr. Bryan C. Hanson Senior Vice President Exelon Generation Company, LLC President and Chief Nuclear Officer Exelon Nuclear 4300 Winfield Road Warrenville, IL 60555

SUBJECT:

REQUEST FOR WITHHOLDING INFORMATION FROM PUBLIC DISCLOSURE FOR JAMES A. FITZPATRICK NUCLEAR POWER PLANT REGARDING CHANGES TO TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS RELATED TO PRIMARY CONTAINMENT HYDRODYNAMIC LOADS (EPID L-2019-LLA-0197)

Dear Mr. Hanson:

By letter dated April 6, 2020, Exelon Generation Company, LLC submitted a response to a request for additional information and an affidavit dated March 25, 2020, executed by Kent Halac, Senior Engineer, Regulatory Affairs, of GE Hitachi Nuclear Energy Americas, LLC (GEH), requesting that the information contained in the following document be withheld from public disclosure pursuant to Title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations (10 CFR)

Section 2.390:

005N1724-P, Revision 1, March 2020, Exelon Generation Company LLC, James A. FitzPatrick Nuclear Power Plant, Short-Term Containment Analysis for Zero Drywell-to-Wetwell Pressure Differential A non-proprietary copy of this document is available in the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) Public Document Room at Agencywide Documents Access and Management System Accession No. ML20098D248.

The affidavit stated that the submitted information should be considered exempt from mandatory public disclosure for the following reasons (4) a. Information that discloses a process, method, or apparatus, including supporting data and analyses, where prevention of its use by GEHs competitors without license from GEH constitutes a competitive economic advantage over other companies.

b. 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.

We have reviewed your application and the material in accordance with the requirements of 10 CFR 2.390 and, on the basis of the We have reviewed your response to request for

B. Hanson additional information and the material in accordance with the requirements of 10 CFR 2.390 and, on the basis of the statements in the affidavit, have determined that the submitted information sought to be withheld contains proprietary commercial information and should be withheld from public disclosure. Therefore, the version of the submitted information marked as proprietary will be withheld from public disclosure pursuant to 10 CFR 2.390(b)(5) and Section 103(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 understand 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 advance of any public disclosure.

If you have any questions regarding this matter, I may be reached at 301-415-3168 or Samson.Lee@nrc.gov.

Sincerely,

/RA/

Samson S. Lee, Project Manager Plant Licensing Branch I Division of Operating Reactor Licensing Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation Docket No. 50-333 cc: Listserv Mr. Kent Halac Senior Engineer, Regulatory Affairs GE Hitachi Nuclear Energy Americas, LLC 3901 Castle Hayne Road Wilmington, NC 28401

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