ML20128P125
| ML20128P125 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Browns Ferry  |
| Issue date: | 10/16/1996 |
| From: | Williams J NRC (Affiliation Not Assigned) |
| To: | Kingsley O TENNESSEE VALLEY AUTHORITY |
| References | |
| TAC-M94347, TAC-M94348, TAC-M94349, NUDOCS 9610170147 | |
| Download: ML20128P125 (3) | |
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f WASHINoTON, D.C. 2066H001 October 16, 1996 Mr. Oliver D. Kingsley, Jr.
President, TVA Nuclear and Chief Nuclear Officer Tennessee Valley Authority 6A Lookout Place 1101 Market Street Chattanooga, Tennessee 37402-2801
SUBJECT:
REQUEST FOR WITHHOLDING INFORMATION FROM PUBLIC DISCLOSURE BROWNS FERRY UNITS 1, 2, AND 3 (TAC NOS. M94347, M94348, AND M94349)
Dear Mr. Kingsley:
By a Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) letter dated April 12, 1996, and a David E. W. Leaver of Polestar Applied Technology, Inc. (Polestar) affidavit executed on March 4,1996 at Los Altos, California, Polestar submitted calculations of control room operator and offsite radiation doses at the Browns Ferry Nuclear Plant (BFN) Units 1, 2, and 3.
These calculations were performed to support TVA's request of December 22, 1995 for amendment of the BFN technical specifications to permit increased main steam isolation valve leakage.
Polestar has requested that the calculations submitted in the April 12, 1996 letter be withheld from public disclosure pursuant to 10 CFR 2.790. The calculations contain information which Polestar has developed to perform dose calculations using NUREG-1465, " Accident Source Terms for Light-Water Nuclear Power Plants."
The affidavit stated that the information submitted should be considered exempt from mandatory public disclosure for the following reasons:
Information that discloses a process or method, including supporting a.
data and analyses, where prevention of its use by Polestar's competitors without license from Polestar constitutes a competitive economic advantage over other companies, b.
Information which, if used by a competitor, would significantly reduce its expenditure of resources or improve its competitive position in the analysis, design, assurance of quality, or licensing of a similar product.
We have reviewed the information provided by TVA and Polestar in accordance l
with the requirements of 10 CFR 2.790 and, on the basis of statements by i
Mr. Leaver, have determined that the submitted information sought to be withheld contains trade secrets or proprietary commercial information.
I Therefore, the version of the submitted material marked as proprietary will be l
withheld from public disclosure pursuant to 10 CFR 2.790(b)(5) and Section i
103(b) of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended.
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o Mr. Oliver D. Kingsley 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.
Please call me at (301)415-1470 if you have any questions regarding this topic.
Sincerely, Original signed for Joseph F. Williams, Project Manager Project Directorate II-3 Division of Reactor Projects - I/II Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation Docket Nos. 50-259, 50-260, and 50-296 cc:
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Tennessee Valley Authority cc:
Mr. O. J. Zeringue, Sr. Vice President Mr. Pedro Salas Nuclear Operations Tennessee Valley Authority Site Licensing Manager 6A Lookout Place Browns Ferry Nuclear Plant 1101 Market Street Tennessee Valley Authority P.O. Box 2000 Chattanooga, TN 37402-2801 Decatur, AL 35609 Mr. Mark O. Medford, Vice President TVA Representative Technical Services Tennessee Valley Authority Tennessee Valley Authority 6A Lookout Place One Massachusetts Avenue, Suite 300 Washington, DC 20001 1101 Market Street Chattanooga, TN 37402-2801 Regional Administrator Mr. R. D. Machon, Site Vice President U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Region II Browns Ferry Nuclear Plant 101 Marietta Street, NW., Suite 2900 Tennessee Valley Authority Atlanta, GA 30323 P.O. Box 2000 Decatur, AL 35609 Mr. Leonard D. Wert Senior Resident Inspector General Counsel Browns Ferry Nuclear Plant Tennessee Valley Authority U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission ET 10H 10833 Shaw Road 400 West Summit Hill Drive Athens, AL 35611 Knoxville, TN 37902 Chairman Limestone County Commission Mr. Raul R. Baron, General Manager 310 West Washington Street Nuclear Licensing Athens, AL 35611 Tennessee Valley Authority 4G Blue Ridge State Health Officer 1101 Market Street Alabama Department of Public Health Chattanooga, TN 37402-2801 434 Monroe Street Montgomery, AL 36130-1701