ML20129F503
| ML20129F503 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | 05200004 |
| Issue date: | 10/03/1996 |
| From: | Son Ninh NRC (Affiliation Not Assigned) |
| To: | Quinn J GENERAL ELECTRIC CO. |
| References | |
| NUDOCS 9610040163 | |
| Download: ML20129F503 (3) | |
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WASHINGTON, D.C. 20066 0001 October 3, 1996 Mr. James E. Quinn, Projects Manager LMR and SBWR Programs 1
GE Nuclear Energy 175 Curtner Avenue, M/C 165 San Jose, California 95125
SUBJECT:
REQUEST FOR WITHHOLDING INFORMATION FROM PUBLIC DISCLOSURE, GENERAL ELECTRIC (GE) POST-TEST CALCULATIONS OF PANDA PCC STEADY-STATE TESTS
Dear Mr. Quinn:
By your letter dated January 16, 1996, you submitted the report " Post-Test Calculations of PANDA PCC Steady-State Tests" and requested that it be withheld from public disclosure. This request was made in accordance with 10 CFR 2.790 and is supported by affidavit, executed by George B. Stramback, dated January 16, 1996, which claims in part that the information identified by bar in the right-side margins is classified as proprietary because it contains Simplified Boiling Water Reactor (SBWR) test facility results, TRACG qualification analysis results, and scaling information on SBWR testing. The SBWR TRACG and testing programs have been under development by GE and its associates for more than seven years, at a total cost of tens of millions of dollars.
In addition, the affidavit identifies the following reasons for maintaining the information as proprietary:
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Information that discloses a process, method, or apparatus, including supporting data and analyses, where prevention of its use by General 4
Electric's competitors without license from General Electric constitutes a competitive economic advantage over other companies; 2.
Information which, if used by a competitor, would reduce his expenditures of resources or improve his competitive position in the design, manufac-ture, shipment, installation, assurance of quality, or licensing of a i
similar product; 4
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Information which reveals aspects of past, present, or future General Electric customer-funded development plans and programs, of potential commercial value to General Electric.
We have reviewed your letter and the material in accordance with the require-ments of 10 CFR 2.790 and, on the basis of your statements, have determined that the subject report contains trade secrets or proprietary commercial information. Therefore, the subject report " Post-Test Calculations of PANDA PCC Steady-State Tests," dated January 9,1996, will be withheld from public disclosure pursuant to 10 CFR 2.790(b)(5) and Section 103(b) of the Atomic i
Energy Act of 1954, as amended. However, the staff requests that GE submit a
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nonproprietary version of this report to the Nuclear Regulatory Commission j
(NRC) within 30 days from the day of this letter.
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Withholding from public inspection shall' not affect the right, if any, of persons properly and directly. concerned to: inspect the document.
If the need arises, we may send copies of this information to our consultants working in i
this' area. We will, of course, ensure that the consultants have signed the appropriate agreements for handling proprietary information.
4 If the basis for withholding.this information;from public: inspection.should change in the future such that the information could then be madeiavailable for public inspection, you should promptly notify the NRC. You should also understand that the NRC may have cause to review this determination in.the future, for example, if.the scope'ofta Freedom of.Information'Act request included your information.
In all review situations,'if the NRC needs' l
additional information from you or makes a determination adverse to the above, you will be notified in advance of. any public disclosure.
i Sincerely, original signed.by: Theodore R. Quay Son Q. Ninh, Project Manager Standardization Project Directorate Division of Reactor Program Management i
Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation i
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-4 Mr. James E. Quinn Docket No.52-004 GE Nuclear Energy cc: Mr. Rob Wallace Mr. Brian McIntyre GE Nuclear Energy Westinghouse Electric Corporation 1299 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W.
Energy Systems Business Unit Suite 1100 Box 355 Washington, DC 20004 Pittsburgh, PA 15222 Director, Criteria & Standards Division Office of Radiation Programs U.S. Environmental Protection Agency 401 M Street, S.W.
Washington, DC 20460 l
Mr. Sterling Franks U.S. Department of Energy NE-42 l
Washington, DC 20585 l
l Mr. Robert H. Buchholz GE Nuclear Energy 175 Curtner Avenue, NC-781 l
San Jose, CA 95125 Mr. Steven A. Hucik GE Nuclear Energy 175 Curtner Avenue, MC-780 San Jose, CA 95125 Mr. Tom J. Mulford, Manager SBWR Design Certification Electric Power Research Institute 3412 Hillview Avenue Palo Alto, CA 94304-1395 i
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