ML20134B637

Discusses W Re Request for Withholding Proprietary Matl Presented at 961112 Meeting from Public Disclosure.Request Approved

ML20134B637
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Issue date:	01/24/1997
From:	Craig C NRC (Affiliation Not Assigned)
To:	Liparulo N WESTINGHOUSE ELECTRIC COMPANY, DIV OF CBS CORP.
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PROJECT-694 NUDOCS 9701300254
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January 24, 1997 Mr. Nicholas J. Liparulo, Manager Regulatory and Engineering Networks Westinghouse Electric Corporation Mail Stop ECE 4-15 Post Office Box 355 Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15230-0355

SUBJECT:

REQUEST FOR WITHHOLDING INFORMATION FROM PUBLIC DISCLOSURE, WESTINGHOUSE LETTER OF DECEMBER 12, 1996 By Westinghouse Owners Group (WOG) letter (0G-96-105) dated December 12, 1996, both proprietary and non-proprietary versions of the material that was presented at a meeting with the staff on November 12, 1996, were submitted.

The meeting was held to discuss the WOG project regarding Application Specific Integrated Circuit (ASIC)-based reactor control and protection system replacement modules for Westinghouse designed nuclear units.

In letter CAW-96-1047, dated December 12, 1996, you requested the proprietary material be withheld from public disclosure in accordance with 10 CFR 2.790.

This is the response to that request.

In your request, you stated that you considered certain information in the presentation material to be proprietary and requested that it be withheld from public disclosure pursuant to 10 CFR 2.790. The affidavit, executed by Mr.

Henry A. Sepp on December 12, 1996, stated that the information should be considered exempt from mandatory public disclosure for the following reasons:

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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 constitutes a :ompetitive economic advantage over i

other companies.

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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, of licensing a similar product.

We have carefully reviewed your December 12, 1996, latter and the material contained in your request. We have concluded that on the basis of your statements, the submitted information sought to be withheld contains trade secrets or proprietary commercial information.

Therefore, the version of the

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submitted information marked as proprietary will be withheld from public

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e disclosure pursuant to 10 CFR 2.790(b)(5) and Section 103(b) of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended.

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t N. Liparulo January 24, 1997 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 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 protaptly 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 of a Freedom of Information Act request included your information.

In all review situations, if the NRC need additional information froni you or makes a determination adverse to the above, you will be notified in advance of any public disclosure.

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Mr. Andrew P. Drake, Project Manager Westinghouse Owners Group Westinghouse Electric Corporation Mail Stop ECE 5-16 Post Office Box 355 Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15230-0355 Mr. Henry A. Sepp Westinghouse Electric Corporation Mail Stop ECE 4-07A Post Office Box 355 Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15230-0355

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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 4

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 should also 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 included your information.

In all review situations, if the NRC need additional information from you or makes a determination adverse to the above, you will be notified in advance of any public disclosure, j

Sincerely, Original Signed By:

Claudia M. Craig, Senior Project Manager Generic Issues and Environmental Projects Branch Division of Reactor Program Management Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation Project No. 694 cc:

Mr. Andrew P. Drake, Project Manager Westinghouse Owners Group Westinghouse Electric Corporation Mail Stop ECE 5-16 Post Office Box 355 Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15230-0355 Mr. Henry A. Sepp Westinghouse Electric Corporation Mail Stop ECE 4-07A Post Office Box 355 Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.15230-0355 Distribution:

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