ML20134N788
| ML20134N788 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Prairie Island  |
| Issue date: | 02/19/1997 |
| From: | Wetzel B NRC (Affiliation Not Assigned) |
| To: | Richard Anderson NORTHERN STATES POWER CO. |
| References | |
| TAC-M96654, TAC-M96655, NUDOCS 9702240451 | |
| Download: ML20134N788 (4) | |
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February 19, 1997 Mr. Roger 0. Anderson, Director Licensing and Management Issues Northern States Power Company 414 Nicollet Mall j
Minneapolis, Minnesota 55401
SUBJECT:
REQUEST FOR WITHHOLDING INFORMATION FROM PUBLIC DISCLOSURE (PRAIRIE ISLAND NUCLEAR GENERATING PLANT, UNIT NOS. 1 AND 2 (TAC N05. M96654 AND M96655)
Dear Mr. Anderson:
By Northern States Power Company's (NSP's) supplement dated January 3,1997, j
to your application dated September 24, 1996, and Combustion Engineering, j
Inc.'s (CE's) affidavit executed by C. B. Brinkman dated December 5, 1996, NSP submitted supplemental information related to your license amendment request for incorporation of elevated F-Star (EF*) steam generator tube repair criteria into the Prairie Island Units 1 and 2 technical specifications. NSP requested that Attachment 1, CEN-620-P, Revision 03-P, " Series 44 & 51 Design 1
I Steam Generator Tube Repair Using a Tube Rerolling Technique," December 1996, be withheld from public disclosure pursuant to 10 CFR 2.790. By letter dated January 20, 1997, you submitted nonproprietary versions of both Revisions 03-P and 02-P of CEN-620-P.
CE stated that CEN-620-P, Revision 03-P, should be considered exempt from mandatory public disclosure for the following reasons:
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A similar product is manufactured and sold by major pressurized water reactor (PWR) competitors of CE.
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Development of this information by CE required tens of thousands of dollars and thousands of manhours of effort. A competitor would have to undergo similar expense in generating equivalent information.
3.
In order to acquire such information, a competitor would also require considerable time and inconvenience to develop the analyses and testing performed to verify that re-rolling tubes is an acceptable repair technique.
4.
The information consists of the design and development of a tube repair technique involving tne re-roll process, the application of which provides a competitive economic advantage. The availability of such information to competitors would enable them to modify their product to
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developing similar data and analyses in support of their processes, methods, or apparatus.
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In pricing CE's products and services, significant research, agg development, engineering, analytical, manufacturing, licensing, quality assurance, and other costs and expenses must be included. The ability of CE's competitors to utilize such information without similar expenditure or resources may enable them to sell at prices reflecting significantly lower costs.
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Use of the information by competitors in the international marketplace would increase their ability to market nuclear steam supply systems by l
reducing the costs associated with their technology development.
In addition, disclosure would have an adverse economic impact on CE's potential for obtaining or maintaining foreign licensees.
We have reviewed your application and the material in accordance with the requirements of 10 CFR 2.790 and, on the basis of your statements, have determined that the submitted information sought to be withheld contains proprietary commercial information.
Therefore, the version of the submitted information (CEN-620-P, Revision 03-P,
" Series 44 & 51 Design Steam Generator Tube Repair Using a Tube Rerolling -
Technique," December 1996) marked as proprietary will be withheld from public disclosure pursuant to 10 CFR 2.790(b)(5) and'Section 103(b) of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended.
Witinholding from public inspection shall'not affect the right, if:any, of persons properly and directly concerned;t6 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 informatiori.'
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If the basis for withholding this information from public inspection'should change in the future such that the informationicould 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.
Sincerely, Original signed by:
Beth A. Wetzel, Project Manager Project Directorate III-l 2100G9 Division of Reactor Projects - III/IV Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation 0
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Use of the information by competitors in the international marketplace would increase their ability to market nuclear steam supply systems by reducing the costs associated with their technology development.
In addition, disclosure would have an adverse economic impact on CE's potential for obtaining or maintaining foreign licensees.
We have reviewed your application and the material in accordance with the requirements of 10 CFR 2.790 and, on the basis of your statements, have determined that the submitted information sought to be withheld contains proprietary commercial information.
Therefore, the version of the submitted information (CEN-620-P, Revision 03-P,
" Series 44 & 51 Design Steam Generator Tube Repair Using a Tube Rerolling Technique," December 1996) marked as proprietary will be withheld from public disclosure pursuant to 10 CFR 2.790(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.
Sincerely, Beth A. Wetzel, Project Manager Project Directorate 111-1 Division of Reactor Projects - III/IV Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation i
i Docket Nos. 50-282 and 50-306 cc: See next page l
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' Mr. Roger 0. Anderson, Director Prairie Island Nuclear Generating Northern States Power Company Plant l
CC:
J. E. S11 berg, Esquire Tribal Council Shaw, Pittman, Potts and Trowbricge Prairie Island Indian Community 2300 N Street, N. W.
ATTN:
Environmental Department Washington DC 20037 5636 Sturgeon Lake Road l
Welch, Minnesota 55089 Piant Manager l
Prairie Island Nuclear Generating C. B. Brinkman, Director Plant Nuclear Licensing Northern States Power Company Combustion Engineering, Inc.
1717 Wakonade Drive East P. O. Box 500 l
Welch, Minnesota 55089 Windsor, CN 06095-0500 Adonis A. Neblett Assistant Attorney General Office of the Attorney General 455 Minnesota Street Suite 900 St. Paul, Minnesota 55101-2127 U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission l
Resident Inspector's Office l
1719 Wakonade Drive East l
Welch, Minnesota 55089-9642 l
Regional Administrator, Region III l
U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission 801 Warrenville Road Lisle, Illinois 60532-4351 Mr. Jeff Cole, Auditor / Treasurer Goodhue County Courthouse Box 408 l
Red Wing, Minnesota 55066-0408 l
Kris Sanda, Commissioner Department of Public Service 121 Seventh Place East Suite 200 St. Paul, Minnesota 55101-2145 Site Licensing Prairie Island Nuclear Generating Plant Northern States Power Company 1717 Wakonade Drive East Welch, Minnesota 55089 Noviember 1996 4
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