ML20150C272

Advises That Rev 1 to NEDC-31345P SAFER/GESTR-LOCA Analysis Will Be Withheld from Public Disclosure (Ref 10CFR2.790) Per 880328 Application to Amend License,Changing Tech Specs. Reasons Listed

ML20150C272
Person / Time
Site:	Quad Cities
Issue date:	06/17/1988
From:	Ross T Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation
To:	Bliss H COMMONWEALTH EDISON CO.
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NUDOCS 8807120393
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7. <E WASHINGTON, D. C. 20555 g ) June 17, 1988 Docht*lfos . : 50-254 and 50-265 Mr. Henry E. Bliss c Nuclear Licensing Manager Comonwealth Edison Company Post Office Box 767 Chicago, Illinois 60690 l

SUBJECT:

REQUEST FOR WITHHOLDING INFORMATION FROM PUBLIC By application and attached affidavit, dated March 28, 1988, Comonwealth Edison Company (Ceco) submitted a License and Technical Specification amendment request for Quad Cities Nuclear Power Station (QCWPS), Unit 2, Cycle 10 Reload and requested that a selected portion be withheld from public disclosure pursuant to 10 CFR 2.790.

The subject affidavit stated that the submitted information should be consid-ered exempt from mandatory public disclosure for the following reasons:

l I. QCNPS, Units 1 and 2, SAFFR/GESTR-LOCA Loss of Coolant Accident Analysis is classified as proprietary information because it contains important input parameters and analysis results of the SAFER /GESTR-LOCA analysis methodology, as well as details of current fuel designs that are not available to other parties. This infortnation has consistently been held in confidence by the General Electric Company, no public disclosure has been made, and it is not available in public sources. All disclosures to their parties have been made pursuant to regulatory provision of proprietary agreements which provide for maintenance of the information in confidence.

II. Public disclosure of the QCNPS LOCA analysis, sought to be ,

withheld, is likely to cause substantial hann to the competitive '

position of the General Electric Company and deprive or reduce l l the availability of profit making opportunities because it would i

provide other parties, including competitors, with valuable information regarding analysis inputs and results using the SAFER /GESTR-LOCA methodology, as well as details of current fuel

) designs that are not available to other parties.

III. Initial approval of proprietary treatment of a document is typically made by the Subsection Manager of the originating component, who is most likely to be acquainted with the value and sensitivity of the information in relation to industry knowleda.

Access to such documents within the Company is limited on a "need to know" basis and such documents are clearly identified as 8807120393 880617 PDR ADOCK 05000254 P PDR

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4 proprietary. The procedure for approval of external release of l such a dc .ument typically requires review by the Subsection 1 Manager, Project Manager, Principal Scientist or other equivalent authority, by the Subsection Manager of the cognizant Marketing function (or delegate) and by the Legal Operation for technical 1 content, competitive effect and determination of the accuracy of  ;

the proprietary designation in accordance with the standards I enumerated above. Disclosures outside General Electric are gen- l erally limited to regulatory bodies, customers and potential  ;

customers and their agents, suppliers and licensees then only with appropriate protection by applicable regulatory provisions or proprietary agreements. ,

We have reviewed your application and the material based on the requirements l and criteria of 10 CFR 2.790 and, on the basis of General Electric Company's I statements, have determined that the submitted information sought to be )

withheld contains trade secrets or proprietary comercial information. There-fore, the QCNPS, Units 1 and 2, SAFER /GESTR-LOCA Loss-of-Coolant Accident ,

Analysis (NEDC-31345P, Revision 1, January 1988) marked as proprietary, will l 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. l 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 seno 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.

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 %is determination in the future, such as: 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. .

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Thierry M. oss, Project Manager Pmject Directorate III-2 l Division of Reactor Projects - III, '

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> Hr. Henry Bliss Quad Cities Nuclear Power station Commonwealth Edison Company Units 1 and 2 cc: l Mr. Stephen E. Shelton Vice President Iowa-Illinois Gas and Electric Company i P. O. Box 4350 1 Davenport, Iowa 52808 Micheal I. Miller, Esq.

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One First National Plaza Chicago, Illincis 60603 Mr. Richard Bax I Station Manager l Quad Cities Nuclear Power Station 22710 206th Avenue North Cordova, Illinois 61242 Resident Inspector U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission 22712 206th Avenue North Cordova, Illinois 61242  ;

Chairman Rock Island County Board of Supervisors 1504 3rd Avenue Rock Island County Offfice Bldg.

Rock Island Illinois 61201 Mr. Michael E. Parker, Chief I Division of Engineering i Illinois Department of Nuclear Safety  !

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Regional Administrator, Region III l .

U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission l 799 Roosevelt Road Glen Ellyn, Illinois 60137

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I proprietary. The procedure for approval of external release of such a document typically requires review by the Subsection Manager, Project Manager, Principal Scientist or other equivalent authority function or(, delegate) by the Subsection and by the Manager of the cognizant Legal Operation Marketing for technical I content, competitive effect and determination of the accuracy of the proprietary designation in accordance with the standards j enumerated above. Disclosures outside General Electric are gen-erally limited to regulatory bodies, customers and potential

) customers and their agents, suppliers and licensees then only with l appropriate protection by applicable regulatory provisions or l proprietary agreements.

We have reviewed your application and the material based on the requirements and criteria of 10 CFR 2.790 and, on the basis of General Electric Company's I statements, have determined that the submitted infomation sought to be withheld cantains trade secrets or prcprietary comercial information. . There-fore, the QCNPS, Units 1 and 2, SAFER /GESTR-LOCA Loss-of-Coolant Accident Analysis (NEDC-31345P, Revision 1, January 1988) 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 should also understand that the NRC may have cause to review this determinaticn in the future, such as, 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.

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