ML20150F775

Advises That Info on Advanced BWR Fuel Design in Chapter 4 of Supplemental SAR Will Be Withheld from Public Disclosure (Ref 10CFR2.790),per 870929 Request

ML20150F775
Person / Time
Site:	05000605
Issue date:	03/29/1988
From:	Scaletti D Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation
To:	Artigas R GENERAL ELECTRIC CO.
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NUDOCS 8804050408
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oa March 29, 1988 ,

Docket No. STN 50-605

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Ricardo Artigas, Manager ipoetet File / LRubenstein Licensing & Consulting Services NRC PCR JPartlow GE Nuclear Energy, Mail Code 682 PDSNP Reading DScaletti General Electric Company EHylton 175 Curtner Avenue EJordan San Jose, California 95125 EShomaker, OGC-Rockville

SUBJECT:

REQUEST FOR WITHHOLDING INFORMATION FROM PUBLIC DISCLOSURE By letter dated September 29, 1987, and affidavit dated September 22, 1987, you submitted your application for certification of the Advanced Boiling Water Reactor (ABWR) Design. As part of that application, in Chapter 4 of the SSAR, you submitted original information on the ABWR fuel design and requested that it be withheld from public disclosure pursuant to 10 CFR 2.790.

We have reviewed ycur application and the material based on the requirements i and criteria of 10 CFR 2.790 and, on the basis of your statements, have determined that the submitted information sought to be withheld contains trade l secrets or proprietary commercial information. Therefore, the information i rarked as proprietary in Chapter 4 of the SSAR will be withheld from public

disclosure pursuant to 10 CFR 2.790(b)(5) and Section 103(b) of the Atomic 4

Energy Act of 1954, as amended.

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Withholding from public inspection shall not affect the right, if any, of 4

persons properly and directly concerned to inspcct the documents. If the need arises, we may send copies of this information to our consultants working in 4

this area. We will, of course, ensure that the consultants have signed the 4

appropriate agreements for handling proprietary information.

I 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, ycu should promptly notify the NRC. You should also understand that the NRC may have cause to review this 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.

Sincerely, '

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General Electric Company 175 Curtner Avenue San Jose, California 95125

SUBJECT:

REQUEST FOR WITHHOLDING INFORMATION FROM PUBLIC DISCLOSURE By letter dated September 29, 1987, and affidavit dated September 22, 1987, you submitted your application for certification of the Advanced Boiling Water Reactor (ABWR) Design. As part of that application, in Chapter 4 of the SSAR, you submitted original information on the ABWR fuel design and requested ihat it be withheld from public disclosure pursuant to 10 CFR 2.790.

We have reviewed your application and the material based on the requirements and criteria of 10 CFR 2.790 and, on the basis of your statements, have determined that the submitted information sought to be withheld contains trade secrets or proprietary consnercial information. Therefore, the information marked as proprietary in Chapter 4 of the SSAR 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 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.

Sincerely,  ;

%% C. Sc4M Dino C. Scaletti, Project Manager l

l Standardization and Non-Power Reactor Project Directorate Division of Reactor Projects - III, IV, Y and Special Projects Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation i

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