ML20195J197

Advises That GE-NE-523-B13-01920-56,Rev 1,submitted with 990202 Affidavit,Marked Proprietary,Will Be Withheld from Public Disclosure,Per 10CFR2.790(b)(5) & Section 103(b) of AEA of 1954,as Amended

ML20195J197
Person / Time
Site:	Brunswick
Issue date:	06/14/1999
From:	Hansen A NRC (Affiliation Not Assigned)
To:	Stramback G GENERAL ELECTRIC CO.
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NUDOCS 9906180123
Download: ML20195J197 (4)

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June 14, 1999 Mr. George B. Stramback Project Manager, Regulatory Services General Electric Company-175 Curtner Avenue ,

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SUBJECT:

REQUEST FOR' WITHHOLDING INFORMAT!ON FROM PUBLIC DISCLOSURE (BRUNSWICK STEAM ELECTRIC PLANT, UNIT 1) _

Dear Mr. Stramback:

By your affidavit dated February 2,1999, you submitted GE-NE-523-B13-01920-56, Rev.1, " Jet Pump Thermal Sleeve-to-Riser Elbow Weld Flaw Evaluation for Brunswick Steam Electric Plant Unit 1" and requested that it be withheld from public disclosure pursuant to 10 CFR 2.790.

. The affidavit stated that the submitted information should be considered exempt from mandatory public disclosure for the following rease ss;

a. Information that discloses a process, method, or apparatus, including supporting data and analyses, where prevention of its use by General Electric's competitors without license from General Electric constitutes a competitive economic advantage over other companies;

b. Information which, if used by a competitor, would reduce his expenditure of resources or improve his competitive position in the design, manufacture, shipment, installation, assurance of quality, or licensing of a similar product; and

c. Information that is classified as proprietary because it contains detailed results of a combination of vibration analytical models, methods and processes, including computer codes, and actual plant vibration test data which GE has collected and maintained to support vibration snalyses, such as this flaw evaluation. The 1 development of the analytical techniques and collection and maintenance of applicable test data was achieved at a significant cost, on the order of several 9 hundred thousand dollars, to GE. The development of the evaluation proccas along with the interpretation and application of the analytical results is derived from the extensive experience database that constitutes a major GE asset.

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 and should be withheld from public disclosure. ]kO Therefore, GE-NE-523-B13-01920-56, Rev.1, " Jet Pump Thermal Sleeve-to-Riser Elbow Weld Flaw Evaluation for Brunswick Steam Electric Plant Unit 1" 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.

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June 14, 1999 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.

If you have any questions regarding this matter, I may be reached at 301-415-2019.

Sincerely, Origi=1 signed by:

Allen G. Hanten, Project Manager, Section 2 Project Directorate ll Division of Licensing Project Management Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation Docket No. 50-325 cc: See next page Licensee

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i 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 tne 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.

If you have any questions regarding this matter, I may lse reached at 301415-2019.

Sincerely,

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Mr. J. S. Keenan Brunswick Steam Electric Plant Carolina Power & Light Company Units 1 and 2 cc:

Mr. William D. Johnson Ms. Karen E. Long Vice President and Corporate Secretary Assistant Attomey General Carolina Power & Light Company State of North Carolina Post Office Box 1551 Post Office Box 629 Raleigh, North Carolina 27602 Raleigh, North Carolina 27602 Mr. Jerry W. Jones, Chairman . Mr. Robert P. Gruber Brunswick County Board of Commissioners Executive Director Post Office Box 249 Public Staff- NCUC Bolivia, North Carolina 28422 Post Office Box 29520

, Raleigh, North Carolina 27626-0520 Resident inspector U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission 8470 River Road Director Southport, North Carolina 28461 Site Operations Brunswick Steam Electric Plant Mr. John H. O'Neill, Jr. Post Office Box 10429 Shaw, Pittman, Potts & Trowbridge Southport, North Carolina 28461 2300 N Street, NW.

Washington, DC 20037-1128 Mr. William H. Crowe, Mayor City of Southport Mr. Mel Fry, Director 201 East Moore Street Division of Radiation Protection Southport, North Carolina 28461 N.C. Department of Environment and Natural Resources Mr. Dan E. Summers 3825 Barrett Dr. Emergency Management Coordinator Raleigh, North Carolina 27609-7721 New Hanover County Department of Emergency Management Mr. J. J. Lyssh Post Office Box 1525 Plant Manager Wilmington, North Carolina 28402 Carolina Power & Light Company Brunswick Steam Electnc Plant Mr. Ter:y C. Morton Post Office Box 10429 Manager Southport, North Caroiina 28461 Performance Evaluation and Regulatory Affairs CPB 9 Public Service Commission Carolina Power & Light Company State of South Carolina Post Office Box 1551 Post Office Drawer 11649 Raleigh, North Carolina 27602-1551 Columbia, South Carolina 29211 Mr. K. R. Jury Manager- Regulatory Affairs Carolina Power & Light Company Post Office Box 10429 Southport, NC 28461-0429