ML20196C720

Grants Withholding of WCAP-11555, Technical Bases for Eliminating Rupture of Accumulator Line & Attached RHR Piping from Structural Design Bases for South Texas Project, Units 1 & 2, Per 10CFR2.790

ML20196C720
Person / Time
Site:	South Texas
Issue date:	12/01/1988
From:	Dick G Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation
To:	Goldberg J HOUSTON LIGHTING & POWER CO.
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NUDOCS 8812080070
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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION WASHINGTON, D. r. 20666 y ~;0 December 1, 1988 Docket tios. 50-498 and 50-499 Mr. J. H. Goldberg Group Vice-President, Nuclear Houston Lighting & Power Company P. O. Box 1700 Houston, Texas 77001

SUBJECT:

REQUEST FOR WITHHOLDItiG liiFORMAT10ft FR0ft PUBLIC DISCLOSURE By your application dated Septen:ber P1,1987 and Westinghouse Electric Corporation's affidavit dated Septerber 10, 1987 you submitted "WCAP-11555 (Proprietary) and WCAP-11572 (tion-prcprietary) entitled, "Technical Bases for Eliminating Rupture of the Accucclator Line and its Attached RHR Piping From the Structural Design Bases for South Texas Projecc, Units 1 and 2" and requested that WCAP-11555 be withheld frum public disclosure pursuant to 10 CFR 2.790.

You stated that the subuitted information should be con.,id. >ed eser'pt fron n.andatory public disclosure for the following reasons:

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The information reveals the distinguishing aspects of a process (or cop!ponent, structure, teol rethod, etc.) where prevention of its use by any of Westinghouse,s cor.petitors without license frou Westinghouse constitutes a conpetitive econonic advantage over other, corpanies.

The inforcation consists of supporting data, including test data, ),

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relative to a process (or corponent, structure, tool, methcd, etc.

the application of which data secures a corcpetitive eccnomic advantage, e.g., by optimization or irproved marketability.

3.

The information, if used by a competitor, would reduce bis expenditure of resources or improve his corpetitive position in the design, ranufacture, shipment, installation, assurance of quality, or licensing of a similar product.

4 The information reveals cost or price inforni4 tion, production capacities, budget levels, or cora.ercial strategies of Westinghouse, its customers or,.uppliers.

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The inforration reveals aspects of past, present, or future Westinghouse or customer funded developrent plans and programs of potential concercial value to Westinghouse.

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The information contains patentable ideas, for which patent protection may be desirable.

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The information is not the property of Westinghouse, but must be treated as proprietary by Westinghouse according to agreerents with the owner.

We have reviewed your application and the material in accordance with the requirenents of 10 CFR 2.790 and, on the basis of Westinghcuse's statements, have deternined that the submitted information sought to be withheld contains trade secrets or proprietary corrnercial information.

Therefore,theversion(s)ofthesubmittedinformationmarkedasoroprietary

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will be withheld from public disclosure pursuant to 10 CFR 2.790(b)(5) and Section 103(b) of the Atomic Energy /ct of 1954, as atended.

Withholding from public inspection shall not affect the right, if any, of persons properly and directly cc.ncerned to inspect the docurents.

If the need arises, we may send copies of this infortnation to our consultants working in this 6rea. We will, of course, ensure that the consultants have signed the appropriate agreerr.ents for handling proprietary information.

If the bhsis for withholding this inforr.ation from public inspection shculd charge in the future such that the informatier could then be made availt'le for public inspection, you should pror.ptiy notify the ilRC. You also shu_ld ur derstand 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 inferrnation.

In all review situations, if the NRC makes a deterraination adverse to the above, you will be notified in advance of any public disclosure.

Sincerely,

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Georgt F. Dick, Jr., Project Manager Project Directorate - IV Division of Reactor Projects - !!!,

!Y, Y and Special Projects Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation cc: See next page

tir. J. H. Goldberg SouthTexasProject Houston Lighting and Power Company 4

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Brian Berwick, Esq.

Resident Inspector /Snuth Texas Assistant Attorney General Project Environinental Protection Division c/o U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Connission P. O. Box 12548 P. O. Box 910 J

Capitol Station Bay City, Texas 77414 Austin, Texas 78711 Hr. Jonathan Davis Mr. J. T. Westermeier Assistant City Attorney General Manager, South Texas Project City of Austin Houston Lightino

-d Power Company P. O. Box 1088 P. O. Box 289 Austin, Texas 78767 Houston, Texas 77483 Ms. Pat Coy l

l Mr. R. J. Miner Citizens Concerned About Nuclear Chief Operating Officer Power City of Austin Electric Utility 10 Singleton 721 Barton Springs Road Eureka Springs, Arkansas 72632 Austin, Texas 78704 Mr. !!

A. McBurnett Mr. R. J. Costello ttanager, Operations Support Licensing i

Mr. M. T. Hardt Houston Lighting and Power Corpany City Public Service Board P. O. Bcx 289 P. O. Box 1771 Wadsworth. Texas 77483 San Antonio, Texas 78296 Mr. A. Zaccaria Jack R. hewman, Esq.

itr. K. G. Hess Newan & Holtzinger, P. C.

Bechtel Corporation 1615 L Street,itW P. O. Box 216E Washington, D.C.

20036 Houston, Texas 77001 l

Pelbert Schwartz, Jr., Esq.

Mr. R. P. Verret Baker & Botts Pr. R. L. Range One Shell Plaza Central Power and Light Cornpany Houston, Texas 77002 P. O. Box 2121 Corpus Christi, Texas 78403 Mrs. Peggy Buchorn Executive Director Doub, Muntzing and Glasgow Citizens for Equitable Utilities. Inc.

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Route 1. Box 1684 Suite 400 Brazoria, Texas 77422 808 Seventeenth Street, N.W.

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Mr. S. L. Rosen i

General Itanager, Operations Support Houston Lighting and Power Company P. O. Box 289 Wadsworth Texas 77483 t

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Houston Lighting & Power CC:

Regional Administrator, Region IV R. A.Wiesemann U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Manager of Regulatory & Legislative Affairs Office of Executive Director Westinghouse Elrctric Corporation for Operations F. O. Box 355 611 Ryan Plaza Drive, Suite 1000 Pittsburgh, PA 15230-0355 Arlington, Texas 76011 Mr. Lanny Sinkin, Counsel for Intervenor Citizens Concerned about Nuclear Pcwer, Inc.

Christic Institute 1324 North Capitol Street Washington, D.C.

20002 Licensing Representative Houston Lighting and Power Company Suite 610 Three Metro Cer.ter Bethesda, Maryland 20814 Rufus S. Scott Associate General Counsel Houston Lighting & Power Conpany P. O. Eox 1700 Houston, Texas 77001

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INPO Records Center 1100 Circle 75 Par 6way Atlanta, Georgia 30339-3064 Joseph M. Hendrie 50 Ee11 port Lane Be11 port, New York 11713 Gerald E. Vaughn, Vice President Nuclear Operations Houston Lighting & Power Conpany P. O. Eox 289 Wadsworth Texas 77483 R. W. Chewning, Chairr.an Nuclear Safety Review Board Houston Lighting & Power Corpany P. O. Box 289 Wadsworth, Texas 77483

Decembsr 1, 1988 ftr. J. H. Goldberg.

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The information contains petentable ideas, for which patent protection may be desirable.

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The information is not the property of Westinglouse, but must be treated as proprietary by Westinghouse acccrding to agreerrents with the owner.

We have reviewed your application and the material in accordance with the requirements of 10 CFR 2.790 and, on the basis of Westinghcuse's stotenents, have determined that the submitted information sought to be withheld contains trade secrets or proprietary corrercial inforration.

Therefore, the version (s) of the submitted information marked as pioprietary 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 offect the right, if any, of persons properly and directly corcerned 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 agreen.ents for handling proprietary information.

If the basis for withholding this inforroation from public inspection should change in the future such that the information cc.uld then be made available for public inspection, you should prorptly notify the tiRC. You also should understand that the !!PC may have cause to review this deterroination in the future, for example, if the scope of a Freedom of Information Act request includes your information.

In all review situations, if the itRC makes a determination adverse to the above, you will be notified in advance of any public disclosure.

Sincerely, George F. Dick, Jr., Projef tet'anager Project Directorate - IV M '-

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