ML20196F809
| ML20196F809 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Quad Cities  |
| Issue date: | 12/01/1998 |
| From: | Pulsifer R NRC (Affiliation Not Assigned) |
| To: | Kingsley O COMMONWEALTH EDISON CO. |
| References | |
| NUDOCS 9812070129 | |
| Download: ML20196F809 (5) | |
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December 1,1998 Mr. Oliver D. Kingsley, President Nuclear Generation Group Commonwealth Edison Company Executive Towers West lli 1400 Opus Place, Suite 500 Downers Grove,IL 60515
SUBJECT:
REQUEST FOR WITHHOLDING INFORMATION FROM PUBLIC DISCLOSURE
Dear Mr. Kingsley:
By letter from Commonwealth Edison Company (Comed) dated October 23,1998, and General
' Electric Company'c (GE) affidavit executed by David J. Robare dated September 30,1998, you submitted a proprietary document entitled, " Quad Cities Nuclear Power Station, Units 1 and 2, Containment Analysis for Short-Term NPSH Evaluation with ANS 5.1-1979 + 2 Sigma Decay 1
Heat" and requested that it be withheld from public disclosure pursuant to 10 CFR 2.790.
GE stated that the information should be considered exempt from mandatory public disclosure for the following reasons:
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"(4)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; (4)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; j
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The information identified in paragraph (2), above, [ Quad Cities Nuclear Power l
Station, Units 1 and 2, Containment Analysis for Short-Term NPSH Evaluation with ANS 5.1-1979 + 2 Sigma Decay Heat] is classified as proprietary because it contains detailed design bases and methods and processes regarding the use of analytical models, including computer codes, which GE has developed or modified, and applied to perform evaluations of containment pressurization and heat transfer capability for loss-of-coolant accidents for the BWR. The detailed
@OON level of information normally only is available for GE intemal use, is not supplied even to our customers, and only is available for audit by customers and the NRC. This information shows in specific detail the processes, codes and g/ \\ g) p methods employed to perform the evaluations.
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l O. Kingsley l The development and modification of this information and models for these BWR r
i analysis computer codes was achieved at a significant cost, on the order of several l
hundred thousand dollars, to GE.
I The development of the supporting processes, was at a significant additional cost to GE, in excess of a million dollars, over and above the large cost of developing the underlying individual proprietary report information."
We have reviewed your submittal and the material in accordance with the requirements of 10 CFR 2.790 and, on the basis of GE's statements, have determined that the submitted information sought to be withheld contains trade secrets or proprietary commercial information and should be withheld from public disclosure.
l Therefore, we have determined that the documents entitled " Quad Cities Nuclear Power Station, Units 1 and 2, Containment Analysis for Short-Term NPSH Evaluation with ANS 5.1-1979 + 2 Sigma Decay Heat," marked as proprietary will be withheid from public disclosure 1
pursuant to 10 CFR 2.790(b)(5) and Section 103(b) of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as 1
amended.
Withholding from public inspection shall not affect the right, if any, of persons properly and directly concemed to inspect the document. If the need arises, we may send copies of this information to our consultants working in this area. We witl, of course, insure that the
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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, for example, if the scope of a Freedom of Information Act request includes your information. In all review situations, if the NRC needs additional information from you or makes a determination adverse to the above, you will be notified in advance of any public disclosure.
Sincerely, l
c Robert M. Pulsifer, Project Manager Project Directorate lil-2 Division of Reactor Projects - lil/IV Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation i
j-Docket Nos. 50-254,50-265
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O. Kingsley December 1, 1998 The development and modification of this information and models for these BWR analysis computer codes was achieved at a significant cost, on the order of several hundred thousand dollars, to GE.
The development of the supporting processes, was at a significant additional cost to GE, in excess of a million dollars, over and above the large cost of developing the underlying individual proprietary report information."
We have reviewed your submittal and the material in accordance with the requirements of 10 CFR 2.790 and, on the basis of GE's statements, have determined that the submitted information sought to be withheld contains trade secrets or proprietary commercial information and should be withheld from public disclosure.
Therefore, we have determined that the documents entitled " Quad Cities Nuclear Power Station, Units 1 and 2, Containment Analysis for Short-Term NPSH Evaluation with ANS 5.1 1979 + 2 Sigma Decay Heat," 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 document. If the need arises, we may send copies of this information to our consultants working in this area. We will, of course, insure 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, for example, if the scope of a Freedom of Information Act i
request includes your information. In all review situations, if the NRC needs additional information from you or makes a determination adverse to the above, you will be notified in advance of any public disclosure.
Sincerely, ORIG. SIGNED BY Robert M. Pulsifer, Project Manager Project Directorate 111-2 Division of Reactor Projects - til/IV Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation DISTRIBUTION:
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O. Kingsley Quad Cities Nuclear Power Station.
Commonwealth Edison Company Units 1 and 2 cc:
MichaelI. Miller, Esquire Vice President-Law and Sidley and Austin Regulatory Affairs One First National Plaza MidAmerican Energy Company Chicago, Illinois 60603 One River Center Place 106 E. Second Street i
Commonwealth Edison Company P.O. Box 4350 Quad Cities Station Manager Davenport, Iowa 52808 22710 206th Avenue N.
Cordova, Illinois 61242-9740 Document Control Desk-Licensing f
Commonwealth Edison Company U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission 1400 Opus Place, Suite 400 Quad Cities Resident inspectors Office Downers Grove, Illinois 60515 22712 206th Avenue N.
Cordova, Illinois 61242 Mr. David Helwig Senior Vice President Chairman Commonwealth Edison Company Rock Island County Board Executive Towers West 111 of Supervisors 1400 Opus Place, Suite 900 1504 3rd Avenue Downers Grove, IL 60515 -
Rock Island County Office Bldg.
Rock Island, Illinois 61201 Mr. Gene H. Stanley PWR's Vice President Illinois Department of Nuclear Safety Commonwealth Edison Company Office of Nuclear Facility Safety Executive Towers West 111 1035 Outer Park Drive 1400 Opus Place, Suite 900 Springfield, Illinois 62704-Downers Grove,IL 60515 Regional Administrator Mr. Steve Perry U.S. NRC, Region ill BWR's Vice President 801 Warrenville Road Commonwealth Edison Company Lisle, Illinois 60532-4351 Executive Towers West til 1400 Opus Place, Suite 900 William D. Leach Downers Grove,IL 60515 Manager-Nuclear MidAmerican Energy Company Mr. Dennis Farrar 907 Walnut Street Regulatory Services Manager P.O. Box 657 Commonwealth Edison Company Des Moines, Iowa 50303 Executive Towers West lll 1400 Opus Place, Suite 500 Commonwealth Edison Company Downers Grove,IL 60515 Site Vice President-Quad Cities 22710 206th Avenue N.
Cordova, Illinois 61242-9740 l
O. Kingsley Quad Cities Nuclear Power Plant Commonwealth Edison Company Units 1 and 2 Ms. Irene Johnson, Licensing Director i
Nuclear Regulatory Services Commonwealth Edison Company Executive Towers West lli 1400 Opus Place, Suite 500 Downers Grove,IL 60515 Commonwealth Edison Company Reg. Assurance Supervisor-Quad Cities 22710 206th Avenue N.
Cordova, Illinois 61242-9740 Mr. Michael J. Wallace Senior Vice President Commonwealth Edison Company Executive Towers West 111 1400 Opus Place, Suite 900 Downers Grove,IL 60515 David J. Robare General Electric Company 175 Curtner Avenue San Jose, Califomia 95125 t
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