ML20196H517

Requests Withholding of Info Being Presented in Meeting of Entergy,General Electric & NRC Staff.Licensee Requested Meeting with NRC to Present Info on Recent Anomalous Conditions Found During Insp of Fuel Bundles.W/Affidavit

ML20196H517
Person / Time
Site:	River Bend
Issue date:	06/21/1999
From:	Edington R ENTERGY OPERATIONS, INC.
To:	NRC OFFICE OF INFORMATION RESOURCES MANAGEMENT (IRM)
References
RBF1-99-0180, RBF1-99-180, RBG-45035, NUDOCS 9907060361
Download: ML20196H517 (3)

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[- Fax 225 3814872 Randall K. Edington l Vice President. Operahons

l. June 21,1999 U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission ATTN: Document Control Desk Washington,DC 20555

SUBJECT:

River Bend Station Docket No. 50-458 License No. NPF-47 Request for Withholding Information from Public Disclosure i RBF1-99-0180 '

RBO-45035 File No. G9.5, G9.42 .

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' The purpose of this letter is to request withholding ofinformation being presented I in a meeting of EOI, General Electric, and the NRC Staff. EOI requested a meeting with the NRC Staff to present information en recent anomalous conditions found during inspection of fuel bundles during the 1999 refueling outage at the River Bend Station (RBS). Because the discussion will include information that concerns commercial and financial information (i.e., proprietary information), and is of a preliminary nature, we request non-disclosure of the information to the public pursuant to the provisions of 10 CFR 2.790(a)(4).

Enclosure 1 is an affidavit executed in accordance with the provisions of 10 CFR 2.790(b)(1).

. If you have any questions, please contact me or Rick J. King, Director, Nuclear Safety and Regulatory Affairs, at 225-336-6225. 3 Sincerely, i- Randall K. Edington gcA Vice President- Operations -

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Enclosure 1 BEFORE THE UNITED STATES NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION LICENSE NO. NPF-47 DOCKETNO 50-458 IN THE MATTER OF ENTERGY GULF STATES,INC.

ENTERGY OPERATIONS,INC.

AFFIDAVIT I, Randall K. Edington., state that I am Vice President - Operations of Entergy Operations, Inc. at River Bend Station. On behalf of Entergy Operations, Inc., I am authorized by Entergy Operations, Inc., to sign and file with the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, this request for withholding information. I signed this letter as Vice President - Operations at River Bend Station for Entergy Operations, In'c. The specific information to be withheld is, in its entirety, the material to be provided in a closed meeting with the NRC staff on June 22,1999, discussing certain commercial and financial information, and preliminary information regarding the actions associated with operation of the River Bend Station, which is both a regulated entity and a deregulated entity for production of electricity in the power market. The information has been held in confidence by Entergy Operations, Inc., and such information is customarily held in confidence by Entergy Operations, Inc. because public disclosure could harm the Company's present and future competitive position. The detailed information to be pesented in the aforementioned meeting will be transmitted to the NRC in confidence. To the best of my knowledge and belief, the detailed information is not available in public sources. As indicated above, public disclosure of this information could harm the competitive position of the Company, and to my knowledge, the detailed information to be disclosed could not be properly acquired or duplicated by others. The statements made and the matters set forth herein are true and correct to the best of my knowledge, information, and belief.

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Randall K. dington STATE OF LOUISIANA PARISH OF WEST FELICIANA SUBSCRIBED AND SWORN TO before me, a Notary Public, commissioned in the Parish above named, this 07 / M day of but .1999, f

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