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Final Response to FOIA Request for Documents.Documents Listed in App J Being Released in Entirety.Documents Listed in App K Being Withheld in Entirety & Documents Listed in App L Being Withheld in Part (Ref FOIA Exemptions 4)
ML20197H142
Person / Time
Issue date: 12/02/1998
From: Racquel Powell
NRC OFFICE OF ADMINISTRATION (ADM)
To: Williams O
JRA ASSOCIATES
Shared Package
ML20197H148 List:
References
FOIA-97-488 NUDOCS 9812140014
Download: ML20197H142 (5)
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[ NRC FORM 464 Part i k U.S. NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION F* UIAIVA REsFOWsE NUMBER

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J INFORMATION ACT (FOIA) / PRIVACY RESPONSE

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k *...* / ACT (PA) REQUEST TYPE Y" REQUESTER DATE Ophelia Williarns DEC 0f. 896 PART 1. -INFORMATION RELEASED

~ No additional agency records subject to the request have been located.

Requested records are available through another public distribution program. See Comments section.

-y APPENDICES- Agency records subject to the request that are identified in the listed appendices are already available for J. L public inspection and copying at t% NRC Public Document Room.

- ~ APPENDICES Agency records subject to the request that are identified in the listed appendices are being made available for public inspection and copying at the NRC Public Document Room.

~E 5cioieVis iriformation on how you may obtain access to and the charges for copying records located at the NRC Public

- Document Room,2120 L Street. NW, Washington, DC.

M y Agency records subject to the request are enclosed.

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~~ "RAcodsTubject to the request that contain information originated by or of interest to another Federal agency have been

- referred to that agency (see comments section) for a disclosure determination and direct response to you.

We are continuing to process your request.

See Comments.

PART l.A - FEES AuouNT * ^~~ You will be billed by NRC for the amount listed. None. Minimum fee threshold not met.

$ .p2 You will receive a refund for the amount listed. Fees waived.

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  • See nts PART 1.8 -INFORMATION NOT LOCATED OR WITHHELD FROM DISCLOSURE No agency records subject to the request have been located.

Certain information in the requested records is being withheld from disclosure pursuant to the exemptions desenbed in and for y- the reasons statedin Part 11.

This determination may be appealed within 30 days by wnting to the FOIA/PA Officer, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, g- Washington, DC 20555-0001. Clearly state on the envelope and in the letter that it is a "FOIA/PA Appeal."

PART 4.C COMMENTS (Use attached Comments continuation page if required)

The actual fees for processing your request are:

3 hrs. SES search @ 561.87 per hr. - 5185.61 35 hrs. profesional search @ $33.67 per hr. = $1,178.45 52 hrs.10 minutes professionai resiew @ $33.67 per hr. = $1,756.44 Duplication of 4,237 pages @ 50.20 per page = 5847.40 Total = $3,967.90 y/ ,. ( l g [lj (LESS ADVANCE PAYNMENT OF $4,322.52 = 5354.62) 9812140014 981202 PDR FOIA IdILLI APf97-488 PDR wGhAIvRL - t H6 tuou of int OHuAl son Ac t.AND PkivAL y AcJ3H ILLR

. Russell A. Powell y ,g be if? k NRC FORM 464 Part 1 (6-1998) PRINTED oN RECYCLED PAPER This form was designed using if 80 mis

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NRC FORM 464 Part 11 U.S. NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION FOIA/PA DATE 7ESPONSE TO FREEDOM OF INFORMATION 97-488 DEC01 2 ACT (FOIA) / PRIVACY ACT (PA) REQUEST APPENDICf $._

PART ll.A - APPLICABLE EXEMPTIONS Records subject to the request that are desenbed in the enclosed Appendices are being withheld in their entirety or in part under b the Exemption No (s) of the PA and/or the FOIA as indicated below (5 U S C. 552a and/or 5 U S C. 552(b)). Exemption 1: The withheld information is properly classified pursuant to Executive Order 12958. Exemption 2: The withheld information relates solely to the internal personnel rules and procedures of NRC. 

         - Exemption 3: The withheld information is specifically exempted from public disclosure by statute indicated.

Sections 141-145 of the Atomic Energy Act, which prohibits the disclosure of Restncted Data or Formerly Restncted Data (42 U.S C 2161-2165). Section 147 of the Atomic Energy Act, which prohibits the disclosure of Unclassified Safeguards information (42 U S C. 2167). 41 U.S C., Section 253(b), subsection (m)(1), prohibits the disclosure of contractor proposals in the possession and control of an executive agency to any person under section 552 of Title 5. U.S C. (the FOIA), excep. when incorporated into the contract between the agency aad the submitter of the proposal. g Exemption 4: The withheld indicated,information is a trade secret or commercial or financial information that is being withheld for the reason (s) y The information is considered to be confidential business (propnetary) information. 

                    - The information is considered to be propnetary because it concerns a licensee's or apphcant's physical protection or matenal control and accounting program for special nuclear matenal pursuant to 10 CFR 2.790(d)(1)

The information was submitted by a foreign source and received in confidence pursuant to 10 CFR 2 790(d)(2). Exemption 5: The withheld information consists of interagency or intraagency records that are not available through discovery dunng litigation Applicable pnvileges: Deliberative process: Disclosure of predecisional information would tend to inhibit the open and frank exchange of ideas essential to the dehberative process Where records are withheld in their entirety, the facts are inextncably intertwined with the predecisional information. There also are no reasonably segregable factual portions because the release of the facts would permit an indirect inquiry into the predecisional process of the agency. Attomey work-product privilege. (Documents prepared by an attorney in contemplation of htigation) Attorney-client privilege (Confidential communications between an attomey and his/her client) _ Exempt;un 6- The withheld information is exempted from pubhc disclosure because its disclosure would result in a clearly unwarranted invasion of personal pnvacy. Exemption 7. The withheld informJtson consists of records compiled for law enforcement purposes and as being withheld for the reason (s) . indicated I (A) Disclosure could reasonably be expected to interfere with an enforcement proceeding (e g , it would reveal the scope, direction, and  ! focus of enforcement efforts, and thus Could possibly allow recipients to take action to shield potential wrongdoing or a violation of NRC requirements from inve3gators) (C) Disclosure would constitute an unwarranted invasion of personal pnvacy gD) The information consists of names of individuals and other information the disclosure of which could reasonably be expected to reveal identitier of confidential sources. (E) Disclosure would reveal techniques and procedures for law enforcement investigations or prosecutions. or guidehnes that could . reasonably be expected to risk circumvention of the law. I (F) Disclosure could reasonably be expected to endanger the hfe or physical safety of an individual. OTHER (Specify) I PART ll.B - DENYING OFFICIALS Pursuant to 10 CFR 9.25(g),9.25(h), and/or 9 65(b) of the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission regulations, it has been determined th;t the information withheld is exempt from produ -hon or disclosure, and that its production or disclosure is contrary to the public interest. The person responsible for the denial are those officials identified below as denying officials and the FOIA/PA Officer for any denials that may be appealed to the Executive Director for Operations (EDO). DENYING OFFICIAL TITLE / OFFICE RECORDS DENIED "[c Samuel J. Collins Director. Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation ' Appendix K, L Appeal must be made in wnting within 30 days of receipt of this response Appeals should be mailed to the FOIA/Pnvacy Act Officer. U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555-0001, for action by the appropriate appellate official (s) You should clearly state on the envelope and letter that it is a "FOIA/PA Appeal." NRC FORM dc4 Part it (6-1998) PHINILD oN RLcycLLD PAPLH 1his form was dewgned using inf orms l l

A  ; i l t  : FOIA-97-483 APPENDIX J " RECORDS BEING RELEASED IN THEIR ENTIRETY NO. DATE DESCRIPTION #PAGE COUNT) l

1. 5/3/93 To DJ McGuire from CV Dodd, Martin Marietta with enciosures (13 pages) l 1

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M  ! l t i l I FOIA-97-488 APPENDIX K - RECORDS BEING WITHHELD IN THEIR ENTIRETY , l l 

   ![q  DATE    DESCRIPTION #PAGE COUNT)/ EXEMPTION                                    :

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1. 7/5/84 Westinghouse Proprietary Class 2, SG84-07-008, Modified D2 and D3  !

Steam Generators Performance Summary Report (63 pages) EX. 4  ; 

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i i 2. 5/1/95 Steam Generator Reference Book, Steam Generators Owners Group EX. i 4 l l 3. 11/97 Steam Generator Tubing Outside Diameter Stres Corrosion Cracking at Tube Support Plates Database for Alternative Repair Limits, Volumes 1 [ and 2 (740 pages) EX. 4 l

4. 1/97 Evaluation of NRC Information Notice 96-09, including Supplement 1, }

Relative to Combustion Engineering Steam Generator Designs, l Combustion Engineering Owners Group Draft Report, CE NPSD-1079-P j (45 pages) EX. 4

5. 2/95 Burst Pressure Correlation for Steam Generator Tubes with Throughwall Axial Cracks, Draft EPRI Report TR-105505 (43 pages) EX 4 l
6. 8/93 PWR Steam Generator Tube Repair Limits: Technical Support Document for Expansion Zone PWSCC in Roll Transitions - Rev 2, Draft Report (236 l pages) EX. 4 l

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8 i FOIA-97-488 l APPENDIX L RECORDS BEING WITHHELD IN PART ' 

                   .N_Q,            DATE                       DESCRIPTIONHPAGE COUNTl/ EXEMPTION                                                                              l I
1. 8/96 EPRI NP 7480-L, Addendum 1, Steam Generator Tubing Outside l Diameter Stress Corrosion Cracking at Tube Support Plates Database for j Alternative Repair Limits (215 pages - 12 pages released) EX. 4 l
2. 12/94 EPRI, Steam Generator Reference Book, Revision 1, Volume 1 (144 pages released) EX. 4
3. 8/96 Westinghouse WCAP-14708 Model 51 Steam Generator Limited Tube Support Plate Displacement Analysis for Dented or Packed Tube to Tube Support Plate Crevices (161 pages - 81 pages released) EX. 4 i

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i FO!A/PAREQUEST QueNo: J/R/A ASSOCIATES Ogem %r7-agg _ ,, m Regulatory Information & Support Systems % 0g., yg - P.O. Bar 4604 gglgodOce: , CapitolHeights, MD 20791-4604 , (301) 249-9672

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December 17,1997  ; 

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                                                                                                   .                  i Mr. Russell A. Powell, Chief Freedom ofInformation/ Local Public Document

, Room Branch I' M/S T6D8 U.S. NUCLEAR REGULA TORY C0hDflSSION Washington, DC 20555

SUBJECT:

FREEDOMOF1NFORMATIONACTREQUEST l

DearMr. Powell:

Pursuant to the Freedom ofInformation Act , 5 USC Paragraph 552, and to the Nuclear Regulatory Commission's regulations, Ihereby request copies ofany data the NRC documents orpossesses on steam generator degradation in internationalplants. l l Iwould appreciateyourprompt response within ten working days of the receipt of this request, asprovided by the Code andNRC'spolicies. Iagree topay suchfees as required under 10CE" heagraph 9.33 et sea. withoutfurther authorization, however, please callif thefees exceed $50.00. In addition, please send the response to me only, rather than to the NRC's Public Document Room. Please callifyou have questions. Thankyouforyour services. S cerely, aAMC) l Ophelia G. illiams i i l i 4 d 3M ~}}

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