ML20198H666

Informs That Attachment 1 to Ltr LR-N98404,dtd 980825 Marked as Proprietary,Will Be Withheld from Public Disclosure Pursuant to 10CFR2.790(b)(5) & Section 103(b) of Atomic Energy Act of 1954,as Amended

ML20198H666
Person / Time
Site:	Hope Creek
Issue date:	12/17/1998
From:	Richard Ennis NRC (Affiliation Not Assigned)
To:	Keiser H Public Service Enterprise Group
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TAC-MA3484, NUDOCS 9812290388
Download: ML20198H666 (5)

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REQUEST FOR WITHHOLDING INFORMATION FROM PUBLIC DISCLOSURE, HOPE CREEK GENERATING STATION, SAFETY LIMIT MINIMUM CRITICAL POWER RATIO (SLMCPR) (TAC NO. MA3484)

Dear Mr. Keiser:

By Public Service Electric and Gas Company's letter (LR-N98404) dated August 25,1998, and General Electric Company's (GE) affidavit executed by Glen A. Watford, dated August 21, g 1998, (Attachment 4 to letter LR-N98404), you submitted GE's justification for the proposed changes to the Hope Creek Generating Station Technical Specifications associated with the D Safety Limit Minimum Critical Power Ratio, (Attachment 1 to letter LR-N98404), and requested that it be withheld from public disclosure pursuant to 10 CFR 2.790. A nonproprietary version (Attachment 5 to letter LR-N98404) was submitted for' placement in the NRC public document room.

I GE stated that the submitted information should be considered exempt from mandatory public disclosure for the following reasons:

(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 [the] expenditure of resources or improve [the] competitive position in the design, manufacture, shipment, installation, assurance of quality, or licensing of a similar product.

(c) The information identified in [ Attachment 1 to letter LR-N98404] is classified as proprietary because it contains details of GE's Safety Limit MCPR analysis and the corresponding results which GE has opplied to Hope Creek's actual core design with GE's fuel.

The development of the metheJs used in [this] analysis, along with the testing, development and approval of sne supporting critical power correlation was achieved at a significant cost, on the order of several million dollars, to GE. f

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H. Keiser We have reviewed your submittal and the materialin accordance with the requirements of 10 CFR 2.790 and, on the basis of GE's statements, have determined that the information in Attachment 1 to letter LR-N98404 contains proprietary commercialinformation.

Therefore, Attachment 1 to your letter LR-N98404, dated Augurt 25,1998, marked as proprietary, will be withheld from public disclosu*e 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 concemed 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 nave 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, please contact me at (301) 415-1420.

Sincerely, original signed by:

Richard B. Ennis, Project Manager Project Directorate 1-2 Division of Reactor Projects - l/ll Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation Docket No. 50-354 cc: See next page DISTRIBUTION l

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H. Keiser 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 detennined that the information in Attachment 1 to letter LR-N98404 contains proprietary commercial information.

Therefore, Attachment 1 to your letter LR-N98404, dated August 25,1998, 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.

Withnolding from public inspection shal! not affect the right, if any, of persons properly and directly concemed 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 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 inspaction, you should promptly notify the NRC. You also should understand that the NRC may have cause to review this determinat;on 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, please contact me at (301) 415-1420.

Sincerely, origina) signed by:

Richard B. Ennis, Project Manager Project Directorate 1-2 Division of Reactor Projects - 1/11 Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation Docket No. 50-354 cc: See next page DISTRIBUTION Docket File RCapra THuang PUBLIC REnnis MSiemien, OGC PDI-2 Reading TClark JLinville, RGN-l JZwolinski TCol! ins i /1 OFFICE PDI-2/PM PDI-3/LA SRXSk OGChk PDI-2/D NAME REnnis:rb b TClarkMb i TCo ns MSiem\en RCapra #

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H. Keiser We have reviewed your submittal and the materiali's accordanca with the requiremente of 10 CFR 2.790 and, on the basis of GE's statements, have determined that the infom1ation in Attachment 1 to letter LR-N98404 contains proprietary commercia! informatiu.

Therefore, Attachment 1 to your letter LR N98404, dated August 25,1998, 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 ri0ht, if any, of persons properly and directly concemed 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 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 questionr, please contact me at (301) 415-1420.

Sincerely,

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Richard B. Ennis, Project Manager Project Directorate 1-2 Division of Reactor Projects - 1/II Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation 6

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Mr. Harold W. Keiser Hope Creek Generating Station Public Service Electric & Gas Company cc:

Jeffrie J. Keenan, Esquire Manager- Joint Generation Nuclear Business Unit- N21 Atlantic Energy P.O. Box 236 6801 Black Horse Pike Hancocks Bridge, NJ 08038 Egg Harbor Twp., NJ 08234-4130 Hope Creek Resident inspector Richard Hartung U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Electric Service Evaluation Drawer 0509 Board of Regulatory Commissioners Hancocks Bridge, NJ 08038 2 Gateway Center, Tenth Floor Newark, NJ 07102 Mr. Louis Storz Sr. Vice President - Nuclear Operations Lower Alloways Creek Township Nuclear Department c/o Mary O. Henderson, Clerk P.O. Box 236 Municipal Building, P.O. Box 157 Hancocks Bridge, NJ 08038 Hancocks Bridge, NJ 08038 General Manager - Hope Creek Operations Mr. Elbert Simpson Hope Creek Generating Station Senior Vice President-P.O. Box 236 Nuclear Engineering Hancocks Bridge, NJ 08038 Nuclear Department P.O. Box 236 Director- Licensing Regulation & Fuels Hancocks Bridge, NJ 08038 Nuclear Business Unit- N21 P.O. Box 236 Hancocks Bridge, NJ 08038 Regional Administrator, Region i U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission 475 Allendale Road King of Prussia, PA 19 UA Dr. Jill Lipoti, Asst. Director Radiation Protection Programs NJ Department of Environmental Protection and Energy CN 415 Trenton, NJ 08625-0415