ML20203B467

Informs That Licensee 990111 Application & Affidavit Submitting HI-961584,HI-971667,HI-92801 & HI-89330 Will Be Marked as Proprietary & Will Be Withheld from Public Disclosure Pursuant to 10CFR2.790(b)(5) & Section 103(b)

ML20203B467
Person / Time
Site:	Nine Mile Point
Issue date:	02/08/1999
From:	Hood D NRC (Affiliation Not Assigned)
To:	Mueller J NIAGARA MOHAWK POWER CORP.
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NUDOCS 9902100315
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%*****+ Fsbruary 8,1999 e ppQ Mr. John H. Mueller Chief Nuclear Officer Niagara Mohawk Power Corporation Nine Mile Point Nuclear Station Operations Building, Second Floor P.O. Box 63 Lycoming, NY 13093 s.

SlJBJECT: REQUEST FO't WITHHOLDING INFORMATION FROM PUBLIC DISCLOSURE -

NINE MILE POINT NUCLEAR STATION, UNIT 1 l Dear Mr. Mueller.

By your application and affidavit dated January 11,1999, executed by Michael P. McNamara of Holtec Intemational you submitted HI-961584, " Fuel Assembly Drop Accident for Niagara ,

Mohawk Power Corporation" Rev. 0; HI-971667, " Liner Fatigue Analysis for NMP1", Rev. 0; Hi 92801, " Calculation Package for Single Rack Analysis, Nine Mile Point Unit 1, Niagara Mohawk Power Corporation," Rev. 2, Pg. 7-201 through 7-204 and 7-219; and Hi-89330,

" Seismic Analysis of High Dens!ty Fuel Racks, Part Ill: Structural Design Calculations -

Theory", Rev.1 pg. 49 through 54, and requested that they be withheld from public disclosure pursuant to 10 CFR 2.790. A nonproprietary version was submitted for placement in the NRC public document room.

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

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1. Information that discloses a process, method, or apparatus, including supporting data

. and analyses, where prevention of its use by Holtec's competitors without license from l Holtec intomational constitutes a competitive economic advantage over other I companies; .

2. 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, orlicensing of a similar product.

3. Information which reveals cost or price information, production, capacities, budget

' levels, or commercial strategies of Holtec Intemational, its customers, or its suppliers; i

4. Information which reveals aspects of past, present, or future Holtec Intemational customer-funded development plans and programs of potential commercial value to Holtec Intemational; 5 . Information which discloses patentable subject matter for which it may be desirable to obtain patent protection.' \

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We have reviewed your application and the material in accordance with the requirements of 10 CFR 2.790 and, on the basis of your statements, have determined that the submitted information sought to be withheld contains proprietary commercialinformation and should be withheld from public disclosure.

Therefore, the version (s) of the submitted information marked as proprietary will be withheld ,

from public disclosure pursuant to 10 CFR 2.790(b)(5) and Section 103(b) of the Atomic l 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 have signed the appropriate agreements for handling proprietary information.

If the basis for withholding this information from public inspcetion 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 regarding this matter, I may be reached on 301-415-3049. .

Sincerely, Original signed by:

Darl S. Hood, Senior Project Manager Project Directorate 1-1 Division of Reactor Projects - 1/II Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation Docket No. 50-220 cc: See next page DISTRIBUTION:

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J. Zwolinski G. Bagchi l S. Bajwa C. Cowgill, Region l l- DOCUMENT NAME: G:tNMP1\ APPROVAL.WPD l

To rsceive a copy of this document, Indicate in the box: "C" " copy without attachment /9nclosure "E" " Copy with attrehment/eneIosure "h" " No copy / /1 0FFICE PM:PDI 1 _l l LA:PL S-1/h) l D:P01-1 , ,l BCdrA(/ l OGC n & l CL NAME DHood:Lcc M (( St,i t t l eM^ SBalwa/7/7 96agchf MPSiemien ' /O

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l February 8,1999 I We have reviewed your application and the material in accordance with the requirements of 10 CFR 2.790 and, on the. basis of your statements, have determined that the submitted information sought to be withheld contains proprietary commercial information and should be  !

withheld from public disclosure, Therefore, the version (s) of the submitted information 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. )

1 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 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 yourinformation. 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 regarding this matter, I may be reached on 301-415-3049. .

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Sincerely, Original signed by:

.Darl S. Hood, Senior Project Manager

, Project Directorate I-1 Division of Reactor Projects - 1/11 Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation Docket No. 50-220 - l 1

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Docket File S. Little PUBLIC D. Hood

' PDl-1 R/F - M. P. Siemien, OGC J. Zwolinski G. Bagchi S. Bajwa C. Cowgill, Region 1 DOCUMENT NAME: G:\NMP1\APPROVALWPD To rsceive a copy of this document, Indicate in the box: "C" = Copy without attachment /gnetosure "E" = Copy with rttrehment/ enclosure awa = No copy / /l 0FFICE PM:PDI 1 _l l LA:PDI1f)() l D:P01-1 j,l BCdr.G(/ l OGC 6 &iO NAME DNood:lec .DSl[ SLittle C Stajwe 8/7 96agchf MPSiemien ' /O DATE 07/ 9/99 @ 8 /99 (f/Ji 99

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We have reviewed your application and the materialin accordance with the requirements of 10 CFR 2.790 and, on the basis of your statements, have determined that the submitted information sought to be withheld contains proprietary commemialinformation and should be withheld from put S disclosure.

l Therefore, the version (s) of the submitted information marked as proprietary will be withheld from public disclosure pursuant to 10 CFR 2.790(b)(5) and Section 103(b) of the Atomic l

Energy Act of 1954, as amended.

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Withhc4 ding from public inspection shall not affect the right, if any, of persons properly and i

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 i

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 I

adverse to the above, you will be notified in advance of any public disclosure, j If you have any questions regarding this matter, I may be reached on 301-415-3049. .

Sincerely, l

Dart S. Hood, Senior Project Manager Project Directorate 1-1 Division of Reactor Projects - t/II Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation Docket No. 50-220 l cc: See next page l

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. i John H. Mueller Nine Mile Point Nuclear Station i Niagwa Mohawk Power Corporation Unit No.1  ;

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. Regional Administrator, Region I l 8 ' 9. Nuclear Reguls. tory Commission 475 Allendale Road

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~ Resident inspector .

j U.S. Nuclear Regulator; Commission P.O. Box 126 i kc Lycoming, NY 13093 Charles Donaldson, Esquire Assistant Attomey General i

New York Department of Law j 120 Broadway j

New York, NY 10271 ,

Mr. Paul D. Eddy State of New York Department of Public Service Power Division, System Operations 3 Empire State Plaza 1 Albany, NY 12223 1

Mr. F. William Valentino, President -

New York State Energy, Research, and Development Authority i Corporate Plaza West 286. Washington Avenue Extension Albany, NY. 12203-6399 Mark J. Wetterhahn, Esquire Wmston & Strawn

- 1400 L Street, NW

. Washington, DC 20005-3502 .

l Gary D. Wil:nn, Esquire

. Niagara Mohawk Power Corporation 300 Erie Boulevard West Syracuse, NY 13202 Supervisor Town of Scriba Route 8, Box 382 Oswego, NY 13126 1

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