ML20206E453

Discusses Request That Attachment 4, Final Calculation of RBS Cycle 9 SLMCPR (Safety Limit for Mcpr), Submitted with 981216 License Amend Request,Be Withheld from Public Disclosure.Determined Info Proprietary & Will Be Withheld

ML20206E453
Person / Time
Site:	River Bend
Issue date:	04/27/1999
From:	Robert Fretz NRC (Affiliation Not Assigned)
To:	Edington R ENTERGY OPERATIONS, INC.
References
TAC-MA4545, NUDOCS 9905050132
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April 27, 1999 Mr. Randall K. Edington Vice President - Operations Entergy Operations, Inc.

River Bend Station P. O. Box 220 St. Francisville, LA 70775

SUBJECT:

RIVER BEND STATION (RBS), UNIT 1 - REQUEST FOR WITHHOLDING INFORMATION FROM PUBLIC DISCLOSURE (TAC NO. MA4545)

Dear Mr. Edington:

By application dated December 16,1998, and General Electric Company's (GE's) affidavit dated October 6,1998, executed by Craig P. Kipp, General Manger, Nuclear Fuel, GE, you submitted a license amendment request on recirculation loop minimum critical power ratio (MCPR) limits and requested that Attachment 4, " Final Calculation of RBS Cycle 9 SLMCPR (Safety Limit for MCPR]" be withheld from public disclosure pursuant to 10 CFR 2.790. The information considered proprietary by GE is identified in Attachment 4 by enclosing the phrase with double brackets (e.g., 'HGENE proprietary information))").

The affidavit stated that the submitted information should be considered exempt from mandatory public d6 closure for the following reasons:

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[The] information discloses a process, method, or apparatus, including supporting data and analyses, where prevention of its use by GE's competitors without license from GE constitutes a competitive economic advantage over other companies.

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(The] information which, if used by a competitor, would reduce his expenditure of resources or improve his competitive position in the j

design, manufacture, shipment, installation, assurance of quality, or licensing of a similar product.

(8) The information...is classified as proprietary because it contains details of GE's Safety Limit MCPR analysis and the corresponding results which GE has applied to River Bend's actual core design with GE's fuel.

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m 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 dete mined that the submitted information sought to be withheld contains proprietary commercial information and should be withheld from public disclosure.

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i R. K. Edington April 27, 1999 Therefore, Attachment 4," Final Calculation of RBS Cycle 9 SLMCPR," marked as proprietary (e.g., "(( GENE proprietary information))"), 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 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 Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC). You also should understand that the NRC may have cause to review this determination in the future, fer 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 at (301) 415-1324.

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R. K. Edington Therefore, Attachment 4," Final Calculation of RBS Cycle 9 SLMCPR," marked as proprietary (e.g., "(( GENE proprietary information))"), 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 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 Nuclear Regulatory Commission (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 i,,cludes 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 at (301) 415-1324.

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R. K. Edington - Therefore, Attachment 4," Final Calculation of RBS Cycle 9 SLMCPR," marked as proprietary (e.g., "(( GENE proprietary information))"), 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 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 hand'ing proprietary information.

If the basis for witnholding 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 Nuclear Regulatory Commission (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 at (301) 415-1324.

Sincerely, obert J. Fretz, Project Manager, Section 1 Project Directorate IV & Decommissioning Division of Licensing Project Management Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation Docket No. 50-458 cc: See next page 3

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Mr. Randall K. Edington Entergy Operations, Inc.

River Bend Station cc:

Winston & Strawn Executive Vice President and 1400 L Street, N.W.

Chief Operating Officer Washington, DC 20005-3502 Entergy Operations, Inc.

P. O. Box 31995 Manager-Licensing Jackson, MS 39286 Entergy Operations, Inc.

River Bend Station General Manager - Plant Operations P. O. Box 220 Entergy Operations, Inc.

St. Francisville, LA 70775 River Bend Station P. O. Box 220 Senior Resident inspector St. Francisville, LA 70775 P. O. Box 1050 St. Francisville, LA 70775 Director - Nuclear Safety Entergy Operations, Inc.

President of West Feliciana River Bend Station Police Jury P. O. Box 220 P. O. Box 1921 St. Francisville, LA 70775 St. Francisville, LA 70775 Vice President - Operations Support Regional Administrator, Region IV Entergy Operations, Inc.

U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission P. O. Box 31995 611 Ryan Plaza Drive, Suite 1000 Jackson, MS 39286-1995 Arlington,TX 76011 Attorney General Ms. H. Anne Plettinger State of Louisiana 3456 Villa Rose Drive P. O. Box 94095 Baton Rouge, LA 70806 Baton Rouge, LA 70804-9095 Administrator Wise, Carter, Child & Caraway Louisiana Radiation Protection Division P. O. Box 651 P. O. Box 82135 Jackson, MS 39205 Baton Rouge, LA 70884-2135 i

Craig P. Kipp General Manager, Nuclear Fuel General Electric Company P. O. Box 780 Wilmington, NC 28402

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