ML20206K125

Informs That 861117 & 870309 Requests for Withholding Identified Documents from Public Disclosure Granted

ML20206K125
Person / Time
Site:	Fort Calhoun
Issue date:	04/14/1987
From:	Paulson W Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation
To:	Andrews R OMAHA PUBLIC POWER DISTRICT
References
TAC-63967, NUDOCS 8704160272
Download: ML20206K125 (4)

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s Docket No. 50-285-f

~ Mi. R.-L..Andrews

- Division. Manager - Nuclear Production.

Omaha Public Power District

^ 1623 Harney Street

- Omaha, Nebraska -68102

SUBJECT:

REQUEST FOR WITHHOLDING INFORMATION FROM PUBLIC DISCLOSURE By your. letters and affidavits dated November 17, 1986 and March 9, 1987, you submitted documents as listed below and requested that.these documents be. withheld from public disclosure pursuant to 10 CFR 2.790.

1.

"0 PPD Nuclear Analysis Reload Core Analysis Methodology Overview,"

0 PPD-NA-8301-P, June 1985.

2.

"0 PPD Nuclear Analysis Reload Core Analysis Methodology Overview,"

OPPD-NA-8301-P, Revision 2, dated November 1986.

3.:

"0 PPD Nuclear Analysis Reload Core Analysis Methodology, Neutronics Design Methods and_ Verification," 0 PPD-NA-8302-P, September 1983.

4.

"0 PPD Nuclear' Analysis _ Reload Core Analysis Methodology, Neutronics

~ Design Methods and-Verification," 0 PPD-NA-8302-P, Revision 1, November 1986.

5.

"0 PPD Nuclear Analysis Reload Core Analysis Methodology, Transient-and Accident' Analysis Methods and Verification," 0 PPD-NA-8303-P,.

September 1983.

I "0 PPD Nuclear Analysis' Reload Core Analysis Methodology, Transient

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'and Accident Methods and Verification," OPPD-NA-8303-P, Revision-1, November 1986.

' You' stated that the: submitted information should be considered exempt from

. mandatory public disclosure for the following reasons:

1.

The information was obtained from documents which identify this information as.being owned by Combustion Engineering, Inc. (CE)

l or by Exxon Nuclear Company, Inc. (ENC).

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It is the opinion of CE and ENC that the information in question contains trade secrets and/or privileged or confidential commercial or financial.information.

3.

The CE and ENC information was purchased by the District under a proprietary information agreement.

4.

These documents have been appropriately designated as proprietary.

5.

This information was obtained by the District from documents for which CE and ENC have executed affidavits which set forth the bases on which the information may be withheld from public disclosure by the Commission We have reviewed your letter and the material based on the requirements and criteria of 10 CFR 2.790 and, on the basis of the District's statements, have determined that the submitted information sought to be withheld contains trade secrets or proprietary commercial information.

We have determined that the Omaha Public Power District documents identified below, marked as proprietary, should 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.

"0 PPD Nuclear Analysis Reload Core Analysis Methodology Overview,"

0 PPD-NA-8301-P, June 1985.

2.

"0 PPD Nuclear Analysis Reload Core Analysis Methodology Overview,"

0 PPD-NA-8301-P, Revision 2, dated November 1986.

3.

"0 PPD Nuclear Analysis Reload Core Analysis Methodology, Neutronics Design Methods and Verification," 0 PPD-NA-8302-P, September 1983.

4.

"0 PPD Nuclear Analysis Reload Core Analysis Methodology, Neutronics Design Methods and Verification," 0 PPD-NA-8302-P, Revision 1, 1

November 1986.

l 5.

"0 PPD Nuclear Analysis Reload Core Analysis Methodology, Transient and Accident Analysis Methods and Verification," 0 PPD-NA-8303-P, September 1983.

l 6.

"0 PPD Nuclear Analysis Reload Core Analysis Methodology, Transient and Accident Methods and Verification," 0 PPD-NA-8303-P, Revision 1, November 1986.

We, therefore approve your request for withholding pursuant to 10 CFR 2.790 and are withholding the documents identified above from public inspection as proprietary.

April 14, 1987 o

.. 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, insure that the consultants have signed the appropriate agreements for handling proprietary information.

If the basis for withholding this infonnation 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 should also understand that the NRC may have cause to review this determination in the future, such as if the scope of a Freedom of Information Act request includes your information.

In all review situations, if the NRC needs additional information from you or makes a determination adverse to the above, you will be notified in advance of any public disclosure.

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Unit No. l' Omaha Public Power District cc:

Harry H. Voigt, Esq.

LeBoeuf, Lamb, Leiby & MacRae 1333 New Hampshire Avenue, NW Washington, D.C.

20036 Mr. Jack Jensen, Chairman Washington County Board of Supervisors Blair, Nebraska 68008 Mr. Phillip Harrell, Resident Inspector U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission P. O. Box 309 Fort Calhoun, Nebraska 68023 Mr. Charles B. Brinkman, Manager Washington Nuclear Operations C-E Power Systems 7910 Woodmont Avenue Bethesda, Maryland 20814 Regional Administrator, Region IV U.S.' Nuclear Regulatory Commission Office of Executive Director for Operations 611 Ryan Plaza Drive, Suite 1000 Arlington, Texas 76011 Harold Borchert, Director Division of Radiological Health Department of Health 301 Centennial Mall, South P.O. Box 95007 Lincoln, Nebraska 68509

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