ML20207D564

Approves Request to Withhold Listed Documents from Public Disclosure Per 10CFR2.790,including South Texas Plant (Tgx) Reactor Internals Flow-Induced..

ML20207D564
Person / Time
Site:	South Texas
Issue date:	07/15/1986
From:	Kadambi N Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation
To:	Wiesemann R WESTINGHOUSE ELECTRIC COMPANY, DIV OF CBS CORP.
References
NUDOCS 8607220139
Download: ML20207D564 (5)

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8. *-**** / 15 JUL 1906 Docket No.: STN 50-498/499 Mr. R. A. Wiesemann, Manager Regulatory and I.egislative Affairs Westinghouse Electric Corporation P.O. Box 255 Pittsburgh, PA. 15230

SUBJECT:

RE0 VEST FOR WITPPOLDING INFORMATION FROM PUBLIC DISCl0SURE SOUTH TEXAS PROJECT UNITS 1 AND 2 (

REFERENCES:

CAW 85-04 i AND CAW 85-044)

Pouston Lighting & Power Company or Westinghouse Electric Corporation submitted the following and requested that they be withheld from public disclosure pursuant to 10 CFR 2.790:

1. letter from Westinghouse, dated May 30, 1985 (NO. NS-NRC-85-3038),

transmitting several documents related to audit by Mechanical Engineering Branch conducted May 17, 1985 and June 26, 1985

2. letter from Westinghouse, dated July 3, 1985 (No. NS-NRC-85-3044),

transmitting an analytical report (CENC-1302) related to the above audit

3. Letter from Houston t.ighting & Power Company, dated July 18, 1985, transmitting " South Texas Plant (TGX) Reactor Internals Flow-Induced Vibration Assessment" It was stated that the submitted information should be considered exempt from mandatory public disclosure for the following reasons:

The information is of a type customarily held in confidence by Westinghouse, is not available in public sources, its disclosure would be likely to cause substantial harm to the competitive position of Westinghouse, and its development is the result of substantial effort and considerable sun of money.

We have reviewed your application and the material based on the requirements and criteria of 10 CFR 2.790 and, on the basis of the statements, have '

determined that the submitted information sought to be withheld contains trade secrets or proprietary commerical information.

Therefore, the version of the submitted information marked as propr.ietary 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.

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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 infomation 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 should also understand that the NRC may have cause to review this detemination in the future, such as, if the scope of a Freedom of Infomation Act request includes your information. In all review situations if the NRC makes a detemination adverse to the above, you will be notified in advance of any public disclosure.

Sincerely, M .

N. Prasad Kadambi, Project Manager PWR Project Directorate #5 '

Division of Licensing-A cc: See next page

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Mr. J. H. Goldberg

) Fouston t.ighting and Power Company South Texas Project cc:

Brian Berwick, Esq. Resident Inspector / South Texas Assistant Attorney General Project Environmental Protection Division c/o U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission P. O. Box 12548 P. O. Box 910 Capitol Station Bay City, Texas 77414 Austin, Texas 78711 Mr. Jonathan Davis Mr. J. T. Westermeir Assistant City Attorney Manager, South Texas Project City of Austin Houston I.ighting and Power Company P. O. Box 1088 P. O. Box 1700 Austin, Texas 78767 Houston, Texas 77001 Ms. Pat Coy Mr. H. L. Peterson Citizens Concerned About Nuclear Mr. G. Pokorny

• Power City of Austin 5106 Casa Oro P. O. Box 1088 San Antonio, Texas 78233 Austin, Texas 78767

. Mr. Mark R. Wisenberg Mr. J. B. Poston Manager, Nuclear t.icensing

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, Mr. A. Von Rosenberg Houston lighting and Power Company City Public Service Boad P. O. Box 1700 i P. O. Box 1771 Fouston, Texas 77001 1

San Antonio, Texas 78296 Mr. Charles Halligan

! Jack R. Newman, Esq. Mr. Burton L. Lex Newman & Holtzinger, P.C. Bechtel Corporation 1615 t. Street, NW P. O. Box 2166 Washington, D.C. 20036 Fouston, Texas 77001 i

Melbert Schwartz, Jr., Esq. Mr. E. R. Brooks Baker & Botts Mr. R. L. Range One Shell Plaza Central Power and 1.ight Company Houston, Texas 77002 P. O. Box 2122 Corpus Christi, Texas 78403 Mrs. Peggy Buchorn Executive Director Citizens for Equitable Utilities. Inc.

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Regional Administrator, Region IV U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Office of Executive Director for Operations 611 Ryan Plaza Drive, Suite 1000 Arlington, Texas 76011 Mr. lanny Sinkin, Counsel for.Intervenor Citizens Concerned about Nuclear Power, Inc.

Christic Institute 1324 North Capitol Street Washington, D.C. 20002 licensing Representative Houston lighting and Power Company Suite 1309 7910 Woodmont Avenue -

Bethesda,, Maryland 20814

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, 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 promp'cly 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 makes a determination adverse to the above, you will be notified in advance of any public disclosure.

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