ML20213E347
| ML20213E347 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Columbia  |
| Issue date: | 02/28/1983 |
| From: | Berlinger C Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation |
| To: | Schwencer A Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation |
| References | |
| CON-WNP-0568, CON-WNP-568 NUDOCS 8303160019 | |
| Download: ML20213E347 (3) | |
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FEB 2 01993 DISTRIBUTION:
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R. MEYER M. TOKAR I'E"0RANPU'i F0":
A. Schuancer, Chief 50 -E f r-Licensing tranch 32, DL FnC":
C. 18 Ecrlinger, Chief Core Perfomance Branch, DSI SUPJECT:
PE!!IAL DF PEPUEST FOP t'ITlWOLDI"C '.'f'DE" la CFn 2.790 PECAPPIt'C UDP-2 SuPf!ITTAL Off "t.TEDSIPF COPPOSIO" Fy letter (C. D. Ilouchey to A. Schwencer) dated recember 23,19P2, t'ashington Public couer Supoly Systen (tlFPSS) subritted a resnonse to a request (letter A. <chmncer to F. L. Ferguson, Aucust 0, 1992) for additional infomation en fuel rad corrosico reasures.
l'e vere ready to facter this infomation into an SE" su.cplerent fo:- UDP-2 when ve learned frcn the WP-2 nrnject nanaqer that eneral Electric had claired that tFe letter centained CE pronrietary infomation.
r It is our current undorstandino that '.'PPSS intends either to withdrau the letter cr to request that it he withheld frcn cublic disclosure.
l'ouever, uron our rWing of the UPPSS letter in euestion, w find ro crcunds for a prcrrietary clain.
Customarily, in cases concerning croprietary clains, PC subrits an affidavit that provides, as exanples of categories of proprietary infomation, the fellouina:
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Ir.fometlon that discloses a crocess, rethod or apparatus where crevention of its use by F.eneral Electric's conretitors without license fron Ceneral Electric ccnstitutes a conpetitive econenic advantage over other corpanies; b.
Infonation consistinc of suvertinn data and analyses, including test data, relative to a. crecess, nethod or apparatus, the application of which rrovide a conretitive economic advantace, e.n., Sy optinization er innroved nart'et-a;\\g, ability; s
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Infomation which if used by a concetitor, vould reduce his excenditure of g
resources or i prove his concetitive position in the desinn, nanufacture, gg shiprart, installation, assurance of enality or licensinc of a sinilar 01 o Dreduct;
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Infomation which reveals ccst or price infomation, production capacitics, ou Fudret levels or cr<Tercial stratecies of reneral riectric, its custoners or suppliers; e.
Infomation 'thich rfweals asrocts of nast, present or future Coraral Flectric custerer fundo<1 develenrent nians and proerrs of rotential comercial value to reneral riectric:
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Information which discloses patentable subject matter for which it may be desirable to obtain patent protection; g.
Information which General Electric must treat as proprietary according to agreements with other parties.
In our opinion, none of the above definitions of proprietary information are met by the information contained in the WPPSS December 23, 1982 letter.
The letter merely provides a few very general statements regarding (1) the factors that contribute to waterside corrosion of BWR fuel rods, (2) the existence of a material factor contributing to the failure mechanism, (3) the existence of a proprietary test GE has developed to identify susceptible cladding material, l
(4) the fraction of material found to be susceptible to waterside corrosion, (5) the fact that all material processed by GE after a certain date has been subject to the susceptibility test, and (6) that WNP-2 will not use any GE GD rods which have not been subject to the susceptibility test.
1 It is notable that the factors contributing to BWR waterside corrosion are already well-known (see, for example) (a) letter, L. De1 George (Comm. Ed.)
to B. J. Youngblood (NRC), February 9, 1981 and (b) letter, R. L. Smith (VYNPC) to USNRC, November 21,1980).
Thus, the contributing factors of copper contamination in the reactor water, gadolinia poison rods, and material susceptibility are known to the public-at-large, including GE's i
canpetitors, while the very existence of a test to identify susceptible material (as apart from the details of the tests or the specific metallurgical i
feature that renders the material susceptible) does not meet any of the definitions of proprietariness above.
We believe that the public has a right to know the reason why NRC concludes that corrosion will not be a concern with the WNP-2 fuel.
Inasmuch as it is already known to the public that three factors, viz., fuel duty, reactor water environment, and cladding material contribute to the problem and that no changes are being made to the fuel duty or reactor water chemistry, there-fore, by deduction, the remedy lies in the cladding material.
At least in a general sense, without revealing any specific proprietary details, the public should be informed of the nature of the solution as it applies to WNP-2.
In other words, the right of the public to be apprised out-weighs the concern for protection of an alleged canpetitive position.
It is, there-fore, our intention to reveal the contents of the WPPSS letter in a supple-ment to the WNP-2 SER.
In view of the foregoing, we have concluded that disclosure of the information contained in the above referenced document is in the public interest, that the information is not proprietary, and that it should not, therefore, be withheld i
from public inspection pursuant to 2.790 (b) or 10 CFR Part 2.
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FEB 2 6 197J Accordingly, please notify WPPSS that we will place this infomation in the public document room and discuss it in a supplement to the WNP-2 SER unless additional justification is provided within 30 days from the date of your letter of notification.
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MAR 2 1983 DISTRIBUTION:
See attached page Cocket No. 50-397 MEMORANDUM FOR:
A. Schwencer, Chief Licensing Branch No. 2 Division of Licensing FROM:
R. Auluck, Project fianager Licensing Branch No. 2, DL
SUBJECT:
FORTHCOMIflG MANAGElfENT MEETING WITH UASHINGT0ft PUBLIC POWER SUPPLY SYSTE!! (WPPSS)
DATE & TI?!E:
March 14,1983 3:30 AM LOCATION:
WPPSS Headquarters Richland, WA PURPOSE:
10 CFR 73.55 Physical Security Program Confirmatory Site Visit
- PARTICIPANTS:
flRC UPPSS C. Gaskin WPPSS Staff gn;:c.m selW y R. Auluck, Project f#anager Licensing Branch ffo. 2 Division of Licensing cc:
See next page
- The meeting of liarch 14, 1983 is closed to the public because of the proprt? ary nature of the material to be discussed.
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UNP-2 Mr. R. L. Ferguson l'anaging Director Washington Public Power Supply System P. O. Box 968 3000 George Washington Way Richland, Washington 99352 cc:
Nicholas Reynolds, Esquire Debevoise & Liberman 1200 Seventeenth Street, N. W.
Washington, D. C.
20036 Mr. G.E. Doupe, Esquire Washington Public Power Supply System
' P.O. Box 968 3000 George Washington Way Richland, Washington 99352 Nicholas Lewis, Chairman Energy Facility Site Evaluation Council Mail Stop PY-ll Olympia, Washington 98504 Roger Nelson, Licensing Manager Washington Public Power Supply System P.O. Box 968 Richland, Washington 99352 Mr. W.G. Conn, Sr. N/M Group Supervisor Burns and Roe, Incorporated 601 Williams Boulevard Richland, Washington 99352 Mr. Richard Feil U.S. NRC Resident Inspector WPPSS-2 NPS P.O. Box 69 Richland, Washington 99352 Dr. G.O. Bouchey Deputy Director, Safety & Security Washington Public Power Supply System P.O. Box 968, MD 650 Richland, Washington 99352
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MEETING f 0TICE DISTRIBUTION:
Date:
f;RC PDR L PDR f; SIC PRC LB#2 Reading NRC PARTICIPANTS:
E. Hyl to n Project Manager R. Auluck C. Gaskin H. Denton/E. Case D. Eisenhut/R. Purple T. M. Novak*
S. Yoangblood A. Schwencer G. Knighton E. Adersam G. Lainas F. Miraglia J. P. Knight W. Johnston D. Muller T. Speis R. Houston L. Rubenstein F. Schroeder M. Ernst J. Kramer fiRR Division Directors
- OELD Attorney B. Paton E. L. Jordan, DEQA:IE J. M. Taylor, DRP:IE Phillips Building Receptionist **
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