ML20235W860

Approves Request for WCAP-11977, Row 1 & Row 2 Steam Generator Tube U-bend Heat Treatment Licensing Rept for South Texas Units 1 & 2, to Be Withheld from Public Disclosure Per 10CFR2.790

ML20235W860
Person / Time
Site:	South Texas
Issue date:	02/23/1989
From:	Dick G Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation
To:	Goldberg J HOUSTON LIGHTING & POWER CO.
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NUDOCS 8903130220
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.U 4j g NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION WASHINGTON, D. C. 205S5 k.....p8 ' February 23, 1989 Docket Nos. 50-498 and 50-499 Mr. J. H. Goldberg Group Vice-President, Nuclear Houston Lighting & Power Company P.O. Box 1700 Houston, Texas 77001

SUBJECT:

REQUEST FOR WITHHOLDING INFORMATION FROM PUBLIC DISCLOSURE By your application and affidavit dated December 15, 1988, and Westinghouse Electric Corporation's affidavit dated November 3,1988, you submitted WCAP-11977 (Proprietary) and WCAP-11978 (Non-proprietary) entitled, " Row I and Row 2 Steam Generator Tube U-bend Heat Treatment Licensing Report for South Texas Units 1 and 2" and requested that WCAP-11977 be withheld from public disclosure pursuant to 10 CFR 2.790.

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

1. Theinformationrevealsthedistinguishingaspectsofaprocess(orcompo-nent, structure, tool, method, etc.) where prevention of its use by any of Westinghouse's competitors without license from Westinghouse constitutes a competitive economic advantage over other companies.

2. The information consists of supporting data, including test data, relative to a process (or component, structure, tool, method, etc.), the application of which data secures a competitive economic advantage, e.g., by optimiza-tion or improved marketability.

3. The information, 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, or licensing a similar product.

4. The information reveals cost or price information, production capacities, budget levels, or commercial strategies or Westinghouse, its customers or suppliers.

5. The information reveals aspects of past, present, or future Westinghouse or customer funded development plans and programs of potential commercial value to Westinghouse.

6. The information contains patentable ideas, for which patent protection may be desirable.

7. The information is not the property of Westinghouse, but laust be treated Oh as proprietary by Westinghouse according to agreertents with the owner.  ;

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l Mr. J. H. Goldberg We have reviewed your application and the material in accordance with the' requirements of 10 CFR 2.790 and, on the basis of Westinghouse's statenents,_

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

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.

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 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.

Sincerely,.

S George F. Dick, Jr. , Project Manager Project Directorate . IV Division of Reactor Projects'- III, IV, V and Special Projects Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation cc: See next page DISTRIBUTION:

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I Mr. J. H. Goldberg- We have reviewed your application and the material in accordance with the q requirements of 10 CFR 2.790 and, on the basis of Westinghouse's statemt..ts, a have determined that the-submitted information sought to be withheld contains trade secrets or proprietary commercial information.

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 i 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 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.

Sincerely, 12 Georg F. Dick, J ., Project Manager Project Directorate - IV Division of Reactor Projects - Ill, IV, V and Special Projects Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation cc: See next page I l

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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 ~7 7414 Austin, Texas 78711 Mr. Jonathan Davis Mr. J. T. Westermeier Assistant City Attorney l General Manager, South Texas Project City of Austin Houston Lighting and Power Company P. O. Box 1088 P. O. Box 289 . Austin, Texas 78767 Houston, Texas 77483 Ms. Pat Coy Mr. R. J. Miner Citizens Concerned About Nuclear Chief Operating Officer Power City of Austin Electric Utility 10 Singleton 721 But.on Irrings Road Eureka Springs, Arkansas 72632 Austin, Texas 78704 Mr. M. A. McBurnett Mr.'R. J. Costello Hanager, Operations Support Licensing Mr. M. T. Hardt Houston Lighting and Power Company City Public Service Board P. O. Box 289 P. O. Box 1771 Wadsworth, Texas 77483 .

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Mr. S. L. Rosen General Manager, Operations Support Houston Lighting and Power Company P. 0. Box 289 Wadsworth, Texas 77483 l

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