ML20235X181

Grants 890117 Request to Withhold WCAP-12067,Suppl 1 from Public Disclosure

ML20235X181
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 8903130355
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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 dated January 17, 1989, and Westinghouse Electric Corporation's affidavit dated December 8,1988, you submitted WCAP-12067,) Supplement 1 (Proprietary) and WCAP-12087, Supplement 1 (Non-proprietary entitled, "Additicnal Information in Support of the Evaluations for Thermal Stratification of the Pressurizer Surge Lines of the South Texas Project Units 1 and 2 Nuclear Power Plants" and requested that WCAP-12067, Supplement I 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:

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The ir. formation reveals the distinguishing aspects of a process (or compo-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 cver other companies.

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The information consists of supporting data, including test data, relative to a process (or compor.ent, structure, tool, method, etc.), the application of which data secures a competitive econcmic advantage, e.g., by optimiza-ticn cr improved marketability.

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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.

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

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

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The information is not the property of Westinghouse, but must be treated as proprietary by Westinghouse according to agreements with the owner.

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j lT 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 statements, 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.

t 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.

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s Mr. J. H. Goldberg I 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 statements, 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.

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. Dick,d.,ProjectManager Project Directorate - IV Division of Reactor Projects - III, IV, V and Special Projects Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation ec: See next page

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Mr. J. H. Goldberg South Texas Project Houston Lighting and Power Company cc:.

Brian Berwick, Esq..

Resident Inspector / South Texas.

Assistant Attorney General Project.

Environmental Protection Division c/o U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Comission P.- 0. Box:12548 P. 0. Box 910.

Capitol' Station Bay City, Texas 77414 Austin, Texas 78711 Mr. Jonathan Davis Mr. J. T. Westermeier Assistant City Attorney 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 Barton Springs Road Eureka Springs. Arkansas 72632 Austin, Texas 78704 Mr. M. A. McBurnett Mr. R. J. Costello Manager, Operations Support Licensing Mr. M. T. Hardt

' Houston Lighting and Power Company; 3

City;Public Service Board P. O. Box 289

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Wadsworth, Texas 77483 San Antonio,. Texas-78296 Mr. A. Zaccaria Jack R. Newman, Esq.

Mr.. K. G. Hess Newman & Holtzingt.r. P. C.

Bechtel Corporation

'1615 L Street, NW Houston, Texas 77001 P. O. Box 2166; Washington, D.C.

20036 Helbert Schwartz, Jr., Esq.

Mr. R. P. Verret Baker & Botts Mr. R. L. Range One Shell Plaza' Central. Power 'and Light Company Houston, Texas 77002 P. O. Box 2121 Corpus Christi, Texas 78403

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'Mrs. Peggy Buchorn Executive Director Doub, Muntzing and Glasgow Citizens for Equitable Utilities, Inc.

Attorneys at Law Route'1, Box 1684 Suite 400 Brazoria, Texas 77422 808 Seventeenth Street, N.W.

Washington, D.C.

20006 Mr.- S. L. Rosen General Manager, Operations Support Houston Lighting and Power Ccmpany P. O. Box 289 Wadsworth, Texas 77483 L

Mr. J. H. Goldberg South Texas Project Houston Lighting & Power CC:

Region 61 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 Citizeris Concerned about Nuclear Power, Inc.

Christic Institute 1324 North Capitol Street Washington, D.C.

20002 Licensing Representative Houston Lighting and Power Con.pany Suite 610 Three Metro Center Bethesda, Maryland 20814 Rufus S. Scott Associate General Counsel Houston Lighting & Power Company P. O. Box 1700 Houston, Texas 77001 INPO Records Center 1100 Circle 75 Parkway Atlanta, Georgia 30339-3064 Joseph M. Hendrie 50 Be11 port Lane Be11 port, New York 11713 Gerald E. Vaughn, Vice President Nuclear Operations Houston Lighting & Power Company P. O. Box 289 Wadsworth, Texas 77483 R. W. Chewning, Chairman Nuclear Safety Review Board Houston Lighting & Power Company P. O. Box 289 Wadsworth, Texas 77483 Mr. R. A. Wiesemann, Manager Regulatory and Legislative Affairs Westinghouse Electric Corporation P.O. Box 355 Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15230-0355

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