ML20236R353
| ML20236R353 | |
| Person / Time | |
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| Site: | 05200003 |
| Issue date: | 07/17/1998 |
| From: | Huffman W NRC (Affiliation Not Assigned) |
| To: | Mcintyre B WESTINGHOUSE ELECTRIC COMPANY, DIV OF CBS CORP. |
| References | |
| NUDOCS 9807210400 | |
| Download: ML20236R353 (3) | |
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Energy Systems Business Unit Westinghouse Electric Company P.O. Box 355 Pittsburgh, PA 15230-0355
SUBJECT:
REQUEST FOR WITHHOLDING INFORMATION FROM PUBLIC DISCLOSURE OF WESTINGHOUSE REPORT ON AP600 FUNCTION-BASED TASK ANALYSIS
Dear Mr. McIntyre:
By Westinghouse letter NTD-NRC-94-4042, dated Febr'Jary 8,1994, you submitted WCAP-13957, a report on the "AP600 Reactor Coolant System Mass Inventory: Function-Based Task Analysis." The report provides an example of the Human Factors function-based task analysis scope and process used by Westinghouse for AP600 man-machine interface design.
In your letter, you stated that certain information in WCAP-13957 was considered proprietary and requested that it be withheld from public disclosure pursuant to 10 CFR 2.790. The non-proprietary version of the report (WCAP-13958) was also enclosed with your letter for placement into the Public Document Room. Affidavit AW-94-571 executed you on February 11,1994, claims, in part, that the information is classified as proprietary because "[t]he development of the technology described in part by the information is the result of applying the results of many years j
of experience in an intensive Westinghouse effort and the expenditure of a considerable sum of money." In addition, the affidavit also states that this information should be considered exempt from mandatory public disclosure for the following reasons:
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Its use 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.
We have reviewed the WCAP-13957 enclosed with your February 8,1994, letter which provides an example of an AP600 function-based task analysis and concluded that it does not contain any information that the staff customarily accepts as proprietary. As a result, the staff has determined that the submitted information sought to be withheld does not contain trade secrets or proprietary commercial information and does not meet the requirements of 10 CFR 2.790(a)(4).
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Mr. Brian A. McIntyre July 17,1998 in accordance with 10 CFR 2.790(c), this letter is being forwarded to you as notice that the enclosure to your February 8,1994 letter (WCAP-13957), which provides an example of an AP600 function-based task analysis, will be placed in the NRC Public Document Room thirty (30) days from the date of this letter. If within thirty (30) days of this letter, you request l
- withdrawal of these documents in accordance with 10 CFR 2.790(c), or provide additional reasons for the withholding of information from the documents enclosed, your request will be considered in light of applicable statutes and regulations and a determination made whether the documents wiil be withheld from public disclosure or returned to you. It should be noted that the information in your submittal was used by the NRC staff in evaluating the acceptability of the AP600 human factors engineering program in its final safety evaluation report and must remain on the AP600 docket.
Sincerely, original signed by:
William C. Huffman, Project Manager Standardization Project Directorate Division of Reactor Program Management Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation I
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s Mr. B. A. McIntyre Docket No.52-003 Westinghouse Electric Company AP600 cc:
Mr. H. A. Sepp Mr. Russ Bell Advanced Plant Safety & Licensing Senior Project Manager, Programs Westinghouse Electric Corporation Nuclear Energy Institute Energy Systems Business Unit 1776 i Street, NW P.O. Box 355 Suite 300 Pittsburgh, PA 15230 Washington, DC 20006-3706 Ms. Susan Fanto Ms. Lynn Connor Advanced Plant Safety & Licensing Doc-Search Associates Westinghouse Eiodeic Corporation Post Office Box 34 Energy Systems Business Unit Cabin John, MD 20818 P.O. Box 355 Pittsburgh, PA 15230 Dr. Craig D. Sawyer, Manager Advanced Reactor Programs Mr. Sterling Franks GE Nuclear Energy U.S. Department of Energy 175 Curtner Avenue, MC-754 i
NE-50 San Jose, CA 95125 19901 Germantown Road Germantown, MD 20874 Mr. Robert H. Buchholz GE Nuclear Energy Mr. Frank A. Ross 175 Curtner Avenue, MC-781 U.S. Department of Energy, NE-42 San Jose, CA 95125 Office of LWR Safety and Technology 19901 Germantown Road Barion Z. Cowan, Esq.
Germantown, MD 20874 Eckert Seamans Cherin & Mellott 600 Grant Street 42nd Floor Mr. Charles Thompson, Nuclear Engineer Pittsburgh, PA 15219 AP600 Certification NE-50 Mr. Ed Rodwell, Manager 19901 Germantown Road PWR Design Certification Germantown, MD 20874 Electric Power Research Institute 3412 Hillview Avenue Mr. Robert Maiers, P.E.
Palo Alto, CA 94303 Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection l
Bureau of Radiation Protection Rachel Carson State Office Building P.O. Box 8469 Harrisburg, PA 17105-8469
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