ML20236T751
| ML20236T751 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Hope Creek  |
| Issue date: | 07/23/1998 |
| From: | Richard Ennis NRC (Affiliation Not Assigned) |
| To: | Keiser H Public Service Enterprise Group |
| References | |
| TAC-MA0802, TAC-MA802, NUDOCS 9807280366 | |
| Download: ML20236T751 (5) | |
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f WASHINGTON, D.C. 20066-4001 July 23,1998 Mr. Harold W. Keiser Chief Nuclear Officer & President Nuclear Business Unit Public Service Electric & Gas Company Post Office Box 236 Hancocks Bridge, NJ 0C038
SUBJECT:
REQUEST FOR WITHHOLDING INFORMATION FROM PUBLIC DISCLOSURE, HOPE CTIEEK GENERATING STATION - LATTICE DEPENDENT MAPLHGR REPORT FOR RELOAD 7 CYCLE 8 (TAC NO. MA0802)
Dear Mr. Keiser By your letter (LR-N980319) dated June 25,1998, and General Electric Company's (GE) affidavit executed by Glen A. Watford, dated June 19,1998, you submitted GE Report 24A5392AA,
" Lattice-Dependent MAPLHGR Report for Hope Creek Generating Station, Reload 7, Cycle 8,"
Revision 1, dated June 1998, and requested that it be withheld from public disclosure pursuant to 10 CFR 2.790.
The GE report was originally submitted by Public Service Electric and Gas Ccmpany (PSE&G) in a letter dated December 17,1997, with the entire report being identified as proprietary NRC staff review of this submittal determined that some of the information contained in the report should not be exempt from public disclosure and NRC letter dated May.8,1998, requested that PSE&G resubmit proprietary and non-proprietary versions of the report. The NRC letteridentified the specific information that was deemed to not be exempt from mandatory public disclosure.
Your letter LR-N980319, submitted proprietary and non-proprietary versions of the report in response to NRC's letter. The proprietary version of the report was included as Attachment 2 to letter LR-N980319 and is identified as GE Report 24A5392AA, Revision 1. The nun-proprietary version of the report was included as Attachment 3 to letter LR-NG80319 and is identified as GE Report 24A5392AB, Revision O.
GE stated that the submitted infom1ation should be considered exempt from mandatory public disclosure for the following reasons:
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Information which, if used by a competitor, would reduce [the] expenditure of resources or improve [the) competitive position in the design, manufacture, shipment, installation, assurance of quality, orlicensing cf a similar product.
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The information identified in [ Attachment 2 to letter LR-N980319]is classified as
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proprietary because it contains details of GE's fuel designs and the corresponding results
'which GE has applied to actifal core designs with GE's fuel.
The development of the methods used in these analyses, along with the testing, development and approval of the supporting methodology was achieved at a significant.
c.ost, on the order of several million dollars, to GE.
- We have reviewed your application and the material in accordance with the requirements of 10 CFR 2.790 and, on the basis of your statements and GE's affidavit, have determined that the submitted information sought to be withheld contains proprietary commercialinformation.
Therefore, the version 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 Atcrnic Energy Act of 1954, as amended.
Withholding from pub lic 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.
j 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 shouM understand that the NRC may have cause to review this determination in the future, for 2xample, 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,
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Richard B. Ennis, Acting Project Manager Project Directorate 1-2 Division of Reactor Projects - t/II Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation -
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The information identified in (Attachment 2 to letter LR-N980319] is classified as proprietary because it contains details of GE's fuel designs and the corresponding results which GE has applied to actual core designs with GE's fuel.
The development of the methods used in these analyses, along with the testing, development and approval of the supporting methodology was achieved at a significant cost, on the order of several million dollars, to GE.
We have reviewed your application and the materialin accordance with the requirements of 10 CFR 2.790 and, on the basis of your statements and GE's affidavit, have determined that the submitted information sought to be withheld contains proprietary commercia1 information.
Therefore, the version of the submitt6d 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 concemed 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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The information identified in (Attachment 2 to letter LR-N980319) is classified as I
proprietary because it contains details of GE's fuel designs and the corresponding results which GE has applied to actual core designs with GE's fuel.
The development of the methods used in these analyses, along with the testing, development and approval of the supporting methodology was achieved at a significant cost, on the order of several million dollars, to GE.
. We have reviewed your application and the material in accordance with the requirements of 10 CFR 2.790 and, on the basis of your statements and GE's affidavit, have determined that the submitted information sought to be withheld contains proprietary commercial information.
Therefore, the version of the submitted information marked as proprietary will be withheld from.
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Withholding from public inspection shall not affect the right, if any, of persons properly and directly concemed to 'nspect the documents. If the need arises, we may send copies of this information to our consultants working in this area. We will, of course, e_nsure that the consultants have signed the appropriate agreements for handling proprietary information.
~lf 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,
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Mr. Harsid W. Keiser Hope Creek Genercting Station Public Service Electric & Gas Company cc:
Jeffrie J. Keenan, Esquire Manager-Joint Generation Nuclear Business Unit-N21 Atlantic Energy P.O. Box 236 6801 Black Horse Pike Hancocks Bridge, NJ 08038 Egg Harbor Twp., NJ 08234-4130 Hope Creek Resident inspector Richard Hartung U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Electric Service Evaluation Drawer 0509 Board of Regulatory Commissioners Hancocks Bridge, NJ 08038 2 Gateway Center, Tenth Floor Newark, NJ 07102 Mr. Louis Storz Sr. Vice President - Nuclear Operations Lower Alloways Creek Township Nuclear Department c/o Mary O. Henderson, Clerk P.O. Box 236 Municipal Building, P.O. Box 157 Hancocks Bridge, NJ 08038 Hancocks Bridge, NJ 08038 General Manager-Hope Creek Operations Mr. Elbert Simpsori Hope Creek Generating Station Senior Vice President-P.O. Box 236 Nuclear Engineering Hancocks Bridge, NJ 08038 Nuclear Department P.O. Box 236 Manager-Licensing and Regulation Hancocks Bridge, NJ 08038 Nuclear Business Unit-N21 P.O. Box 236 Hancocks Bridge, NJ 08038 Regional Administrator, Region i U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission 475 /Jlendale Road King of Prussia, PA 19406 Dr. JillIipot!, Asst. Director Radiation Protection Programs NJ Department of Environmental Protect!cn ar,d Energy CN 415 Trenton, NJ 08625-0415
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