ML20236U823

Advises That Calculations CA 97-176,rev 2 & CA 98-105,rev 0 Submitted in Attachment 4 to NSP Ltr of 980326 & Marked as Proprietary,Will Be Withheld from Public Disclosure,Per 10CFR2.790(b)(5) & Section 103(b) of AEA of 1954,as Amended

ML20236U823
Person / Time
Site:	Monticello
Issue date:	07/27/1998
From:	Kim T NRC (Affiliation Not Assigned)
To:	Richard Anderson NORTHERN STATES POWER CO.
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TAC-M96238, NUDOCS 9807310098
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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION WASHINGTON, D.C. 20086 4001 July 27, 1998

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Mr. Roger O. Anderson, Director Licensing and Management issues Northem States Power Company 414 Nicollet Mall Minneapolis, MN 55401

SUBJECT:

REQUEST FOR WITHHOLDING INFORMATION FROM PUBLIC DISCLOSURE (MONTICELLO NUCLEAR GENERATING PLANT) (TAC NO. M96238)

Dear Mr. Anderson:

By Northem States Power Company's (NSP's) application and affidavit executed by Michael F.

Hammer dated March 26,1998, NSP submitted additional information in support of its power rerate amendment application and requested that two calculations provided as part of l Attachment 4 to the March 26,1998, letter be withheld from public disclosure pursuant to 10 CFR 2.790.-

' NSP stated that the two calculations, CA 97-176, Rev. 2, " Equivalent Temperature Evaluation for EQ Temperature in containment," and CA 98-105, Rev. O, " Qualified Life Evaluation for Containment EQ Components," should be considered exempt from mandatory public disclosure for the following reasons:

1. The information discloses a process, method, or apparatus, including supporting data j and analyses, where prevention of its use by NSP's competitors without license from . j NSP constitutes a competitive economic advantage over other companies.

- 2. The information, if used by a competitor, would reduce his expenditure of resources or improve his competitive position in the design, manufacture, installation, assurance of .

quality, or licensing of a similar product. I

3. The information reveals aspects of past, present, or future NSP-funded development //

plans and programs of potential commercial value to NSP.

[(7 We have reviewed NSP's application and the material in accordarice with the requirements of

10 CFR 2.790 and, on the basis of NSP's statements, have determined that the submitted information sought to be Cthheld contains proprietary commercialinformation.

yg7 Therefore, calculations CA 97-176, Rev. 2, and CA 98-105, Rev. O, marked as proprietary and submitted !n Attachment 4 to HSP's latter of March 26,1998, 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. i NE F!E EDIElCSPY l 9907310098 990727 *'

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. .s R. O. Anderson -2 July 27, 1998 i 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 I consultants have signed the appropriate agreements for handling proprietary information. 1 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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Tae Kim, Senior Project Manager l Project Directorate lil-1 t Division of Reactor Projects-lil/IV Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation Docket No. 50-263 cc: See next page

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