ML21083A278

Request for Withholding Information from Public Disclosure (EPID L-2020-LLA- 0263)

ML21083A278
Person / Time
Site:	Salem
Issue date:	04/12/2021
From:	James Kim Plant Licensing Branch 1
To:	Carr E Public Service Enterprise Group
Kim J
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EPID L-2020-LLA- 0263
Download: ML21083A278 (4)

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April 12, 2021 Mr. Eric Carr President and Chief Nuclear Officer PSEG Nuclear LLC - N09 P.O. Box 236 Hancocks Bridge, NJ 08038

SUBJECT:

SALEM NUCLEAR GENERATING STATION, UNIT NO. 1 - REQUEST FOR WITHHOLDING INFORMATION FROM PUBLIC DISCLOSURE (EPID L-2020-LLA-0263)

Dear Mr. Carr:

By letter dated March 17, 2021 (Agencywide Documents Access and Management System (ADAMS) Accession No. ML21076A452), PSEG Nuclear LLC (the licensee) submitted an affidavit dated February 23, 2021, executed by Camille T. Zozula, Manager, Manager, Regulatory Compliance & Corporate Licensing, Westinghouse Electric Company LLC, requesting that information contained in Enclosure 1 be withheld from public disclosure pursuant to Title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations (10 CFR) Section 2.390:

LTR-SCS-20-28-P, Revision 1, Salem Unit 1 Pressurizer Overpressure Protection System (POPS) Analysis, February 2021 (Proprietary)

A nonproprietary copy of this document has been placed in the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commissions (NRC) Public Document Room and added to the NRC Library in ADAMS at Accession No. ML21076A452.

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

(5)(a) The information reveals the distinguishing aspects of a process (or component, 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.

(5)(b) It 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 optimization or improved marketability).

(5)(c) 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.

E. Carr (5)(d) It reveals cost or price information, production capacities, budget levels, or commercial strategies of Westinghouse, its customers or suppliers.

(5)(e) It reveals aspects of past, present, or future Westinghouse or customer funded development plans and programs of potential commercial value to Westinghouse.

(5)(f) It contains patentable ideas, for which patent protection may be desirable.

We have reviewed your application and the material in accordance with the requirements of 10 CFR 2.390 and, on the basis of the statements in the affidavit, have determined that the submitted information sought to be withheld contains proprietary commercial information and should be withheld from public disclosure.

Therefore, the version of the submitted information marked as proprietary will be withheld from public disclosure pursuant to 10 CFR 2.390(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 document. 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.

E. Carr If you have any questions regarding this matter, please contact me at (301) 415-4125 or James.Kim@nrc.gov.

Sincerely,

/RA/

James. S. Kim, Project Manager Plant Licensing Branch I Division of Operating Reactor Licensing Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation Docket No. 50-272 cc: Listserv Ms. Camille T. Zozula Manager, Regulatory Compliance

& Corporate Licensing Westinghouse Electric Company 1000 Westinghouse Drive Cranberry Township, PA 16066 zozulact@westinghouse.com

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