ML21145A004
| ML21145A004 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Arkansas Nuclear  |
| Issue date: | 06/28/2021 |
| From: | Thomas Wengert Plant Licensing Branch IV |
| To: | Entergy Operations |
| Wengert T | |
| References | |
| EPID L-2020-LLR-0104 | |
| Download: ML21145A004 (3) | |
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June 28, 2021 ANO Site Vice President Arkansas Nuclear One Entergy Operations, Inc.
1448 S.R. 333 Russellville, AR 72802
SUBJECT:
ARKANSAS NUCLEAR ONE, UNITS 1 AND 2 - REQUEST FOR WITHHOLDING INFORMATION FROM PUBLIC DISCLOSURE (EPID L-2020-LLR-0104)
Dear Sir or Madam:
By letter to the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) dated June 15, 2021 (Agencywide Documents Access and Management System (ADAMS) Accession No. ML21167A279), you submitted an affidavit dated May 17, 2021, executed by Scott Greenhaus, Executive Vice President of Structural Group, Inc. (SGI), requesting that the information from the following document (contained in Enclosure 1 of your letter dated June 15, 2021) be withheld from public disclosure pursuant to Section 2.390 of Title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations (10 CFR):
Presentation Material for May 26, 2021, Meeting Entergy Nuclear - Arkansas Nuclear One ASME [American Society of Mechanical Engineers] B&PV [Boiler and Pressure Vessel] Code Section XI Material Relief Request EMIB-2-RAI-1
Response
A nonproprietary copy of this document contained in Enclosure 2 of the letter dated June 15, 2021, has been placed in the NRCs Public Document Room and added to the NRC Library at the above-referenced ADAMS Accession No. ML21167A279.
The affidavit stated, in part, that the submitted information should be considered exempt from mandatory public disclosure for the following reasons:
- 1)
The SGI plan to sell the use of this information to their customers for the purpose of installing Carbon Fiber Reinforced Polymer (CFRP) in safety related piping.
- 2)
That SGI can sell support and defense of the technology to their customers in the licensing process.
- 3)
The information requested to be withheld reveals the distinguishing aspects of a methodology which was developed by SGI.
- 4)
Public disclosure of this proprietary information is likely to cause substantial harm to the competitive position of SGI because it would enhance the ability of competitors to provide similar licensing services for commercial power reactors without commensurate expenses.
- 5)
Public disclosure of the information would enable others to use the information to meet NRC requirements for licensing documentation without purchasing the right to use the information.
- 6)
The development of the technology described in part by the proprietary information is the result of applying the results of many years of experience in an intensive effort by SGI and the expenditure of a considerable sum of money and resources. In order for competitors to duplicate this information, similar technical programs would have to be performed including a significant expenditure [of]
money and resources.
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 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.
If you have any questions, please contact me at (301) 415-4037 or by e-mail at Thomas.Wengert@nrc.gov.
Sincerely,
/RA/
Thomas J. Wengert, Senior Project Manager Plant Licensing Branch IV Division of Operating Reactor Licensing Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation Docket Nos. 50-313 and 50-368 cc:
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