ML22031A002

Request for Withholding Information from Public Disclosure License Amendment Request Related to New Fuel Storage Vault and Spent Fuel Storage Pool Criticality Methodologies

ML22031A002
Person / Time
Site:	Quad Cities
Issue date:	02/11/2022
From:	Booma Venkataraman Plant Licensing Branch III
To:	Rhoades D Constellation Energy Generation
Kuntz R
References
EPID L-2021-LLA-0196
Download: ML22031A002 (4)

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February 11, 2022

Mr. David P. Rhoades Senior Vice President Constellation Energy Generation, LLC President and Chief Nuclear Officer (CNO)

Constellation Nuclear 4300 Winfield Road Warrenville, IL 6055

SUBJECT:

QUAD CITIES NUCLEAR POWER STATION, UNITS 1 AND 2 - REQ UEST FOR WITHHOLDING INFORMATION FROM PUBLIC DISCLOSURE RE: LICENSE AMENDMENT REQUEST RELATED TO NEW FUEL STORAGE VAULT AND SPENT FUEL STORAGE POOL CRITICALITY METHODOLOGIES (EPID L-2021-LLA-0196)

Dear Mr. Rhoades:

By application dated October 25, 2021 (Agencywide Documents Acc ess and Management System (ADAMS) Package Accession No. ML21298A167), to the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC), Exelon Generation Company, LLC 1 (the licensee) submitted a license amendment request (LAR) related to new fuel storage vault and s pent fuel storage pool criticality methodologies for Quad Cities Nuclear Power Station, Units 1 and 2. The October 25, 2021, application was accompanied by two affidavits executed by (1) Brian R. Moore, General Manager Core & Fuel Engineering, Global Nuclear Fuel - Americas, LLC (GNF-A), dated October 15, 2021, and (2) Matthew C. Harris, Segment Manager, N ETCO, business segment of Scientech, Curtiss-Wright Corporation, dated October 15, 2021. These affidavits requested that information contained in the following document (Attachment 7 t o the LAR) be withheld from public disclosure pursuant to Section 2.390 of Title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations (10 CFR).

NEDC-33932P, Quad Cities Units 1 and 2 Fuel Storage Criticalit y Safety Analysis, Revision 1, October 2021.

A non-proprietary copy of this document is included in Attachme nt 3 of the licensees October 25, 2021, LAR, and has been placed in the NRCs Public Document Room and added to the NRC Library in ADAMS.

The affidavit executed by GNF-A states that the submitted infor mation should be considered exempt from mandatory public disclosure for the following reaso ns:

1 On February 1, 2022 (ADAMS Accession No. ML22032A333), Exelon Generation Company, LLC was renamed Constellation Energy Generation, LLC.

D. Rhoades

The information sought to be withheld discloses a process, met hod, or apparatus, including supporting data and analyses, where prevention of its use by GNF-A's competitors without license from GNF-A constitutes a competitiv e economic advantage over other companies; and

The information sought to be withheld, if used by a competitor, would reduce his expenditure of resources, or improve his competitive position i n the design, manufacture, shipment, installation, assurance of quality, or l icensing of a similar product.

The affidavit executed by NETCO, business segment of Scientech, Curtiss-Wright Corporation states that the submitted information should be considered exem pt from mandatory public disclosure for the following reasons:

The information sought to be withheld contains developed, pate nted, product fabrication data and supporting information that could be used by a competitor as a competitive advantage, and would result in substantial harm to the competitive position of NETCO; and

The development of the methodology, data, and supporting infor mation was achieved at a significant cost to NETCO. Public disclosure of this information sought to be withheld is likely to cause substantial harm to NETCO's c ompetitive position and reduce the availability of profit-making opportunities.

The NRC staff reviewed the licensees application and the material in accordance with the requirements of 10 CFR 2.390 and, on the basis of the statement s in the affidavits, has determined that the submitted information sought to be withheld contains proprietary commercial information and should be withheld from public discl osure.

Therefore, the version(s) of the submitted information marked a s proprietary will be withheld from public disclosure pursuant to 10 CFR 2.390(b)(5) and Secti on 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 arise s, 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 inspe ction should change in the future such that the information could then be made available for publ ic inspection, the licensee should promptly notify the NRC. The licensee also should understand t hat the NRC may have cause to review this determination in the future, for example, if the sc ope of a Freedom of Information Act request includes licensee information. In all review situation s, if the NRC makes a determination adverse to the above, the licensee will be notifi ed in advance of any public disclosure.

D. Rhoades

If you have any questions regarding this matter, please reach o ut to Robert Kuntz at 301-415-3733 or robert.kuntz@nrc.gov.

Sincerely,

/RA/

Booma Venkataraman, Project Manager Plant Licensing Branch III Division of Operating Reactor Licensing Office of Nuclear Reactor

Docket Nos. 50-254, 50-265

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