ML23349A167
| ML23349A167 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Grand Gulf, Arkansas Nuclear, River Bend, Waterford  |
| Issue date: | 12/21/2023 |
| From: | Siva Lingam Plant Licensing Branch IV |
| To: | Gaston R Entergy Services |
| Drake, J | |
| References | |
| EPID L-2023-LRM-0110 | |
| Download: ML23349A167 (1) | |
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December 21, 2023 Mr. Ronald Gaston Vice President, Regulatory Assurance Licensing Entergy Services, LLC M-ECH-29 1340 Echelon Parkway Jackson, MS 39213
SUBJECT:
ARKANSAS NUCLEAR ONE, UNITS 1 AND 2; GRAND GULF NUCLEAR STATION, UNIT 1; RIVER BEND STATION, UNIT 1; AND WATERFORD STEAM ELECTRIC STATION, UNIT 3 - REQUEST FOR WITHHOLDING INFORMATION FROM PUBLIC DISCLOSURE (EPID L-2023-LRM-0110)
Dear Mr. Gaston:
By letter to the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC), dated December 14, 2023 (Agencywide Documents Access and Management System (ADAMS) Accession No. ML23348A357), Entergy Operations, Inc. (Entergy, the licensee) submitted an affidavit dated November 29, 2023, executed by Mr. H. M. Hashemian, President and Chief Executive Officer, Analysis and Measurement Services Corporation (AMS), requesting that the information contained in the following proprietary document (enclosure 2 of the letter dated December 14, 2023) be withheld from public disclosure pursuant to Title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations (10 CFR), Part 2, Section 2.390:
Entergy and AMS Slides for Pre-Submittal Meeting - Closed Session (Proprietary).
A non-proprietary copy of the document, Entergy and AMS Slides for Pre-Submittal Meeting -
Open Session, contained in enclosure 1 of the letter dated December 14, 2023, has been placed in the NRCs Public Document Room and added to the NRC Library in ADAMS at ML23348A357.
The AMS affidavit dated November 29, 2023, stated in the attached table 1 of the affidavit that the submitted information should be considered exempt from mandatory public disclosure for the following reasons:
AMS would be harmed by disclosure of the identified commercially sensitive information, which is of value to a competitor because it would enable competitors to make direct comparisons between aspects of their online monitoring (OLM) technology and the corresponding details for the AMS OLM methodology.
AMS would be harmed by disclosure of its proprietary technical processes for the development and implementation of its OLM methodology. These processes underpin the integrity of measuring and test equipment used to implement its OLM methodology, which are an important advantage for AMS.
AMS would be harmed by disclosure of commercially sensitive details of how the OLM methodology is implemented. This would be of value to a competitor in understanding specific competitive design and operational characteristics of the OLM methodology.
AMS would be harmed by disclosure of the identified commercially sensitive information, which is of value to a competitor because it defines the specific methods used by AMS to qualify and validate the online monitoring methodology, which would enable competitors to duplicate the process without having to perform the associated research and development.
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) 415-1564 or by email at Siva.Lingam@nrc.gov.
Sincerely,
/RA/
Siva P. Lingam, Project Manager Plant Licensing IV Division of Operating Reactor Licensing Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation Docket Nos. 50-313, 50-368, 50-416, 50-458, and 50-382 cc: Mr. Thomas M. Hashemian President and Chief Executive Officer Analysis and Measurement Services Corporation 9119 Cross Park Drive Knoxville, TN 37923 Listserv
ML23349A167 OFFICE NRR/DORL/LPL4/PM NRR/DORL/LPL4/LA NRR/DEX/EICB/BC NAME SLingam PBlechman FSacko DATE 12/14/23 12/19/23 12/20/23 (CCheung for)
OFFICE NRR/DSS/STSB/BC NRR/DORL/LPL4/BC NRR/DORL/LPL4/PM NAME SMehta (ARussell for)
JRankin (JDixon-Herrity for)
SLingam DATE 12/19/23 12/21/23 12/21/23