ML25098A188
| ML25098A188 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Brunswick  |
| Issue date: | 04/11/2025 |
| From: | Blake Purnell NRC/NRR/DORL/LPL2-2 |
| To: | Krakuszeski J Duke Energy Progress |
| Purnell B, NRR/DORL/LPL2-2 | |
| References | |
| EPID L-2025-LLR-0024 | |
| Download: ML25098A188 (1) | |
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April 11, 2025 John A. Krakuszeski Site Vice President Brunswick Steam Electric Plant Duke Energy Progress, LLC 8470 River Rd. SE (M/C BNP001)
Southport, NC 28461
SUBJECT:
BRUNSWICK STEAM ELECTRIC PLANT, UNITS 1 AND 2 - REQUEST FOR WITHHOLDING INFORMATION FROM PUBLIC DISCLOSURE (EPID L-2025-LLR-0024)
Dear John A. Krakuszeski:
By letter dated February 25, 2025 (Agencywide Documents Access and Management System Accession (ADAMS) No. ML25057A278), Duke Energy Progress, LLC submitted an affidavit dated January 16, 2025, executed by Kent Halac, Senior Engineer, Regulatory Affairs, on behalf of GE Hitachi Nuclear Energy America, LLC (GEH), requesting that marked information contained in Enclosure 3 to the letter be withheld from public disclosure pursuant to Title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations (10 CFR) Section 2.390. The letter and the nonproprietary version of Enclosure 3 have been made publicly available.
The affidavit stated that the submitted information should be considered exempt from mandatory public disclosure for the following reasons:
- a. Information that discloses a process, method, or apparatus, including supporting data and analyses, where prevention of its use by GEHs competitors without a license from GEH constitutes a competitive economic advantage over other companies.
- b. Information that, if used by a competitor, would reduce its expenditure of resources or improve its competitive position in the design, manufacture, shipment, installation, assurance of quality, or licensing of a similar product.
We have reviewed your letter and the material in accordance with the requirements of 10 CFR 2.390 and, based on 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 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 U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (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 regarding this matter, I may be reached at 301-415-1380.
Sincerely,
/RA/
Blake Purnell, Senior Project Manager Plant Licensing Branch II-2 Division of Operating Reactor Licensing Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation Docket Nos. 50-325 and 50-324 cc: Listserv Kent Halac Senior Engineer, Regulatory Affairs GE-Hitachi Nuclear Energy America, LLC 3901 Castle Hayne Road Wilmington, NC 28401
ML25098A188 NRR-084 OFFICE NRR/DORL/LPL2-2/PM NRR/DORL/LPL2-2/LAiT NRR/DORL/LPL2-2/BC NRR/DORL/LPL2-2/PM NAME BPurnell CAdams (SL)
DWrona BPurnell DATE 4/8/2025 4/9/2025 4/11/2025 4/11/2025