ST-HL-AE-4982, Provides Addl Info Re Thermo-Lag Related Ampacit Derating. Encl Withheld
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| Site: | South Texas  |
| Issue date: | 04/24/1995 |
| From: | Cloninger T HOUSTON LIGHTING & POWER CO. |
| To: | NRC OFFICE OF INFORMATION RESOURCES MANAGEMENT (IRM) |
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| ST-HL-AE-4982, NUDOCS 9505030293 | |
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The Light c o m p a n yS uth Texas Project Electric Generating Station P. O. Box 289 Wadsworth, Texas 77483 llouston Lighting & Power April 24, 1995 ST-HL-AE-4982 File No.: G03.08 10CFR50 U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Attention: Document Control Desk Washington, DC 20555 South Texas Project Units 1 and 2 Docket Nos. STN 50-498; STN 50-499 Additional Information Regarding Thermo-Lag Related Ampacity Derating Issues for South Texas Project. Units 1 and 2
References:
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HL&P Correspondence from T.H. Cloninger to NRC Document Control Desk, dated December 19,1994 (ST-HL-AE-4954) 2.
NRC Correspondence from Mr. Thomas W. Alexion to Mr. W.T. Cottle, dated March 1,1995 (ST-AE-HL-94132) l In Reference 1, llouston Lighting & Power submitted a response to the Nuclear Regulatory Commission Request for Additional Information dated September 19,1994, related to Generic Letter 92-08, "Thermo-Lag 330-1 Fire Barriers." The response indicated that site ampacity derating tests were conducted by Underwriters Laboratories in accordance with selected specifications. The response concluded that the subject test results were applicable to the plant design and subsequent analyses verified the acceptability of all Thermo-Lag wrapped electrical raceways installed at South Texas Project, Units I and 2.
In Reference 2, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission requested that Houston Lighting
& Power submit the applicable Underwriters Laboratories test reports being used to demonstrate the validity of the existing ampacity derating parameters as well as any other documents which support these determinations. Attachment 1 is the applicable test report.
The results of the ampacity tests are summarized on page 18 of the report.
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Houston Lighting & Power Company South Texas Project Electric Generating Station ST-HL-AE-4982 File No.: G03.08 Page 2 Houston Lighting & Power requests that the "Ampacity Testing in UL" report in Attachment I to this letter be withheld as proprietary information. The affidavit, which accompanies this letter, sets forth the basis on which the information may be withheld from public disclosure by the Commission and addresses with specificity the considerations listed in paragraph (b)(4) of 10 CFR Section 2.790 of the Commission's regulations.
1 If there are any questions regarding this matter, please contact Mr. K. J. Taplett at (512) 972-8416 or me at (512) 972-8787.
L H. C nin r Vice P s' ent, Nucl r ngineerir g KJT/lf Attachments: 1)
"Ampacity Testing in UL" report, Bechtel Log No.14926-C042-00017-B3M i
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- 1. T.11. Cloninger, being duly sworn, hereby depose and say that I am Vice President, Nuclear Engineering, of Houston Lighting & Power Company; that I am duly authorized to sign and file with the Nuclear Regulatory Commission the attached Application for Withholding Proprietary Information from Public Disclosure; that I am familia ith the content thereof; and that the matters set forth therein are true and correct t e best of my knowledge and belief.
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ST-HL-AE-4982 File No.: G03.08 Page 4 APPLICATION FOR WITHHOLDING PROPRIETARY INFORMATION FROM PUBLIC DISCLOSURE l
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I am Vice President, Nuclear Engineering of Houston Lighting & Power and as such, I have reviewed the proprietary information sought to be withheld from public disclosure in connection with nuclear power plant operations, and am authorized to apply for its withholding on behalf of Houston Lighting & Power.
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I am making this Affidavit in conformance with the provisions of 10CFR Section 2.790 of the Commission's regulations.
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Pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (b)(4) of Section 2.790 of the Commission's regulations, the following is furnished for consideration by the Commission in determining whether the information sought to be withheld from public disclosure should be withheld.
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The information sought to be withheld from public disclosure is owned and has i
been held in confidence by Houston Lighting & Power.
(ii)
The information is of a type customarily held in confidence by Houston Lighting & Power and not customarily disclosed to the public. Houston Lighting & Power has a rational basis for btermining that this type of information should be held in confidence.
The release of the information will result in the loss of an existing or potential competitive advantage, as follows:
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The information consists of test data, the application of which secures a competitive economic advantage.
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Its use by a competitor would reduce his expenditure of resources or improve his competitive position in the assurance of quality of a similar product.
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The information is being transmitted to the Commission in confidence and, under the provisions of 10CFR Section 2.790, it is to be received in confidence by the Commission.
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The information sought to be protected is not available in public sources or the available information has not been previously employed in the same original manner or method to the best of our knowledge and belief.
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The proprietary information sought to be withheld in this submittal is that which is appropriately marked as the "Ampacity Testing in UL" report, in Bechtel Log No.14926-C042-00017-B3M (24 pageO.
This information enables liouston Lighting & Power to consider the tes'. results applicable to the South Texas Project plant design and verify the acceptr.oility of all Thermo-wrapped power cable sizing in accordance with Industrv Standards.
Public disclosure of this proprietary information is likelv to cause harm to the competitive position of IIouston Lighting & Power because it would enhance the ability of competitors to provide similar licensing documentation without commensurate expenses. Also, 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.
In order for competitors of Ilouston Lighting & Power to duplicate this information, similar testing programs would have to be performed and a significant in. power effort, having the requisite talent and experience, would have to be expended for development of this data.
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Houston Lighting & Power Company ST-HL-AE-4982 South Texas Project Electric Generating Station File No.:
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- Leonard J. Callan Rufus S. Scott Regional Administrator, Region IV Associate General Counsel U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Houston Lighting & Power Company 611 Ryan Plaza Drive, Suite 400 P. O. Box 61067 Arlington, TX 76011-8064 Houston, TX 77208 Thomas W. Alexion Institute of Nuclear Power Project Manager Opentions - Records Center U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission 700 Galleria Parkway Washington, DC 20555 0001 13H15 Atlanta, GA 30339-5957 David P. Loveless Dr. Joseph M. Hendrie Sr. Resident Inspector 50 Bellport Lane c/o U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Comm.
Bellport, NY l1713 P. O. Box 910 Bay City, TX 77404-0910 Richard A. Ratliff Bureau of Radiation Control J. R. Newman, Esquire Texas Department of Health Morgan, Lewis & Bockius 1100 West 49th Street 1800 M Street, N.W.
Austin, TX 78756-3189 Washington, DC 20036-5869
- U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Comm.
K. J. Fiedler/M. T. Hardt Attn: Document Control Desk City Public Service Washington, D. C. 20555-0001 P. O. Box 1771 San Antonio, TX 78296 J. C. Lanier/M. B. Lee J. R. Egan, Esquire City of Austin Egan & Associates, P.C.
Electric Utility Department 2300 N Street, N.W.
721 Barton Springs Road Washington, D.C. 20037 Austin, TX 78704 G. E. Vaughn/C. A. Johnson Centrtl Power and Light Company P. O. Box 2121 Corpus Christi, TX 78403 Above copies submitted without Attachment 1 except as noted by asterisk (*).
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