ML17235B120

Request for Withholding Information from Public Disclosure for Hope Creek Generating Station

ML17235B120
Person / Time
Site:	Hope Creek
Issue date:	08/28/2017
From:	Lisa Regner Plant Licensing Branch IV
To:	Duke P Public Service Enterprise Group
Regner L, NRR/DORL/LPL1
References
CAC MF9930
Download: ML17235B120 (4)

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UNITED STATES NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION WASHINGTON, D.C. 20555-0001 August 25, 2017 Mr. Paul R. Duke, Jr.

Manager - Licensing PSEG Nuclear P.O. Box 236 Hancocks Bridge, NJ 08038-0236

SUBJECT:

REQUEST FOR WITHHOLDING INFORMATION FROM PUBLIC DISCLOSURE FOR HOPE CREEK GENERATING STATION (CAC NO. MF9930)

Dear Mr. Duke:

By letter dated July 7, 2017, you submitted a license amendment request (LAR) for a measurement uncertainty recapture power uprate. This LAR contained enclosures that you requested be withheld from public disclosure pursuant to Title 1O of the Code of Federal Regulations (1 O CFR) Section 2.390. The following table provides information on the affidavits, including the date of the affidavit, executor with position and company, title of the document, and location of the non-proprietary version of each document available in the Agencywide Documents Access and Management System (ADAMS) for the public to view.

ADAMS Accession No.

Executor, Title, Company Title of Document of Public Version Lisa K. Schichlein, Senior Project Manager, NEDC-33871 P, Revision 0, "Safety Analysis NPP/Services Licensing, Regulatory Affairs, Report for Hope Creek Generating Station ML17188A263 GE-Hitachi Nuclear Enerav Americas LLC (GEH) Thermal Power Optimization," April 2017 Cameron Engineering Report ER-1123, Ernest M. Hauser, Director of Business Revision 2, "Bounding Uncertainty Analysis for Development, Nuclear and Defense Markets, Thermal Power Determination at Hope Creek ML17188A265 Caldon Ultrasonics Technology Center on behalf Unit 1 Nuclear Generating Station Using the of Cameron Corporation (Cameron)

LEFM/ + Svstem," December 2016 Ernest M. Hauser, Director of Business Cameron Engineering Report ER-1132, Development, Nuclear and Defense Markets, Revision 2, "Meter Factor Calculation and ML17188A267 Caldon Ultrasonics Technology Center on behalf Accuracy Assessment for Hope Creek Nuclear of Cameron Corporation Generatinq Station," March 2017 The affidavit for GEH stated that the submitted information should be considered exempt from mandatory public disclosure for the following reasons:

(4)a. Information that discloses a process, method, or apparatus, including supporting data and analyses, where prevention of its use by GEH's 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.

P. Duke, Jr. The affidavit for Cameron stated that the submitted information should be considered exempt from mandatory public disclosure for the following reasons:

(a) The information reveals the distinguishing aspects of a process (or component, structure, tool, method, etc.) where prevention of its use by any of Cameron's competitors without license from Cameron constitutes a competitive economic advantage over other companies.

(b) It consists of supporting data, including test data, relative to a process (or component, structure, tool, method, etc.), the application of which data secures a competitive economic advantage, e.g., by optimization or improved marketability.

(c) Its use by a competitor would reduce his expenditure of resources or improve his competitive position in the design, manufacture, shipment, installation, and assurance of quality, or licensing a similar product.

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.

P. Duke, Jr. If you have any questions regarding this matter, I may be reached at 301-415-1906 or lisa.regner@nrc.gov.

Lisa M. Regner, Senior Project Manager Plant Licensing Branch IV Division of Operating Reactor Licensing Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation Docket No. 50-354 cc: Mr. Ernest M. Hauser Director of Business Development Nuclear and Defense Markets Caldon Ultrasonics Technology Center 1000 McClaren Woods Drive Coraopolis, PA 15108 Ms. Lisa K. Schichlein Senior Project Manager NPP/Services Licensing Regulatory Affairs GE-Hitachi Nuclear Energy Americas LLC 3901 Castle Hayne Road, M/C A-65 Wilmington, NC 28401 Distribution via Listserv

ML172358120 OFFICE NRR/DORL/LPL4/PM NRR/DORL/LPL 1/LA NRR/DORL/LPL 1/BC NRR/DORL/LPL4/PM NAME LRegner LRonewicz JDanna LRegner DATE 08/22/2017 08/24/2017 08/25/2017 08/25/2017