ML12039A239

Request for Withholding from Public Disclosure Duke Energy Letter Dated May 20, 2009 Involving Postulated Failure of the Jocassee Dam

ML12039A239
Person / Time
Site:	Oconee
Issue date:	02/03/2012
From:	Gillespie T Duke Energy Corp
To:	Document Control Desk, Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation
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A Dulce riJ' Energy Letter contains Security Sensitive Information Withhold from Public Disclosure under 10 CFR 2.390 T. PRESTON GILLESPIE, JR.

Vice President Oconee Nuclear Station Duke Energy ONOJ VP I 7800 Rochester Hwy.

Seneca, SC 29672 864 -873-4478 864-873-4208 fax February 3, 2012 T. Gillespie@duke-energy.com U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Attn : Document Control Desk Washington, DC 20555-0001

Subject:

Duke Energy Carolinas, LLC (Duke Energy)

Oconee Nuclear Station (ONS}, Units 1, 2, and 3 Docket Numbers 50-269, 50-270, and 50-287 Request for Withholding from Public Disclosure Duke Energy Letter Dated May 20, 2009 Involving Postulated Failure of the Jocassee Dam Ref: 1) NRC Letter from Joseph G. Giitterto Dave Baxter, "EVALUATION OF DUKE ENERGY CAROLINAS, LLC (DUKE), SEPTEMBER 26, 2008, RESPONSE TO NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMM ISSION (NRC) LETTER DATED AUGUST 15, 2008, RELATED TO EXTERNAL FLOODING AT OCONEE NUCLEAR STATION ,

UNITS 1, 2, AND 3 (OCONEE) (TAC NOS. MD8224, MD8225, AND MD8226) ,"

dated April 30, 2009.

2) Duke Energy Letter from Dave Baxter to U.S. NRC Document Control Desk, "Request for Extension of Duke Response Time to Referenced Letter," dated May 20, 2009.

In Reference 1, the NRC requested Duke Energy to subm it information relative to a postulated Jocassee Dam and potential flooding of ONS. In Reference 2, Duke Energy submitted a request to the NRC for an extension of time to respond to an NRC letter, dated April 30, 2009.

However, Duke Energy's May 20, 2009 letter was not requested to be withheld from public disclosure, pursuant to 10 CFR 2.390. Duke Energy has historically requested submittals of this sensitive subject matter be withheld from public disclosure. Thus, due to the sensitive subject matter of the May 20, 2009 letter, Duke Energy requests the NRC to withhold the same letter from public disclosure pursuant to 10 CFR 2.390.

This letter also contains security sensitive information, Duke Energy hereby requests the NRC to withhold it from public disclosure pu rsuant to 10 CFR 2.390(d)(1 ), "Public inspections, exemptions, requests for withholding ."

There are no new regulatory commitments contained in this letter. If there are any questions, or if additional information is required, please contact Kent Alter, ONS Regulatory Compliance Manager at (864) 873-3255.

Sincerely, T'fCt t..t...e::sf"tC:.

1 T. Preston Gillespie, Jr.

Letter contains Security Sensitive Information Withhold from Public Disclosure under 10 CFR 2.390 www.duke-energy. com

' ... U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission February 3, 2012 Page 2 cc:

Mr. Victor McCree, Regional Administrator U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission - Region II Marquis One Tower 245 Peachtree Center Ave., NE, Suite 1200 Atlanta , Georgia 30303-1257 Mr. John Stang , Project Manager Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Mail Stop 0-8 G9A Washington , DC 20555 Mr. Andy Sabisch Senior Resident Inspector Oconee Nuclear Site Ms. Susan E. Jenkins, Manager Radioactive & Infectious Waste Management Division of Waste Management South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control 2600 Bull St.

Columbia, SC 29201 Letter Contains Security Sensitive Information Withhold from Public Disclosure under 10 CFR 2.390