ML072630154

PSEG Nuclear LLC, Request for Withholding Information from Public Disclosure for Hope Creek Generating Station Regarding Letter, Dated August 3, 2007, Subject: Response to Request for Additional Information Request for License Amendment - E

ML072630154
Person / Time
Site:	Hope Creek
Issue date:	10/01/2007
From:	John Lamb NRC/NRR/ADRO/DORL/LPLI-2
To:	Barnes G Public Service Enterprise Group
Lamb John G./NRR/DORL, 415-3100
References
LR-N07-0171, TAC MD3002
Download: ML072630154 (5)

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October 1, 2007 Mr. George P. Barnes Site Vice President Hope Creek Generating Station PSEG Nuclear LLC P.O. Box 236 Hancocks Bridge, NJ 08038

SUBJECT:

PSEG NUCLEAR LLC, REQUEST FOR WITHHOLDING INFORMATION FROM PUBLIC DISCLOSURE FOR HOPE CREEK GENERATING STATION REGARDING LETTER LR-N07-0171, DATED AUGUST 3, 2007,

SUBJECT:

RESPONSE TO REQUEST FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION REQUEST FOR LICENSE AMENDMENT - EXTENDED POWER UPRATE (TAC NO. MD3002)

Dear Mr. Barnes:

By letter dated August 3, 2007, you submitted an affidavit executed by Alan J. Bilanin on behalf of Continuum Dynamics, Inc. (C.D.I.), dated August 3, 2007, requesting that the information contained in the following documents be withheld from public disclosure pursuant to Title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations (10 CFR) Part 2, Section 2.390:

C.D.I. Report 07-09P AMethodology to Predict Full Scale Steam Dryer Loads from In-Plant Measurements, with the Inclusion of a Low Frequency Hydrodynamic Contribution, Revision 1.

C.D.I. Report 07-17P AStress Assessment of Hope Creek Unit 1 Steam Dryer Based on Revision 4 Loads Model, Revision 1.

C.D.I. Report 07-18P AAcoustic and Low Frequency Hydrodynamic Loads at CLTP

[Current Licensed Thermal Power] Power Level on Hope Creek Unit 1 Steam Dryer to 200 Hz, Revision 0.

C.D.I. Technical Note No.07-29P ALimit Curve Analysis with ACM [Acoustic Circuit Model] Rev. 4 for Power Ascension at Hope Creek Unit 1, Revision 0.

By PSEG letter LR-N07-0214, dated August 17, 2007, nonproprietary copies of these documents were sent to the Nuclear Regulatory Commission=s (NRC=s) Public Document Room and added to the Agencywide Documents Access and Management System (ADAMS) Public Electronic Reading Room.

The affidavit stated that the submitted information should be considered exempt from mandatory public disclosure for the following reasons:

3(a) A process or method, including supporting data and analysis, where prevention of its use by C.D.I.=s competitors without license from C.D.I. constitutes a competitive advantage over other companies;

G. Barnes 3(b) Information which, if used by a competitor, would reduce his expenditure of resources or improve his competitive position in the design, manufacture, shipment, installation, assurance of quality, or licensing of a similar product; 3(c) Information which discloses patentable subject matter for which it may be desirable to obtain patent protection.

We have reviewed your application and the material in accordance with requirements of 10 CFR 2.390 and, on the basis of your statements, 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 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 regarding this matter, I may be reached at 301-415-3100.

Sincerely,

/RA/

John G. Lamb, Senior Project Manager Plant Licensing Branch 1-2 Division of Operating Reactor Licensing Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation Docket No. 50-354 cc. See next page

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Hope Creek Generating Station cc:

Mr. Thomas Joyce Mr. Michael Gaffney Senior Vice President - Operations Manager - Hope Creek Regulatory Assurance PSEG Nuclear PSEG Nuclear P.O. Box 236 P.O. Box 236 Hancocks Bridge, NJ 08038 Hancocks Bridge, NJ 08038 Mr. Dennis Winchester Township Clerk Vice President - Nuclear Assessment Lower Alloways Creek Township PSEG Nuclear Municipal Building, P.O. Box 157 P.O. Box 236 Hancocks Bridge, NJ 08038 Hancocks Bridge, NJ 08038 Mr. Paul Bauldauf, P.E., Asst. Director Mr. William Levis Radiation Protection Programs President & Chief Nuclear Officer NJ Department of Environmental PSEG Nuclear LLC - N09 Protection and Energy P.O. Box 236 CN 415 Hancocks Bridge, NJ 08038 Trenton, NJ 08625-0415 Mr. Carl Fricker Mr. Brian Beam Vice President - Operations Support Board of Public Utilities PSEG Nuclear 2 Gateway Center, Tenth Floor P.O. Box 236 Newark, NJ 07102 Hancocks Bridge, NJ 08038 Regional Administrator, Region I Mr. John Perry U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Plant Manager - Hope Creek 475 Allendale Road PSEG Nuclear King of Prussia, PA 19406 P.O. Box 236 Hancocks Bridge, NJ 08038 Senior Resident Inspector Hope Creek Generating Station Mr. James Mallon U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Manager - Licensing Drawer 0509 PSEG Nuclear Hancocks Bridge, NJ 08038 P.O. Box 236 Hancocks Bridge, NJ 08038 Mr. Jeffrie J. Keenan, Esquire PSEG Nuclear - N21 P.O. Box 236 Hancocks Bridge, NJ 08038