ML052150189

Withholding from Public Disclosure, Proprietary Version of Responses to NRC follow-up Questions Related to TLAA 4.7.7, Stress Relaxation of the Core Plate hold-down Bolts Dated 06/29/2005

ML052150189
Person / Time
Site:	Browns Ferry
Issue date:	08/03/2005
From:	Yoira Diaz-Sanabria NRC/NRR/DRIP/RLEP
To:	Singer K Tennessee Valley Authority
DIAZ-SANABRIA, Y /NRR/DRIP/RLEP 415-1594
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August 3, 2005 Mr. Karl W. Singer Chief Nuclear Officer and Executive Vice President Tennessee Valley Authority 6A Lookout Place 1101 Market Street Chattanooga, TN 37402-2801

SUBJECT:

REQUEST FOR WITHHOLDING INFORMATION FROM PUBLIC DISCLOSURE FROM BROWNS FERRY NUCLEAR, UNITS 1, 2, AND 3 (TAC NOS. MC1704, MC1705 AND MC1706)

Dear Mr. Singer:

By letter dated June 29, 2005, Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) submitted affidavits dated June 28, 2005, executed by you and requested that proprietary and Company Confidential information - Responses to NRC follow-up questions related to TLAA 4.7.7, stress relaxation of the core plate hold-down bolts, be withheld from public disclosure pursuant to 10 CFR 9.17(a)(4),

10 CFR 2.390(a)(4), and 10 CFR 2.390(b)(1). Non-proprietary copies of these documents have been placed in the NRC Public Document Room and added to the Agencywide Documents Access and Management Systems (ADAMS) Library.

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

The proprietary version of the Preliminary Income Statement 2006-2010 contains proprietary commercial information that should be held in confidence by the NRC, pursuant to the policy reflected in 10 CFR 2.390(a)(4).

Please be aware that 10 CFR 2.790 has been redesignated to 10 CFR 2.390 with no modification, effective February 13, 2004, in 69 FR 2182. We have reviewed your applications and the material in accordance with the 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 financial and commercial information and should be withheld from public disclosure.

Therefore, the versions 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.

K. Singer 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 301-415-1594 or by e-mail at YKS@nrc.gov.

Sincerely,

/RA/

Yoira K. Diaz Sanabria, Project Manager License Renewal Section A License Renewal and Environmental Impacts Program Division of Regulatory Improvement Programs Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation Docket Nos.: 50-259, 50-260, and 50-296 cc w/encls: See next page

ML052150189 Document Name: E:\Filenet\ML052150189.wpd OFFICE LA:RLEP PM:RLEP PM:RLEP SC:RLEP OGC NLO PD:RLEP NAME MJenkins YDiaz-Sanabria RSubbaratnam SLee AHodgdon PTKuo DATE 07/13 /05 07/13/05 07/14/05 08/02/05 07/20/05 08/03/05 BROWNS FERRY NUCLEAR PLANT Tennessee Valley Authority cc:

Mr. Karl W. Singer Mr. Kurt L. Krueger, Plant Manager Chief Nuclear Officer and Browns Ferry Nuclear Plant Executive Vice President Tennessee Valley Authority Tennessee Valley Authority P.O. Box 2000 6A Lookout Place Decatur, AL 35609 1101 Market Street Chattanooga, TN 37402-2801 Mr. Jon R. Rupert, Vice President Browns Ferry Unit 1 Restart Mr. Ashok S. Bhatnagar, Senior Vice Browns Ferry Nuclear Plant President Tennessee Valley Authority Nuclear Operations P.O. Box 2000 Tennessee Valley Authority Decatur, AL 35609 6A Lookout Place 1101 Market Street Mr. Robert G. Jones Chattanooga, TN 37402-2801 Browns Ferry Unit 1 Plant Restart Manager Browns Ferry Nuclear Plant Mr. Larry S. Bryant, General Manager Tennessee Valley Authority Nuclear Engineering P.O. Box 2000 Tennessee Valley Authority Decatur, AL 35609 6A Lookout Place 1101 Market Street Mr. Scott M. Shaeffer Chattanooga, TN 37402-2801 Browns Ferry Unit 1 Project Engineer Division of Reactor Projects, Branch 6 Mr. Brain J. OGrady, Site Vice President U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Browns Ferry Nuclear Plant 61 Forsyth Street, SW Tennessee Valley Authority Suite 23T85 P.O. Box 2000 Atlanta, GA 30303-8931 Decatur, AL 35609 Mr. Fredrick C. Mashburn General Counsel Senior Program Manager Tennessee Valley Authority Nuclear Licensing ET 11A Tennessee Valley Authority 400 West Summit Hill Drive 4X Blue Ridge Knoxville, TN 37902 1101 Market Street Chattanooga, TN 37402-2801 Mr. John C. Fornicola, Manager Nuclear Assurance and Licensing Mr. William D. Crouch, Manager Tennessee Valley Authority Licensing and Industry Affairs 6A Lookout Place Browns Ferry Nuclear Plant 1101 Market Street Tennessee Valley Authority Chattanooga, TN 37402-2801 P.O. Box 2000 Decatur, AL 35609

BROWNS FERRY NUCLEAR PLANT Tennessee Valley Authority cc:

Mr. Bobby L. Holbrook Senior Resident Inspector U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Browns Ferry Nuclear Plant 10833 Shaw Road Athens, AL 35611-6970 State Health Officer Alabama Dept. of Public Health RSA Tower - Administration Suite 1552 P.O. Box 303017 Montgomery, AL 36130-3017 Chairman Limestone County Commission 310 West Washington Street Athens, AL 35611 Mr. James Ross Nuclear Energy Institute 1776 I St., NW, Suite 400 Washington, DC 20006-2708 Ken Brune, Manager Browns Ferry License Renewal Project Tennessee Valley Authority 6A Lookout Place 1101 Market Street Chattanooga, TN 37402-2801

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