ML071500015

Request for Withholding Information from Public Disclosure

ML071500015
Person / Time
Site:	North Anna
Issue date:	06/26/2007
From:	Siva Lingam NRC/NRR/ADRO/DORL/LPLII-1
To:	Christian D Virginia Electric & Power Co (VEPCO)
Lingam, Siva NRR/DORL 415-1564
References
TAC MD3903, TAC MD3904
Download: ML071500015 (5)

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June 26, 2007 Mr. David A. Christian Senior Vice President and Chief Nuclear Officer Virginia Electric and Power Company Innsbrook Technical Center 5000 Dominion Boulevard Glen Allen, VA 23060-6711

SUBJECT:

NORTH ANNA POWER STATION, UNIT NOS. 1 AND 2, REQUEST FOR WITHHOLDING INFORMATION FROM PUBLIC DISCLOSURE (TAC NOS.

MD3903 AND MD3904)

Dear Mr. Christian:

By letter dated May 16, 2007, and affidavit dated May 2, 2007, executed by Ms. Gale F. Elliott of AREVA NP Inc., you requested that the information contained in the following documents associated with relief request CMP-023, Revision 1 for North Anna Power Station, Unit No. 2, be withheld from public disclosure pursuant to Title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations (10 CFR), Part 2, Section 2.390:

• Document Identifier 32-9038239-000, North Anna Units 1 & 2, Pressurizer Surge Nozzle Weld Overlay Analysis, dated February 2007.

• Document Identifier 32-9038441-001, North Anna Units 1 & 2 Pressurizer Safety/Relief Nozzle Weld Overlay Analysis, dated March 2007.

• Document Identifier 32-9035736-001, North Anna Units 1 & 2 Pressurizer-Spray Nozzle Weld Overlay Analysis, dated March 2007.

• Document Identifier 32-9035736-002, North Anna Units 1 & 2 Pressurizer-Spray Nozzle Weld Overlay Analysis, dated April 2007.

• Document Identifier 32-9043013-000, North Anna Units 1 & 2 PZR Safety/Relief Nozzle Weld Overlay Crack Growth Evaluation, dated March 2007.

• Document Identifier 32-9043015-000, North Anna Units 1 & 2 PZR Spray Nozzle Weld Overlay Crack Growth Evaluation, dated March 2007.

• Document Identifier 32-9042735-000, North Anna Units 1 & 2 PZR Surge Nozzle Weld Overlay Crack Growth Evaluation, dated March 2007.

• Document Identifier 32-9038670-001, North Anna Units 1 & 2 Weld Overlay - Piping Evaluation, dated March 2007.

• Document Identifier 32-9045275-001, North Anna Units 1 & 2, Pressurizer Surge Nozzle Weld Overlay Engineering Evaluation of Insurge/Outsurge Transients, dated April 2007.

A nonproprietary copy of these documents has been placed in the Nuclear Regulatory Commission's (NRC's) Public Document Room and added to the Agencywide Documents Access and Management System Public Electronic Reading Room.

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

D. Christian (a) Use of the information by a competitor would permit the competitor to significantly reduce its expenditures, in time or resources, to design, produce, or market a similar product or service.

(b) The information includes test data or analytical techniques concerning a process, methodology, or component, the application of which results in a competitive advantage for AREVA NP.

We have reviewed your application 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 commercial information and should be withheld from public disclosure.

Therefore, the version(s) 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.

If you have any questions regarding this matter, I may be reached at 301-415-1564.

Sincerely,

/RA/

Siva P. Lingam , Project Manager Plant Licensing Branch II-1 Division of Operating Reactor Licensing Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation Docket Nos. 50-338 and 50-339 cc: See next page

D. Christian June 26, 2007 (a) Use of the information by a competitor would permit the competitor to significantly reduce its expenditures, in time or resources, to design, produce, or market a similar product or service.

(b) The information includes test data or analytical techniques concerning a process, methodology, or component, the application of which results in a competitive advantage for AREVA NP.

We have reviewed your application 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 commercial information and should be withheld from public disclosure.

Therefore, the version(s) 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.

If you have any questions regarding this matter, I may be reached at 301-415-1564.

Sincerely,

/RA/

Siva P. Lingam , Project Manager Plant Licensing Branch II-1 Division of Operating Reactor Licensing Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation Docket Nos. 50-338 and 50-339 cc: See next page DISTRIBUTION:

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North Anna Power Station, Units 1 & 2 cc:

Mr. David A. Christian Senior Resident Inspector Senior Vice President North Anna Power Station and Chief Nuclear Officer U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Virginia Electric and Power Company P. O. Box 490 Innsbrooks Technical Center Mineral, Virginia 23117 5000 Dominion Boulevard Glen Allen, VA 23060-6711 Mr. Daniel G. Stoddard Site Vice President Mr. C. Lee Lintecum North Anna Power Station County Administrator Virginia Electric and Power Company Louisa County Post Office Box 402 Post Office Box 160 Mineral, Virginia 23117-0402 Louisa, Virginia 23093 Dr. Robert B. Stroube, MD, MPH Ms. Lillian M. Cuoco, Esq. State Health Commissioner Senior Counsel Office of the Commissioner Dominion Resources Services, Inc. Virginia Department of Health Building 475, 5 th floor Post Office Box 2448 Rope Ferry Road Richmond, Virginia 23218 Waterford, Connecticut 06385 Ms. Gayle F. Elliott, Manager Dr. W. T. Lough Product Licensing Virginia State Corporation Commission AREVA NP Inc.

Division of Energy Regulation 3315 Old Forge Road Post Office Box 1197 Lynchburg, Virginia 24501 Richmond, Virginia 23218 Old Dominion Electric Cooperative 4201 Dominion Blvd.

Glen Allen, Virginia 23060 Mr. Chris L. Funderburk, Director Nuclear Licensing & Operations Support Dominion Resources Services, Inc.

Innsbrook Technical Center 5000 Dominion Blvd.

Glen Allen, Virginia 23060-6711 Office of the Attorney General Commonwealth of Virginia 900 East Main Street Richmond, Virginia 23219