ML20170B116

Request for Withholding Information from Public Disclosure

ML20170B116
Person / Time
Site:	Salem
Issue date:	06/30/2020
From:	James Kim Plant Licensing Branch 1
To:	Carr E Public Service Enterprise Group
Kim J
References
EPID L-2020-LLA-0088
Download: ML20170B116 (3)

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June 30, 2020 Mr. Eric Carr President and Chief Nuclear Officer PSEG Nuclear LLC - N09 P.O. Box 236 Hancocks Bridge, NJ 08038

SUBJECT:

REQUEST FOR WITHHOLDING INFORMATION FROM PUBLIC DISCLOSURE FOR SALEM NUCLEAR GENERATING STATION, UNIT NOS. 1 AND 2 (EPID L-2020-LLA-0088)

Dear Mr. Carr:

By letter dated April 24, 2020, PSEG Nuclear LLC (the licensee) submitted an affidavit dated February 14, 2020, executed by Camille T. Zozula, Manager, Infrastructure & Facilities Licensing, Westinghouse Electric Company LLC, requesting that information contained in 2 be withheld from public disclosure pursuant to Title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations (10 CFR) Section 2.390:

PSEG VTD 902787 (001), WCAP-18516-P, Fatigue Crack Growth Evaluations of Salem Units 1 and 2 Accumulator, RHR, Pressurizer Surge and Safety Injection Lines Supporting Expanded Scope Leak-Before-Break, Revision 1, February 2020 (Proprietary)

A nonproprietary copy of this document is available in the Agencywide Documents Access and Management System at Accession No. ML20115E374.

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

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

(4)(ii)(c) Its use 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 a similar product.

The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) staff has reviewed the submittal in accordance with the requirements of 10 CFR 2.390 and, on the basis of the statements in the affidavit, has determined that the submitted information sought to be withheld contains proprietary commercial information and should be withheld from public disclosure.

E. Carr Therefore, the aforementioned documents 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 document. If the need arises, the NRC may send copies of this information to our consultants working in this area. The NRC will ensure that its 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, the NRC should be promptly notified. The NRC may revisit this determination in the future if, for example, the scope of a Freedom of Information Act request includes this information. The NRC will notify you in advance of any public disclosure if the NRC makes such a determination.

If you have any questions regarding this matter, please contact me at (301) 415-4125 or Jmaes.Kim@nrc.gov.

Sincerely,

/RA/

James. S. Kim, Project Manager Plant Licensing Branch I Division of Operating Reactor Licensing Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation Docket Nos. 50-272 and 50-311 cc: Listserv Ms. Camille T. Zozula Manager, Infrastructure & Facilities Licensing Westinghouse Electric Company 1000 Westinghouse Drive Cranberry Township, PA 16066

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