ML20083J921

Request for Withholding Information from Public Disclosure

ML20083J921
Person / Time
Site:	Waterford
Issue date:	03/31/2020
From:	April Pulvirenti Plant Licensing Branch IV
To:	Entergy Operations
Pulvirenti A
References
EPID L-2020-LRM-0016
Download: ML20083J921 (3)

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March 31, 2020 Site Vice President Entergy Operations, Inc.

Waterford Steam Electric Station, Unit 3 17265 River Road Killona, LA 70057-3093

SUBJECT:

WATERFORD STEAM ELECTRIC STATION, UNIT 3 - REQUEST FOR WITHHOLDING INFORMATION FROM PUBLIC DISCLOSURE (EPID L-2020-LRM-0016)

Dear Sir or Madam:

By letter dated March 12, 2020 (Agencywide Documents Access and Management System (ADAMS) Accession No. ML20072P204), you submitted an affidavit to the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) dated March 12, 2020, executed by Zachary S. Harper, of Westinghouse Electric Company, LLC. You requested that the information contained in the following document (Attachment 3 of the letter dated March 12, 2020) be withheld from public disclosure pursuant to Title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations (10 CFR), Part 2, Section 2.390:

Waterford Unit 3 CPC/CEAC [Core Protection Calculator/Control Element Assembly Calculator] Replacement License Amendment Request NRC Pre-submittal Meeting #3 (Westinghouse document WAAP-11715-P (Proprietary))

A nonproprietary copy of this document contained in Attachment 1 of the letter dated March 12, 2020, has been placed in the NRCs Public Document Room and added to the NRC Library in ADAMS at the above-referenced Accession No. ML20072P204.

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

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

(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.

We have reviewed your application and the material in accordance with the requirements of 10 CFR 2.390 and, on the basis of the statements in the affidavit, 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, please contact me at 301-415-1390 or via e-mail at April.Pulvirenti@nrc.gov.

Sincerely,

/RA/

April L. Pulvirenti, Project Manager Plant Licensing Branch IV Division of Operating Reactor Licensing Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation Docket No. 50-382 cc: Zachary S. Harper Manager, Licensing Engineering Westinghouse Electric Company 1000 Westinghouse Drive Cranberry Township, PA 16066 Listserv

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