ML20196C696

Grants Withholding of WCAP-11761,Rev 1, South Texas Units 1 & 2 Reactor Vessel Tilt & Waviness Clarification Study, Per 10CFR2.790

ML20196C696
Person / Time
Site:	South Texas
Issue date:	12/01/1988
From:	Dick G Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation
To:	Goldberg J HOUSTON LIGHTING & POWER CO.
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NUDOCS 8812080061
Download: ML20196C696 (5)

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Docket Hos. 50-408 and 50-499 Mr. J. H. Goldberg Group Vice-President, Nuclear Houston Lighting & Power Company P. O. Box 1700 Houston, Texas 77001

SUBJECT:

REQUEST FOR WITHHOLDING lu ORNAT10M FRCH PUBLIC DISCLOSURE By your application dated May 23, 1988 and Westinghouse Electric Corporation's affidavit dated May 2,1988 you submitted "WCAP-11761, Revision 1, (Proprietary) and WCAP-11762, (Non-proprietary) entitled " South Texas Units 1 and 2 Redctor Vessel Tilt and Waviness Clarification Study" and requested that WCAP-11761 Revision 1, be withheld from public disclosure pursuant to 10 CFR 2.790.

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

1. The information reveals the distinguishing aspects of a process (er component, structure, tool, method, etc.) where prevention of its use by any of Westinghouse's competitors without license from Westinghouse constitutes a ccrpetitive economic advantage over oth'sr corrpanies.

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The inferriation relative consists to a process of supporting (or corponent, data, including structure, testetc.

tool, method, data, ),

the application of which data secures a competitive economic advantage, e.g., by optimization or improved marketability.

3. The information, if used by a competitor, would redut.e his expenditure of resources or improve his corrpetitive position in the design, manufacture, shipment, installation, assurance of quality, or licensing of a similar product.

4. The information reveals cost or price information, production capacities, budget levels, or comercial strategies of Westinghouse, its customers or suppliers.

5. The information reveals aspects of past, present, or future Westinghouse or customer funded development plans and programs of potential con ercial value to Westinghouse.

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Mr. J. H. Goldberg 6. The information contains patentable ideas, for which patent protection may be desirable. ,

7. The information is not the property of Westinghouse, but must be treated as proprietary by Westinghouse act.erding to agreements with the owner. ,

We have reviewed your application and the material in accordance with the requirements of 10 CFR 2.790 and, on the basis of Westinghouse's statements, have determined that the submitted information sought to be withheld contains ,

trade secrets or proprietary coceercial information.

Therefore, the version (s) of the submitted information marked as proprietary  !

willbewithheldfror,publicdisclosurepursuantto10CFR2.790(b)(5)and l Sectio.i 103(b) of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended. l 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 infcrmation to our consultants working in ,

this area. We will, of course, ensure that the consultants have signed the l appropriate agreenents for handling proprietary inforciation. '

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 prornptly r.otify the llRC. You also should ,

understarid that the NRC riay 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 l public disclosure.

Sincerely, L

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Geo F. Dick, Jr., Project Manager Project Directorate - !Y Division of Reactor Projects - !!!,

IV, Y and Special Projects  ;

Office of liuclear Reactor Regulation '

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, Mr. J. H. Goldberg South Texas Project Houston Lighting and Power Company cc:

Brian Berwick, Esq. Resident inspector / South Texas ,

Assistant Attorney General Project  :

Environmental Protection Division c/o U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Cornission P. O. Box 12548 P. O. Box 910 Capitol Station Say City, Texas 77414 Austin, Texar 78711 Mr. Jonathan Davis Mr. J. T. Westermeier Assistant City Attorney General Manager, South Texas Project City of Austin Houston Lighting and Power Company P. O. Box 1088 '

P. O. Box 289 Austin, Texas 78767 Houston, Texas 77483 Ms. Pat Coy Mr. R. J. Miner Citizens Concerned About Nuclear i Chief Operating Officer Power City of Austin Electric Utility 10 Sir.gleton 721 Barton Springs Road Eureka Springs, Arkansas 72632 Austin, Texas 78704 .

Mr. M. A. McL9rnett '

Mr. R. J. Costello Manager, Operations Support Licensing Mr. M. T. Hardt Houston Lighting and Power Corpany City Public Service Board P. O. Box 289 P. O. Box 1771 Wadsworth Texas 77483

, San Antonio, Texas 78296 d

Mr. A. Zaccaria Jack R. Newnan Esq. Mr. X G. Hess Newran & Holtzinger, P. C. Bechtel Corporation 1015 L Street, NW P. O. Box 2106 '

Washington 0.C. 20036 Houston, Texas 77001 Melbert Schwartz, Jr., Esq. Mr. R. P. Verret Baker & Botts Mr. R. L. Range

. One Shell Plaza Central Power and Light Con'pany Houston, Texas 77002 P. O. Box 2121 t Corpus Christi, Texas 78403 l Mrs. Peggy Buchorti Executive Director Doub, Huntzing and Glasgow Citizens for Equitable Utilities, Inc. Attorneys at Law Route 1, Box 1684 Suite 400 Brazoria, Texas 77422 808 Seventeenth Street N.W.

Washington, D.C. 20006 Mr. S. L. Rosen General Manager, Operations Support Houston Lighting and Power Company P. O. Box 289 Wadsverth, Texas 77483

. a i, Mr. J. H., Goldberg South Texas Project ,

Houston Lighting & Power i CC*

Regional Administrator, Region IV R. A.Wiesemann U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Manager of Regulatory & Legislative Affairs Office of Executive Directar Westinghouse Electric Corporation for Operations P. O. Box 355 611 Ryan Plaza Drive, Suite 1000 Pittsburgh, PA 15230-0355 Arlington, Texas 76011 Mr. Lanny Sinkin, q Counsel for Intervenor Citizens Concerned about Nuclear Power, Inc.

Christic Institute

- 1324 North Capitol Street Washington, D.C. 20002 6 Licensing Represec',ative Houston Lighting and Power Corpany Suite 510 Three Metro Center Bethesda, Maryland 20814 Rufus S. Scott Associate General Counsel Houston Lighting & Power Company P. O. Boy 1700 Houston, Texas 77001 INPO Records Center 1100 Circle 75 Parkway  ;

Atlanta, Georgia 30339-3064 Joseph M. Hendrie 50 Bellport Lane Ee11 port, New York 11713 <

Gerald E. Vaughn, Vice President Nuclear Operations Houston Lighting & Power Company P. O. Box 289  :

Wadsworth, Texas 77483 t

7. W. Chewning, Chairman r clear Safety Review Board houston Lighting & Power Company  ;

P. O. Box 289 l Wadsworth. Texas 77483  :

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Mr. J. H. Goldberg 6. The information contains patentable ideas, for which patent protection may be desirable. '

7. The information is not the property of Westinghouse, but must be treated as proprietary by Westinghouse according to agreements with the owner, j We have reviewed your application and the material in accordance with the l requirements of 'O CFR 2.790 and, on the basis of Westinghcuse's st6tements, l 2

have determined that the submitted information sought to be withheld contains l trace secrets or proprietary corrercial information.

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! Therefore,theversion(s)ofthesubmittedinfora,ationmarkedasproprietary will be withheld from public disclosure pursuant to 10 CFR 2.790(b)(5) and i Section 103(b) of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as arrended.

, Withholding from public inspection shall not affect the right, if any, of

) persons properly and directly concerned to inspect the docur;ents. If the need [

i arises, we may send copies of this information to our consultants working in l this area. We will, of course, ensure that the consultants have signed the  ;

j appropriate agreements for handling proprietary inforration.  !

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. If the basis for withholding this information from public inspection should l 3

change in the future such that the information could then be made available  !

j for public inspection, you should prornptly notify the NRC. You also should  ;

understend that the NRC may have cause to review this determination in the i future, for example, if the scope of a Freedom of Information Act request l j includes your irformation. In all review situations, if the NRC makes a i

! determination adverse to the above, you will be notified in advance of any i i public disclosure, j 1

Sincerely,  !

/J f' George F. Di k, Jr., Project Manager Project Directorate - !Y l Division of Reactor Projects - III, l IV, Y and Special Projects i Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation i I

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