ML20236U747

Discusses NSP Application & GE Affidavit ,executed by G Stramback.Attachment 1 to GE Ltr GLN-98-005,dtd 980428 Will Be Withheld from Public Disclosure Per 10CFR2.790

ML20236U747
Person / Time
Site:	Monticello
Issue date:	07/27/1998
From:	Kim T NRC (Affiliation Not Assigned)
To:	Richard Anderson NORTHERN STATES POWER CO.
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TAC-M96238, NUDOCS 9807300411
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!' Mr. Roger O. Anderson, Director Licensing and Management issues Northem States Power Company l 414 Nicollet Mall Minneapolis, MN 55401

SUBJECT:

REQUEST FOR WITHHOLDING INFORMATION FROM PUBLIC DISCLOSURE

(MONTICELLO NUCLEAR GENERATING PLANT) (TAC NO. M96238)

Dear Mr. Anderson:

1 By Northern States Power Company's (NSP's) application dated May 5,1998, and General Electric Company's (GE's) affidavit dated April 28,1998, executed by George B. Stramback, NSP submitted additional information on the use of containment response codes for rerate applications in support of its power rerate amendment application and requested that Attachment 1 to GE letter GLN-98-005 from P.T. Tran to S. J. Hammer, "GE Response to February 1998 Request for Additional Information on Monticello Power Rerate Program

! . Question # 13," dated April 28,1998, be withheld from public disclosure pursuant to 10 CFR 2.790.

GE stated that the information submitted in Attachment 1 to GLN 98-005 should be considered

exempt from mandatory public disclosure for the following reasons:

1. The information discloses a process, method, or apparatus, including supporting data j and analyses, where prevention of its use by GE's competitors without license from GE i constitutes a competitive economic advantage over other companies. l

2. The information, if used 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 of a similar product. /

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3. The information contains the supporting Design Record File detailed calculations, results, of and usually information basesresides for conclusions ononly in GENE files, Monticello's for audit bydecay heatand customers profile. This detailed the NRC. p/ lev i

This information shows in specific detail the processes, codes, and methods employed

' to perform the evaluations which results are in NEDC-32546P, Power Rerate Safety Analysis Report for Monticello Nuclear Generating Plant, Revision 1 (GE proprietary information] dated December 1997. The development of the detail processes, codes,

and methods employed to perform the evaluations were developed at a significant cost

to GE, on the order of a million dollars.

l We have reviewed your application and the material in accordance with the requirements of

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10 CFR 2.790 and, on the basis of your statements, have determined that the submitted information sought to be withheld contains proprietary commercialinformation.

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i Therefore, Attachment 1 to GE letter GLN-98-005, marked as proprietary, will be withheld from public disclosure pursuant to 10 CFR 2.790(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 shou'd 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. la all review situations, if the NRC makes a determination adverse to the above, you will be notified in advance of any public disclosure.

i Sincerely, l ORIGINAL SIGNED BY Tae Kim, Senior Project Manager Project Directorate lll-1 l Division of Reactor Projects -Ill/IV Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation Docket No. 50-263 cc: See next page DISTRIBUTION Docket File E. Adensam (EGA1)

PUBLIC MPSiemien PD3-1 Rdg J. McCormick-Barger, Rill DOCUMENT NAME: G:\WPDOCS\MONTICEL\MO980505. PRO To receive a copy of this document, indicate in the box: "C" = Copy without attachment / enclosure "E" = Copy with attachment / enclosure "N" = No copy OFFICE LA:PD31 4Q PM:PD31 C OGC G D:PD31 N NAME CJamerson M TJKim 771/A, MPSiemien h)4 CACarpenter( M DATE 7/ t 9 /98 [j 7/ /f Y98 7/ Y /98 7/ a 6 /98 OFFICIAL RECORD COPY f

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n Mr. Roger O. Anderson, Directv Monticello Nuclear Generating Plant Northern States Power Compt.ny cc:

J. E. Silberg, Esquire Kris Sanda, Commissioner Shaw, Pittman, Potts and Trowbridge Department of Public Service 2300 N Street, N. W. 121 Seventh Place East Washington DC 20037 Suite 200 St. Paul, Minnesota 55101-2145 U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Resident inspector's Office Adonis A. Nebiett 2807 W. County Road 75 Assistant Attomey General Monticello, Minnesota 55362 Office of the Attomey General 445 Minnesota Street Plant Manager Suite 900 Monticello Nuclear Generating Plant St. Paul, Minnesota 55101-2127 ATTN: Site Licensing Northem States Power Company George B. Stramback, Project Manager 2807 West County Road 75 Regulatory Services Monticello, Minnesota 55362-9637 General Electric Company 175 Curtner Avenue Robert Nelson, President San Jose, Califomia 95125 Minnesota Environmental Control Citizens Association (MECCA) 1051 South McKnight Road St. Paul, Minnesota 55119 Commissioner i Minnesota Pollution Control Agency I 520 Lafayette Road St. Paul, Minnesota 55119 Regional Administrator, Region ill i

U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission '

801 Warrenville Road Lisle, Illinois 60532-4351 Commissioner of Health Minnesota Department of Health  !

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