ML020440797

Response to November 20, 2001, Letter Concerning Public Release of EPRI Proprietary Information

ML020440797
Person / Time
Issue date:	01/10/2002
From:	Bateman W NRC/NRR/DE/EMCB
To:	Marion A Nuclear Energy Institute
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IEB-01-001
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Mr. Alex Marion, Director Engineering Nuclear Energy Institute 1776 I Street, N.W., Suite 400 Washington, D.C. 20006-3708

SUBJECT:

RESPONSE TO NOVEMBER 20, 2001, LETTER CONCERNING PUBLICRELEASE OF EPRI PROPRIETARY INFORMATION

Dear Mr. Marion:

By letter dated November 20, 2001, you requested that the staff release to EPRI the completeproprietary version of the NRC report, Preliminary Staff Technical Assessment for PressurizedWater Reactor Vessel Head Penetration Nozzles Associated with NRC Bulletin 2001-01, Circumferential Cracking of Reactor Pressure Vessel Head Penetration Nozzles, datedNovember 2001. A non-proprietary version of the report was publicly released by the staff on November 6, 2001.The staff has discussed this report with EPRI, and by electronic mail (e-mail) datedDecember 3, 2001, Mr. C. Welty of EPRI agreed that the report can be publicly released as written with the following editorial corrections: 1)Reference 1 should read: "Presentation by P. Scott at Meeting of MRP Crack GrowthReview Team for Alloy 600 and Alloy 182, Arlie, VA, October 2-4, 2001," and 2)In the Reference Section the following references are EPRI Proprietary documents /items: 1, 3, 13, 15, 19, 22, 28, 33 and 34.The NRC staff has made the appropriate modifications to the report, as requested, and therevised report has been issued. A copy of the revised report is enclosed.If you have any question regarding this letter, please contact Mr. Allen Hiser of my staff at 301-415-1034.Sincerely, /ra/Mr. William H. Bateman, ChiefMaterials and Chemical Engineering Branch Division of Engineering Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation

Enclosure:

As stated cc: See next page Mr. Alex Marion, DirectorEngineering Nuclear Energy Institute 1776 I Street, N.W., Suite 400 Washington, D.C. 20006-3708

SUBJECT:

RESPONSE TO NOVEMBER 20, 2001, LETTER CONCERNING PUBLICRELEASE OF EPRI PROPRIETARY INFORMATION

Dear Mr. Marion:

By letter dated November 20, 2001, you requested that the staff release to EPRI the completeproprietary version of the NRC report, Preliminary Staff Technical Assessment for PressurizedWater Reactor Vessel Head Penetration Nozzles Associated with NRC Bulletin 2001-01, Circumferential Cracking of Reactor Pressure Vessel Head Penetration Nozzles, datedNovember 2001. A non-proprietary version of the report was publicly released by the staff on November 6, 2001.The staff has discussed this report with EPRI, and by electronic mail (e-mail) datedDecember 3, 2001, Mr. C. Welty of EPRI agreed that the report can be publicly released as written with the following editorial corrections: 1)Reference 1 should read: "Presentation by P. Scott at Meeting of MRP Crack GrowthReview Team for Alloy 600 and Alloy 182, Arlie, VA, October 2-4, 2001," and 2)In the Reference Section the following references are EPRI Proprietary documents /items: 1, 3, 13, 15, 19, 22, 28, 33 and 34.The NRC staff has made the appropriate modifications to the report, as requested, and therevised report has been issued. A copy of the revised report is enclosed. If you have any question regarding this letter, please contact Mr. Allen Hiser of my staff at 301-415-1034.Sincerely, Mr. William H. Bateman, ChiefMaterials and Chemical Engineering Branch Division of Engineering Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation

Enclosure:

As stated cc: See next page Distribution

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Charlotte, NC 28221C. Thomas Alley, Jr., Technical Chair Inspection Task Duke Power Company Nuclear General Office 526 South Church Street Mail Code EC09O PO Box 1006 Charlotte NC 28201Avtar Singh, EPRI MRP ManagerChuck Welty, EPRI MRP Manager Allan McIlree, EPRI Assessment Manager Christine King, EPRI MRP Manager Electric Power Research Institute P. O. Box 10412 3412 Hillview Ave.

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