ML062000509

Request for Withholding Information from Public Disclosure for Stone and Webster

ML062000509
Person / Time
Site:	Millstone
Issue date:	07/25/2006
From:	Nerses V NRC/NRR/ADRO/DORL/LPLB
To:	Cronan C Stone & Webster
ENNIS R, NRR/DLPM,415-1453
References
TAC MC8327
Download: ML062000509 (4)

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July 25, 2006 Mr. Charles E. Cronan Vice President Stone & Webster, Inc.

100 Technology Center Drive Stoughton, MA 02072

SUBJECT:

STONE & WEBSTER, INC. REQUEST FOR WITHHOLDING INFORMATION FROM PUBLIC DISCLOSURE FOR MILLSTONE POWER STATION UNIT NO. 3 (TAC NO. MC8327)

Dear Mr. Cronan:

By Dominion Nuclear Connecticut, Inc. (DNC) letter 06-196 dated June 13, 2006, and Stone &

Webster, Inc. (S&W) affidavit dated March 9, 2006 (Attachment 5 to DNC letter 06-196), S&W requested that the information contained in the following document be withheld from public disclosure pursuant to Title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations (10 CFR) Section 2.390:

Calculation 108788-US(B)-372, Revision 0, Simplified Containment Recirculation Spray System (RSS) NPSH [net positive suction head] and Suction Hydraulic Analyses Without Debris Transport (Attachment 6 to DNC letter 06-196).

A nonproprietary copy of this document (Attachment 7 to DNC letter 06-196), has been placed in the Nuclear Regulatory Commission's (NRCs) Public Document Room and added to the Agencywide Documents Access and Management System Public Electronic Reading Room.

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

The Stone & Webster calculation listed above develops containment water level and NPSH margins with methodologies and techniques that we do not wish to have disclosed to the general public. The foregoing constitutes a source of significant competitive advantage for our company in the competition and performance of such work within the industry. Public disclosure of this information is likely to cause harm to S&Ws competitive position and foreclose or reduce the availability of profit-making opportunities. Consequently, S&W regards the above information as confidential, proprietary and business sensitive.

We have reviewed your application and the material in accordance with the requirements of 10 CFR 2.390 and, on the basis of your statements, have determined that the submitted information sought to be withheld contains proprietary commercial information and should be withheld from public disclosure.

C. Cronan Therefore, the version 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 regarding this matter, I may be reached at (301) 415-1484.

Sincerely,

/RA/

Victor Nerses, Senior Project Manager Plant Licensing Branch I-2 Division of Operating Reactor Licensing Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation Docket No. 50-423 cc: See next page

C. Cronan Therefore, the version 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 regarding this matter, I may be reached at (301) 415-1484.

Sincerely,

/RA/

Victor Nerses, Senior Project Manager Plant Licensing Branch I-2 Division of Operating Reactor Licensing Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation Docket No. 50-423 cc: See next page DISTRIBUTION:

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Lillilan M. Cuoco, Esquire Mr. Joseph Roy, Senior Counsel Director of Operations Dominion Resources Services, Inc. Massachusetts Municipal Wholesale Building 475, 5th Floor Electric Company Rope Ferry Road Moody Street Waterford, CT 06385 P.O. Box 426 Ludlow, MA 01056 Edward L. Wilds, Jr., Ph.D.

Director, Division of Radiation Mr. J. Alan Price Department of Environmental Protection Site Vice President 79 Elm Street Dominion Nuclear Connecticut, Inc.

Hartford, CT 06106-5127 Building 475, 5th Floor Rope Ferry Road Regional Administrator, Region I Waterford, CT 06385 U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission 475 Allendale Road Mr. Chris Funderburk King of Prussia, PA 19406 Director, Nuclear Licensing and Operations Support First Selectmen Dominion Resources Services, Inc.

Town of Waterford 5000 Dominion Boulevard 15 Rope Ferry Road Glen Allen, VA 23060-6711 Waterford, CT 06385 Mr. David W. Dodson Mr. J. W. "Bill" Sheehan Licensing Supervisor Co-Chair NEAC Dominion Nuclear Connecticut, Inc.

19 Laurel Crest Drive Building 475, 5th Floor Waterford, CT 06385 Rope Ferry Road Waterford, CT 06385 Mr. Evan W. Woollacott Co-Chair Nuclear Energy Advisory Council 128 Terry's Plain Road Simsbury, CT 06070 Senior Resident Inspector Millstone Power Station c/o U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission P. O. Box 513 Niantic, CT 06357 Ms. Nancy Burton 147 Cross Highway Redding Ridge, CT 00870