ML20236U813

Advises That WCAP-14471,rev 0, Steam Condensation Events at Osu AP600 Facility Submitted in Ltr NSD-NRC-96-4661,dtd 960306 & Marked Proprietary,Will Be Withheld from Public Disclosure,Per 10CFR2.790(b)(5) & Section 103(b) of AEA

ML20236U813
Person / Time
Site:	05200003
Issue date:	07/29/1998
From:	Huffman W NRC (Affiliation Not Assigned)
To:	Mcintyre B WESTINGHOUSE ELECTRIC COMPANY, DIV OF CBS CORP.
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NUDOCS 9807310092
Download: ML20236U813 (3)

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%***** July 29, 1998 Mr. Brian A. McIntyre, Manager Advanced Plant Safety and Licensing Energy Systems Business Unit Westinghouse Electric Company P.O. Box 355 Pittsburgh, PA 15230-0355

SUBJECT:

REQUEST FOR WITHHOLDING INFORMATION FROM PUBLIC DISCLOSURE FOR WESTINGHOUSE RF. PORT ON STEAM CONDENSATION EVENTS AT THE OSU AP600 TEST FACILITY

Dear Mr. McIntyre:

By Westinghouse letter NSD-NRC-96-4661, dated March 6,1996, you submitted a report on

' Steam Condensation Events at the OSU AP600 Test Facility," WCAP-14471. The report evaluates possible water hammer events observed during several OSU tests and assesses the applicability to AP600.

In your March 6,1996 letter, you stated that certain information in WCAP-14471 was considered proprietary and requested that it be withheld from public disclosure pursuant to 10 CFR 2.790.

The final non-proprietary version of WCAP-14471 was submitted as WCAP-14472 by Westinghouse letter NSD-NRC-98-5738, dated July 14,1998, for placement into the Public Document Room. Affidavit AW 96-939 dated March 7,1996, and axecuted by you claims, in part, that the information is classified as proprietary because "[t]he development of the technology described in part by the information is the result of applying the results of many years of experience in an intensive Westinghouse effort and the expenditure of a considerable sum of money." in addition, the affidavit also states that this 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 cf its use by any of Westinghouse's competitors without license from Westinghouse constitutes a competitive economic advantage over other companies,

b. It consists of supporting data, including test data, relative to a process (or component, structure, tool, method, etc.), the application of which data secures e competitive economic advantage, e.g., by optimization or improved marketability.

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h Mr. Brian A. McIntyre July 29, 1998 We have reviewed your submittal and enclosed 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 commercial information.

Therefore, we have determined that WCAP-14471 (Revision 0) enclosed in Westinghouse letter

. NSD-NRC-96-4661, dated March 6,1996, and 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 concemed 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 disclosure should change in the future

. such that the information could then be made available for public inspection, you should promptly notify the NRC. ~ You 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 l includes your withheld 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.

Sincerely, original signed by: i Willicm C. Huffman, Project Manager Standardization Project Directorate Division of Reactor Program Management  ;

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Mr. B. A. McIntyre . Docket No.52-003 Westinghouse Electric Ccmpany AP600 cc: Mr. H. A. Sepp Mr. Russ Bell ,

Adv.?nced Plant Safety & Licensing Senior Project Manager, Programs  !

Westinghouse Electric Corporation Nuclear Energy Institute Energy Systems Business Unit 1776 i Street, NW P.O. Box 355 Suite 300 Pittsburgh, PA 15230 Washington, DC 20006-3706 Ms. Susan Fanto Ms. Lynn Connor Advanced Plant Safety & Licensing Doc-Search Associates Westinghouse Electric Corporation Po:;t Office Box 34 Energy Systems B . ness Unit Cabin John, MD 20818 P.O. Box 355 Pittsburgh, PA 15230 Dr. Craig D. Sawyer, Manager Advanced Reactor Programs Mr. Sterling Franks GE Nuclear Energy .

U.S. Department of Energy 175 Curtner Avenue, MC-754 NE-50 San Jose, CA 95125 19901 Germantown Road Germantown, MD 20874 Mr. Robert H. Buchholz GE Nuclear Energy Mr. Frank A. Ross 175 Curtner Avenue, MC-781 U.S. Department of Energy, NE42 San Jose, CA 95125 O" ice of LWR Safety and Techn:!ogy 19901 Germantown Road Barton Z. Cowan, Esq.

Germantown. MD 20874 Eckert Seamans Cherin & Mellott 600 Grant Street 42nd Floor 1 Mr. Charles Thompson, Nuclear Engineer Pittsburgh, PA 15219 l AP600 Certification NE-50 .

Mr. Ed Rodwell, Manager 19901 Germantown Road PWR Design Certification Germantown, MD 20874 Electric Power Research Institute 3412 Hillview Avenue Mr. Robert Malers, P.E. Palc Alto, CA 94303 Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection Bureau of Radiation Protection Rachel Carson State Office Building P.O. Box 8469 Harrisburg, PA 17105-8469 I

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