ML062860530

Nuclear LLC, Request for Withholding Information from Public Disclosure for Hope Creek Generating Station

ML062860530
Person / Time
Site:	Hope Creek
Issue date:	05/17/2007
From:	James Shea NRC/NRR/ADRO/DORL/LPLI-2
To:	Barnes G Public Service Enterprise Group
Bailey S N,NRR/DLPM,415-1321
References
TAC MD3002
Download: ML062860530 (4)

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May 17, 2007 Mr. George P. Barnes Site Vice President - Hope Creek PSEG Nuclear P.O. Box 236 Hancocks Bridge, NJ 08038

SUBJECT:

PSEG NUCLEAR LLC, REQUEST FOR WITHHOLDING INFORMATION FROM PUBLIC DISCLOSURE FOR HOPE CREEK GENERATING STATION (TAC NO. MD3002)

Dear Mr. Barnes:

By letter dated September 18, 20061, as supplemented by letter dated February 14, 20072, you submitted an affidavit executed by Alan J. Bilanin on behalf of Continuum Dynamics, Inc.

(C.D.I.), dated September 14, 2006, requesting 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) Part 2, Section 2.390:

Bounding Methodology to Predict Full Scale Steam Dryer Loads from In-Plant Measurements, C.D.I. Report No.05-28P, Revision 1 A nonproprietary copy of this document3 has been placed in the Nuclear Regulatory Commission's (NRC's) Public Document Room and added to the Agencywide Documents Access and Management System (ADAMS) Public Electronic Reading Room. To view this document visit http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/adams.html.

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

3(a) A process or method, including supporting data and analysis, where prevention of its use by C.D.I.s competitors without license from C.D.I. constitutes a competitive advantage over other companies; 3(b) Information which, 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; 3(c) Information which discloses patentable subject matter for which it may be desirable to obtain patent protection.

1 ADAMS accession number ML062680451 2

ADAMS accession number ML070530099 3

ADAMS accession number ML062690050

G. Barnes 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. 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 301-415-1388.

Sincerely,

/ra/

James J. Shea, Project Manager Plant Licensing Branch I-2 Division of Operating Reactor Licensing Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation Docket No. 50-354 cc: See next page

Hope Creek Generating Station cc:

Mr. Dennis Winchester Mr. Paul Bauldauf, P.E., Asst. Director Vice President - Nuclear Assessments Radiation Protection Programs PSEG Nuclear NJ Department of Environmental P.O. Box 236 Protection and Energy Hancocks Bridge, NJ 08038 CN 415 Trenton, NJ 08625-0415 Mr. George H. Gellrich Plant Support Manager Mr. Brian Beam PSEG Nuclear Board of Public Utilities P.O. Box 236 2 Gateway Center, Tenth Floor Hancocks Bridge, NJ 08038 Newark, NJ 07102 Mr. Michael J. Massaro Regional Administrator, Region I Plant Manager - Hope Creek U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission PSEG Nuclear 475 Allendale Road P.O. Box 236 King of Prussia, PA 19406 Hancocks Bridge, NJ 08038 Senior Resident Inspector Mr. Darin Benyak Hope Creek Generating Station Director - Regulatory Assurance U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission PSEG Nuclear - N21 Drawer 0509 P.O. Box 236 Hancocks Bridge, NJ 08038 Hancocks Bridge, NJ 08038 Alan J. Bilanin Mr. James Mallon President and Senior Associate Manager - Licensing Continuum Dynamics, Inc.

200 Exelon Way - KSA 3-E 34 Lexington Avenue Kennett Square, PA 19348 Ewing, NJ 08618-2302 Jeffrie J. Keenan, Esquire PSEG Nuclear - N21 P.O. Box 236 Hancocks Bridge, NJ 08038 Mr. Michael Jesse Manager - Regulatory Assurance P.O. Box 236 Hancocks Bridge, NJ 08038 Township Clerk Lower Alloways Creek Township Municipal Building, P.O. Box 157 Hancocks Bridge, NJ 08038

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