ML20237E295
| ML20237E295 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Issue date: | 08/25/1998 |
| From: | Kim T NRC (Affiliation Not Assigned) |
| To: | Quirk J GENERAL ELECTRIC CO. |
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| TAC-M95087, NUDOCS 9808310111 | |
| Download: ML20237E295 (4) | |
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' Mr. Joseph F. Quirk, Manager industry Programs and Support Services General Electric Company 175 Curtner Avenue San Jose, CA 95125
SUBJECT:
REQUEST FOR WITHHOLDING INFORMATION FROM PUBLIC DISCLOSURE (GE LICENSING TOPICAL REPORT NEDC-24154P, SUPPLEMENT 1-VOLUME 4) (TAC NO. M95087)
Dear Mr. Quirk:
By General Electric Company's (GE's) letters dated January 13,1998 (MFN-001-98) and April 26,1998 (MFN-019-98, and your affidavit dated December 29,1997, GE submitted NEDC-24154P-Supplement 1, " Qualification of the One-Dimensional Core Transient Model (ODYN) for Boiling Water Reactors (Supplement 1-Volume 4)" dated December 1997 and revisions thereto and requested that the information be withheld from public disclosure pursuant to 10 CFR 2.790.
As stated in your affidavit, GE will provide a nonproprietary version of this report for release to the NRC Public Document Room.
GE stated that the submitted information should be considered exempt from mandatory public
. disclosure for the following reasons:
- 1. The information discloses a process, method, or apparatus, including supporting data and analyses, where prevention of its use by GE's competitors without license from GE constitutes a competitive economic advantage over other companies.
- 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.
- 3. The information contains detailed results and conclusions from evaluations, utilizing analytical models and methods, including computer codes, which GE has developed, obtained NRC approval of, and applied to perform evaluations of transient and accident events in the GE boiling water reactor. The development and approval of these system, component, and thermal hydraulic models and computer codes was achieved at a significant cost to GE, on the order of several million dollars.
We have reviewed your letters and the material in accordance with the requirements of 10 CFR j- 2.790 and, on the basis of your statements, have determined that the submitted information I
sought to be withheld contains proprietary commercial information.
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O J. F. Quirk Therefore, NEDC-24154P (Supplement 1 - Volume 4) and its revisions, 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 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.
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Tae Kim, Senior Project Manager i Project Directorate lil-1 Division of Reactor Projects -lil/IV Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation ec: Mr. Wayne Marquino, Project Manager General Electric Company 175 Curtner Avenue San Jose, CA 95125 l
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J. F. Quirk August 25, 1998 Therefore, NEDC-24154P (Supplement 1 - Volume 4) and its revisions, 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 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.
Sincerely, Original signed by:
Tae Kim, Senior Project Manager Project Directorate ill-1 Division of Reactor Projects - Ill/lV Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation ec: Mr. Wayne Marquino, Project Manager General Electric Company 175 Curtner Avenue San Jose, CA 95125 DISTRIBUTION Docket File E. Adensam (EGA1)
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n r-J. F. Quirk August 25, 1998 Therefore, NEDC-24154P (Supplement 1 - Volume 4) and its revisions, marked as proprietary, l 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 should understand that the NRC may have cause to review j this determination in the future, for example, if the scope of a Freedom of Information Act 8 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.
Sincerely, Original signed by:
Tae Kim, Senior Project Manager Project Directorate ill-1 Division of Reactor Projects - Ill/lV Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation ec: Mr. Wayne Marquino, Project Manager General Electric Company 175 Curtner Avenue San Jose, CA 95125 DISTRIBUTION Docket File E. Adensam (EGA1)
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