ML20155J794

Fourth Partial Response to FOIA Request for Documents. Documents Listed in App E Being Withheld in Entirety (Ref FOIA Exemption 4).App F Records Encl & Being Withheld in Part (Ref FOIA Exemption 4)

ML20155J794
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Issue date:	11/05/1998
From:	Racquel Powell NRC OFFICE OF ADMINISTRATION (ADM)
To:	Williams O JRA ASSOCIATES
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ML20155J796	List: ML20155J794 ML20155J799 ML20155J810
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NRC ORM 464 Part I g U.S. NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION MNA RESPONSE NuMIEit p e" "'  % 97-488 4 RESPONSE TO FREEDOM OF d

h INFORMATION ACT(FOIA)/ PRIVACY RESPONSE k*e's**/ ACT (PA) REQUEST TYPE Y RLQuESTER DATE Ophelia Williams PART l. -INFORMATION RELEASED No additional agency records subject to the request have been located.

Requested records are available through another public distribution program. See Comments section.

i APPENDICES Agency records subject to the request that are identified in the listed appendices are already available for E

public inspection and copying at the NRC Public Document Room.

APPENDICES R Agency records subject to the request that are identified in the listed appendices are being made available for J ! F public inspection and copying at the NRC Public Document Room.

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F Ericlosed is information on how you may obtain access to and the charges for copying records located at the NRC Public Document Room,2120 L Street, NW, Washington, DC.

e r ? APPENDICES V' y Agency records subject to the request are enclosed.

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- Records subject to the request that contain information originated by or of interest to another Federal agency have been referred to that agency (see comments section) for a disclosure determination and direct 'asponse to you.

Q We are continuing to process your request.

See Comments.

PART l.A - FEES AMOUNT

• You will be billed by NRC for the amount listed. None. Minimum fee threshold not met.

8 You will receive a refund for the amount listed. Fees waived.

isee comments for details PART l.B -INFORMATION NOT LOCATED OR WITHHELD FROM DISCLOSURE No agency records subject to the request have been located, g Certain information in the requested records is being withheld from disclosure pursuant to the exemptions described in and for the reasons stated in Part II.

g Washington, DC 20555-0001.This determination Clearly state may on the envelope andbe appealed in the letter that within 30 days it is a "FOIA/PA by writing to the FOIA/PA Appeal."

PART 4.C COMMENTS (Use attached Comments continuation page if required) I

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$1LN4iUHE F Hi.tDO(A OF INF ORyi LON AQ( ANUfM1VAGV ACT OF F nth j r -, U f % } w L. ,I Russell A. Foweii NRC FORM 464 Part 1 (61998) PRINTED oN RECYCLED PAPER This form was designed using Informs l

NRC FORM 464 Part 11 U.S. NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION FOIA/PA DATE ,

7ESPONSE TO FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA) / PRIVACY ACT (PA) REQUEST 97-488 M H E-PART ll.A - APPLICABLE EXEMPTIONS -

[APPENDfCEs _l Records subject to the request that are desenbed in the enclosed Appendices are being withheld in their entirety or in part under E,F  : the Exemption No.(s) of the PA and/or the FOIA as indicated below (5 U S.C. 552a and/or 5 U.S.C. 552(b)).

] Exemption 1: The withheld information is properly classified pursuant to Executive Order 12958.

] Exemption 2: The withheld information relates solely to the internal personnel rules and procedures of NRC.

[)) Exemption 3: The withheld information is specifically exempted from public disclosure by statute indicated.

G Sections 141-145 of the Atomic Energy Act, which prohibits the disclosure of Restricted Data or Formerty Restricted Data (42 U S.C.

O 2161 2165).

R Section 147 of the Atomic Energy Act, which prohibits the disclosure of Unclassified Safeguards information (42 U S C. 2167).

r3 41 U S.C., Section 253(b), subsection (m)(1). prohibits the disclosure of contractor proposals in the possession and control of an R executive agency to any person under section 552 of Title 5, U S.C. (the FOIA), except when incorporated into the contract between the agency and the submitter of the proposal

[r Exemption 4: The withheld information is a trade secret or commercial or financial information that is being withheld for the reason (s)

M indicated.

] The information is considered to be confidential business (proprietary) information.

n The information is considered to be proprietary because it concerns a licensee's or applicant's physical protection or material control and j LJ accounting program for special nuclear matenal pursuant to 10 CFR 2.790(d)(1).

Q The information was submitted by a foreign source and received in confidence pursuant to 10 CFR 2.790(d)(2).

Exemption 5: The withheld information consists of interagency or intraagency records that are not available through discovery during L]- litigation. Applicable privileges:

m Deliberative process: Disclosure of predecisional information would tend to inhibit the open and frank exchange of ideas essential to the i L. deliberative process. Where records are withheld in their entirety, the facts are inextricably intertwined with the predecisional l information. There also are no reasonably segregable factual portions because the release of the facts would permit an indirect inquiry 1 into the predecisional process of the agency.

~ Attomey work. product privilege. (Documents prepared by an attomey in contemplation of litigation)

Attorney-client privilege. (Confidential communications between an attorney and his/her client) ,

~ lxemption 6: The withheld information is exempted from public disclosure because its disclosure would result in a clearly )

unwarranted invasion of personal pnvacy.

- Exemption 7: The withheld information consists of records compiled for law enforcement purposes and is being withheld for the reason (s) indicated.

R (A) Disclosure could reasonably be expected to interfere wtth an enforcement proceeding (e g, it would reveal the scope, direction, and

- focus of enforcement efforts, and thus could possibly allow recipients to take action to shield potential wrongdoing or a violation of NRC requirements from investigators).

] (C) Disclosure would constitute an unwarranted invasion of personal privacy, m (D) The information consists of names of individuals and other information the disclosure of which could reasonably be expected to reveal identities of confidential sources.

~ (E) Disclosure would reveal techniques and procedures for law enforce.nent investigations or prosecutions, or guidelines that could a reasonably be expected to risk circumvention of the law.

R (F) Disclosure could reasonably be expecteo to endanger the life or physical safety of an individual.

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PART li.B - DENYING OFFICIALS Pursuant to 10 CFR 9.25(g),9.25(h), and/or 9.65(b) of the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission regulations, it has been determined i thit the information withheld is exempt from production or disclosure, and that its production or disclosure is contrary to the public 1 int rest. The person responsible for the denial are those officials identified below as denying officials and the FOIA/PA Officer for any l dinials thatgg may {-- be appealed

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I AppealWs~t Em~adeldwr"iting withid3'O days o'f receipI~of t'h"is Esponse[ Appeals should be mailed to the FOIA/ Privacy Act Officer, i U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555-0001, for action by the appropriate appellate official (s). You should I cliarly state on the envelope and letter that it is a "FOIA/PA Appeal."

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APPENDIX E RECORDS BEING WITHHELD IN THElR ENTIRETY NO. DATE! DESCRIPTION (PAGE COUNT)/ EXEMPTION 1 4/14/95 IAEA, Vienna 1995, " Assessment and Management of Aging of Major Nuclear Power Plant Components:

Steam Generators" (126 pages) EX. 4 2 8/28/95 IAEA, Vienna 1995, " Assessment and Management of Aging of Major Nuclear Power Plant Components:

Steam Generators: (145 pages) EX. 4 j 1

l 3 1991 NDE Considerations in Amplitude-Based Repair l Criteria - Contains Belgian Unseated Burst Data (21 pages) EX. 4 1

4 11/85 Meeting notes NRC/SCSIN, Steam generator tubes 12 pages) EX. 4 5 Unknown "Ringhals 3 and 4 Steam Generators Revised Plugging Criteria for Roll Transition Area, Evaluation of Steam Generator Tube Rupture Experimental

Program," by B. Cochet, Framatome (107 pages)

EX.4 6 6/92 Paper,

• Regulatory Practices and Experience on l Steam Generator in Belgium," by G. Roussel, AVN, I

CNRA Special issue Meeting on Regulatory Requirements and Experience Related to Steam Generators, Paris, June 25-26,1992 (17 pages)

EX.4 7 11/94 "DOEL 4 Steam Generators Status, Status of Degradations and Repairs of the DOEL 4 Steam l

Generators Foll!owing the April 1994 Refueling l Outage,"J.J. Van Binnebeek, AVN, Brussels, Belgium (10 pages) EX. 4 8 9/91 NEA/CSNI-UNIPEDE, Specialist Meeting on Operating Experience with Steam Generators, Brussels, Belgium,9/16-20/91 (685 pages) EX. 4 I

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. 4 9 1992 Paper," Damage Mechanisms and Estimation of the Frequency of Leaks of Steam Generator Tubes in German PWRs," H. Reck, CSNI: International Workshop on the Reactor Coolant System Leakt.ge .

and Failure Probabilities,12/9-11 in Cologne (18 I pages) EX. 4 l 1

10. Undated Miscellaneous Notes, Belgium data 1992-1994 (55 pages) EX. 4 1 1

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a FOIA-97-488 APPENDIX F RECORDS BEING WITHHELD IN PART MQ _DAT_E DESCRIPTION /(PAGE COUNT)lEXEMPTION 4 1, 3/11/82 To Those on List Attached from Office of International Programs,

Subject:

Pre-Heater Type Steam Generator Tube Problems in Foreign Reactors (5 pages) (RELEASE) attaching 3/1/82 Report: Fretting Defects on Steam Generator Tubes, Sweden (5 pages) EX. 4; 2/10/82 Tube Degradation in Almaraz # 1 Steam Generators (19 pages) EX. 4; Summary of Actions Taken by the CSN with Almaraz-1 (6 pages) EX. 4 1/20/82 CN de Almaraz,500 Hour Report (36 pages) EX. 4

2. 8/20/82 To Those on List Attached from Office of International Programs,

Subject:

Pre-Heater Type Steam Generator Tube Problems in Foreign Reactors (2 pages)( RELEASE) attaching 6/82 Steam Generator Verification Test Japan (56 pages) EX. 4

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December 17,1997 OGW-97-190 Mr. Russell A. Powell, Chief Freedom ofInformation/ Local Public Document Room Branch M/S T6D8 U.S. NUCLEAR REGULATORYCOMMISSION Washington, DC 20555

SUBJECT:

FREEDOMOF1NFORMATIONACTREQUEST

Dear Mr. Powell:

Pursuant to the Freedom ofInformation Act , 5 USC Paragraph 552, and 13 the Nuclear Regulatory Commission 's regulations, Ihereby request copies of any data the NRC documents orpossesses on steam generator degradation in internationalplants.

I would appreciateyourprompt response within ten working days of the receipt of this request, asprovided by the Code andNRC'spolicies. Iagree topay suchfees as required under 10CFR Paragraph 9.33 et sea. withoutfurther authorization, however, please callif thefees etceed $50.00. In addition, please send the response to me only, rather than to the NRC's Public Document Room. Please callifyou have questions. Thankyouforyour services.

S$erely, Ophelia G. illiams i,.