ML18190A484

Request for Withholding Information from Public Disclosure - 4/23/18 Affidavit Executed by Brian R. Moore, Global Nuclear Fuel - Americas, LLC Related to Safety Limit Minimum Critical Power Ratio Amendment Request

ML18190A484
Person / Time
Site:	Cooper
Issue date:	07/30/2018
From:	Thomas Wengert Plant Licensing Branch IV
To:	Dent J Nebraska Public Power District (NPPD)
Wengert T, NRR/DORL/LPLIV, 415-4037
References
EPID L-2018-LLA-0144
Download: ML18190A484 (3)

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UNITED STATES NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION WASHINGTON, D.C. 20555-0001 July 30, 2018 Mr. John Dent, Jr.

Vice President-Nuclear and CNO Nebraska Public Power District 72676 648A Avenue Brownville, NE 68321

SUBJECT:

COOPER NUCLEAR STATION- REQUEST FOR WITHHOLDING INFORMATION FROM PUBLIC DISCLOSURE (EPID L-2018-LLA-0144)

Dear Mr. Dent:

By letter dated May 10, 2018 (Agencywide Documents Access and Management System (ADAMS) Accession No. ML18137A210), Nebraska Public Power District (NPPD, the licensee) submitted an affidavit dated April 23, 2018, executed by Brian R. Moore of Global Nuclear Fuel -Americas, LLC [GNF-A]. The licensee requested that the information contained in to its letter be withheld from public disclosure pursuant to Title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations (10 CFR), Part 2, Section 2.390. Specifically, NPPD requested that the following document be withheld:

GNF Additional Information Regarding the Requested Changes to the Technical Specification [Safety Limit Minimum Critical Power Ratio], Cooper Nuclear Station Cycle 31, dated April 2018.

A non-proprietary copy of the document has been placed in the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission's (NRC's) Public Document Room and added to the NRC Library in ADAMS at Accession No. ML18137A211.

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

a. Information that discloses a process, method, or apparatus, including supporting data and analyses, where prevention of its use by GNF-A's competitors without license from GNF-A constitutes a competitive economic advantage over other companies;

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.

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

J. Dent should be withheld from public disclosure. Therefore, the applicable portion of document 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, please contact me at 301-415-4037 or via e-mail at Thomas.Wengert@nrc.gov.

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\~] - IL Thomas J. Wengert, Seni r Project Manager Plant Licensing Branch IV Division of Operating Reactor Licensing Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation Docket No. 50-298 cc: Mr. Brian R. Moore General Manager, Core & Fuel Engineering Global Nuclear Fuel - Americas, LLC 3901 Castle Hayne Road Wilmington, NC 28401 Listserv

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