ML21104A037

Request for Withholding Information Regarding Subsequent License Renewal Application

ML21104A037
Person / Time
Site:	North Anna
Issue date:	04/15/2021
From:	Lois James NRC/NRR/DNRL/NLRP
To:	Stoddard D Virginia Power (Virginia Electric & Power Co)
James L
References
EPID L 2020 SLR 0000, ML20246G703, ML20246G707
Download: ML21104A037 (4)

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Mr. Daniel G. Stoddard Senior Vice President and Chief Nuclear Officer Virginia Electric and Power Company Innsbrook Technical Center 5000 Dominion Boulevard Glen Allen, VA 23060-6711

SUBJECT:

NORTH ANNA POWER STATION, UNITS 1 AND 2 - REQUEST FOR WITHHOLDING FROM PUBLIC DISCLOSURE REGARDING SUBSEQUENT LICENSE RENEWAL APPLICATION (EPID NO. L-2020-SLR-0000)

Dear Mr. Stoddard:

By letter dated August 24, 2020 (Agencywide Documents Access and Management System (ADAMS) Package Accession No. ML20246G703), Virginia Electric and Power Company (Dominion Energy or the applicant) submitted an application for the subsequent license renewal of Renewed Facility Operating License Nos. NPF-4 and NPF-7 for the North Anna Power Station, Units 1 and 2 (NAPS) to the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC). Dominion Energy submitted the application pursuant to Title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations Part 54, Requirements for Renewal of Operating Licenses for Nuclear Power Plants, for subsequent license renewal.

As part of the application, you submitted an affidavit dated January 17, 2020, executed by Camille T. Zozula, Manager, Infrastructure and Facilities Licensing, Westinghouse Electric Company LLC, where you requested that the information contained in the following document be withheld from public disclosure pursuant to 10 CFR Section 2.390:

WCAP-11163-P, Technical Justification for Eliminating Large Primary Loop Pipe Rupture as the Structural Design Basis for North Anna Units 1 and 2 Nuclear Power Plants for the Subsequent License Renewal Program (80 Years) Leak-Before-Break Evaluation, Revision 2 A nonproprietary copy of this document has been placed in the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commissions (NRCs) Public Document Room and added to the NRC Library in the Agencywide Documents Access and Management System (ADAMS Accession No. ML20246G707).

April 15, 2021

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

"Pursuant to 10 CFR 2.390, the following is furnished for consideration by the Commission in determining whether the information sought to be withheld from public disclosure should be withheld.

(i)

The information sought to be withheld from public disclosure is owned and has been held in confidence by Westinghouse and is not customarily disclosed to the public.

(ii)

Public disclosure of this proprietary information is likely to cause substantial harm to the competitive position of Westinghouse because it would enhance the ability of competitors to provide similar technical evaluation justifications and licensing defense services for commercial power reactors without commensurate expenses. Also, public disclosure of the information would enable others to use the information to meet NRC requirements for licensing documentation without purchasing the right to use the information."

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 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

D. Stoddard 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 via e-mail at Lois.James@nrc.gov.

Sincerely, Lois M. James, Senior Project Manager License Renewal Projects Branch Division of New and Renewed License Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation Docket Nos. 50-338 and 50-339 cc:

Listserv Signed by James, Lois on 04/15/21

ML21104A037 OFFICE PM/DNRL/NLRP LA/DNRL/NLRP BC/DNRL/NPHP BC/DNRL/NLRP NAME LJames YEdmonds MMitchell LGibson DATE 04/14/2021 04/15/2021 04/15/2021 04/15/2021 OFFICE PM/DNRL/NLRP NAME LJames DATE 04/15/2021