ML20245D705

Informs That WCAP-8687,Suppl 2-E68B,Rev 0, Qualification of ATWS Mitigating Sys Actuation Circuitry in Amco Cabinet & Wall Mounted Hoffman Relay Encl, to Be Withheld (Ref 10CFR2.790)

ML20245D705
Person / Time
Site:	Farley
Issue date:	10/03/1988
From:	Reeves E Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation
To:	Hairston W ALABAMA POWER CO.
References
TAC-59092, TAC-59093, NUDOCS 8810050194
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October 3, 1988 DISTRIBUTION Docket File NRC-POR Local POR PD21 r/f S.Varga(14E4)

Docket Nos. 50-348

- G. Lainas and 50-364 E. Adensam P. Andersca E. Reeves (2)

Mr. W. G. Hairston, III E. Shomaker, OGC Senior Vice President Central Files Alabama Power Company Post Office Box 2641 Birmingham, Alabama 35291-0400

SUBJECT:

AGREEMENT FOR WITHHOLDING INFORMATION FROM PUBLIC DISCLOSURE -

JOSEPH M. FARLEY NUCLEAR PLANT, UNITS 1 AND 2 (TAC NOS. 59092 AND59093)

By your letter dated August 12, 1988 andanenclosedWestinghouseaffidavit},

dated June 16, 1988, you submitted WCAP-8687, Supplement 2-E688, Revision 0

" Qualification of ATWS Mitigating System Actuation Circuitry in AMC0 Cabinet and Wall Mounted Hoffman Relay Enclosure," dated May 1988. You also requested that the.WCAP be withheld from public disclosure pursuant to 10 CFR 2.790.

As a basis for your request to withhold the WCAP, owned by Westinghouse Electric Corporation, the affidavit addresses the considerations listed in

. paragraph (b)(4) of 10 CFR 2.790 as follows (stated in part):

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The information is owned and has been held in confidence by Westinghouse.

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The information is of a type customarily held in confidence.

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The information is not available in public sources to the best of our knowledge and belief.

Public disclosure of this information is likely to cause substantial harm 4.

to the competitive position of Westinghouse.

We have reviewed your application and the material in accordance with the requirements of 10 CFR 2.790. On the basis of the Westinghouse statements, we have determined that the submitted information sought to be withheld contains trade secrets or proprietary commercial information.

Withholding from public inspection shall not affect the right, if any, of If the need persons properly and directly concerned to inspect the documents.

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.

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Therefore, the proprietary WCAP, described above, for Joseph M. Farley Nuclear Plant, Units 1 and 2, 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, If the basis for withholding this information from public inspection should i

change in the future such that the information could then be made availcble for public inspection, you should promptly notify the NRC.

You should also understand that the NRC may have cause to review this determination in the future, e.g., if the scope of a Freedom of Information Act request includes your information. In all review situations, if the NRC makes a determination l

adverse to the above, you will be notified in advance of. any public disclosures.

Sincerely,

@d Edward A. Reeves, Senior' Project Manager Project Directorate 11-1 Division of Reactor Projects I/II cc: See next page l

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Mr. W. G. Hairston, III Alabama Power Company Joseph M. Farley Nuclear Plant CC:

Mr. R. P. Mcdonald Resident Inspector Executive Vice President U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Alabama Power Company Post Office Box 24 - Route-2 Post Office Box 2641 Columbia, Alabama 36319 Birmingham, Alabama 35291-0400 Mr. Bill M. Guthrie D. Biard NacGuineas,-Esquire Executive Vice President Volpe, Bnskey and Lyons Alabama Power Company 918 16th Street, N.W.

Post Office Box 2641 Washington, D.C.

20006 Birmingham, Alabama 35291-0400 Mr. Louis B. Long, General Manager Charles'R. Lowman Southern Company Services, Inc.

Alabama Electric Corporation Post Office Box 2625 Post Office Box 550 Birmingham, Alabama 35202 Andalusia, Alabama 35420 Chairman Regional Administrator, Region II Houston County Commission U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Dothan, Alabama 36301 101 Marietta Street, Suite 2900 Ernest L. Blake, Jr., Esquire Shaw, Pittman, Potts and Trowbridge Claude Earl Fox, M.D.

2300 N Street, N.W.

State health Officer Washington, DC 20037 State Department of Public Health State Office Building Montgomery, Alabama 36130 Robert A. Buettner, Esquire Balch, Bingham, Baker, Hawthorne, Mr. D. N. Morey Williams and Ward General Manager - Farley Nuclear Plant Post Office Box 306 Post Office Box 470 Birmingham, Alabama 35201 Ashford, Alabama 36312 l-1'

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