ML19262G853

Letter to J. Zimmerman NRC Approval of DOE Request for Withholding Information from Public Disclosure for Three Mile Island, Unit 2 ISFSI

ML19262G853
Person / Time
Site:	07200020
Issue date:	09/18/2019
From:	Kristina Banovac Renewals and Materials Branch
To:	Jacob Zimmerman US Dept of Energy, Idaho Operations Office
Banovac K
References
CAC 000993, CAC 001028, EPID L-2017-LNE-0007, EPID L-2017-RNW-0019A
Download: ML19262G853 (5)

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UNITED STATES NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION WASHINGTON, D.C. 20555-0001 September 18, 2019 Mr. John P. Zimmerman Deputy Manager, Idaho Cleanup Project U.S. Department of Energy Idaho Operations Office 1955 Fremont Avenue, MS 1222 Idaho Falls, ID 83415

SUBJECT:

U.S. NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION APPROVAL OF U.S.

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY REQUEST FOR WITHHOLDING INFORMATION FROM PUBLIC DISCLOSURE FOR THREE MILE ISLAND, UNIT 2 INDEPENDENT SPENT FUEL STORAGE INSTALLATION (CAC/EPID NOS.

001028/L-2017-RNW-0019, 000993/L-2017-LNE-0007)

Dear Mr. Zimmerman:

By letter dated November 15, 2018, the U.S. Department of Energy submitted an affidavit dated November 14, 2018, executed by Paul Oleyar, Vice President, TN Americas LLC (Agencywide Documents Access and Management System (ADAMS) Accession No. ML18331A337). You requested that the following documents be withheld from public disclosure pursuant to Title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations (10 CFR), Part 2, Section 2.390:

VECTRA Calculation Number 219-02.0403, Revision 0, Top End Dose Rates for TMI-2 Canisters, VECTRA Technologies, Inc., September 25, 1996, ADAMS Accession No. ML18331A328.

TRANSNUCLEAR WEST, Calculation 219-02.0300, Revision 1, Criticality Evaluation for the 10CFR72 INEL/TMI-2 Fuel ISS (NUHOMS-12T), August 17, 1999, ADAMS Accession No. ML18331A329.

VECTRA Calculation Number 219-02.0401, Revision 0, HSM and Cask Dose Rate Calculation, VECTRA Technologies, Inc., September 27, 1996, ADAMS Accession No. ML18331A330.

ORANO CALC-3021832, Revision 0, OS-197 Transfer Cask Shielding Analysis for TMl-2 ISFSI License Renewal, ADAMS Accession No. ML18331A332.

Vectra Technologies Document 219-02-104, Revision 0, TMI-2 Canister Drying and Monitoring, ADAMS Accession No. ML18331A333.

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

1) The information sought to be withheld from public disclosure involves details of the methodology and inputs regarding criticality, shielding and dose rate evaluations, and

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test specifications related to the design of the NUHOMS technology for storage of dry spent nuclear fuel, which are owned and have been held in confidence by TN Americas LLC.

2) The information is of a type customarily held in confidence by TN Americas LLC, and not customarily disclosed to the public. TN Americas LLC has a rational basis for determining the types of information customarily held in confidence by it.

3) Public disclosure of the information is likely to cause substantial harm to the competitive position of TN Americas LLC, because the information consists of details of the methodology and analyses related to the design of a dry spent fuel storage system, the application of which provide a competitive economic advantage. The availability of such information to competitors would enable them to modify their product to better compete with TN Americas LLC, take marketing or other actions to improve their product's position or impair the position of TN Americas LLC's product, and avoid developing similar data and analyses in support of their processes, methods or apparatus.

We have reviewed your application and the material in accordance with the requirements of 10 CFR 2.390 and, on the basis of your and TN Americas LLC statements, have determined that the submitted information sought to be withheld contains proprietary commercial information and should be withheld from public disclosure.

Therefore, the above listed documents 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 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 U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (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 of the date of public disclosure, in advance which will be a reasonable time thereafter.

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If you have any questions regarding this matter, please contact me at (301) 415-7116 or Kristina.Banovac@nrc.gov.

Sincerely,

/RA/

Kristina L. Banovac, Project Manager Renewals and Materials Branch Division of Spent Fuel Management Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards Docket No.

72-20 License No. SNM-2508 CAC/EPID Nos. 001028/L-2017-RNW-0019 000993/L-2017-LNE-0007 cc:

TMI-2 ISFSI Service List Mr. Paul Oleyar, TN Americas LLC

TMI-2 ISFSI Service List cc:

Mr. Steven Ahrendts DOE Spent Fuel Program Supervisor U.S. Department of Energy Idaho Operations Office 1955 Fremont Ave., MS-1222 Idaho Falls, ID 83415 Mr. Steven Wahnschaffe DOE NRC Programs License Manager U.S. Department of Energy Idaho Operations Office 1955 Fremont Ave., MS-1222 Idaho Falls, ID 83415 Mr. David Bland Program Manager for NRC Licensed Facilities Spectra Tech Inc.

1955 Fremont Ave.

Idaho Falls, ID 83401 Mr. Robert Milazzo Business Manager for NRC Licensed Facilities Spectra Tech Inc.

132 Jefferson Court Oak Ridge, TN 37830 Mr. David R. Einan U.S. EPA Region 10 Hanford/INL Project Office 825 Jadwin Ave., Suite 210 Richland, WA 99352 The Honorable Blaine Edmo Chairman, Fort Hall Business Council Shoshone-Bannock Tribes P. O. Box 306 Fort Hall, ID 83203 Ms. Talia Martin Director, Tribal DOE Program Shoshone-Bannock Tribes P.O. Box 306 Fort Hall, ID 83203 Mr. John Tanner Coalition 21 2175 Tasman Ave Idaho Falls, ID 83404 Snake River Alliance Beatrice Brailsford Nuclear Program Director PO Box 1731 Boise, ID 83701 Mr. Mark Clough INL Oversight Coordinator DEQ State Office 1410 N. Hilton Boise, ID 83706 Chairman INL Committee Idaho Falls Chamber of Commerce 365 River Pkwy Idaho Falls, ID 83402 Mr. Chuck Broscious Environmental Defense Institute P.O. Box 220 Troy, ID 83871-0220 Mr. Bruce LaRule State of Idaho INL Oversight Program 900 N. Skyline Drive, Suite C Idaho Falls, ID 83402 Mr. Herb Bohrer Chair, Citizens Advisory Board c/o Ms. Jordan Davies North Wind 1425 Higham Street Idaho Falls, ID 83402 Chairman INL EM Site Specific Advisory Board c/o Lori MacNamara North Wind Group 1425 Higham St.

Idaho Falls, ID 83402 NRC Liaison State of Idaho INL Oversight Program 900 N. Skyline Drive, Suite C Idaho Falls, ID 83402

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