ML19276F208
| ML19276F208 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Black Fox |
| Issue date: | 03/23/1979 |
| From: | Wolfe S Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Panel |
| To: | Hunt B AFFILIATION NOT ASSIGNED |
| References | |
| FOIA-79-51 NUDOCS 7903280020 | |
| Download: ML19276F208 (2) | |
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Mr. Brian D. Hunt 1534 E. 3rd Street IN RESPONSE REFER Tulsa, OK 74120 TO F0IA-79-51
Dear Mr. Hunt:
This is in further response to your letter of February 13, 1979 in which you requested, pursuant to the Freedom of Information Act, " copies of the Reed Report which is in the possession of the NRC."
Your request was received by the Office of Administration on Feb'ruary 23, 1979.
For your information, the NRC is in possession of a General Electric (GE) Nuclear Reactor Study on the subject of GE's Boiling IJater Nuclear Steam Supply System which was prepared under the direction and supervision of Dr. Charles Reed in 1975 (the Reed Report) and the related Sub-Task Force Reports which serve as appendices to the Reed Report.
These documents came into the possession of the NRC under a Protective Order issued on January 5,1979 by the Atomic Safety and Licensing Board in the Black Fox proceedings (Docket Nos. STN 50-556, STN 50-557).
Specifically, this Protective Order (copy attached) provides that "GE will make the Reed Report and the related Sub-Task Force Reports available to the Board in confidence."
In maintaining this confidence, only the members of this Licensing Board have access to this copy of the Reed Report and the related Sub-Task Force Reports.
The General Electric Company asserts that the requested documents contain confidential business (proprietary) information and it has supplied a letter and affidavit in support of this claim. The NRC is now reviewing this proprietary claim.
The NRC has asked GE to reconsider its assertion.
Pending completion of the NRC's review, the requested documents are being withheld from public disclosure pursuant to exemption (4) of the Freedom of Information Act (5 U.S.C. 552(b)(4)) and 10 CFR 9.5(a)(4) of the Commission's regulations.
The person responsible for this denial is the undersigned. As soon as the proprietary review is completed, the NRC will make available to you any additional material which can be released to the public.
This denial may be appealed t.o the Commission within 30 days from the receipt of this letter.
As provided in 10 CFR 9.15, any such appeal
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must be in writing, addressed to the Secretary of the Commission, U.S.
fluclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555, and should clearly state on the envelope and in the letter that it is an " Appeal from an Initial F0IA Decision."
Si erely, (11l b~tU Sheldon J WElfe, Chairman W
Atomi p j y and Licensing Board et O
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