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Withholding Proprietary Information from Public Disclosure - IMSR-Core Unit Definition White Paper
ML20099E609
Person / Time
Site: 99902076
Issue date: 04/27/2020
From: Adrian Muniz
NRC/NRR/DANU/UARL
To: Irish S
Terrestrial Energy USA
Muniz A, NRR/DANU/UARL,4154093
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Download: ML20099E609 (3)


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April 27, 2020 Mr. Simon Irish Chief Executive Officer Terrestrial Energy USA, Inc.

150 East 58th Street, Suite 2413 New York, NY 10155

SUBJECT:

REQUEST FOR WITHHOLDING INFORMATION FROM PUBLIC DISCLOSURE FOR TERRESTRIAL ENERGY USA - IMSR CORE-UNIT DEFINITION -

APPLICABLE STRUCTURES, SYSTEMS AND COMPONENTS

Dear Mr. Irish:

By letter dated April 2, 2020 (Agencywide Documents Access and Management System (ADAMS) Accession No. ML20097B846), you submitted an affidavit dated April 2, 2020 (ADAMS Accession No. ML20097B842), executed by you for Terrestrial Energy USA (TEUSA),

requesting that the information contained in the following document be withheld from public disclosure pursuant to Title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations (10 CFR), Part 2, Section 2.390:

IMSR Core-unit Definition - Applicable Structures, Systems and Components The affidavit stated that the submitted information should be considered exempt from mandatory public disclosure for the reasons set forth in affidavit paragraphs (4)b and (4)c shown below:

b. [Contains] [i]nformation that, if used by a competitor, would reduce their expenditure of resources or improve their competitive position in the design, manufacture, shipment, installation, assurance of quality, or licensing of a similar product.
c. [Contains] [i]nformation that reveals aspects of past, present, or future TEUSA development plans and programs, resulting in potential products to TEUSA.

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 Integral Molten Salt Reactor Core-unit Definition - Applicable Structures, Systems and Components white paper 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.

S. Irish 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 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 in advance of any public disclosure.

If you have any questions regarding this matter, I may be reached at 301-415-4093.

Sincerely,

/RA/

Adrian Muniz, Project Manager Advanced Reactors Licensing Branch Division of Advanced Reactors and Non-Power Production and Utilization Facilities Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation Project No.: 99902076

ML20099E609

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NAME AMuniz SLent BBeasley AMuniz DATE 4/10/2020 4/9/2020 4/27/2020 4/27/2020