ML20137P743

Informs That Info Provided in Response to NRC RAI & Calculations & Drawings,Discussed in 970310 Affidavit,Will Be Withheld from Public

ML20137P743
Person / Time
Site:	Trojan  File:Portland General Electric icon.png
Issue date:	04/04/1997
From:	Kane W NRC OFFICE OF NUCLEAR MATERIAL SAFETY & SAFEGUARDS (NMSS)
To:	Mcsherry A SIERRA NUCLEAR, INC.
References
TAC-L22102, NUDOCS 9704090307
Download: ML20137P743 (3)

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Hr.= Arthur J. NcSherry. President i Sierra Nuclear Corporation One Victor. Square

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SUBJECT:

PUBLIC DISCLOSURE DETERMINATION (TAC N0. L22102)

Dear Mr. McSherry:

1 Portland General Electric Company's (PGE) letters dated March 10. 1997. >

(VPN-017-97)~. and March 27,1997. (VPN-025;97), contained a Sierra Nuclear Corporation '(SNC) affidavit executed March 5.1997. The affidavit requested that information provided in response to a Nuclear Regulatory Commission staff -

. request for additional information and referenced.in Attachment II.to the PGE

' letter be withheld from oublic' disclosure pursuant to 10 CFR 2.790. The Information in Attachmen' t II contains calculations and drawings that are considered trade secrets and privileged information by SNC. ,

The affid?vit states that the submitted information should be withheld from -

public disclosure for the following.. reasons:

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1. The information contained within the proprietary material is calculated )

data, results of design calculations, component design details, and  ;

critical dimensions that were developed by SNC. This type of I

-information.is normally held in confidence by those who invest time and money in its development.  ;

2. The information contained within the proprietary material has been and is being he?d in confidence by SNC. and the information being claimed as trade secrets and privileged information is not available in public l sources.

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3. SNC has invested a considerable amount of time, engineering labor, and I money in the development of the information. Public disclosure of this information would cause substantial harm to SNC's competitive )osition.

Others, seeking to design similar storage cask systems, would lave to .

make similar investments to develop the information on their own, as i

_ long as the information is not disclosed to the public.  ;

Based on the affidavit.' our review of the above listed documents, and the requirements of 10 CFR 2.790, we have determined that the above listed [  ;

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persons properly- and directly concerned to inspect the documents.~ If the need  ;

sarises,; we may send copies o_f 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 disclosure should ' ,

-change in the future such that the information.could then be made available < .

,for public-inspection, you should promptly notify.the NRC. Please be advised A m that the NRC may have cause to review'this' determination in the future, for.

exam > le,Fif. the scope lof a Freedom of,Information Act request.. includes the

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withleid information. In all review situations,. if the NRCym'ak'es~a : .

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