ML20149J582
| ML20149J582 | |
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| Issue date: | 07/15/1997 |
| From: | Racquel Powell NRC OFFICE OF ADMINISTRATION (ADM) |
| To: | Williams O JRA ASSOCIATES |
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| FOIA-97-129 NUDOCS 9707290002 | |
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INFORMATION ACT (FOIA) REQUEST oATE
.M L 1 S 1997 DOCK E T NUMBE R15) (t/ epptscahleJ MEOUESTE R Ophelia Williams PART I,-AGENCY RECORDS RELEASED OR NOT LOCATED (See checkedboxes/
No agoncy records subject to the request have been located.
No additional agency records subject to the request have been located.
Requested records are available through another pubhc distribution program. See Comments section.
Agency records subject to the request that are identified in Appendix (es) are already available for public inspection and copying at the NRC Public Document Room,2120 L street, N.W., Washington, DC.
y Agency records subject to the request that are identified in Appendir(es)
E are being made available for public inspection and copying et the NRC Public Document Room,2120 L street, N.W., Washington, DC,in a folder under this FOl A number.
Th3 nonproprietary version of the proposal (s) that you agreed to accept in a telephone conversation with a member of my staff is now being made available for public inspection and copying at the N RC Public Document Room,2120 L street, N.W., Washington, DC, in a folder under this FOI A number, Agency records subject to the request that are identified in Appendix (es) may be inspected and copied at the N RC Local Public Document Room identified in the Comments section.
Enclosed is information on how you may obtain access to and the charges for copying records located at the NRC Public Document Room,2120 L Street, N W., Washington, DC.
y Agency records subject to the request ara enclosed.,
Records subject to the request have been referred to another Federal agency (ies) for review and direct response to you.
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y You will recene a refund from the N RC in the amnur.t of $ 153.59 in view of NRC's response to this request, no further action is being taken on appeal letter dated
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PART 11. A-INFORMATION WITHHELD FROM PUBLIC DISCLOSURE Ccrtcin information in the requested records is being withheld from public disclosure pursuant to the exemptions described in and for the reasons stated in Pert it, B, C, and D, Any released portions of the documents for which only part of the record is being withheld are being made available for public X
inspection and cooying in the NRC Public Document Room,2120 L Street, N W., Washington, DC in a folder under this FOI A number, COMME NTS
- Copies of the records identified on Appendix E and the releasable portions of the records identified on Appendix F are enclosed, a
s The actual fees for processing your request are:
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8 (CONTINUATION) l PART 11.8-APPLICABLE EXEMPTIONS Rcrords subject to the request that are described in the enclosed Appendix (es)
F are being withheld in their entirety or in part under the Enernption No.(s) and for the reason (s) given below pursuant to 5 U.S.C. SS2(b) and 10 CF R 9.17(a) of NRC regulations.
- 1. The wrthheld mformation is properly classified pursuant to Executive Order. (Ememption 1)
- 2. The withheld mformatson relates solely to the internal personnel rules and procedures of NRC (Exemption 2) l l 3. The withheld eformation is specifically enempted from public disclosure by statute mdicated. (Ememption 3)
Sections 141145 of the Atomic Energy Act. which prohibits the disclosure of Restricted Data or Formerly Restncted Data (42 U.S.C. 216121651.
Section 147 of the Atomic Energy Act, which prohibits the disclosure of Unclassified Safeguards information (42 U.S.C. 2167).
O. The wethheld mformation is e trade secret or commercia; or fmancial aformation that is being withheld for the reasonist indicated. (Exemption 4)
The eformation as cons 4dered to be confidential busmess (propnetary) mformation The mformation.es considered to be proprietary mformation pursuet to 10 CFR 2 790tdH1)
The mformatum was submitted and received m confidence pursuant to 10 CFR 2 790tdH2) p The ethheld mformation consists of mteragency or mtrangency records that a.e not availabie through discovery dunne htegation (Exemption 6L Applicab6e Privilege:
Deliberative Process Disclosure of predecisional information would tend to mhebit the open and frank eschange of ideas essential to Ine deliberative process Where records are withheid m their entirety, the f acts are enestricabiy intertwined Mth the predeCssionalinformation There also are no reasonably segregable f actual portions because the release of the f acts would permit an indirect inquiry into the p edecisional process of the agency j
Attorney work product pnvinege (Documents prepared by an attorney in contemplatson of letigation i Attorney < bent privilege. (Confidential communications between an attorney and his/her client.)
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- 6. The withheld mformation is enempted from public desc:osure because its disclosure would result m a cieativ unwarranted mvaseon of pe sonal pnvecy (Exemption 6)
- 7. The mthheld mformation consists of records compiled for law enforcement purposes and is being withheld for the reason (s) mdecated (Exemption 7)
! Disclosure could reasonably be expected to interfere with an enforcement proceed ng because 11 could revesi the scope, direction, and focus of i enforcement offorts, and thus could posobly allow recipients to take action to shield potential wrongdoing or a violation of NRC requirements i from mvestroators. (Ememption 7 (A))
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Disclosure would constitute un unwarranted mvasion of personal pnvecy. (Ememption 7(C))
The information consists of names of individuais and other iriformation the disclosuee of whech could reasonaniv t3e enoected to reveal identities of confidential sources. (Enempt on 7 ID))
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PART II. C-DENYING OFFICIALS Pursuont to y CF H 9.25(b) and or 9 25tc) of the U S. Nuclear Regulatory Cuo wsoon regular uai. it has been determmed that the information withheld is exempt from pec.
duction or d@osure. and that its production or disciosure is contrary to the putmc interest. The persons responoble for the denial are those of fecials ident.f ted below as denymg i
officecis ond the Director, 0+veoon of Freedom of information and Pubhcat+ons Serv.ces. Office of Administration. for any den als that may be appealed to the Emecutive Director for Operations (FOO) l DENYING OFFICIAL l
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APPENDIX E RECORDS BEING RELEASED IN THEIR ENTIRETY i
HQ2 DATE DESCRIPTION /(PAGE COUNT)_
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10/18/95 Letter to A._Malliakos, RES, from
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Subject:
Scaled PAR i
Performance (4 pages) i 2
10/19/95 Letter to A.
Malliakos, RES, from i
T.
Blanchat, SNL,
Subject:
Schedule of Activity Associated with the PAR Tests 3
4 (2 pages) 3 11/21/95 Letter to A. Malliakos, RES, from R.
Gido, SNL,
Subject:
PAR (Passive i
i Autocatalytic Recombiner) Schedule (2 pages) 1 f
4 1/16/96 Draft letter to A. Malliakos, RES, from i
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Blanchat, SNL,
Subject:
Status of the PAR
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Tests (3 pages) i 5
2/4/96 Facsimile from L.
Seyfferth, NIS, to 1
T. Blanchat, copy:
A.
Malliakos,
Subject:
i PAR Test Program (1 page) 1 l
6 2/7/96 Facsimile to A. Malliakos, RES, from SNL, 8
Subject:
PAR Performance Test Matrix (preliminary, 2-6-96) (1 page) l 7
2/7/96 Facsimile to A. Malliakos, RES, from i
T.
Blanchat, SNL,
Subject:
PAR Performance j
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Test Matrix (preliminary, 2-6-96) (1 page) 8 2/8/96 Facsimile from SNL,
Subject:
Table 1 PAR Tests Instrumentation Summary (proposed, 2-8-96) (1 page) 9 3/8/96 Letter to A. Malliakos, RES, from
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Blanchat, SNL,
Subject:
Initial l
Conditions, Instrumentation, and Test j
Procedure for the PAR-1 Test (4 pages) 10 3/22/96 Facsimile from L.
Seyfferth, NIS, to T. Blanchat, SNL, copy:
A.
Malliakos,
Subject:
PAR Test Program (1 page)
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11 3/25/96 Letter to A. Malliakos, RES, from T.
Blanchat, SNL,
Subject:
Test Plan for the PAR Tests (51 pages) 12 3/29/96 Letter to A. Malliakos, RES, from T.
Blanchat, SNL,
Subject:
Anticipated Test Data for PAR-1 (1 page) 13 6/13/96 Letter to A.
Malliakos, RES, from T.
Blanchat, SNL,
Subject:
Clarification of the PAR Test Matrix (2 pages) 14 2/12/97 Letter to A. Malliakos, RES, from T.
Blanchat, SNL,
Subject:
Status of the PAR Test Program (1 page) 15 Undated Top View of PAR (1 page) 16 Undated Table 1 PAR Performance Test Matrix (1 page) 17 Undated Figure of Scaled PARS (1 page) i
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DATE DESCRIPTION /(PAGE COUNT)/ EXEMPTION 1.
2/12/97 Letter to A Malliakos, RES from T Blanchat, Sandia,
Subject:
Estimate of Funds for Three PAR Tests (2 pages) EX. 4 i
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J/R/A ASSOCIATES Regulatory Information & Support Systems P.O. Box 4604 Capitol Heights, MD 20791-4604 301/ 249-9672 March 29,199 OGW-97-070 Mr. Russell A. Powell, Chief Freedom ofInformation /
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Dear Mr. Powell:
NRC sponsored testing last year (Summer and Fall) at the Sandia National Labs on the performance of a device called a Passive Autocatalytic Recombiner (PAR).
hirsuant to the Freedom ofInformation Act, 5 U.S.C. Paragraph 552, and to the Nuclear Regulatory Commission 's (NRC) regulations, I request a copy of:
The dgig and any existing records, including but not limited to draft andfinal i
reports on this test program.
I would appreciate your prompt response within ten working days of the receipt of this request, as provided by the Code and NRC's policies and because my project is time-sensitive, I would appreciate anything you chn do to expedite the release of the items. I agree to pay such fees as required under 10 CFR Paragraph 9.33 et seq. withcutfurther auti.orization, however, please callif thefees exceed $100.00.
if you have any questions regarding this request, please do not hesitate to call me at the number above.
Thank you for your services.
Sin erely,
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October 18.1995 Asimios Afalliakos. Ph.D.
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Dear Dr. Slalliakos:
f I have coded the equations fbr an analytical model of a PAR that was presented in a paper by Sher et al. entitled ".\\lodels fbr Evaluating the Perfbnnance of Passive Autocatalvtic Recombiners (PARS)J This paper was presented at the 1995 National Heat Transfer Conference in Portland. Oregon. It was 4
noted that the PAR would generate heat during operation and that the depletion of hydrogen would 4
deplete oxygen and produce steam. This would effect the vessel gas temperature and pressure during operation. The code includes simple radiative and convective heat transfer processes to the vessel walls (without the heat transfer models the vessel gas temperature rises to unrealistically high i
l temperatures). Also, the code does not attempt to model the transient response which lasts roughly 12 j.
hour (and is hydrogen concentration dependent) while the PAR gets into thennal equilibrium.
Two figures are attached. The first figure shows hydrogen depletion versus time for three PARS (full.
- 12. and 14 scale)in the Surtsey vessel with the false floor removed (volume = 90 m'). The initial j
coiglitions assume 1 bar gas pressure at 300 (temperature, with gas concentrations of 90'o air and 10ao hydrogen. The figure also compares a depletion curve for a full scale PAR in the Battelle-l Franktbrt facility that was partitioned as a 208 m' volume. The comparison shows that Performing tests with a 12 scale PAR in the Surtsey vessel should reduce hydrogen levels at the same time scales I
as in the Battelle tests.
The second figure shows hydrogen depletion rates versus concentration. Depletion rate is closely related to the number of catalytic plates. therefore, the depletion ra;e curves for a full scale PAR are ditTerent compared to a 12 scale PAR.
I recommend that we obtain a full scale PAR from NIS based on the design presented in the RFQ.
This would allow us to test whatever scaled PAR desired simply by removing plates and inserting an end piece to maintain the scaled chimney exit flow area to inlet area.
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