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Application for Renewal of Certificates of Compliance 9159, 9176,9177,9178 & 9179.Nonproprietary & Proprietary Drawings & Affidavits Requesting That Drawings Be Withheld from Public Disclosure Encl.Fee Paid.Drawings Withheld
ML20196J071
Person / Time
Site: 07109159, 07109176, 07109177, 07109178, 07109179
Issue date: 02/29/1988
From: Temus C
NUCLEAR PACKAGING, INC.
To: Macdonald C
NRC OFFICE OF NUCLEAR MATERIAL SAFETY & SAFEGUARDS (NMSS)
References
29111, TTT8492, NUDOCS 8803140143
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Reference:

Docket Numbers 71-9159, 71-9176, 71-9177, 71-9178, and 71-9179

Dear Mr. MacDonald:

Enclosed are sets of the consolidated SARs f or renewal of the above ref erenced Certificate of Compliances. As per your re-quest, the master SAR has been separated so that there are now separate SARs for each docket number. Indiv id ual drawings have ~, also been prepared for each docket. Due to material availability problems, an optional shell material has been added. This material meets or exceeds the standards for the ASTM 516 Grade 70 previously approved and is referenced in NUREG CR-1815 for this application. Both proprietary and non-proprietary drawings are being sub-mitted. The non-proprietary drawing is inclusive of the cur-rently approred SAR drawing. The proprietary drawings include all the presently approved drawing information with some minor improvements for future casks. Attached are ou: af fidavits for these drawings requesting that the proprietary drawings be kept f rom public disclosure and be withheld from the Public Document Room. Enclosed please find the required check]for $150 per docket number (S750 total) application fee for renewal. o. Q If you have any questions, please do' not esitate to contact me at (206) 874-2235. go. on ~ { Sincerely, ~S gi G LfK Od NUCLEAR PACKAGING, INCr -o ' L ea _ _ _ hS. f/ -/

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G @@w! ( e. (iii) the information has been transmitted to and, to the best of our knowledge, received by the NRC in confidence; (iv) the inf ormation is not now, nor is it intended in the future to be, in the public domain; should any of NuPac's competitors obtain said proprietary information, they would benefit commercially and to the detriment of Nuclear Packaging, Inc. (v) public disclosure of the information 4.s likely to cause substantial harm to the competitive position of NuPac, particula rly in light of the extensive engineering and financial effort which NuPac has put forth, to wit: (1) NuPac has been in the business of designing, licensing and fabricating nucleac material transportation packages for over 10 years and during this time has developed and refined analytical and design. techniques that enable said packages to meet or. exceed all applic-able federal codes and regulation's including 10 CFR 71 (2) NuPac has expe'nded in excess of $500,000 over the past several, years to develop the information sought to be,41thheld. Public disclosure of said inf ormatio'n would put NuPac's competitive position in jeopardy, as it would cause NuPac tb lose the design and performance advantages over.its competitors which it currently offers to l'ts customers. This would result in substantial loss of sales revenue which, in part, are necessary to offset the large expenditures which NuPac has invested, or caused

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Dear Mr. MacDonald:

Enclosed are sets of the consolidated SARs for renewal of the above ref erenced Certificate of Compliances. As per your re-queste ".he master SAR has been separated so that there are now separate SARs for each docket number. Ind iv $.iua l drawings ha'le also Amen prepared for each docket. Due to material availability problems, an optional shell material has been added. This material meets or exceeds the standards for the ASTM 516 Grade 70 previously approved and is referenced in NUREG CR-1815 f or ? t. Sis application. Both proprietary and r.on-proprietary drawings are being sub-mitted. The non-proprietary drawing is inclusive of the cur-rently approved SAR 6 awing. The proprietary drawingc include all the presently ap; oved drawing inf orma tion with cone minor improvements for future casks. i Attached are our af fidavits for these drawings requesting that l the prop;ietary drawings be kept f rom public disclosure and be withheld f rom the Public Document Room. Enclosed please find the required check for $150 per docket number ($750 total) application fee for renewal. If you have any questions, pleace do not hesitate to contact me at (206) 374-2235. r--- y 4-._ Sincerely, tcq_ter. _ _,g_.j C wN .,_,_,,,9 ~~~ ~~~~' NUCLEA't PACKAGING, INC. Ch l .,fg.s ?,rrn n: _ pyg ;)Dfd yjitw2 e2~~- ,e f' ,/- / rec , y.. u.,. j& [ f, [.. c! fcs __}~_ n .T v n m re c a. 3 /,/y d rhy // ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ Ch a r 1 e s J. 'remu s N f+ Technical Director l 't

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e. j A g j g-44 t% J^ NUELEARWs,' F/!fK/RiiNLi ew% AFFIDAVIT Submitted to Nuclear Regulatory Commission Concerning Confidential Information Contained in NuPac's Safety Analysis Pyport For the NuPac 14/210 Shipping Cask State of Washington ) ) ss: County of King ) I, L. E. Kapinos, being first sworn, dispose and say: 1. That I am General Manager and a duly elected dficer of Nuclear Packaging, Inc. (NuPac), 1010 South 336th Street, Federal Way, Washington 98003; 2. That I have been specifically delegated the functicn of revietiing proprietary information soaght to be withheld from public disclosure and am authorized un behalf of the company to apply for its withholding; i 3. That the information sought to be withheld contains trade secrets or privileged or confidential comme rcial or financial inf ormation, the release of which would cause substantial harm to the competit ive position of Nuclear Packaging, Inc.; and 4. That the information sought to be withheld from public disclosure is specifically identified below: Appendix 1.3, Dr awings All the information referenced above may be found in "Safety Analysis Report for the NuPac 14/210 Shipping Cask". Further, and in response to 10 CFR 2.790 (b) (4): (1) the information has heretofere been h e ).1 in confidence by Nuclear Packhging, Inc.; (ii) the information is customarily held, in confidence by Nuclear Packaging, In 0. since, to disclose such information would benefi NuPac's competitors in f utur e packaging designs; Nucles, Packaging, Inc. 1010 Smth 336th Street Federa! Way. Washingen 93003 :206)874-2235 Te'ex 152667 PNSI UD ,1 w

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invested, or caused to be invested, in the development of transpottation packaging designs based on and utilizing this propr ieta ry design.

~L. E. Kapinos General Manager / Nuclear Packaging, Inc. i Subscribed,and suorn to me this JV day of Februa ry,198 8. [N.h , Notary Public in and for the ( State of Washington, residing at b de[ /baf, f \\ ii r

M ./ f ]/ k s tsu,kt3 M 396-gg TO gETUM February 29, 1988 File: WO!3222,'3193 Ref: TTT3492 Mr. Charles E. MacDonald, Chief Transpor tation Certification Branch U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission One Nhite Flint North 11555 Rockville Pike Rockville, MD 20852

Reference:

Docket Numbers 71-9159, 71-9176, 71-9177, 71-9178, and 71-9179

Dear Mr. MacDonald:

Enclosed are sets of the consolidated SARs for renewal of the above ref erenced Certificate of Compliances. As per your re-quest, the master SAR has been separated so that there are now separate SARs for each docket number. Individual drawings have also been prepared for each docket. Due to material availability problems, an optional shell material has been added. This material meets or exceeds the standards for the ASTM 516 Grade 70 previously approved and is referenced in NURE3 CR-1815 for this application. Both proprietary and non-proprietary drawings are being sub-mitted. The non-proprietary drawing is inclusive of the cur-ren tly approved SAR d rawing. The proprietary drawings include all the presently ar proved drawing inf ormation with some minor improvements for future casks. Attached are our af fidavits for these Jrawings requesting that the propr :etary drawings be kept f rom public dirclosure and be withheld from the Public Document Room. Enclosed please find the required c h e c '( for $150 per d oc!t e t number (S750 total) application fee for renewal. If you have any ques'. ions, please do not hesitate to contact me at (206) 374-2235. S ince r ely, l@~"! 2!. '. c%- ' ' ' ' - - ' "[ # N - NUCLEAR PACKAGING, INC. .r... --CS a:e$f,%$':..Y WW p7 / / qw " ' ~~ W ~ /,C.% m l <,_'c;d..] Charles J. Temus N g l Technical Director (j Gi,y CJT:vlo 2nclosure: As stated ,l{ \\ j

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't ENY9 4 NUELEMIUX"o 3 VII !Ultilt.fli mu u cm AFFIDAVIT Submitted to Nuclear Regulatory Commission Concerning Confidential Information Contained in NuPac's Safety Analysis Report For the NuPac 10/140 Shipping Cask State of Washington ) ) ss: County of King ) I, L. E. Kapinos, being first sworn, dispose and say: 1. That I am General Manager and a duly elected officer of Nuclear Packaging, Inc. (NuPa c), 1010 South 336th Street, Federal Way, Washington 98003; 2. That I have been specifically delegated the function of reviewing proprieta ry information sought to be withheld from public disclosure and am authorized on behalf of the company to apply for its withholding; 3. That the information sought to be withheld contains trade secrets or privileged or confidential commercial or financial inf ormation, the release of which would cause substantial harm to the competitive position of Nuclear Packaging, Inc. ; and 4. That the information sought to be withheld from public disclosure is specifically identified below: Appendix 1.3, Drawings All the information referenced above may be found in "Safety Analysis Report for the NuPac 10/140 shipping Cask". Further, and in response to 10 CPR 2.790 (b) (4): (i) the information has heretofore been held in confidence by Nuclear Packaging, Inc.; (ii) the information is customarily held in confidence by Nuclear Packaging, Inc. since, to disclose such information would benefit NuPac's competitors in f uture packaging desigas; Nucles, Packaging, Inc. 1010 South 336th Sueet Federat Way. %shington 98003 (206)874-2235 le ex 152667 PNSI UD

s (h5) (iii) the information has been transmitted to and, to the best of our knowledge, received by the NRC in confidenee; (iv) the information is not now, nor is it intended in the future to be, in the public domain; should any of NuPac's competitors obtain said proprietary information, they would benef it comme rcially and to the detriment of Nuclear Packaging, Inc. (v) public disclosure of the information is likely to cause substantial harm to the competitive position of NuPac, particularly in light of the extensive engineering and financial effort which NuPac has put forth, to wit: (1) NuPac has been in the business of designing, licensing and fabricating nuclear material transportation packages for over 10 years and during this time has developed and refined analytical and design techniques that enable said packages to meet or exceed all applic-able federal codes and regulations including 10 CPR 71. (2) NuPac has expended in excess of $500,000 over the past several years to develop the information sought to be withheld. Public disclosure of said information would put NuPac's competitive position in jeopardy, as it would cause NuPac to lose the design and performance advantages over its competitors which it currently offers to its customers. This would result in substantial loss of sales revenue which, in pa r t, are necessary to offset the large expenditures which NuPac has

invested, or caused to be invested, in the development of transportation packaging designs based on and utilizing this propr ieta ry design.

l L. E. Kapinos l General Manager Nuclear Packaging, Inc. Subscribed and sworn to me this =2 V' day of Februa ry, 1988. ['A s [ b/ , Notary Public in and for the State of Washington, residing at [ m [ Mk / V l

l l f' Y? a/MI 3 W - d u?# .t g[i..A CW February 29, 1988 File: WO#3222/3193 Ref: TTTS492 Mr. Charles E. MacDonald, Ch ie f Transportation Certification Branch U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission One White Flint North 11555 Rockville Pike Rockville, MD 20852

Reference:

Docket Numbers 71-9159, 71-9176, 71-9177, 71-9178, and 71-9179

Dear Mr. MacDonald:

Enclosed are sets of the consolidated SARs for renewal of the above ref erenced Certificate of Compliances. As per your re-quest, the master SAR hac been separated so that there are now separate SARs for each docket number. Individual drawings have also been prepared for each docket. Due to material availability problems, an optional shell material has been added. This material meets or exceeds the standards for the ASTM 516 Grade 70 previously approved and is referenced in NURE3 CR-1815 for this application. Both proprietary and non-proprietary drawings are being sub-mitted. The non-proprietary drawing is inclusive of the cur-rently approved SAR drawing. The proprietary drawings include all ,.h e presently approved drawing inf orma tion with some minor improvements for future casks. Attached are our af fidavits f or these drawings requesting that the proprietary drawings be kept f rom public disclosure and be withheld f rom the Public Document Room. Enclosed please find the required check for $150 per docket number ($750 total) application fee for renewal. If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact me at (206) 374-2235. / Sincerely, r + tec___ / O d e d.y.____-.__7, [,' g f g 'E}3D 97's: MUCLEAR PACKAGING, INC. ~-] /?@-F 4~S rt ,,,,/ a.n c e : . J. y g_ r:e c. m M ( p s,, f ,]3 [,y.g ggj:f Char 1ec J. Temus _.'N. Technical Director c ; gg pgg l l /*&w CJT:vlo u-J' .c 2nclosure: As stated

~ n ci f y NU[LEARb3 8 '/ II [U m!t m A Ph/4 969tley Comp.ny AFFIDAVIT Submitted to Nuclear Regulatory Commission Concerning Confidential Information Contained in NuPac's Safety Analysis Report For the NuPac 14/190 Shipping Cask State of Washington ) ) ss: County of King ) I, L. E. Kapinos, being first sworn, dispose and say: 1. That I am General Manager and a duly elected officer of Nuclear Packaging, Inc., (NuPac), 1010 South 336th Street, Federal Way, Washington 98003; 2. That I have been specifically delegated the function of reviewing proprietary information sought to be withheld from public disclosure and am authorized on behalf of the company to apply for its withholding; 3. That the information sought to be withheld contains trade secrets or privileged or confidential commercial or financial information, the release of which would cause substantial harm to the competitive position of Nuclear Packaging, Inc.; and 4 That the information sought to be withheld from public disclosure is specifically identified below: Appendix 1.3, Drawings All the information ref erenced above may be found in "Safety Analysis Report for the NuPac 14/190 Shipping Cask". Further, and in response to 10 CPR 2.790 (b) (4): (1) the information has heretofore been held in confidence by Nuclear Packaging, Inc.; (ii) the information is customarily held in confidence by Nuclear Packaging, Inc. since, to disclose such information would benefit N u Pa c's competitors in f uture packaging designs; Nuclear Packaging,Inc. 1010 Sxtn 336:h Sueet f eaerat Wa/ Was%ngics3 98003 (206)874-2235 Te e 15Ne7 PNSt UD

-o @fu (iii) the information has been transmitted to and, to the best of our knowledge, received by the NRC in confidence; (iv) the inf ormation is not now, nor is it intended in the future to be, in the public domain; should any of NuPac's competitors obtain said proprietary information, they would benefit commercially and to the detriment of Nuclear Packaging, Inc. (v) public disclosure of the information is likely to cause substantial harm to the competitive position of NuPac, pa r tic ula rly in light of the extensive engineering end financial effort which NuPac has put forth, to wit: (1) NuPac has been in the business of designing, licensing and fabricating nuclear material transportation packages for over 10 years and during this time has developed and refined analytical and design techniques that enable said packages to meet or exceed all applic-able federal codes and regulations including 10 CPR 71. (2) NuPac has expended in excess of $500,000 over the past several years to develop the information sought to be withheld. Public disclosure of said information would put NuPac's competitive position in jeopardy, as it would cause NuPac to lose the design and performance advantages over its corapetitors which it currently offers to its customers. This would result in substantial loss of sales revenue which, in part, are necessary to offset the large expenditures which NuPac has

invested, or caused to be invested, in the development of transportation packaging designs based on and utilizing this propr i eta ry design.

L. E. Kapinos General Manager Nuclear Packaging, Inc. Subscr.ibqd and sworn to me this MY day of Februa ry,1988. 60 TM (( Notary Public in and for the State of Washington, residing at b< m b MM

b,/ $ 93 D gTON yo 396,gg February 29, 1988 File: WO!!3222/3193 Ref: TTTS492 Mr. Charles E. MacDonald, Chief Transportation Certification Branch U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission One 9hite Flint North 1155 5 Rockville Pike Roc kv ille, MD 20852

Reference:

Docket Numbers 71-9159, 71-9176, 71-9177, 71-9178, and 71-9179

Dear Mr. MacDonald:

Enclosed are sets of the consolidated SARs for renewal of the above ref erenced Certificate of Compliances. As per yocr re-quest, the master SAR has been separated so that there are now separate SARs for each docket number. Individual drawings have also been prepared for each docket. Due to material availability problems, an optional shell material has been added. This material meets or exceeds the standards for the ASTM 516 Grade 70 previously approved and is referenced in MURE3 CR-1815 for this application. Both proprietary and non-proprietary drawings are being sub-mitted. The non-proprietary drawing is inclusive of the cur-rently approved SAR drawing. The proprietary drawings include all the presently approved drawing information with some minor improvements for future casks. Attached are our af fidavits f or these drawings requesting that the propr ietary drawings be kept f rom public disclosure and be withheld from the Public Document Room. Enclosed please find the required check for $150 per docket number ($750 total) application fee for renewal. If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact me at (206) 374-2235. Sincerely, g,_ g g _ g __/ MUCLEAR PACKAGING, INC. --~~~~ ' -; g y {'f $$ 5 p M D l'/56 c uunt /,, ', f~ ~ /j ,7 ,.-Cn m /44~_ - ~. y liy.c,,,9c.a3//g_______ Char les J. Temus N 4 Technical Director y. c.q,, g fp A N/~ ' i i CJT:vla

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03 c,&; NUELEBREN!$ ! Vil IU16tNG =% AFFIDAVIT Submitted to Nuclear Regulatory Commission Concerning Confidential Information Contained in NuPac's Safety Analysis Report For the NuPac 7/100 Shipping Cask State of Washington ) ) sa: County of King ) I, L. E. Kapinos, being first sworn, dispose and say: 1. That I am General Manager and a duly elected officer of Nuclear Packaging, Inc. (NuPac), 1010 South 336th Street, Federal Way, Wa shington 98003; 2. That I have been specifically delegated the function of reviewing proprietary information sought to be withheld f rom public disclosure and am authorized on behalf of the company to apply for its withholding; 3. That the information sought to be withheld contains trade secrets or privileged or confidential comme r cial or financial information, the release of which would cause substantial harm to the competitive position of Nuclear Packaging, Inc.; and 4. That the inf ormation sought to be withheld from public disclosure is specifically identified below: Appendix 1.3, Drawings All the information referenced above may be found in "Safety Analysis Report for the NuPac 7/100 Shipping Cask". l Further, and in response to 10 CPR 2.790 (b) (4): (i) the information has heretofore been held in confidence by Nuclear Packaging, Inc.; l (ii) the information is customarily held in confidence by Nuclear Packaging, Inc. since, to disclose such information would benefit NuPac's competito rs in l f uture packaging designs; Nuclea, Pac kaging. Inc. t 010 rc th 336m S9eet Federai Way, Wat rangton %^103 (206)874 2235 Te es 152ti,7 PNSI UD

a &#4 vjg g" (iii) the information has been transmitted to and, to the best of our knowledge, received by the NRC in confidenee; (iv) the inf ormation is not now, nor is it intended in the future to be, in the public domain; should any of NuPac's competitors obtain said proprietary information, they would benefit commercially and to the detriment of Nuclear Packaging, Inc. (v) public disclosure of the in?ormation is likely to cause substantial harm to the competitive position of NuPac, pa r ticula rly in light of the extensive engineering and financial effort which NuPac has put forth, to wit: (1) NuPac has been in the business of designing, licensing and fabricating nuclear material transportation packages for over 10 years and during this time has developed and refined analytical and design techniques that enable said packages to meet or exceed all applic-able federal codes and regulations including 10 CFR 71. (2) NuPac has expended in excess of $500,000 over the past several years to develop the information sought to be withheld. Public disclosure of said inf ormation would put NuPac's competitive 70sition in jeopardy, as it would cause NuPac.o lose the design and performance advantages over its competitors which it currently offers to its customers. This would result in substantial loss of sales revenue which, in pa rt, are necessa ry to offset the large expenditures which NuPac has

invested, or caused to be invested, in the development of transportetion packaging designs based on and utilizing this propr ieta ry design.

~ &N 1. E. Kapinos General Manager Nuclear Packaging, Inc. Subscribed and sworn to me this 4d day of February, 1988. y 4 a (' /bb [ PCs@ , Notary Public in and for the State of Washington, residing at N M ??/ v}}