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Advises That Magnetic Tape Containing Transient Reactor Analysis Code TRAC-PF1/MOD1 & User Manual Will Be Forwarded Per 840224 Request,Subj to Agreement W/Listed NRC Conditions.Code Assessment Incomplete & Results Unwarranted
ML20207N790
Person / Time
Issue date: 03/21/1984
From: Shotkin L
NRC OFFICE OF NUCLEAR REGULATORY RESEARCH (RES)
To: Rahe R
WESTINGHOUSE ELECTRIC COMPANY, DIV OF CBS CORP.
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FOIA-86-706 NUDOCS 8701140425
Download: ML20207N790 (2)


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NAR 211984 Dr. E. P. Rahe, Jr. -

Nuclear Safety Department Westinghouse Electric Corporation Box .355, ATTN: Dr. P. E. Meyer Pittsburgh, PA 15230

Dear Dr. Rahe:

Thank you for your letter of February 24, 1984 expressing an interest in obtaining the most recently released version of the Transient Reactor Analysis The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) will be Code (TRAC-PF1/ MOD 1).

happy to transmit to you a magnetic tape containing the code and a copy of the draft user's manual provided that Westinghouse Electric Corporation (WEC) agrees to the following.

1. WEC will not release the code software to any third party.
2. WEC will immediately notify the NRC of any reactor safety problem which may be uncovered through the use of the code.
3. If WEC discovers code errors, WEC will communicate these errors to the code developers (Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL)).
4. WEC will make the results of the code use available to the NRC.
5. If WEC makes any improvement and/or modification to the code, these improvements or modifications will be made available to the NRC.

l Should code improvements and modifications, or the results of code use, be determined to be company proprietary, the NRC will utilize its procedures to protect such information.

6. If WEC requires LANL assistance to impler.ent and/or use this software, the assistance will be given on a cost recovery basis and will be negotiated in a separate agreement with the NRC.

In interpreting the results of your analyses under Items 2 and 4 above, bear in mind that the TRAC-PF1/ MODI code has undergone developmental assessment, but the independent assessment of the code has not yet been completed. We do not warrant the accuracy of the results for any particular use or application.

The signature be of an appropriate official of your company will indicate

! acceptance of these 'tems. If you accept these terms, I will arrange for the 8701140425 870109 PDR FOIA WILLIAM 86-706

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a Dr. E. P. Rahe, Jr. 2 transmittal of the tape and draft user's manual to the above address. Please feel free to contact Mr. Harry Tovmassian (301-427-4436) of my staff should you have any further questions.

Sincerely, Oridaai S;gnsd By L ShoA* hn -

Louis M. Shotkin, Chief Reactor Systems Research Branch Division of Accident Evaluation I hereby agree to the terms outlined in Items 1 through 6 of this letter.

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