ML20293A102

NAC International, NAC-UMS System, Certificate of Compliance (CoC) Renewal Application

ML20293A102
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Site:	07201015
Issue date:	10/13/2020
From:	Fowler W NAC International
To:	Document Control Desk, Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards
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Atlanta Corporate Headquarters 3930 East Jones Bridge Road, Suite 200 Peachtree Corners, GA 30092 Phone 770-447-1144 www.nacintl.com October 13, 2020 U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Washington, DC 20555 ATTENTION: Document Control Desk

SUBJECT:

NAC International, NAC-UMS System, 72-1015 Certificate of Compliance (CoC) Renewal Application Pursuant to 10 CFR 72.240(b) and (c), NAC International hereby submits an application for renewal of the NAC-UMS System Certificate of Compliance (CoC). The current CoC expires on November 20, 2020. The application for the renewal of the CoC is contained in Enclosure 1 and was prepared in accordance with applicable provisions of 10 CFR Part 72, Subpart L. NAC is requesting a CoC renewal period of 40 years.

If you have any comments or questions, please contact me on my direct line at 678-328-1236.

Director, Licensing Engineering

Enclosures:

1. Application for Renewal of the NAC-UMS System Coe

2. Appendix A Aging Management Programs

3. Appendix B Time-Limited Aging Analyses

4. Appendix C Final Safety Analysis Report Changed Pages

5. Appendix D Proposed Certificate of Compliance) and Technical Specification Changes

6. Appendix E Pre-Application Inspection Report

7. Appendix F Design Basis Document Review ED20200120

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STATE OF GEORGIA, COUNTY OF GWINNETT I, George Carver (Affiant), Vice President, Engineering and Support Services, of NAG International being duly sworn, state that I am duly authorized to execute and file this response on behalf of NAG. To the best of my knowledge and belief, the statements contained in this document are true and correct. To the extent that these statements are not based on my personal knowledge, they are based upon information provided by other NAG employees and/or consultants. Such information has been reviewed in accordance with company practice and I believe it to be re

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George Carver Vice President, Engineering and Support Services NAG International Subscribed and sworn before me this )3 day of _D_c_-c_____, 2020.

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Notary Public ED20200120

NAC INTERNATIONAL AFFIDAVIT PURSUANT TO 10 CFR 2.390 George Carver (Affiant), Vice President, Engineering and Support Services, of NAC International, hereinafter referred to as NAC, at 3930 East Jones Bridge Road, Peachtree Corners, Georgia 30092, being duly sworn, deposes and says that:

1. Affiant has reviewed the information described in Item 2 and is personally familiar with the trade secrets and privileged information contained therein, and is authorized to request its withholding.

2. The information to be withheld includes the following NAC Proprietary Information that is being provided to support the technical review of NAC' s Request for a Certificate of Compliance (CoC) (No.

1015) for the NAC International UMS Cask System.

• Appendix B, Time-Limited Aging Analysis (TLAA) - Proprietary o Fatigue Evaluation of MPC and UMS Storage System Components for Extended Storage, 30013-2001, Revision 0 o Corrosion Analysis of UMS VCC Steel Components for Extended Storage, 30013-2002, Revision 2 o Aging Analyses for MPC/UMS Neutron Absorber and Neutron Shield Components (Storage/Transfer), 30013-5001, Revision 0Enclosure 4,

• Appendix E, Maine Yankee NAC-UMS System Pre-Application Inspection Report 30013-R-01 Revision 0 - Proprietary Version NAC is the owner of the information contained in the above documents. Thus, all of the above identified information is considered NAC Proprietary Information.

3. NAC makes this application for withholding of proprietary information based upon the exemption from disclosure set forth in: the Freedom of Information Act ("FOIA"); 5 USC Sec. 552(b)(4) and the Trade Secrets Act; 18 USC Sec. 1905; and NRC Regulations 10 CFR Part 9.17(a)(4), 2.390(a)(4), and 2.390(b)(l) for "trade secrets and commercial financial information obtained from a person, and privileged or confidential" (Exemption 4). The information for which exemption from disclosure is herein sought is all "confidential commercial information," and some portions may also qualify under the narrower definition of "trade secret," within the meanings assigned to those terms for purposes of FOIA Exemption 4.

4. Examples of categories of information that fit into the definition of proprietary information are:

a. Information that discloses a process, method, or apparatus, including supporting data and analyses, where prevention of its use by competitors of NAC, without license from NAC, constitutes a competitive economic advantage over other companies.

b. Information 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. Information that reveals cost or price information, production capacities, budget levels or commercial strategies of NAC, its customers, or its suppliers.

d. Information that reveals aspects of past, present or future NAC customer-funded development plans and programs of potential commercial value to NAC.

e. Information that discloses patentable subject matter for which it may be desirable to obtain patent protection.

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NACINTERNATIONAL AFFIDAVIT PURSUANT TO 10 CFR 2.390 The information that is sought to be withheld is considered to be proprietary for the reasons set forth in Items 4.a, 4.b, and 4.d.

5. The information to be withheld is being transmitted to the NRC in confidence.

6. The information sought to be withheld, including that compiled from many sources, is of a sort customarily held in confidence by NAC, and is, in fact, so held. This information has, to the best of my knowledge and belief, consistently been held in confidence by NAC. No public disclosure has been made, and it is not available in public sources. All disclosures to third parties, including any required transmittals to the NRC, have been made, or must be made, pursuant to regulatory provisions or proprietary agreements, which provide for maintenance of the information in confidence. Its initial designation as proprietary information and the subsequent steps taken to prevent its unauthorized disclosure are as set forth in Items 7 and 8 following.

7. Initial approval of proprietary treatment of a document/information is made by the Vice President, Engineering, the Project Manager, the Licensing Specialist, or the Director, Licensing - the persons most likely to know the value and sensitivity of the information in relation to industry knowledge.

Access to proprietary documents within NAC is limited via "controlled distribution" to individuals on a "need to know" basis. The procedure for external release of NAC proprietary documents typically requires the approval of the Project Manager based on a review of the documents for technical content, competitive effect and accuracy of the proprietary designation. Disclosures of proprietary documents outside of NAC are limited to regulatory agencies, customers and potential customers and their agents, suppliers, licensees and contractors with a legitimate need for the information, and then only in accordance with appropriate regulatory provisions or proprietary agreements.

8. NAC has invested a significant amount of time and money in the research, development, engineering and analytical costs to develop the information that is sought to be withheld as proprietary. This information is considered to be proprietary because it contains detailed descriptions of analytical approaches, methodologies, technical data and/or evaluation results not available elsewhere. The precise value of the expertise required to develop the proprietary information is difficult to quantify, but it is clearly substantial.

9. Public disclosure of the information to be withheld is likely to cause substantial harm to the competitive position of NAC, as the owner of the information, and reduce or eliminate the availability of profit-making opportunities. The proprietary information is part of NAC's comprehensive spent fuel storage and transport technology base, and its commercial value extends beyond the original development cost to include the development of the expertise to determine and apply the appropriate evaluation process.

The value of this proprietary information and the competitive advantage that it provides to NAC would be lost if the information were disclosed to the public. Making such information available to other parties, including competitors, without their having to make similar investments of time, labor and money would provide competitors with an unfair advantage and deprive NAC of the opportunity to seek an adequate return on its large investment.

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ANAC I, JNTERNATIQNA~

STATE OF GEORGIA, COUNTY OF GWINNETT Mr. George Carver, being duly sworn, deposes and says:

That he has read the foregoing affidavit and the matters stated herein are true and correct to the best of his knowledge, information and belief.

Executed at Peachtree Comers, Georgia, this 13 day of DC--\:-- 2020.

George Carver Vice President, Engineering and Support Services NAC International Subscribed and sworn before me this l3 day of _D~e-~t~---' 2020.

Notary Public ED20200120 Page 3 of3