ML22073A009
| ML22073A009 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | 07109383 |
| Issue date: | 03/02/2022 |
| From: | GNS Gesellschaft fur Nuklear-Service mbH |
| To: | Document Control Desk, Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards |
| References | |
| EPID L-2021-NEW-0002, T1213-CO-00014 | |
| Download: ML22073A009 (5) | |
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N GNS Gesellschaft fur Nuklear-Service mbH - Postfach 10 12 53
- 45012 Essen Document Control Desk Our reference: T1213-CO-0001.4 Director, Division of Fuel Management Contact person: Dominik Bussmann Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards Phone: +49 (0)201 / 109-1891 U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Washington, DC 20555-0001 Fax: +49 (0)201/ 109-1186 USA Email: dominik.bussrriann@gns.de Date: 03/02//2022
Subject:
Response on request for additional information for 10 CFR 71 Application of the CASTOR geo69 Spent Nuclear Fuel Transportation Package - Submission of revised SAR (Docket No. 71-9383; EPID No. L-2021-NEW-0002)
Reference:
REQUEST FOR CERTIFICATE OF COMPLIANCE FOR THE MODEL NO.
CASTOR GEO69 PACKAGE -ACCEPTANCE LETTER AND REQUEST FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION, DECEMBER 21, 2022 By letter dated December 21, 2022 NRC submitted a request for additional information on the application for approval acc. to 10 CFR 71 of the CASTOR geo69 spent fuel package.
In order to provide the information regarding item 1 of the request GNS revised the relevant sections of the SAR which are enclosed to this letter. With respect to item 2, GNS provided proprietary calculation data and code input on the fuel homogenization to the NRC on January 31, 2022.
The revised SAR contain certain information that is proprietary, confidential and a trade secret to GNS. Therefore, a non-proprietary version of the response and the SAR together with an affidavit prepared pursuant to 10 CFR 2.390 providing the basis for withholding of the GNS-proprietary information from public disclosure is enclosed to this letter.
Should the NRC staff require additional information to support review of this response, please do not hesitate to contact Mr. Dominik Bussmann at +49 201 109 1891, or by email at dominik.bussmann@gns.de.
Sincerely, GNS Gesellschaft fur Nuklear-Service mbH : Affidavit Pursuant to 10 CFR 2.390 : 1014-SR-00001 Rev. 2. Proprietary Version (revised sections only) : 1014-SR-00001 Rev. 2. Non-Proprietary Version (revised sections only)
GNS Gesellschaft fur Nuklear-Service mbH Frohnhauser Strall,e 67 Commerzbank AG, Essen USt-ldNr. DE 171892160, Steuer-Nr.111/5714/1234 DE-45127 Essen IBAN DE17 3604 0039 0124 3237 00, BIC COBADEFF Chairman of the Supervisory Board: Dr. Guido Knott Telephone +49 201 109-0 Bayerische Landesbank D0sseldorf Managing Directors:
Telefax +49 201109-1100 IBAN DE56 7005 0000 0004 3662 43, BIC BYLADEMM Georg Buth www.gns.de Deutsche Bank AG, Essen Daniel Oehr (Chairman)
HRB Essen 11213 IBAN DE28 3607 0050 0151 7804 00, BIC DEUTDEDEXXX Dr.-lng. Jens Schroder to T1213-C0-00014 AFFIDAVIT PURSUANT TO 10 CFR 2.390 I, Dr.-lng. JENS SCHRODER, depose and say that I am Chief Technology Officer (CTO) of GNS Gesellschaft fur Nuklear-Service mbH (a company duly organized under the German Law, having its seat at Frohnhauser Strasse 67, 45127 Essen, Germany), duly authorized to execute this affidavit.
I, Dr.-lng. RAINER NORI NG, depose and say that I am the Divisional Director of Cask Projects of GNS Gesellschaft fur Nuklear-Service mbH (a company duly organized under the German Law, having its seat at Frohnhauser Strasse 67, 45127 Essen, Germany), duly authorized to execute this affidavit.
We, Dr.-lng JENS SCHRODER and Dr.-lng. RAINER NORING, have reviewed or caused to have reviewed the information which is identified as confidential and referenced in the paragraph below.
We are submitting this affidavit in conformance with the provisions of 10 CFR 2.390 of the Commission's regulations for withholding this information.
The information sought to be withheld from public disclosure is contained in Enclosure 2 of T1213-C0-00014 and is listed below:
Safety Analyses Report (SAR), Type B(U)F Transport Package CASTOR geo69, GNS Report number 1014-SR-00001, Revision 2, Docket 71-9383, Proprietary Version This document has been appropriately designated as proprietary.
We have personal knowledge of the criteria and procedures utilized by GNS Gesellschaft fur Nuklear-Service mbH in designating information as a proprietary trade secret, privileged or as confidential commercial or financial information.
Pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (b) (4) of Section 2.390 of the Commission's regulations, the following is furnished for consideration by the Commission in determining whether the information sought to be withheld from public disclosure, included in the above referenced document, should be withheld.
(1) The information sought to be withheld from public disclosure involves certain design details associated with the SAR analyses and SAR drawings of the CASTOR geo69 package design, which are owned and have been held in confidence by GNS Gesellschaft fOr Nuklear-Service mbH.
(2) The information is of a type customarily held in confidence by GNS Gesellschaft fOr Nuklear-Service mbH and not customarily disclosed to the public. GNS Gesellschaft fur Nuklear-Service mbH has a rational basis for determining the types of information customarily held in confidence by it.
(3) The information is being transferred to the Commission in confidence under the provisions of 10 CFR 2.390 with the understanding that it is to be received in confidence by the Commission.
(4) The information, to the best of our knowledge and belief, is not available in public sources, and any disclosure to third parties has been made pursuant to regulatory provisions or confidentiality agreements which provide for maintenance of the information in confidence.
(5) Public disclosure of the information is likely to cause substantial harm to the competitive position of GNS Gesellschaft fOr Nuklear-Service mbH because:
(a) A similar product is manufactured and sold by competitors of GNS Gesellschaft for Nuklear-Service mbH.
(b) Development of this information by GNS Gesellschaft fOr Nuklear-Service mbH required expenditure of considerable resources. To the best of our knowledge and belief, a competitor would have to undergo similar expense in generating equivalent information.
(c) In order to acquire such information, a competitor would also require considerable time and inconvenience related to the development of a design and analysis of a cask for the dry storage and transport of spent nuclear fuel.
(d) The information required significant effort and expense to obtain the licensing approvals necessary for application of the information. Avoidance of this expense would decrease a competitor's cost in applying the information and marketing of the product to which the information is applicable.
(e) The information consists of design features, analyses methods and calculation results related to the design and analyses of a cask for the dry storage and transport of spent fuel, the application of which provide a competitive economic advantage. The availability of such information to competitors would enable them to modify their product to unfairly get a better competitive position with GNS Gesellschaft fOr Nuklear-Service mbH, take marketing or other actions to improve their product's position or impair the position of GNS Gesellschaft fOr Nuklear-Service mbH's product, while avoiding the expense of developing similar data and analyses in support of their processes, methods or apparatus.
(f) In pricing GNS Gesellschaft fOr Nuklear-Service mbH's products and services, significant research, development, engineering, analytical, licensing, quality assurance and other costs and expenses must be included. The ability of GNS Gesellschaft fOr Nuklear-Service mbH's competitors to utilize such information without similar expenditure of resources may enable them to sell at prices reflecting significantly lower costs.
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GNS Gesellschaft fur GNS Gesellschaft fur Nuklear.:.Service mbH Nuklear-Service mbH Subscribed and sworn to me before this .......... day of ............... , 2022.
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Nummer GO-102 des Urkundenverzeichnisses fur 2022 Number GO-102 of Notary's Directory of 2022 Die vorstehenden, heute vor mir ge- I herewith certify that the foregoing fertigten Namensunterschriften von signatures today is given by Dr.-!ng. Jens Schrodee*\ geb. am Dr.-ing. Jens Schroder, born on 16.01.1969, von Person bekannt, 16.01.1969 , of known identity,* and und Dr.-ing. Rainer Noring, born on DrAng. Rainer Noring, geb. am 27.11.1968, of known identity, 27.11.1968, von Person bekannt, both with their business address at beide dienstansassig Frohnhauser Frohnhauser Str. 67, 45127 Essen.
Str. 67, 45127 Essen, The signatures were given today in beglaubige ich hiermit. Frohnhauser Str. 67, 45127 Essen.
Die Unterschriften wurden heute im Obligatory Statement according to Hause GNS, Frohnhauser Str. 67, German law:
45127 Essen, geleistet.
According to Sec. 3 Para. 1 S. 1 No. 7 Pflichtvermerk nach deutschem Recht: German Notarisation Law the Notary Public asked the appearers whether Die Unterzeichner verneinten eine they or any had acted in the matter Vorbefassung im Sinne des § 3 Abs.
which is the subject of this instrument, 1 S. 1 Nr. 7 Beurkundungsgesetz, except in a notarial capacity. The nachdem ihnen der Notar den lnhalt appearers replied in the negative.
dieser Vorschrift erlautert hat.
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