ML23244A177
| ML23244A177 | |
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| Site: | 07109225 |
| Issue date: | 09/01/2023 |
| From: | Baldner H NAC International |
| To: | Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards, Document Control Desk |
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| ED20230121 | |
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Atlanta Corporate Headquarters ANAC INTERNATIONAL 2 Sun Court, Suite 220 Peachtree Corners, GA 30092 Phone 770-447-1144 www.nacintl.com
September 1, 2023
U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission 11555 Rockville Pike Rockville, MD 20852-2738
Attention: Document Control Desk
Subject:
Submission of a Request for a Revision to Certificate of Compliance (CoC) No.
9225 for the NAC-L WT Cask to Authorize the Transport oflron Clad Fuel Rods
Docket No. 71-9225
References:
Revision 46 Incorporating the EFN Rods, Moly Targets, and Booster Rods as Approved Contents for Transport, December 3, 2020
NAC International (NAC) hereby submits a request to revise the NAC-LWT Certificate of Compliance (CoC) No. 9225, Revision 72 (Reference 1) to permit the transport of Iron Clad Fuel Rods. The CoC currently allows up to 14 of the 25 rods in a shipment of PWR or BWR fuel to be classified as damaged. Due to the limited data available on nonzirconium alloy-based cladding to justify that fuel rods will maintain an undamaged configuration through all normal and accident condition NAC has chosen to only add iron clad rods to damaged fuel contents. The addition of this cladding type to that permitted for transport does not require changes to the existing PWR/BWR basket or rod holders to position the material within the NAC-LWT transport cask. To support the shipment of this material NAC is requesting the CoC be issued no later than December 31, 2023.
This submittal includes copies of both the proprietary and non-proprietary L WT-23C submittal (Enclosure 4). LWT-SAR Rev. 46 (Reference 2) has been used as the base document to which the requested change has been made, Enclosure 3 contains a list of SAR changes. Enclosure 1 contains the proposed CoC changes. Enclosure 2 contains calculations used to support the requested changes. Consistent with NAC administrative practice, this proposed SAR revision is numbered to uniquely identify the applicable changed pages. Revision bars mark the SAR text changes on the Revision LWT-23C pages. In accordance with NAC's administrative practices, upon final acceptance of this application, the L WT-23C changed pages will be reformatted and incorporated into the next revision of the NAC-LWT SAR.
ED20230121 NAC Atlanta Corporate Headquarters AINTERNATIONAL 2 Sun Court, Suite 220 Peachtree Corners, GA 30092 Phone 770-447-1144 www.nacintl.com
Nuclear Regulatory Commission September 1, 2023 Page 2 of2
This SAR revision contains NAC proprietary information. Attachment 1 is a signed affidavit, executed by Mr. George Carver, Vice President, Engineering and Support Services, requesting this proprietary information be withheld from public disclosure via 10 CFR 2.390.
If you have any questions regarding this letter, please feel free to contact me on my direct number at 678-328-1252.
Sincerely, Heath M Baldner DigitallysignedbyHeathM.Baldner
- Date: 2023.09.01 08:25:50 -04'00'
Heath Baldner Director, Licensing
Attachments: - NAC International Inc. Affidavit Pursuant to 10 CFR 2.390
Enclosures:
-Proposed Changes for Certificate of Compliance Revision 74 - List of Calculations, NAC-L WT SAR, Revision 23C - List of SAR Changes, NAC-L WT SAR, Revision 23C - NAC-L WT, LOEP and SAR Pages Revision 23C
ED20230121 Atlanta Corporate Headquarters ANAC INTERNATIONAL 2 Sun Court, Suite 220 Peachtree Corners, GA 30092 Phone 770-447-1144 www.nacintl.com
Attachment 1
NAC International Inc.
Affidavit Pursuant to 10 CFR 2.390
ED20230121 NAC INTERNATIONAL INC.
AFFIDAVIT PURSUANT TO 10 CFR 2.390
George Carver (Affiant), Vice President, Engineering and Support Services, of NAC International Inc.,
hereinafter referred to as NAC, at 2 Sun Court, Suite 220, Peachtree Comers, 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 review of NAC's Consolidated Safety Analysis Report for a Certificate of Compliance (CoC) (No. 9225) for the NAC L WT Transport Package.
- Enclosure 2 - List of Calculations, NAC-LWT SAR, Revision 23C
- Enclosure 4 -List of Effective Pages and SAR Changed Pages, Revision 23C
NAC is the owner of this information that is considered to be NAC Proprietary Information.
- 3. NAC makes this application for withholding of proprietary information based upon the exemption from disclosure set forth in: the Freedom oflnformation Act ("FOIA"); 5 USC Sec. 552(b)(4) and the Trade Secrets Act; 18 USC Sec. 1905; and NRC Regulations 10 CFR Part 9.l 7(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.
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.
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AFFIDAVIT PURSUANT TO 10 CFR 2.390
- 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 ofNAC 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 ofNAC 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 ofNAC, 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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AFFIDAVIT PURSUANT TO 10 CFR 2.390
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, in£ n atio n and belief,
/_.; dayof ~,, 2023.
George Carver Vice President, Engineering and Support Serv ices NAC International Inc.
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