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Gns Gesellschaft Fur Nuklear-Service Mbh, Response on First Request for Additional Information and Submittal of Related Revised Documents
ML23257A087
Person / Time
Site: 07109383
Issue date: 08/30/2023
From: Bussmann D
GNS Gesellschaft fur Nuklear-Service mbH
To:
Document Control Desk, Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards
Shared Package
ML23257A096 List:
References
EPID L-2021-NEW-0002, T1213-CO-00019
Download: ML23257A087 (1)
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GNS Gesellschaft fur Nuklear-Service mbH - Postfach 10 12 53 - 45012 Essen Document Control Desk Director, Division of Fuel Management Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Washington, DC 20555-0001 USA

(@)GNS Ourreference:

T1213-CO-00019 Contact person:

Dominik Bussmann Phone:

+49 (0)201/ 109-1891 Fax:

+49 (0)201 / 109-1186 Email:

dominik.bussmann@gns.de Date:

08/30/2023

Subject:

1 O CFR 71 Application of the CASTOR geo69 Spent Nuclear Fuel Transportation Package (Docket No. 71-9383; EPID No. L-2021-NEW-0002)

Response on First Request for additional information and submission of related revised documents By letter dated March 16, 2023 NRC submitted a request for additional information on the application for approval acc. to 10 CFR 71 of the CASTOR geo69 spent fuel package and the GNS Quality Assurance Program Description.

The response to this request and the on this basis revised SAR and QAPD are enclosed to this letter.

This response and 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 : Response on Request for additional information (Proprietary Version) : Response on Request for additional information (Non-Proprietary Version) : T1213-SR-00003, Rev. 3, Safety Analyses Report (Proprietary Version) : T1213-SR-00003, Rev. 3, Safety Analyses Report (Non-Proprietary Version) : GNS-QAPD-001, Rev. 1, Quality Assurance Program Description GNS Gesellschaft fiir Nuklear-Service mbH Frohnhauser Stra/1e 67 DE-45127 Essen Telephone +49 201 109-0 Telefax +49 201 109-1100 www.gns.de HRB Essen 11213 Commerzbank AG, Essen IBAN DE17 3604 0039 0124 3237 00, BIC COBADEFF Bayerische Landesbank Dusseldorf IBAN DE56 7005 0000 0004 3662 43, BIC BYLADEMM Deutsche Bank AG, Essen IBAN DE28 3607 0050 0151 7804 00, BIC DEUTDEDEXXX USt-ldNr. DE 171892160, Steuer-Nr. 111/5714/1234 Chairman of the Supervisory Board: Dr. Guido Knott Managing Directors:

Georg Buth Daniel Oehr (Chairman)

Dr.-lng. Jens Schroder to r-1213-CO-OOO 19 AFFIDAVIT PURSUANT TO 10 CFR 2.390 I, Dr.-lng. RAINER NORfNG, depose and say that l am Divisional Director of Cask Projects of GNS Gesel!schaft fOr 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. SASCHA KLAPPERT, depose and say that I am tf1e Divisional Director of Engineering 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 RAINER NORI NG and Dr.-lng. SASCHA KLAPPERT, 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 1 O CFR 2.390 of U,e Commission's regulations for withholding this information.

The information sought to be withheld from public disclosure is contained in Enclosure 2 and 4 of letter T1213-C0-00019 and are listed below:, Response on Request for additional information, Proprietary Version, Safety Analyses Report (SAR), Type B(U)F Transport Package CASTOR geo69, GNS Report number 1014-SR-00001, Revision 3, Docket 71-9383, Proprietary Version This documents has been appropriately designated as proprietary.

We have personal knowledge of the criteria and procedures utilized by GNS Gesellschaft for Nuklear-Service mbH in designating information as a proprietary trade secret, privileged or as confidential commercial or financial information.

Pursuant t_o 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 1he 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 fur 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. tor 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 Geseflschaft fOr Nuklear-Service rnbH because:

(a)

A similar product is manufactured and sold by competitors of GNS Gesellschaft tor Nuklear-Service mbH.

(b)

Development of this information by GNS Gesellschaft tor 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 a!)plication 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 fur Nuklear-Service mbH, take marketing or other actions to improve their product's position or impair the position of GNS Gesellschaft fur 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 rnbH'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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Nummer G0-261 des Urkundenverzeichnisses fur 2023 Number G0-261 of Notary"s List of Deeds for 2023 Die vorstehenden, heute var mir ge-I herewith certify that the foregoing fertigten Namensunterschriften van signatures today is given by Dr.-lng. Rainer Noring, geb. am 27.1 i.1968, von Person bekannt, und Dr.-lng. Sascha Klappert, geb. am 21.08.1972, von Person bekannt, Dr.-lng. Rainer Noring, born on 27.11.1968, of known identity, and Dr.-lng. Sascha Klappert, born on 21.08.1972, of known identity, beide dienstansassig Frohnhauser both with their business address at Str. 67, 45127 Essen, Frohnhauser Str. 67, 45127 Essen.

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Die Unterschriften wurden heute im The signatures were given today in Hause Frohnhauser Str. 67, 45127 Frohnhauser Str. 67, 45127 Essen.

Essen, geleistet.

Obligatory Statement according to Pflichtvermerk Recht:

nach deutschem German law:

Die Unterzeichner verneinten eine Vorbefassung im Sinne des § 3 Abs. 1 S. 1 Nr. 7 Beurkundungsge-setz, nachdem ihnen der Notar den lnhalt dieser Vorschrift erlautert hat.

Essen, den 25. August 2023 According to Sec. 3 Para. 1 S. 1 No. 7 German Notarisation Law the Notary Public asked the appearers whether he or any member of his firm had acted in the matter which is the sub-ject of this instrument, except in a no-tarial capacity. The appearers replied in the negative.

Essen.August 25, 2023

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