ML23345A152
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| Site: | 07109235 |
| Issue date: | 11/30/2023 |
| From: | Baldner H NAC International |
| To: | Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards, Document Control Desk |
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Atlanta Corporate Headquarters 2 Sun Court, Suite 220 Peachtree Corners, GA 30092 Phone 770-447-1144 www.nacintl.com
November 30, 2023
U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission 11555 Rockville Pike Rockville, MD 20852-2738
Attn: Document Control Desk
Subject:
Submission of the NAC-STC Safety Analysis Report (SAR), Revision 21
Docket No. 71-9235
References:
- 1. Certificate of Compliance No. 9235 for the Model No. NAC-STC Package, U.S.
Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC), Revision 23, December 6, 2019
- 2. Certificate of Compliance No. 9235 for the Model No. NAC-STC Package, U.S.
Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC), Revision 24, July 27, 2023
- 3. Safety Analysis Report (SAR) for the NAC Storage Transport Cask, Revision 20, NAC International, July 31, 2019
NAC International (NAC) hereby submits NAC-STC SAR Revision 21. This SAR revision incorporates those changes approved via Certificate of Compliance (CoC) No. 9235 Revisions 23 and 24 (References 1 and 2). NAC requested to revise the Safety Analysis Report (SAR) via submittal 22A and 23A.
Each NAC-STC SAR page is identified as Revision 21 and November 2023 in the header. Those changes incorporated in this revision have been identified with revision bars in the margin of the affected pages.
In addition to the NRC approved changes, minor editorial changes have been made throughout the document to improve readability and are captured in Enclosure 1. Enclosure 2 details those drawing changes incorporated by this revision. Enclosure 3 contains SAR Revision 21 and the List of Effective Pages (LOEP).
This SAR revision contains NAC proprietary information and 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. As part of this submittal, NAC is including one hard copy of both the proprietary and non-proprietary versions of SAR Revision 21.
Additionally, in accordance with the provisions of 10 CFR 71.1 and 10 CFR 71.38, NAC International (NAC) hereby requests the timely renewal of U.S. NRC CoC No. 9235 for the Model No. NAC-STC Storage Transport Cask Package (Package Identification No.
USA/9235/B(U)F-96), which will expire May 31, 2024. NAC has reviewed the current NAC-STC Storage Transport Cask Package operating procedures, Chapter 7, and maintenance program, Chapter 8, of Reference 3 and found no revision of the SAR is necessary at this time.
ED20230159 Atlanta Corporate Headquarters 2 Sun Court, Suite 220 Peachtree Corners, GA 30092 Phone 770-447-1144 www.nacintl.com Nuclear Regulatory Commission November 30, 2023 Page 2 of 2
Should you require further details regarding the submittal, please feel free to contact me at 678-328-1252.
Sincerely, Heath M. Baldner Digitally signed by Heath M. Baldner Date: 2023.11.30 17:51:14 -05'00' Heath Baldner Director, Licensing Engineering
Attachment:
- NAC International Affidavit Pursuant 10 CFR 2.390
Enclosures:
- List of Changes, NAC-STC SAR, Revision 21 - List of Drawing Changes, NAC-STC SAR, Revision 21 - SAR and LOEP for the NAC-STC SAR, Revision 21
ED20230159 Attachment 1
Proprietary Affidavit
ED20230159 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 2 Sun Court, Suite 220, 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 in a submittal containing the NAC-STC SAR, Revision 21.
NAC is the owner of the information contained in the aforementioned pages/document, so they are 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)(1) 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.
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- 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.
- 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 Engineer, 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.
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 NACs 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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NACINTERNATIONAL AFFIDAVIT PURSUANT TO 10 CFR 2.390 (continued)
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 30 day of.lli~, 2023.
George Carver Vice President, Engineering and Support Services NAC International
Subscribed and sworn before me this~ day of A_L,~ _, 2023.
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