ML24284A267

NAC International, Inc., Submittal of Data Files to Support the Nuclear Regulatory Commissions (NRC) Review of Magnastor Amendment No. 15

ML24284A267
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Site:	07201031
Issue date:	10/08/2024
From:	Baldner H NAC International
To:	Document Control Desk, Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards
References
EPID L-2023-LLA-Ol 43, CAC 001028
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ft NAC rfffl INTERNATIONAL Atlanta Corporate Headquarters 2 Sun Court, Suite 220 Peachtree Corners. GA 30092 Phone 770-447-1144 www.nacintl.com Kanadevia Group October 8, 2024 U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission 11555 Rockville Pike Rockville, MD 20852-2738 Attention:

References:

Document Control Desk Submission of Data Files to Support the Nuclear Regulatory Commission's (NRC)

Review of MAGNASTOR Amendment No. 15 Docket No. 72-1031 CAC/EPlD 001028/L-2023-LLA-Ol 43 I. U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) Certificate of Compliance (CoC) No.

1031 for the NAC International MAGNASTOR Cask System, Amendment No. 12, October 16, 2023

2. MAGNASTOR Cask System Final Safety Analysis Report (FSAR),

Revision 14, NAC International, October 2023

3. ED20230099, Submission of an Amendment Request for the NAC International MAGNASTOR Cask System Amendment No. 15, August 29, 2023

4. ED20230123, Submission Data Files to Support the Request to Amend the U.S.

Nuclear Regulatory Commission Certificate of Compliance No. 1031 for the NAC International MAGNASTOR Cask System, Amendment No.15, August 29, 2023

5.

ED20230155, Submission Data Files to Support the Request to Amend the U.S.

Nuclear Regulatory Commission Certificate of Compliance No. 1031 for the NAC International MAGNASTOR Cask System, Amendment No.15, Supplement 01,

October 26, 2023

6. ED20230152, Supplement to NAC lnternational's Submission of an Amendment Request for the NAC International MAGNASTOR Cask System Amendment No.

15, October 26, 2023

7.

Request for Additional Information for Review of the MAGNASTOR Storage System Amendment No.15, Certificate of Compliance No. 1031 (CAC/EPID Nos. 001028/L-2023-LLA-Ol 43), September 6, 2024

8.

£D20240145, Submission of Responses to the Nuclear Regulatory Commission's (NRC) Request for Additional Information for the Amendment Request to NAC International MAGNASTOR Cask System Amendment No. 15, October 8, 2024 NAC International Inc. (NAC) herewith is providing proprietary calculation data files to support the review of MAGNASTOR Amendment No. 15 Request for Additional Information responses (Reference 8). The list of data files being provided on the data disk can be found in Enclosure 1. The data files are ED20240149

ft NAC rfffl INTERNATIONAL Kanadevia Group Nuclear Regulatory Commission October 8, 2024 Page 2 of2 Atlanta Corporate Headquarters 2 Sun Court, Suite 220 Peachtree Corners, GA 30092 Phone 770-447-1144 www.nac1ntl.com proprietary and marked "NAC Proprietary Information". An Affidavit pursuant to 10 CFR 2.390 is provided via Attachment I to this letter.

Should there be any questions regarding this request, please contact me via email at hbaldner@nacintl.com or via phone at 678-328-1252.

Sincerely, Digitally signed by Heath M.

Heath M. Baldner Baldner Date: 2024.10.08 14:06:03 -04'00' Heath Baldner Director, Licensing Engineering Attachment Attachment I - NAC International Affidavit Pursuant 10 CFR 2.390 Enclosures Enclosure I - MAGNASTOR (Submittal 24B) Proprietary Data Disk I of I ED20240149

Attachment I to ED20240149 Page I of2 NAC INTERNATIONAL 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 Corners, Georgia 30092, being duly sworn, deposes and says that:

I. 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 this submittal. - MAGNASTOR Proprietary Calculation -Data Disk I of I 71160-3012 Revision 0 71160-3031 Revision I 30076-3085 Revision 3 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)(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.

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Attachment I to £D20240149 Page 2 of3 NAC INTERNATIONAL AFFIDAVIT PURSUANT TO 10 CFR 2.390 (continued)

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 AC 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.

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 AC'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 AC 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 oftime, 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.

ED20240149 to ED20240I49 Page 3 of 3 NAC INTERNATIONAL AFFIDAVIT PURSUANT TO 10 CFR 2.390 (continued)

ST A TE OF GEORGIA, CO TY 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.

,JI-Executed at Peachtree Corners, Georgia, this e day of DcJ.ob George Carver Vice President, Engineering and Support Services NAC International Inc.

Subscribed and sworn before me this s,-fl..- day of oJ.abec:

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Enclosure I to ED20240 149 Page I of2 ED20240149 MAGNASTOR, (Submittal 24B)

Proprietary Data Disk

Enclosure I to ED20240 I 49 Page 2 of2 Data Disk Contents 71 160-301 2 Revision 0 71160-3031 Revision I 30076-3085 Revision 3 ED202401 49