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{{#Wiki_filter:X-energy | {{#Wiki_filter:X-energy January 16, 2018 Ms. Amy Cubbage U.S. Nuclear Regulatory | ||
January 16, 2018 Ms. Amy Cubbage U.S. Nuclear Regulatory | |||
Commission | Commission | ||
ATIN: Document | ATIN: Document Control Desk Washington, D.C. 20555-0001 | ||
Control Desk Washington, | Subject: UPDATED DESIGN AND LICENSING | ||
D.C. 20555-0001 | |||
Subject: | |||
UPDATED DESIGN AND LICENSING | |||
SUBMITIAL | SUBMITIAL | ||
INFORMATION | INFORMATION | ||
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APPLICATIONS | APPLICATIONS | ||
FOR LIGHT-WATER | FOR LIGHT-WATER | ||
REACTORS | REACTORS AND NON-LIGHT-WATER | ||
AND NON-LIGHT-WATER | REACTORS X Energy, LLC 7701 Greenbelt | ||
REACTORS | Road Suite 320 Greenbelt, MD 20770 +1301-358-5600 | ||
X Energy, LLC 7701 Greenbelt | |||
Road Suite 320 Greenbelt, | |||
MD 20770 +1301-358-5600 | |||
XEOO-R-Rl-RD-L-000027 | XEOO-R-Rl-RD-L-000027 | ||
The purpose of this letter is to submit responses | The purpose of this letter is to submit responses | ||
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Issue Summary (RIS) 2017-08 on behalf of X Energy, LLC (''X-energy"). | Issue Summary (RIS) 2017-08 on behalf of X Energy, LLC (''X-energy"). | ||
This submission | This submission | ||
also updates the prior X-energy | also updates the prior X-energy submitted | ||
submitted | |||
responses | responses | ||
to RIS 2015-07 (response | to RIS 2015-07 (response | ||
dated November | dated November 23, 2015) and RIS 2013-18 (response | ||
23, 2015) and RIS 2013-18 (response | dated March 28, 2014). X-energy is a private, wholly-owned | ||
dated March 28, 2014). X-energy | U.S. company that is pursuing the commercialization | ||
is a private, | of an advanced high temperature | ||
wholly-owned | |||
U.S. company that is pursuing | |||
the commercialization | |||
of an advanced | |||
high temperature | |||
gas-cooled | gas-cooled | ||
pebble bed reactor (HTGR), designated | pebble bed reactor (HTGR), designated | ||
as Xe-100 (X-energy | as Xe-100 (X-energy | ||
200 MWt), using U.S.-developed | 200 MWt), using U.S.-developed | ||
uranium oxicarbide | uranium oxicarbide (UCO) TRISO-coated | ||
(UCO) TRISO-coated | particle fuel, in conjunction | ||
particle | |||
fuel, in conjunction | |||
with NRC approval. | with NRC approval. | ||
X-energy's | X-energy's | ||
design approach | design approach leverages | ||
leverages | over 50 years of research, proven design, and operational | ||
over 50 years of research, | |||
proven design, and operational | |||
experience | experience | ||
in HTGR using a pebble bed architecture. | in HTGR using a pebble bed architecture. | ||
In addition | In addition to developing | ||
to developing | the design of the Xe-100 pebble bed reactor, X-energy, through a US DOE cooperative | ||
the design of the Xe-100 pebble bed reactor, | agreement, is actively fabricating | ||
X-energy, | UCO based kernels, TRISO particles, and spherical | ||
through a US DOE cooperative | pebble fuel elements in a well-equipped, X-energy operated facility at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL). In the future, this work in TRISO-based | ||
agreement, | fuel element production (referred | ||
is actively | to as our "TRISO-X" program) will be spun off into a separate fuel fabrication | ||
fabricating | |||
UCO based kernels, | |||
TRISO particles, | |||
and spherical | |||
pebble fuel elements | |||
in a well-equipped, | |||
X-energy | |||
operated | |||
facility | |||
at the Oak Ridge National | |||
Laboratory | |||
(ORNL). In the future, this work in TRISO-based | |||
fuel element production | |||
(referred | |||
to as our "TRISO-X" | |||
program) | |||
will be spun off into a separate | |||
fuel fabrication | |||
company that will ultimately | company that will ultimately | ||
provide fuel for all UCO TRISO-based | provide fuel for all UCO TRISO-based | ||
reactor designs, | reactor designs, which may include some Accident Tolerant Fuel (ATF) designs applicable | ||
which may include some Accident | to the existing fleet of light water reactors. | ||
Tolerant | |||
Fuel (ATF) designs applicable | |||
to the existing | |||
fleet of light water reactors. | |||
The Xe-100 design and TRISO fuel manufacturing | The Xe-100 design and TRISO fuel manufacturing | ||
are well aligned with, and leverage, | are well aligned with, and leverage, the Department | ||
the Department | of Energy's (DOE) Next Generation | ||
of Energy's | Nuclear Plant (NGNP) and Advanced Gas Reactor (AGR) fuel qualification | ||
(DOE) Next Generation | initiatives, _with the fuel qualification | ||
Nuclear Plant (NGNP) and Advanced | |||
Gas Reactor (AGR) fuel qualification | |||
initiatives, | |||
_with the fuel qualification | |||
program established | program established | ||
as the number 1 priority | as the number 1 priority by the Energy Policy Act of 2005 (EPACT2005). | ||
by the Energy Policy Act of 2005 (EPACT2005). | In fact, the on-going TR ISO-based | ||
In fact, the on-going | |||
TR ISO-based | |||
fuel fabrication | fuel fabrication | ||
activities | activities | ||
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used to produce AGR qualification | used to produce AGR qualification | ||
test articles. | test articles. | ||
The Xe-100 utilizes | The Xe-100 utilizes intrinsically | ||
intrinsically | safe features with a simplified | ||
safe features | plant design to assure enhanced safety and security. | ||
with a simplified | Furthermore, the Xe-100 offers several inherent features reducing proliferation | ||
plant design to assure enhanced | |||
safety and security. | |||
Furthermore, | |||
the Xe-100 offers several inherent | |||
features | |||
reducing | |||
proliferation | |||
risks and, with the potential | risks and, with the potential | ||
to utilize a future thorium-based | to utilize a future thorium-based | ||
fuel cycle, has the capacity | fuel cycle, has the capacity to recycle spent fuel and reduce current stockpiles | ||
to recycle spent fuel and reduce current stockpiles | |||
of plutonium | of plutonium | ||
with the very high burn-ups | with the very high burn-ups inherent to the Thorium fuel cycle. X-energy has no affiliation, official or otherwise, with any other company working on the pebble bed approach to HTGRs. X-energy is U.S.-owned | ||
inherent | and operates out of facilities | ||
to the Thorium fuel cycle. X-energy | in Greenbelt, Maryland and Oak Ridge, Tennessee. | ||
has no affiliation, | |||
official | |||
or otherwise, | |||
with any other company working on the pebble bed approach | |||
to HTGRs. X-energy | |||
is U.S.-owned | |||
and operates | |||
out of facilities | |||
in Greenbelt, | |||
Maryland | |||
and Oak Ridge, Tennessee. | |||
MD O:) y&ol {\) f_ 0 | MD O:) y&ol {\) f_ 0 | ||
U.S. Nuclear Regulatory | U.S. Nuclear Regulatory | ||
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January 16, 2018 X-energy's | January 16, 2018 X-energy's | ||
responses | responses | ||
to RIS 2017-08 contains | to RIS 2017-08 contains commercially | ||
commercially | |||
sensitive | sensitive | ||
proprietary | proprietary | ||
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and, as such, we are requesting | and, as such, we are requesting | ||
that this information | that this information | ||
be withheld | be withheld from public disclosure | ||
from public disclosure | |||
in accordance | in accordance | ||
with 10 CFR 2.390, "Public inspections, | with 10 CFR 2.390, "Public inspections, exemptions, request for withholding," paragraph (a)(4). Since Commercially | ||
exemptions, | |||
request for withholding," | |||
paragraph | |||
(a)(4). Since Commercially | |||
Proprietary | Proprietary | ||
information | information | ||
constitutes | constitutes | ||
much of replies herein, a public version is not being submitted. | much of replies herein, a public version is not being submitted. | ||
Accordingly, | Accordingly, Enclosure | ||
Enclosure | |||
1 is the Non-Public | 1 is the Non-Public | ||
version of energy's | version of energy's responses | ||
responses | to RIS 2017-08 which contains non-redacted | ||
to RIS 2017-08 which contains | |||
non-redacted | |||
sensitive | sensitive | ||
information. | information. | ||
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marked and an affidavit | marked and an affidavit | ||
providing | providing | ||
the basis for this request is provided | the basis for this request is provided in Enclosure | ||
in Enclosure | 2. Sincerely, President | ||
2. Sincerely, | X Energy, LLC Cc: Amy Cubbage, NRC, TWFN (NRO/DSRA/ARPB) | ||
President | James Hammelman, NRC, TWFN 4 A60 John Monninger, NRC TWFN 9 F41 John Segala, NRC, TWFN (NRO/DSRA/ARPB) | ||
X Energy, LLC Cc: Amy Cubbage, | |||
NRC, TWFN (NRO/DSRA/ARPB) | |||
James Hammelman, | |||
NRC, TWFN 4 A60 John Monninger, | |||
NRC TWFN 9 F41 John Segala, NRC, TWFN (NRO/DSRA/ARPB) | |||
Brian Smith, NRC, RGN-1 (R-I/DRP/PB4/BRO) | Brian Smith, NRC, RGN-1 (R-I/DRP/PB4/BRO) | ||
Enclosures: | Enclosures: | ||
1) Response | 1) Response to RIS 2017-08 2) Affidavit | ||
to RIS 2017-08 2) Affidavit | |||
Page 2 of 20 | Page 2 of 20 | ||
X-energy | X-energy Affidavit | ||
Affidavit | |||
Page 18 of 20 Enclosure | Page 18 of 20 Enclosure | ||
2 to X-energy | 2 to X-energy Letter XE-X1-LD-GO-L03-100264 | ||
Letter XE-X1-LD-GO-L03-100264 | X-energy Enclosure | ||
X-energy | 2 to X-energy Letter XE-X1-LD-GO-L03-100264 | ||
Enclosure | |||
2 to X-energy | |||
Letter XE-X1-LD-GO-L03-100264 | |||
I, Harlan W. Bowers, President | I, Harlan W. Bowers, President | ||
of X-Energy, | of X-Energy, LLC (X-energy) | ||
LLC (X-energy) | |||
do hereby affirm and state: 1. I am authorized | do hereby affirm and state: 1. I am authorized | ||
to execute this affidavit | to execute this affidavit | ||
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to or discussed | to or discussed | ||
with the Nuclear Regulatory | with the Nuclear Regulatory | ||
Commission | Commission (NRC) and apply for the withholding | ||
(NRC) and apply for the withholding | |||
of information | of information | ||
from disclosure. | from disclosure. | ||
The purpose of this affida-vit | The purpose of this affida-vit | ||
is to provide the information | is to provide the information | ||
required | required by 10 CFR 2.390(b) in support of X-energy's | ||
by 10 CFR 2.390(b) | |||
in support of X-energy's | |||
request for proprietary | request for proprietary | ||
treatment | treatment | ||
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in enclosure | in enclosure | ||
1 to X-energy's | 1 to X-energy's | ||
letter, XE-X1-LD-GO-L03-100264, | letter, XE-X1-LD-GO-L03-100264, from myself to the NRC which provides response to Regulatory | ||
from myself to the NRC which provides | Issues Summary (RIS) 2017-08. 2. I have knowledge | ||
response | of the criteria used by X-energy in designating | ||
to Regulatory | |||
Issues Summary (RIS) 2017-08. | |||
2. I have knowledge | |||
of the criteria | |||
used by X-energy | |||
in designating | |||
information | information | ||
as sensitive, | as sensitive, proprietary, or confidential. | ||
proprietary, | 3. Pursuant to the provision | ||
or confidential. | of paragraph (a)(4) of 10 CFR 2.390, the following | ||
3. Pursuant | |||
to the provision | |||
of paragraph | |||
(a)(4) of 10 CFR 2.390, the following | |||
is furnished | is furnished | ||
for consideration | for consideration | ||
by the NRC in determining | by the NRC in determining | ||
whether the information | whether the information | ||
sought to be withheld | sought to be withheld from public disclosure | ||
from public disclosure | |||
should be withheld. | should be withheld. | ||
a. The information | a. The information | ||
sought to be withheld | sought to be withheld from public disclosure | ||
from public disclosure | |||
in Enclosure | in Enclosure | ||
1 is owned by X-energy, | 1 is owned by X-energy, its affiliates | ||
its affiliates | or third parties to whom X-energy has an obligation | ||
or third parties to whom X-energy | to maintain its confidentiality. | ||
has an obligation | |||
to maintain | |||
its confidentiality. | |||
This information | This information | ||
was prepared | was prepared with the explicit understanding | ||
with the explicit | |||
understanding | |||
that the information | that the information | ||
itself would be treated as proprietary | itself would be treated as proprietary | ||
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1 is of the type that is customarily | 1 is of the type that is customarily | ||
held in confidence | held in confidence | ||
by X-energy, | by X-energy, and there is a rational basis for doing so. The information | ||
and there is a rational | X-energy is requesting | ||
basis for doing so. The information | to be withheld from public disclosure | ||
X-energy | includes commercial | ||
is requesting | |||
to be withheld | |||
from public disclosure | |||
includes | |||
commercial | |||
information | information | ||
related to on-going | related to on-going and planned activities | ||
and planned activities | |||
associated | associated | ||
with our Xe-100 high temperature | with our Xe-100 high temperature | ||
gas pebble bed reactor design and the X-energy | gas pebble bed reactor design and the X-energy TRISO-X fuel program. X-energy limits access to this privileged | ||
TRISO-X fuel program. | |||
X-energy | |||
limits access to this privileged | |||
information | information | ||
to maintain | to maintain confidentiality. | ||
confidentiality. | |||
d. Enclosure | d. Enclosure | ||
1 contains | 1 contains information | ||
information | |||
about the planned activities | about the planned activities | ||
of X-energy | of X-energy related to the creation and submittal | ||
related to the creation | |||
and submittal | |||
of licensing | of licensing | ||
activities, | activities, forecast design development | ||
forecast | timeframes, fuel fabrication | ||
design development | facility deployment | ||
timeframes, | |||
fuel fabrication | |||
facility | |||
deployment | |||
plans, and commercial | plans, and commercial | ||
strategy | strategy of our Xe-100 advanced reactor. Public disclosure | ||
of our Xe-100 advanced | |||
reactor. | |||
Public disclosure | |||
of the information | of the information | ||
contained | contained | ||
in Enclosure | in Enclosure | ||
1 would create substantial | 1 would create substantial | ||
harm to X-energy | harm to X-energy because it would reveal valuable business information | ||
because it would reveal valuable | |||
business | |||
information | |||
regarding | regarding | ||
X-energy's | X-energy's | ||
competitive | competitive | ||
expectations, | expectations, assumptions, current position and strategy. | ||
assumptions, | |||
current position | |||
and strategy. | |||
Its use by a competitor | Its use by a competitor | ||
could substantially | could substantially | ||
improve their competitive | improve their competitive | ||
position | position in the design, manufacture, licensing, construction | ||
in the design, manufacture, | |||
licensing, | |||
construction | |||
and operation | and operation | ||
of a similar product. | of a similar product. Page 19 of 20 | ||
Page 19 of 20 | X-energy Enclosure | ||
X-energy | 2 to X-energy Letter XE-X1-LD-GO-L03-100264 | ||
Enclosure | |||
2 to X-energy | |||
Letter XE-X1-LD-GO-L03-100264 | |||
e. The Proprietary | e. The Proprietary | ||
Information | Information | ||
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to the NRC in confidence | to the NRC in confidence | ||
and under the provisions | and under the provisions | ||
of 10 CFR 2.390; it is to be received | of 10 CFR 2.390; it is to be received in confidence | ||
in confidence | |||
by the NRC. The information | by the NRC. The information | ||
is properly | is properly marked. I declare under the penalty of perjury that the foregoing | ||
marked. I declare under the penalty of perjury that the foregoing | is true and correct. Executed on J af'M,UN~ [1 j 20 ( 8 [Month Day, Year] Harlan W. Bowers President | ||
is true and correct. | |||
Executed | |||
on J af'M,UN~ | |||
[1 j 20 ( 8 [Month Day, Year] Harlan W. Bowers President | |||
X Energy, LLC Subscribed | X Energy, LLC Subscribed | ||
and sworn to before me, Notary Public, this/?'" | and sworn to before me, Notary Public, this/?'" day oifo "'"''jP My Commission | ||
day oifo "'"''jP My Commission | expires: \' 11,l,'*1 1 1 , 1111 , ,,,\ ,. /' I;' ,..._.., __________ | ||
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To: | Amy Cubbage Document Control Desk, Office of New Reactors |
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See also: RIS 2017-08
Text
X-energy January 16, 2018 Ms. Amy Cubbage U.S. Nuclear Regulatory
Commission
ATIN: Document Control Desk Washington, D.C. 20555-0001
Subject: UPDATED DESIGN AND LICENSING
SUBMITIAL
INFORMATION
NRC REGULATORY
ISSUE SUMMARY (RIS)2017-08
PROCESS FOR SCHEDULING
AND ALLOCATING
RESOURCES
FOR FISCAL YEARS 2020 THROUGH 2022 FOR THE REVIEW OF NEW LICENSING
APPLICATIONS
FOR LIGHT-WATER
REACTORS AND NON-LIGHT-WATER
REACTORS X Energy, LLC 7701 Greenbelt
Road Suite 320 Greenbelt, MD 20770 +1301-358-5600
XEOO-R-Rl-RD-L-000027
The purpose of this letter is to submit responses
to Regulatory
Issue Summary (RIS) 2017-08 on behalf of X Energy, LLC (X-energy").
This submission
also updates the prior X-energy submitted
responses
to RIS 2015-07 (response
dated November 23, 2015) and RIS 2013-18 (response
dated March 28, 2014). X-energy is a private, wholly-owned
U.S. company that is pursuing the commercialization
of an advanced high temperature
gas-cooled
pebble bed reactor (HTGR), designated
as Xe-100 (X-energy
200 MWt), using U.S.-developed
uranium oxicarbide (UCO) TRISO-coated
particle fuel, in conjunction
with NRC approval.
X-energy's
design approach leverages
over 50 years of research, proven design, and operational
experience
in HTGR using a pebble bed architecture.
In addition to developing
the design of the Xe-100 pebble bed reactor, X-energy, through a US DOE cooperative
agreement, is actively fabricating
UCO based kernels, TRISO particles, and spherical
pebble fuel elements in a well-equipped, X-energy operated facility at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL). In the future, this work in TRISO-based
fuel element production (referred
to as our "TRISO-X" program) will be spun off into a separate fuel fabrication
company that will ultimately
provide fuel for all UCO TRISO-based
reactor designs, which may include some Accident Tolerant Fuel (ATF) designs applicable
to the existing fleet of light water reactors.
The Xe-100 design and TRISO fuel manufacturing
are well aligned with, and leverage, the Department
of Energy's (DOE) Next Generation
Nuclear Plant (NGNP) and Advanced Gas Reactor (AGR) fuel qualification
initiatives, _with the fuel qualification
program established
as the number 1 priority by the Energy Policy Act of 2005 (EPACT2005).
In fact, the on-going TR ISO-based
fuel fabrication
activities
at ORNL take place in the laboratory
previously
used to produce AGR qualification
test articles.
The Xe-100 utilizes intrinsically
safe features with a simplified
plant design to assure enhanced safety and security.
Furthermore, the Xe-100 offers several inherent features reducing proliferation
risks and, with the potential
to utilize a future thorium-based
fuel cycle, has the capacity to recycle spent fuel and reduce current stockpiles
of plutonium
with the very high burn-ups inherent to the Thorium fuel cycle. X-energy has no affiliation, official or otherwise, with any other company working on the pebble bed approach to HTGRs. X-energy is U.S.-owned
and operates out of facilities
in Greenbelt, Maryland and Oak Ridge, Tennessee.
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U.S. Nuclear Regulatory
Commission
January 16, 2018 X-energy's
responses
to RIS 2017-08 contains commercially
sensitive
proprietary
information
and, as such, we are requesting
that this information
be withheld from public disclosure
in accordance
with 10 CFR 2.390, "Public inspections, exemptions, request for withholding," paragraph (a)(4). Since Commercially
Proprietary
information
constitutes
much of replies herein, a public version is not being submitted.
Accordingly, Enclosure
1 is the Non-Public
version of energy's responses
to RIS 2017-08 which contains non-redacted
sensitive
information.
This proprietary
information
is appropriately
marked and an affidavit
providing
the basis for this request is provided in Enclosure
2. Sincerely, President
X Energy, LLC Cc: Amy Cubbage, NRC, TWFN (NRO/DSRA/ARPB)
James Hammelman, NRC, TWFN 4 A60 John Monninger, NRC TWFN 9 F41 John Segala, NRC, TWFN (NRO/DSRA/ARPB)
Brian Smith, NRC, RGN-1 (R-I/DRP/PB4/BRO)
Enclosures:
1) Response to RIS 2017-08 2) Affidavit
Page 2 of 20
X-energy Affidavit
Page 18 of 20 Enclosure
2 to X-energy Letter XE-X1-LD-GO-L03-100264
X-energy Enclosure
2 to X-energy Letter XE-X1-LD-GO-L03-100264
I, Harlan W. Bowers, President
of X-Energy, LLC (X-energy)
do hereby affirm and state: 1. I am authorized
to execute this affidavit
on behalf of X-energy.
I am further authorized
to review information
submitted
to or discussed
with the Nuclear Regulatory
Commission (NRC) and apply for the withholding
of information
from disclosure.
The purpose of this affida-vit
is to provide the information
required by 10 CFR 2.390(b) in support of X-energy's
request for proprietary
treatment
of certain commercial
information
submitted
in enclosure
1 to X-energy's
letter, XE-X1-LD-GO-L03-100264, from myself to the NRC which provides response to Regulatory
Issues Summary (RIS) 2017-08. 2. I have knowledge
of the criteria used by X-energy in designating
information
as sensitive, proprietary, or confidential.
3. Pursuant to the provision
of paragraph (a)(4) of 10 CFR 2.390, the following
is furnished
for consideration
by the NRC in determining
whether the information
sought to be withheld from public disclosure
should be withheld.
a. The information
sought to be withheld from public disclosure
in Enclosure
1 is owned by X-energy, its affiliates
or third parties to whom X-energy has an obligation
to maintain its confidentiality.
This information
was prepared with the explicit understanding
that the information
itself would be treated as proprietary
and confidential
and has been held in confidence
by X-energy.
b. The information
sought to be protected
in Enclosure
1 is not available
to the public to the best of my knowledge
and belief. c. The information
contained
in Enclosure
1 is of the type that is customarily
held in confidence
by X-energy, and there is a rational basis for doing so. The information
X-energy is requesting
to be withheld from public disclosure
includes commercial
information
related to on-going and planned activities
associated
with our Xe-100 high temperature
gas pebble bed reactor design and the X-energy TRISO-X fuel program. X-energy limits access to this privileged
information
to maintain confidentiality.
d. Enclosure
1 contains information
about the planned activities
of X-energy related to the creation and submittal
of licensing
activities, forecast design development
timeframes, fuel fabrication
facility deployment
plans, and commercial
strategy of our Xe-100 advanced reactor. Public disclosure
of the information
contained
in Enclosure
1 would create substantial
harm to X-energy because it would reveal valuable business information
regarding
X-energy's
competitive
expectations, assumptions, current position and strategy.
Its use by a competitor
could substantially
improve their competitive
position in the design, manufacture, licensing, construction
and operation
of a similar product. Page 19 of 20
X-energy Enclosure
2 to X-energy Letter XE-X1-LD-GO-L03-100264
e. The Proprietary
Information
contained
in Enclosure
1 is transmitted
to the NRC in confidence
and under the provisions
of 10 CFR 2.390; it is to be received in confidence
by the NRC. The information
is properly marked. I declare under the penalty of perjury that the foregoing
is true and correct. Executed on J af'M,UN~ [1 j 20 ( 8 [Month Day, Year] Harlan W. Bowers President
X Energy, LLC Subscribed
and sworn to before me, Notary Public, this/?'" day oifo "'"jP My Commission
expires: \' 11,l,'*1 1 1 , 1111 , ,,,\ ,. /' I;' ,..._.., __________
_, WANDA HOLBROOK Notary Public Anne Arundel County Maryland ' -~ \ ' ' .. ..:. , ... .. My Commission
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