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Mr. Ralph Butler, Director Research Reactor Center University of Missouri-Columbia Research Park Columbia, MO  65211  
Mr. Ralph Butler, Director  
 
Research Reactor Center  
 
University of Missouri-Columbia  
 
Research Park  
 
Columbia, MO  65211  


==SUBJECT:==
==SUBJECT:==
UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT COLUMBIA - REQUEST FOR WITHHOLDING INFORMATION FROM PUBLIC DISCLOSURE INFORMATION (TAC NO. ME1580)
UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT COLUMBIA - REQUEST FOR WITHHOLDING INFORMATION FROM PUBLIC DISCLOS URE INFORMATION (TAC NO. ME1580)  


==Dear Mr. Butler:==
==Dear Mr. Butler:==


By letter dated February 12, 2015 (Agencywide Documents Access and Management System (ADAMS) Accession No. ML15049A039), the University of Missouri at Columbia Research Reactor (MURR), submitted an affidavit (which corrected an affidavit sent by letter dated January 28, 2015, ADAMS Accession No. ML15034A473), which was executed by yourself, dated February 12, 2015, and which requested that information contained in the following document be withheld from public disclosure pursuant to Title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations (10 CFR), Section 2.390: Attachment No. 22 and Attachment No. 23, MURR responses to the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission's (NRC's) request for additional information.
By letter dated February 12, 2015 (Agencywide Documents Access and Management System (ADAMS) Accession No. ML15049A039), the University of Missouri at Columbia Research  
 
Reactor (MURR), submitted an affidavit (which corrected an affidavit sent by letter dated January 28, 2015, ADAMS Accession No. ML15034A 473), which was executed by yourself, dated February 12, 2015, and which requested that information contained in the following  
 
document be withheld from public disclosure pursuant to Title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations (10 CFR), Section 2.390:
Attachment No. 22 and Attachment No. 23, MURR responses to the U.S. Nuclear  
 
Regulatory Commission's (NRC's) request for additional information.  
 
A nonproprietary copy of this document has been placed in the NRC Public Document Room and added to the NRC Library in ADAMS, Accession No. ML15034A474.  
A nonproprietary copy of this document has been placed in the NRC Public Document Room and added to the NRC Library in ADAMS, Accession No. ML15034A474.  


The affidavit stated that the submitted information should be considered exempt from mandatory public disclosure for the following reasons:  
The affidavit stated that the submitted informat ion should be considered exempt from mandatory public disclosure for the following reasons:  
: i. This information is and has been in confidence by MURR. ii. This information is of a type that is customarily held in confidence by MURR, and there is a rational basis for doing so because the information includes sensitive business information pertaining to how MURR will irradiate and process target material to create Iodine 131. iii. The information is being transmitted to the NRC voluntarily and in confidence. iv. This information is not available in public sources and could not be gathered readily from other publicly available information. v. Public disclosure of the information sought to be withheld is likely to cause substantial harm to MURR's competitive position and foreclose or reduce the availability of profit-making opportunities. The value of the information goes beyond the disclosure of actual information pertaining to MURR's potential business, and includes substantial time and work towards developing the project, and represents significant efforts by MURR and its associates. The research, development, engineering, and analytical costs comprise a substantial investment of time and money by MURR. The precise value of the information is difficult to quantify, but clearly is substantial. vi. MURR's competitive advantage will be lost if its competitors are able to use the results of MURR's activities to aid their own commercial activities. The value of this information to MURR would be lost if the information were disclosed to the public. Making such information available to other entities without their having been required to undertake a similar expenditure of resources would unfairly provide competitors with a windfall and deprive MURR of the opportunity to exercise its competitive advantage to seek an adequate return on its large investment.
: i. This information is and has been in confidence by MURR. ii. This information is of a type that is customarily held in confidence by MURR, and there is a rational basis for doing so because the information includes sensitive  
We have reviewed your application and the material in accordance with the requirements of 10 CFR 2.390 and, on the basis of the statements in the affidavit, have determined that the submitted information sought to be withheld contains proprietary commercial information and should be withheld from public disclosure. 
 
business information pertaining to how MURR will irradiate and process target  
 
material to create Iodine 131. iii. The information is being transmitted to the NRC voluntarily and in confidence. iv. This information is not available in public sources and could not be gathered readily from other publicly available information. v. Public disclosure of the information sought to be withheld is likely to cause substantial harm to MURR's competitive position and foreclose or reduce the  
 
availability of profit-making opportunities. The value of the information goes  
 
beyond the disclosure of actual information pertaining to MURR's potential  
 
business, and includes substantial time and work towards developing the project,  
 
and represents significant efforts by MURR and its associates. The research,  
 
development, engineering, and analytical costs comprise a substantial  
 
investment
 
of time and money by MURR. The precise value of the information is difficult to quantify, but clearly is substantial. vi. MURR's competitive advantage will be lost if its competitors are able to use the results of MURR's activities to aid their own commercial activities. The value of  
 
this information to MURR would be lost if the information were disclosed to the  
 
public. Making such information available to other entities without their having  
 
been required to undertake a similar expenditure of resources would unfairly  
 
provide competitors with a windfall and deprive MURR of the opportunity to  
 
exercise its competitive advantage to seek an adequate return on its large  
 
investment.  
 
We have reviewed your application and the material in accordance with the requirements of  
 
10 CFR 2.390 and, on the basis of the statements in the affidavit, have determined that the  


Therefore, the version(s) of the submitted information marked as proprietary will be withheld from public disclosure pursuant to 10 CFR 2.390(b)(5) and Section 103(b) of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended.
submitted information sought to be withheld contains proprietary commercial information and  


Withholding from public inspection shall not affect the right, if any, of persons properly and directly concerned to inspect the documents. If the need arises, we may send copies of this information to our consultants working in this area. We will, of course, ensure that the consultants have signed the appropriate agreements for handling proprietary information.  
should be withheld from public disclosure. 
 
Therefore, the version(s) of the submitted information marked as proprietary will be withheld
 
from public disclosure pursuant to 10 CFR 2.390(b)(5) and Section 103(b) of the Atomic Energy
 
Act of 1954, as amended.
 
Withholding from public inspection shall not affect the right, if any, of persons properly and  
 
directly concerned to inspect the documents. If the need arises, we may send copies of this  
 
information to our consultants working in this area. We will, of course, ensure that the  
 
consultants have signed the appropriate agreements for handling proprietary information.
 
If the basis for withholding this information from public inspection should change in the future
 
such that the information could then be made available for public inspection, you should
 
promptly notify the NRC. You also should understand that the NRC may have cause to review
 
this determination in the future, for example, if the scope of a Freedom of Information Act
 
request includes your information. In all review situations, if the NRC makes a determination
 
adverse to the above, you will be notifi ed in advance of any public disclosure.  


If the basis for withholding this information from public inspection should change in the future such that the information could then be made available for public inspection, you should promptly notify the NRC. You also should understand that the NRC may have cause to review this determination in the future, for example, if the scope of a Freedom of Information Act request includes your information. In all review situations, if the NRC makes a determination adverse to the above, you will be notified in advance of any public disclosure.
If you have any questions regarding this review, please contact me at (301) 415-0893.  
If you have any questions regarding this review, please contact me at (301) 415-0893.  


Sincerely,  
Sincerely,  
       /RA A. Adams for/       Geoffrey A. Wertz, Project Manager Research and Test Reactors Licensing Branch Division of Policy and Rulemaking Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation  
 
       /RA A. Adams for/
Geoffrey A. Wertz, Project Manager Research and Test Reactors Licensing Branch Division of Policy and Rulemaking Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation  


Docket No. 50-186  
Docket No. 50-186  
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cc:  
cc:  


John Ernst, Associate Director Health and Safety Research Reactor Facility 1513 Research Park Drive Columbia, MO 65211  
John Ernst, Associate Director  
 
Health and Safety  
 
Research Reactor Facility  
 
1513 Research Park Drive  
 
Columbia, MO 65211  
 
Homeland Security Coordinator
 
Missouri Office of Homeland Security
 
P.O. Box 749
 
Jefferson City, MO  65102
 
Planner, Dept. of Health and Senior Services
 
Section for Environmental Public Health
 
930 Wildwood Drive, P.O. Box 570
 
Jefferson City, MO  65102-0570
 
Deputy Director for Policy
 
Department of Natural Resources
 
1101 Riverside Drive
 
Fourth Floor East
 
Jefferson City, MO  65101
 
A-95 Coordinator
 
Division of Planning
 
Office of Administration
 
P.O. Box 809, State Capitol Building
 
Jefferson City, MO  65101
 
Test, Research, and Training
 
Reactor Newsletter
 
University of Florida
 
202 Nuclear Sciences Center
 
Gainesville, FL  32611
 
of time and money by MURR. The precise value of the information is difficult to quantify, but clearly is substantial. vi. MURR's competitive advantage will be lost if its competitors are able to use the results of MURR's activities to aid their own commercial activities. The value of


Homeland Security Coordinator Missouri Office of Homeland Security P.O. Box 749 Jefferson City, MO  65102
this information to MURR would be lost if the information were disclosed to the


Planner, Dept. of Health and Senior Services Section for Environmental Public Health 930 Wildwood Drive, P.O. Box 570 Jefferson City, MO  65102-0570
public. Making such information available to other entities without their having


Deputy Director for Policy Department of Natural Resources 1101 Riverside Drive Fourth Floor East Jefferson City, MO  65101
been required to undertake a similar expenditure of resources would unfairly


A-95 Coordinator Division of Planning Office of Administration P.O. Box 809, State Capitol Building Jefferson City, MO  65101
provide competitors with a windfall and deprive MURR of the opportunity to


Test, Research, and Training Reactor Newsletter University of Florida 202 Nuclear Sciences Center Gainesville, FL  32611
exercise its competitive advantage to seek an adequate return on its large


of time and money by MURR. The precise value of the information is difficult to quantify, but clearly is substantial. vi. MURR's competitive advantage will be lost if its competitors are able to use the results of MURR's activities to aid their own commercial activities. The value of this information to MURR would be lost if the information were disclosed to the public. Making such information available to other entities without their having been required to undertake a similar expenditure of resources would unfairly provide competitors with a windfall and deprive MURR of the opportunity to exercise its competitive advantage to seek an adequate return on its large investment.
investment.   
We have reviewed your application and the material in accordance with the requirements of 10 CFR 2.390 and, on the basis of the statements in the affidavit, have determined that the submitted information sought to be withheld contains proprietary commercial information and should be withheld from public disclosure.   


Therefore, the version(s) of the submitted information marked as proprietary will be withheld from public disclosure pursuant to 10 CFR 2.390(b)(5) and Section 103(b) of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended.
We have reviewed your application and the material in accordance with the requirements of  


Withholding from public inspection shall not affect the right, if any, of persons properly and directly concerned to inspect the documents. If the need arises, we may send copies of this information to our consultants working in this area. We will, of course, ensure that the consultants have signed the appropriate agreements for handling proprietary information.  
10 CFR 2.390 and, on the basis of the statements in the affidavit, have determined that the
 
submitted information sought to be withheld contains proprietary commercial information and
 
should be withheld from public disclosure. 
 
Therefore, the version(s) of the submitted information marked as proprietary will be withheld
 
from public disclosure pursuant to 10 CFR 2.390(b)(5) and Section 103(b) of the Atomic Energy
 
Act of 1954, as amended.
 
Withholding from public inspection shall not affect the right, if any, of persons properly and  
 
directly concerned to inspect the documents. If the need arises, we may send copies of this  
 
information to our consultants working in this area. We will, of course, ensure that the  
 
consultants have signed the appropriate agreements for handling proprietary information.
 
If the basis for withholding this information from public inspection should change in the future
 
such that the information could then be made available for public inspection, you should
 
promptly notify the NRC. You also should understand that the NRC may have cause to review
 
this determination in the future, for example, if the scope of a Freedom of Information Act
 
request includes your information. In all review situations, if the NRC makes a determination
 
adverse to the above, you will be notifi ed in advance of any public disclosure.  


If the basis for withholding this information from public inspection should change in the future such that the information could then be made available for public inspection, you should promptly notify the NRC. You also should understand that the NRC may have cause to review this determination in the future, for example, if the scope of a Freedom of Information Act request includes your information. In all review situations, if the NRC makes a determination adverse to the above, you will be notified in advance of any public disclosure.
If you have any questions regarding this review, please contact me at (301) 415-0893.  
If you have any questions regarding this review, please contact me at (301) 415-0893.  


Sincerely,  
Sincerely,  
       /RA A. Adams for/       Geoffrey A. Wertz, Project Manager Research and Test Reactors Licensing Branch Division of Policy and Rulemaking Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation  
 
       /RA A. Adams for/
Geoffrey A. Wertz, Project Manager Research and Test Reactors Licensing Branch Division of Policy and Rulemaking Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation  


Docket No. 50-186  
Docket No. 50-186  


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University of Missouri at Columbia, Request for Withholding Information from Public Disclosure (TAC No. ME1580)
ML15051A004
Person / Time
Site: University of Missouri-Columbia
Issue date: 02/20/2015
From: Wertz G A
Research and Test Reactors Licensing Branch
To: Rhonda Butler
Univ of Missouri - Columbia
Wertz G
References
TAC ME1580
Download: ML15051A004 (4)
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February 20, 2015

Mr. Ralph Butler, Director

Research Reactor Center

University of Missouri-Columbia

Research Park

Columbia, MO 65211

SUBJECT:

UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT COLUMBIA - REQUEST FOR WITHHOLDING INFORMATION FROM PUBLIC DISCLOS URE INFORMATION (TAC NO. ME1580)

Dear Mr. Butler:

By letter dated February 12, 2015 (Agencywide Documents Access and Management System (ADAMS) Accession No. ML15049A039), the University of Missouri at Columbia Research

Reactor (MURR), submitted an affidavit (which corrected an affidavit sent by letter dated January 28, 2015, ADAMS Accession No. ML15034A 473), which was executed by yourself, dated February 12, 2015, and which requested that information contained in the following

document be withheld from public disclosure pursuant to Title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations (10 CFR), Section 2.390:

Attachment No. 22 and Attachment No. 23, MURR responses to the U.S. Nuclear

Regulatory Commission's (NRC's) request for additional information.

A nonproprietary copy of this document has been placed in the NRC Public Document Room and added to the NRC Library in ADAMS, Accession No. ML15034A474.

The affidavit stated that the submitted informat ion should be considered exempt from mandatory public disclosure for the following reasons:

i. This information is and has been in confidence by MURR. ii. This information is of a type that is customarily held in confidence by MURR, and there is a rational basis for doing so because the information includes sensitive

business information pertaining to how MURR will irradiate and process target

material to create Iodine 131. iii. The information is being transmitted to the NRC voluntarily and in confidence. iv. This information is not available in public sources and could not be gathered readily from other publicly available information. v. Public disclosure of the information sought to be withheld is likely to cause substantial harm to MURR's competitive position and foreclose or reduce the

availability of profit-making opportunities. The value of the information goes

beyond the disclosure of actual information pertaining to MURR's potential

business, and includes substantial time and work towards developing the project,

and represents significant efforts by MURR and its associates. The research,

development, engineering, and analytical costs comprise a substantial

investment

of time and money by MURR. The precise value of the information is difficult to quantify, but clearly is substantial. vi. MURR's competitive advantage will be lost if its competitors are able to use the results of MURR's activities to aid their own commercial activities. The value of

this information to MURR would be lost if the information were disclosed to the

public. Making such information available to other entities without their having

been required to undertake a similar expenditure of resources would unfairly

provide competitors with a windfall and deprive MURR of the opportunity to

exercise its competitive advantage to seek an adequate return on its large

investment.

We have reviewed your application and the material in accordance with the requirements of

10 CFR 2.390 and, on the basis of the statements in the affidavit, have determined that the

submitted information sought to be withheld contains proprietary commercial information and

should be withheld from public disclosure.

Therefore, the version(s) of the submitted information marked as proprietary will be withheld

from public disclosure pursuant to 10 CFR 2.390(b)(5) and Section 103(b) of the Atomic Energy

Act of 1954, as amended.

Withholding from public inspection shall not affect the right, if any, of persons properly and

directly concerned to inspect the documents. If the need arises, we may send copies of this

information to our consultants working in this area. We will, of course, ensure that the

consultants have signed the appropriate agreements for handling proprietary information.

If the basis for withholding this information from public inspection should change in the future

such that the information could then be made available for public inspection, you should

promptly notify the NRC. You also should understand that the NRC may have cause to review

this determination in the future, for example, if the scope of a Freedom of Information Act

request includes your information. In all review situations, if the NRC makes a determination

adverse to the above, you will be notifi ed in advance of any public disclosure.

If you have any questions regarding this review, please contact me at (301) 415-0893.

Sincerely,

/RA A. Adams for/

Geoffrey A. Wertz, Project Manager Research and Test Reactors Licensing Branch Division of Policy and Rulemaking Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation

Docket No. 50-186

cc See Next Page

University of Missouri-Columbia Docket No. 50-186

cc:

John Ernst, Associate Director

Health and Safety

Research Reactor Facility

1513 Research Park Drive

Columbia, MO 65211

Homeland Security Coordinator

Missouri Office of Homeland Security

P.O. Box 749

Jefferson City, MO 65102

Planner, Dept. of Health and Senior Services

Section for Environmental Public Health

930 Wildwood Drive, P.O. Box 570

Jefferson City, MO 65102-0570

Deputy Director for Policy

Department of Natural Resources

1101 Riverside Drive

Fourth Floor East

Jefferson City, MO 65101

A-95 Coordinator

Division of Planning

Office of Administration

P.O. Box 809, State Capitol Building

Jefferson City, MO 65101

Test, Research, and Training

Reactor Newsletter

University of Florida

202 Nuclear Sciences Center

Gainesville, FL 32611

of time and money by MURR. The precise value of the information is difficult to quantify, but clearly is substantial. vi. MURR's competitive advantage will be lost if its competitors are able to use the results of MURR's activities to aid their own commercial activities. The value of

this information to MURR would be lost if the information were disclosed to the

public. Making such information available to other entities without their having

been required to undertake a similar expenditure of resources would unfairly

provide competitors with a windfall and deprive MURR of the opportunity to

exercise its competitive advantage to seek an adequate return on its large

investment.

We have reviewed your application and the material in accordance with the requirements of

10 CFR 2.390 and, on the basis of the statements in the affidavit, have determined that the

submitted information sought to be withheld contains proprietary commercial information and

should be withheld from public disclosure.

Therefore, the version(s) of the submitted information marked as proprietary will be withheld

from public disclosure pursuant to 10 CFR 2.390(b)(5) and Section 103(b) of the Atomic Energy

Act of 1954, as amended.

Withholding from public inspection shall not affect the right, if any, of persons properly and

directly concerned to inspect the documents. If the need arises, we may send copies of this

information to our consultants working in this area. We will, of course, ensure that the

consultants have signed the appropriate agreements for handling proprietary information.

If the basis for withholding this information from public inspection should change in the future

such that the information could then be made available for public inspection, you should

promptly notify the NRC. You also should understand that the NRC may have cause to review

this determination in the future, for example, if the scope of a Freedom of Information Act

request includes your information. In all review situations, if the NRC makes a determination

adverse to the above, you will be notifi ed in advance of any public disclosure.

If you have any questions regarding this review, please contact me at (301) 415-0893.

Sincerely,

/RA A. Adams for/

Geoffrey A. Wertz, Project Manager Research and Test Reactors Licensing Branch Division of Policy and Rulemaking Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation

Docket No. 50-186

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