ML20106C761

FOIA Request for Documents Concerning GE PRA for GESSAR-II Std Plant Design

ML20106C761
Person / Time
Site:	05000447
Issue date:	03/13/1984
From:	Weiss E UNION OF CONCERNED SCIENTISTS
To:	Felton J NRC OFFICE OF ADMINISTRATION (ADM)
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FOIA-84-175 NUDOCS 8502120363
Download: ML20106C761 (2)

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SCIENTISTS me C....,m, ,_. x.w. . s. mi . w. si.n... oC 2oose . <2o23 2e..s.oo 13 March 1984 FREEDOM OF INFORMATION Mr. d. !!. Felton, Director ACT REQUEST Division of Rules and Records y ,, g , y office of Administration U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commi'ssion [At. Q [ /[~/ M Washington, D.C. 20555 RE: Freedom of Information'Act Request for the GESSAR-II Probabilistic Fisk Assessment and Associated NRC and NRC-contractor Reviews of that Report (Sholly FOIA Request. Number 84-07)

Dear Mr. Felton:

Pursuant to the Freedom of Information Act, please make Gvailable at the Commission's Public Document Room at 1717 H Street, N.W. , Washington, D.C. , copies of documents in the following categories:

A. A copy of the General Electric Probabilistic Risk Assessment for the GESSAR-II standard plant design (BWR/6 tiark III) , and all updates, amendments, appendices, addenda, supplements, and all other changes thereto.

B. Copies of all NRC staff reviews of the documents l described above in "A".

C. Copies of all NRC contractor reviews of the documents described above in "A". -

l D. For any review identified under "C" above, provide l the name of the reviewing organization, the lead investigators, all other investigators, the NRC .

.l Contract and FIN numbers assigned to the review project, the funding provided for the review project, and the NRC Form 189 for each such project.

l If there are any questions regarding this request, please contact me at 296-5600. It is my understanding that a proprietary claim has been made with respect to some or all of the documents identified in "A" above. This request specifically includes a request to review the bases for the priprietary claim and release all of the documents discussed in "A" above.

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'Ihe definition of " trade secret" is also relatively narrow. It has been defined as an " unpatented, secret, ccmr.ercially valuable plan, appliance,  ;

formula or process d.ich is used for the making, preparing, compounding, <

treatirg or processire of articles or materials which are trade cw icdities.

Consumers Union, supra, 3)1 F.Supp. at ED 1.

It is impossible to believe that all of the Gessar PFA is legally exempt f rca disclosure 'under this standard. For one thing, the Gessar design is not

" secret" since it is subject to NFC review and public scrutiny. In addition, it is my understanding that the codes being used are primarily publicly-available codes.

I would" appreciate your response as soon as possible.

. Sincerely, L

• El R. Weiss General Counsel Union of Concerned Scientists Enclosure 1 4

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