ML20199E629

Final Response to FOIA Request for Five Categories of Documents.App C Documents Available in Pdr.Eight Documents Identified on App D Withheld in Entirety (Ref FOIA Exemption 4)

ML20199E629
Person / Time
Issue date:	01/31/1986
From:	Grimsley D NRC OFFICE OF ADMINISTRATION (ADM)
To:	Sholly S MHB TECHNICAL ASSOCIATES
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FOIA-85-784 NUDOCS 8603270372
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aan si M Mr. Steven C. Sholly MHB Technical Associates 1723 Hamilton Avenue - Suite K IN RESPONSE REFER San Jose, CA 95125 TO F01A-85-784

Dear Mr. Sholly:

This is the final response to your letter dated November 25, 1985, in which you requested, pursuant to the Freedom of Information Act (F0IA), copies of five categories of records.

The documents identified on the enclosed Appendix C are subject to Category E of your request and are already available in the NRC Public Document Room (PDR) located at 1717 H Street, NW, Washington, DC 20555. We have indicated the PAR accession number beside each document description.

The eight documents identified on enclosed Appendix 0 are subject to Category A of your request. Pursuant to Exemption 4 of the F0IA (5 U.S.C. 552(b)(4))

and 10 CFR 9.5(a)(4) of the Commission's regulations, the documents are being withheld in their entirety. The documents contain information received in ~

confidence from foreign sources. Under these conditions, the documents are-protected from mandatory public disclosure under the alternative test set out in National Parks and Cnnservation Association v. Morton, 498 F.2d 765 (D.C.

Ci r'. 1974) . Under that test, a record can be. withheld because disclosure

• 'would impair the Government's ability to obtain necessary information in the

+ future. It is our view that a breach of understanding between the NRC and a j foreign source could in the future inhibit .the free flow of in' formation to the 1 NRC and could interfere with our mission. .

Pursuant to 10 CFR 9.9 of the NRC's regulations, it has been determined that the information withheld is exempt from production or disclosure, and that its '

production or disclosure is contrary to the public interest. The persons responsible for this denial are the undersigned.and Mr. Robert B. Minogue, Director, Office of Nuclear Regulatory Research.

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4 Mr. Steven C. Sholly t This denial may be appealed to the NRC's Executive Director for Operations

- within 30 days from the receipt of this letter. As provided in 10 CFR 9.11, any such appeal must be in writing, addressed to the Executive Director for Operations, U.S. . Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555, and

should clearly state on the envelope and in the letter that it is an " Appeal from an Initial FOIA Decision."

No documents were identified with regard to Categories B.and D of your request.

! This completes NRC action on your request.

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Enclosures:

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.i l Re: F01A-85-784 APPENDIX C f

Documents Already Available in the PDR

[ 1. 08/21/85 SECY-85-283, " Final Amendments to 10 CFR Part 50, Appendix E; I

Consideration of Earthquakes in Emergency Planning. (64 pages)

PDR Accession Number 8508300319 1

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09/09/85 Commission Meeting Transcript - Earthquakes and Energency Planning. (97 pages) POR Accession Number 8509190158 l

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.l Re: F01A-85-784 APPENDIX D Documents Being Withheld

1. Undated Draft - Report on Phase 2 of the PWR Severe Accident Containment Study - AEEW-R1964.Part 1. (186 pages)

2. 09/24/85 Draft - Re' port on Phase 2 of the PWR Severe. Accident Containment Study - PWR/SAWG/P(85)183 Part ?. (233 pages)

3. Undated Draft - Report on Phase 2 of the PWR . Severe Accident Containment Study - AEEW-R1964 Part 4, Issue 1. (19 pages)

4. Undated Containment Aerosols and vapours. (37 pages)

5. Undated Handwritten Notes re: Bottom Head Events and Head' Failure.

(17 pages)

6. Undated Handwritten Notes re: Containment Thermal-Hydraulics Gas Combustion and Pressurization. (53 pages)

7. Undated . Core / Concrete Aerosol Production. (10 pages)

8. 12/84 Report on Phase 1 of the PWR 5evere Accident Containment Study .-

AEEW-R-1842. (approx. 550 pages) l

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ASSOCIATES HB TECHNICALTECHNICAL CONSULTANTS ON ENERGY & THE ENWRONMENT Dale G. Bridenbaugh 1723 Hamo!!On Avenue-Suite K j Richard B. Hubbard San Jose, California 95125 i Gregory C. Minor Phone:(408) 266-2716 November 25, 1985 i

FREEDOM OF INFORMAftON Mr. J. M. Felton, Director ACT REQUEST f Division of Rules and Records,

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Office of Administration U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission 2fd[d/E a2-[3 Washington, D.C. 20555

Dear Mr. Felton:

Pursuant to the Freedom of Information Act, please make available at the Commission's Washington, D.C. , Public '

Document Room records in the following categories:

A. All records concerning the second annual UKAEA/USNRC I Information Exchange Meeting on Containment Response l to Severe Accident Conditions, held on October 15, j 1985, in Bethesda, Maryland. Included in this l request are copies of all papers presented at the 1 meeting and copies.of all slides / handouts distributed l at the meeting.

~1 B. All records concerning the Fifth Annual Information l Exchange Meeting on Core Meltdown Research between l the USNRC and the Federal Republic of Germany, held on l October 16-18, 1985, at Shelter Island, NY. Included in thia request are copies of all papers presented at the meeting and copies of all slides / handouts .

l distributed at the meeting.

C. Copies of all papers presented at the most recent Light Water Reactor Research Information Meeting concerning source terms, probabilistic risk assessment, and seismic safety research.

D. All records generated as a result of a recent meeting of the Society of Exploration Geophysicists held in Washington, D.C., which was attended by Dr. E. Zurflueh for.the NRC staff. (This_was written up in the NRC's " Weekly Information' Report", 10/24/85, Enclosure E.)

E. A copy of the SECY paper presented at or prepared for the Commission meeting onf " Consideration of Earthquakes in the Context of Emergency Preparedness" held on September 9, 1985, and copies of slides / handouts used by the NRC staff at that meeting as well as at an ACRS meeting on the same subject on 10/31/85.

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November 25, 1985 Mr. J. M'. Felton If there are any questions concerning this request, p1'ase e do not hesitate to contact.me by telephone at (408) 266-2716.

Your attention to this request.is appreciated.

Sincerely, C.

Steven C. Sholly E

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