ML20149E309

Third Partial Response to FOIA Request for Documents. Documents Listed in App D Being Withheld in Their Entirety (Ref FOIA Exemption 4)

ML20149E309
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Issue date:	07/14/1997
From:	Racquel Powell NRC OFFICE OF ADMINISTRATION (ADM)
To:	Williams O JRA ASSOCIATES
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U1 NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMIS$10N Nr.C FOIA REOutST NUMBEMS) i e g._' FOIA 129 RESPONSE TYPE l f i RESPONSE TO FREEDOM OF l FINAL l } PARTIAL (3rd) l o^1e INFORMATION ACT (FOIA) REQUEST g )4 OOCKET NUMBERtS)(If apptwsble)

REQUESTEf4 OoteHa Williams PART 1..-AGENCY RECORDS RELEASED OR NOT LOCATED (See checkedt> oxes) l No agency records subject to the request have been located.

No additional agency records subject to the reques.t have been located. l Requented records are sveifable through another public distribution program. See Comments section.

Agency records subject to the request that are identified in Appendix (es) are already available for public inspection and copying at the NRC Public Document Room,2120 L Street, N.W., Washington, DC.

Agency records subject to the request that are identified in Appendix (es) are being made available for public inspection and copying l st the NRC Public Document Room,2120 L Street, N,W., Washington, DC,in a fo' dei under this FOIA number. l The nonproprietary version of the proposal (s) that you agreed to accept in a telephone conversation with a member of my staff is now being made available for public inspection and copying at the NRC Public Document Room,2120 L Street, N.W., Washington, DC, in a folder under this FOI A number.

Agency tocords subject to the request that are identified in Appendix (es) may be inspected and copied at the N RC Local Public Document Room identifled in the Comments section.

Enclosed is information on how you may obtain access to and the charges for copying records located at the NRC Public Document Room,2120 L Street, N.W., Cashington, DC.

I Agscy records subject to the request are enclosed.

Records subject to the request have been referred to another Federal agency (ies) for review and direct response to you.

Fees You will be billed by the N RC for fees totaling $

1 You will receive a refund from the N RC in the amount of $

In view of NRC's response to this request, no further action is being taken on appeal letter dated , No.

PART 18. A-INFORMATION WITHHELD FROM PUBLIC DISCLOSURE Cert:in information in the roovested records is being withheld from public disclosure pursuant to the exemptions described in and for the reasons stated in Pert II,8, C, and D. Any reisesed portions of the documents for which only part of the record is being withheld are being made available for public X inspection and copying in the NRC Public Document Room,2120 L Street, N.W., Washington, DC in a folder under this FOIA number, COMMENTS i l

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K14 l PART N.5- APPLICABLE EXEMPTnONS Records subject to the request that are described in the enclosed Appandix(es) O are being withheld in their entirety or in part under the Exernation No.(s) and for the resson(s) given below pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 552(b) and 10 CF R 9.17(a) of N RC regulations.

1. The withheld informaten is properly classefed pursuant to Executive Order. (Exemption 1) 2, The withbald information relates godely to the intemal personnel rules and procedures of NRC. (Exemption 2) l l3 The withheld mformaton se specifesity esempted from pubhc disclosure by statute inrlicated. (Exemption 3)

Sections 141 145 r,f the Atomic Energy Act, which prohibits the disclosure of Rastricted Data or Formerfy Restricted Data (42 U.S.C. 21612165).

Section 147 of the Atomic Energy Act, which prohibits the disclosure of Unclassifiao Safeguards information (42 ti.S.C. 2167L

- l4. The withheld informat on e a trade secret or commercial or fmancial information that is bemg withheld for the raison (s) indicated. (Ememption 4)

The information la contadored to be confidential busmosa (peopnetary) u fo mation.

y The mformetton le considered to be propnetary information pursuant to 10 CFR 2.790 ldh 11 The information was autmeted and received in confidence pursuant to 10 CFR 2.790(dH2h G. The withhold information consista of mteragency or mtraagency records that are not available through discovery dunng htigaten. (Exemptiore 5). Applicable Privilege:

Deliber'st we Procese: Dieciosure of pmecesional'aidormation wou'6d tend to mhitut the open and 'trank exchange of ide4s' essential to the delsberative process.

Where records are withheld m their entiretg. the facts are mentncably intertwmed with the predecisionalinformaten. There also are no reasonably segregable f ectual portions because the release of the facts would perrmt an indirect mouiry mto the predecessonal process of the agency.

Attomey wortp oduct pnvilege IDocuments prepared by an attorney m contemplation of litigmon n l Attorney client pr6vhege. (Conhdential communicetions between an attomey and his/her client.) _ _ _ _ )

5,6. The withheed mformanon es exempted from put*c disclosues because <ts disclosure would result m a clearly unwarranted invasen of persona )

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7. The withheld information consists of records compiled for law enforcement purposes and is bemg withheld for the reason (s) mdicated. (Exemption 7) ,

1 Disclosure could reasonably be expected to interfere with an enforcement proceedmg because it could reveal the scope, direction, and focus of enforcement efforts, and thus 6ould possibly allow recipients to take action to shield potential wrorgsomg or a violation of NRC requirements U l Disclosure would constitute an unwarranted invasion of personal privacy. (Exemption 7(C))

The mformation consists of names of edividuals and other mformation the disclosure of which could reasonably be enoected to revealidentitres of confidential sources. (Exemption 7 (30 l PART N. C-DENYING OFFICIALS Pursuant to 10 CFR 9.25(b) and/or 9.25tc) of the U.S, Nuclear Regulatory Commission regulations, it has been determined (nat the information withheld is exempt from pro-ducten or disclosure, and that its production or desciosure is contrary to the public mterest. The persons responsible fnr the denial are those officials identified below as denying otheds end the Director, D# vision of Freedom of Information and Pubhcatens Services, Office of Admmestration. for any demals that may be appealed to the Executive Director for Operet ons IEDOL OtNYING Of'FICIAL TITLEtOFFICE RECORDS DENIED APPELLATE OFFICIAL l

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I l PART 5. D- APPEAL RIGHTS I The densas by each denying official kieritified in Port LLC may be of thlt response. Appeele must be addressed, se appropriate, to the Executive Director for Opee etions, to the Secretary of the Commission, or to the inspector General, U.S. Nuclear fleplatory Comm4ssion. WanNngton, DC 20666, and should cieerfy state on the snvelope and in the letter that it is an " Appeal from en initial FOIA Decision /'

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FOIA-97-0129 APPENDIX D RECORDS BEING WITHHELD IN THEIR ENTIRETY RQ,,, DATE DESCRIPTION / (PAGE COUNT) / EXEMPTIONS

1. 9/28/95 Letter to A. Malliskos, RES, from T. Blanchat, SNL, Re: Purchase of PAR from NIS (3 pages) EX. 4

2. 9/29/95 Letter to A. Malliakos, RES, from T. Blanchat, SNL, Re: Purchase of PAR from NIS (3 pages) EX. 4

3. 10/24/95 Facsimile to A. Malliakos, RES, from T. Blanchat, Re: Draft letter to L. Seyfferth from T. Blanchat,

Subject:

PAR Statement of Work (SOW) (1 page)

EX. 4

4. 11/2/95 Letter to A. Malliakos, RES, from T. Blanchat, SNL, Re: The 1/2 Scale PAR (4 pages) EX. 4

5. 11/7/95 Facsimile to A. Malliakos, RES, from T. Blanchat, SNL, Re: 11/7/95 facsimile to Blanchat from M. Seidler,

Subject:

PAR Price and Sketch (7 pages) EX. 4

6. 11/9/95 Facsimile to A. Malliakos, RES, from T. Blanchat, SNL, Re: 11/9/95 facsimile to Blanchat from M. Seidler,

Subject:

PAR Sketches (5 pages) EX. 4

7. 11/14/95 Facsimile to A. Malliakos, RES, from G. Sliter, EPRI, Re: Sketch of NIS Model (1 page) EX. 4

8. 11/17/95 Facsimile to A. Malliakos, RES, from T. Blanchat, Re: Facsimile to Blanchat from M. Seidler,

Subject:

Evaluation of PAR Design (12 pages) EX. 4

9. 11/22/95 Letter to A. Malliakos, RES, from T. Blanchat, Re: Description of the PAR Module that Will Be Purchased by SNL (8 pages) EX. 4 I

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-10.- 2/14/96 Letter to A. Malliakos, RES, from l T. Blanchat, SNL, Re: PAR Test Module  ;

.(27 pages) Ex. 4

. 11. S/4/96 Letter to A. Malliakos, RES, from 1 T. Blanchat, SNL, Re: Preliminary Results 4

of the PAR-2 Experiment (2 pages) EX. 4 1

12. 5/17/96 Letter to A. Malliakos, RES, from T. Blanchat, SNL, Re: Preliminary Results

.of the PAR-2 Experiment (with figures)

(6 pages) EX. 4

13. 5/17/96 Letter to A. Malliakos, RES, from T. Blanchat, SNL, Re: Preliminary Results of the PAR-3. Experiment .(7 pages) EX. 4

14. 5/22/96 Letter to A. Malliakos, RES, from i T. Blanchat, SNL, Re: Preliminary Results of the PAR-4s Experiment (7 pages) EX. 4

15. 5/28/96 Letter to A. Malliakos, RES, from T. Blanchat, SNL, Re: Preliminary Results of the PAR-4 Experiment (6 pages) EX. 4

16. 6/3/96 Letter to A. Malliakos, RES, from T. Blanchat, SNL, Re: Preliminary Results of the PAR-5 Experiment (6 pages) EX. 4

17. 6/4/96 Letter to A. Malliakos, RES, from T. Blanchat, SNL, Re: Preliminary Depletion Rate Results for the PAR-4 and PAR-5 Experiments (8 pages) EX. 4

18. 6/13/96 Letter to A. Malliakos, RES, from T. Blanchat, SNL, Re: Preliminary Results of the PAR-6 Experiment'and Depletion Rate Comparisons for PAR-4, PAR-5, and PAR-6 Experiments (7 pages ) EX. 4

19. 7/23/96 Letter to A. Malliakos, RES, from

• T. Blanchat, SNL Note: No subject is .

provided, however, text is on future proposed tests (3 pages) EX. 4 ,

20. 9/16/96 Letter to A. Malliakos, RES, from T. Blanchat, SNL, Re: PAR-2 Test Data (13 pages, with.1 diskette) EX. 4 t

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21. 9/19/96 Facsimile of draft letter to A. Malliakos, RES, from T. Blanchat, SNL, Re:

Recommendation to Replace the PAR Cartridges (2 pages) EX. 4

22. 10/8/96 Letter to A. Malliakos, RES, from T. Blanchat, SNL, Re: PAR-1 Test Data (16 pages, with 1 diskette) EX. 4

23. 10/15/96 Letter to A. Malliakos, RES, from T. Blanchat, SNL, Re: PAR-3 Test Data (10 pages, with 1 diskette) EX. 4

24. 10/16/96 Letter to A. Malliakos, RES, from T. Blanchat, SNL, Re: PAR-4 Test Data (16 pages, with 1 diskette) EX. 4

25. 10/16/96 Letter to A. Malliakos, RES, from T. Blanchat, SNL, Re: PAR-5 Test Data (13 pages, with 1 diskette)

EX. 4

26. 11/25/96 Letter to A. Malliakos, RES, from T. Blanchat, SNL, Re: PAR-5 Data (1 page with 2 diskettes) EX. 4

27. 10/17/96 Letter to A. Malliakos, RES, from T. Blanchat, SNL, Re: PAR-6 Test Data (13 pages, with 1 diskette) EX. 4

28. 10/22/96 History of Utilization (1 page) EX. 4

29. 10/22/96 Letter to A. Malliakos, RES, from T. Blanchat, SNL, Re: PAR-7 Test Data (18 pages, with 1 diskette) EX. 4

30. 10/26/95 Letter to A. Malliakos, RES, from T. Blanchat, SNL, Re: Clarification of Teating with a Scaled PAR (12 pages)

EX. 4

31. 11/2/95 Letter to A. Malliakos, RES, from T. Blanchat, SNL, Re: The 1/2 Scale PAR .

(4 pages) EX. 4

32. 11/22/96 Letter to A. Malliakos, RES, from T. Blanchat, SNL, Re: Draft Report on the PAR Experiments (142 pages) EX. 4

33. 11/25/96 Letter to A. Malliakos, RES, from T. Blanchat, SNL, Re: PAR-8 Test Data (13 pages. with 1 diskette) EX. 4

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-:34. 11/26/96 Letter 'to A. Malliskos, RES, from T. Blanchat, SNL, Re: PAR-8R Test Data (14 pages, with:4 diskettes) EX. 4 '

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35. 11/27/96 Letter to A. Malliakos, RLS, from l

T. Blanchat, SNL, Re: PAR-9 Test Data (14 pages, with 4 diskettes) EX. 4 4 *

36. 12/3/96 Letter to A. Malliakos, RES, from T. Blanchat, SNL, Re: . PAR-10 Test Data (12 pages, with 1 diskette) EX. 4-

- 37. 12/4/96 Letter.to A. Malliakos, RES, from ,

T. Blanchat, SNL, Re: PAR-12 Test Data

. .(15 pages, with 4 diskettes) EX. 4

] 38. 12/5/96 Letter to A. Malliakos, RES, from T. Blanchat, SNL, Re: PAR-13 Test Data (14 pages, with 4 diskettes) EX. 4

39. 12/6/96 Letter to A..Malliakos, RES, from T. Blanchat, SNL, Re PAR-13R Test Data (13 pages, with 1 disl:ette) EX. 4 )

40. 12/16/96 Letter to A. Malliakos, RES, from 3- T. Blanchat, SNL, Re: Velocity Measurements and Depletion Rate 4

Calculations (5 pages) EX. 4 41, 1/7/97 Letter to A. Malliakos, RES, from T. Blanchat, SNL, Re: Results from 4 the PAR-demo Experiments (37 pages) EX. 4

42. 1/20/97 Letter to A. Malliakos, RES, from T. Blanchat, SNL, Re: Updated Velocity Figures for the PAR SAND Report (15 pages) EX. 4

, 43. 1/20/97 Letter to A. Malliakos, RES, from T. Blanchat, SNL,HRe: Revised Draft PAR 3

SAND Report ' (47 pages) EX. 4

~44 . 2/20/97 Letter to A. Malliakos, RES, from

, 'T. Blanchat, Re: PAR-14, PAR-15, and i PAR-16 Draft Preliminary Reports  !

(26 pages) EX. 4

-45. . 3/12/97 Letter to A. Malliakos, RES, from T. Blanchat, SNL, Re: PAR SAND Report (203 pages) EX. 4 r y , .we-, -

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46. 4/4/97 Letter to A. Malliakos, RES, from l T. Blanchatm SNL, Re: Presentation of the PAR Results at the 1997 ANS Winter <

Meeting (10 pages) EX. 4'

- <4 7 . Undated Report entitled " Hydrogen Depletion Using a Passive Autocatalytic Recombiner" Blanchat and Malliakos (14 pages) EX. 4

48. Undated Weekly Highlight entitled " Performance .

Testing of Passive Autocatalytic ,

Recombiners (PARS) (1 page) EX. 4 j

49. Undated Report entitled, " Performance Testing of Passive Autocatalytic Recombiners" by Blanchat and Malliakos (13 pages)- )

EX. 4

50. Undated Report entitled, " Performance Testing I of Passive Autocatalytic Recombiners" l (141 pages) EX. 4 1

51. - Undated PAR Description (1 page) EX. 4

52. Undated PAR Description (1 page) EX. 4

, 53. Undated Scaled Depletion Rate at Low Concentration (1 page) EX. 4

54. Undated Scaled Depletion Rate at High Concentration (1 page) EX. 4

,. 55. Undated Normalized Depletion Rate (1 page)

EX. 4

56. Undated Wall Effect (1 page) EX. 4 j

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