Opinion ID: 495208
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Heading: Are the INPO Reports Customarily ... Released to the Public?

Text: 17 We agree with the district court that the NRC has met its threshold burden on this issue. As noted earlier, see supra p. 280, the INPO reports receive fairly wide dissemination to individuals and organizations engaged in the nuclear power production process; nonetheless, receipt is premised upon compliance with INPO's stated policy of nondisclosure to third parties, and nothing in this record suggests that INPO's limited distribution policy is less than conscientiously observed. Because the class of recipients, while large, is well-defined, and because an explicit nondisclosure policy is apparently adhered to in practice, we hold that the INPO reports meet this first confidentiality threshold. Cf. Sharyland Water Supply Corp. v. Block, 755 F.2d 397, 399 (5th Cir.1985) (audit reports available to water supply corporation's members held not confidential; what five thousand people may obtain without even a pledge of nondisclosure is not confidential) (emphasis added). 18