ML19296A898

Responds to 791121 Request for NRC Approval of Mod to Contents of Model GE-1500.Requests Info Demonstrating That Capsules Will Be Leaktight When Package Is Subjected to Normal & Accident Transport Conditions

ML19296A898
Person / Time
Site:	07105939
Issue date:	02/01/1980
From:	Macdonald C NRC OFFICE OF NUCLEAR MATERIAL SAFETY & SAFEGUARDS (NMSS)
To:	Blalock L ENERGY, DEPT. OF
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NUDOCS 8002190260
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FEB 011980 FCTC: RHO 71-5939 Department of Energy ATTN: Mr. Larry Blalock P. O. Box E.

Oak Ridge. TN 37830 Gentlemen:

This refers to your letter dated November 21, 1979, requesting approval to modify the contents of the Model No. GE-1500 shipping package.

In connection with our review, please provide information demonstrating that the capsules can be expected to be leak tight (Regulatory Guide 7.4) when. the package is subjpcted to Normal and Accident Conditions of Transport.

Sincerely,

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Charles E. MacDonald, Chief Transportation Certification Branch Division of Fuel Cycle and Material Safety, HMSS s

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