ML19309B375

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Responds to Re Registration for Model N-55 Packaging.Must Have Approved QA Program Prior to Registration as User of Package.Vendor Ref to Approved QA Program Is Not Acceptable
ML19309B375
Person / Time
Site: 07109070
Issue date: 03/07/1980
From: Macdonald C
NRC OFFICE OF NUCLEAR MATERIAL SAFETY & SAFEGUARDS (NMSS)
To: Straccia F
UNION CARBIDE CORP.
References
NUDOCS 8004040092
Download: ML19309B375 (1)


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f' UNITED STATES NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION j' g q(, g WASHINGTON, D. C. 20555

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f MAR 0 71980 FCTC: RHO 71-9070 Union Carbide Corporation ATTN: Mr. F. P. Straccia P.O. Box 8361 South Charleston, WV 25303 Gentlemen:

This is in regard to your letter dated November 12, 1979, concerning registration for the Model No. N-55 packaging.

It will be necessary for you to have an approved quality assurance (QA) program as required by 10 CFR 571.12 prior to your registration as a user of a package.

Your reference to an approved QA p.oo am is not acceptable. Your QA program should include as a minimum, how procu,rement, maintenance, repair, and use of design, fabrication, assembly, testing, and modification)g activities, (i.e.,

packages by Union Carbide will be met. All other shippin may be satisfied by obtaining certifications f' rom package suppliers that these activities were conducted in accordance with an NRC-approved QA program.

However, it is the responsibility of the licensee-user that all transportation activities meet the requirements of 10 CFR 671.51.

i Sincerely, i

Y~ AS&

Charles' E.' MacDonald, Chie Transportation Certification Branch Division of Fuel Cycle and Material Safety l

cc: Chem-Nuclear Systems, Inc.

ATTU: Mr. Louis E. Reynolds P.O. Box 1866 Bellevue, WA 98009 800404gogy

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