ML19320D747
| ML19320D747 | |
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| Site: | 07106387 |
| Issue date: | 07/10/1980 |
| From: | Macdonald C NRC OFFICE OF NUCLEAR MATERIAL SAFETY & SAFEGUARDS (NMSS) |
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| NUDOCS 8007220152 | |
| Download: ML19320D747 (5) | |
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O'd Firm NRC418 U.S. NUCLEAR REGULATORY CoMMISSloN n2 31 CERTIFICATE OF COMPLIANCE 3n e p 73 For Radioactive Materials Packages 1.la) Certificate Number 1.(b) Revision No.
1.(c) Package Identification No.
1.(d) Pages No. 1.(e) Total No. Pages 5297 E
USA'E297/9()F 5
- 2. PREAMBLE 2.(a)
This certificate is issued to satisfy Sections 173.393a,173.394,173.39s. and 173.396 of the Department of Transportation Huardous Materials Regulations (49 CFR 170-189 and 14 CFR 103) and Sections 146-19-10a and 146-19-100 of the Departr,ent of Transportation Dangerous Cargoes Regulations (46 CFR 146-149), as amended.
2.(b)
The packaging and contents coscribed in item 5 below, meets the safety standards set forth in Suboart C of Title 10. Coce of Federal Regulations, Part 71, Packaging of Radioactive Materials for Transport and Transportation of Radioactive Material Under Certain Conditions.**
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This certif ca e does not reliewJ the c9r.aignor from compliancur with any rect,irement of the regulations of the U.S. Department of Transoortation or other applicable regulatory agencies, including the goernment of any country through or into which the package will be transported.
- 3. This cartificate is issued on the basis of a safety analysis report of the package design or application-3.(a)
Prepared by (Name and address):
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Title and identification of report or application:
Battelle Pacific Northwest Battelle Pacific Northwest Laboratories application Laboratories dated June 2, 1980.
P.0, Box 999 x Richland, WA 99352 3.(c)
Docket No.
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- 4 CONDITIONS This certificate is conditional upon the fulfilling of the requirements of Subpart D of to CFR 71, as aoplicable, and the conditions specified in item 5 below.
- 5. Description of Packaging and Authorized Contents, Mooel Number. Fissile Cians. 0:ber Cor.ditions, and
References:
(a) Packaging (1) Mode'"1 No.: Model 60 (2) Description A metal " birdcage" enclosing a steel containment vessel for ncn-irradiated fuel pins. The stainless steel: containment vessel is a 6-inch diameter, 101-1/4-inch long, Schedule 40 pipe.
One end is closed with a 1-inch thick
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cover plate, bolted with eight 3/4-inch diameter bolts to a welded, 150 pound, neck type flange.
The gasket is a Flexitallic type, spiral wound, stainless steel, asbestos filter.
The cover plate is fitted with a rupture disk assembly designed for up to 300 psi.
The containment vessel is centered inside a metal " birdcage" (18"x18"x112.5",
prismatic, cage frame made of 1-1/2"xl-1/2"xl/4" angle iron), supported by six 0.188-inch steel welded perpendicular to its longitudinal axis and equally spaced along its body and by four Schedule 80 SS pipe spokes at each end.
The outer spacer cage is covered with expanded steel mesh.
The loaded container weight is approximately 1,000' pounds.
8 0 0 7 2 2 0(f2.
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Packaging (Continued)
(3) Drawings The packaging is constructed in accordance with Hanford Engineering Development Laboratory Drawing Nos. H-3-32429 (Sheets 1 and 2, Rev. 12; Sheet 3, Rev. 8; Sheet 4, Rev. 4; Sheet 5, Rev.1; Sheets 6 and 7, Revc 0); H-3-42514,-Rev. 0; H-3-39691, Sheet 1, Rev. 1 and Sheet 2, Rev. 0; and H-3-44280, Rev. O.
(b) Contents (1) Type and form of material (i) Nonfissile radioactive material, in capsules which meet the requirements of special form material as defined in 10 CFR 671.4(o).
(ii) Unitradiated fuel pins containing mixed Pu02 in depleted or natural UO2 or Th02 as pressed sintered pellets of the following specification:
Pellet diameter, inch 0.19 to 0.21 Pin diameter, inch 0.22 to 0.24 Maximum fuel length, inches 37 Maximum Pu0, w/o 31 2
Maximum U-235 enrichment, w/o 0.72 Minimum Pu-240 enrichment, w/o 10 Maximum Pu-241 content
<1/2 content of Pu-240 Cladding material SS Minimum cladding thickness, inch 0.015 (iii) Unirradiated fuel pins containing mixed Pu02 in UO2 enriched to any degree in the U-235 isotope; Th02 may be substituted for depleted or natural UO ; plutonium or uranium carbides and 2
nitrides are allowed.
All of the above as solid pellets of the following specifications:
Maximum pin diameter, inch 0.60 Maximum fuel length, inch 37 Minimum Pu-240 enrichment in Pu0, w/o 10 2
Maximum Pu-241 content
<1/2 content of Pu-240 Cladding material SS Minimum cladding thickness, inch 0.010 (iv) Pu02 and UO2 enriched in the U-235 isotope in fuel pins or capsules which meet the requirements of special form material as defined in.
10 CFR $71.4(o).
(v) U-233 in any solid physical or chemical form with any moderation in capsules which meet the requirements of special form material as defined in 10 CFR 671.4(o).
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Page 3 - Certificate No. 6387 - Revision No. 6 - Docket No. 71-6387 (vi) Np-237 and Am-241 in any solid physical or chemical form with any moderation in capsules which meet the requirements of special form material as defined in 10 CFR 571.4(o).
(vii) Pu-241 (in isolated form), Am-242, Cm-243, Cm-244, Cm-245, Cf-249 and Cf-251 in any solid physical or chemical form with any moderation in capsules which meet the requirements of special form material as defined in 10 CFR S71.4(o).
(viii) Pu-241 (non-isolated form), Pu-238, Pu-239, Pu-240 and U-235 in any solid physical or chemical form; provided the Pu-241 content of the plutonium does not exceed 50% of the Pu-240 content in capsules which meet the requirements of special form material as defined in 10 CFR 971.4(o).
(2) Maximum quantity of material per package The maximum package heat load shall not exceed 12.3 watts /ft of fuel length with the maximum package heat load not to exceed 37.0 watts, and plutonium in excess of twenty (20) curies per package must be in the form of metal, metal alloy or reactor fuel elements; and:
(i) For the contents described in 5(b)(1)(ii), 120 fuel pins.
For the contents described in 5(b)(1)(iii) and constrained in appropriate pin holders as shown in drawings specified in 5(a)(3), the maximum fissile density shall not exceed 2.0 kg/ft for Pu02 in U02 over a maximum length of 37 inches of the package.
(ii) For the contents described in 5(b)(1)(iv):
Greater than Type A quantity of radioactive material and fissile material contents not to exceed the' generally licensed mass limits as specified in $71.ll(a) of 10 CFR Part 71.
(iii) For the contents described in 5(b)(1)(v):
280 grams.
(iv) For the contents described in 5(b)(1)(vi):
15 kgs total.
(v) For the contents described in ;(b)(1)(vii):
3 grams total.
(vi) For the contents described in 5(b)(1)(viii):
900 grams fissile.
(c) Fissile Class II and III (1)' Minimum transport index to be shown on label for Class II.
(i) For contents described in 5(b)(1)(ii) and limited in 5(b)(2)(i):
0.4
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(c) Fissile Class (continued)
'(ii) For contents described in 5(b)(1)(iii) and limited in 5(b)(2)(i):
7.0 (iii) For contents described in 5(b)(1)(v) and limited in 5(b)(2)(iii):
1.3 (iv) For contents described in 5(b)(1)(vi) and limited in 5(b)(2)(iv):
0.2 (v) For contents described in 5(b)(1)(vii) and limited in 5(b)(2)(v):
0.6 (vi) For contents described in 5(b)(1)(viii) and limited in 5(b)(2)(vi):
Maximum grams fissile Transport per container Index 150 0.1 500 1.3 900 7.0 (2) Maximum number of packages per shipment for Class III Contents described in 5(b)(1)(iv) and limited in 5(b)(2)(ii):
One (1) 6.
For mixtures of isotopes specified in 5(b)(1)(viii) and 5(b)(1)(v) and limited in 5(b)(2)(vi), 5(c)(1)(vi), 5(b)(2)(iii) and 5(c)(1)(iii) the sum of the ratios of the content masses to their respective approved mass limits shall not exceed unity.
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For the contents specified in 5(b)(1)(iii) and 5(b)(1)(ii) and limited in 5(b)(2)(i) and 5(c)(1)(ii) nitrides and carbide 3 may be shipped under the same limits as oxides.
The fuel pins shall be positioned in a stainless steel pin holder providing a close packed 5.7-inch diameter array, and:
(a) For pin holders containing between 58 and 120 pins in stainless steel tubes the minimum tube wall thickness shall be 0.035 inches; (b) For pin holders containing between 35 and 57 pins in stainless steel tubes, the minimum tube wall thickness shall be 0.050 inches.
8.
The packaging shall be equipped with a FIKE Assembly Number 1/2SP10A rupture unit having a muffled outlet,- 304 SS body, and nickel rupture disc to burst at less than 300 psi.
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The package authorized by this certificate is hereby approved for use under the general license provisions of 10 CFR 971.12(b).
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Expiration date:
July 31, 1985.
REFERENCE Battelle Pacific Northwest Laboratories' application dated June 2,1970, and ledgible copies of all drawings specified in 5(a)(3).
FOR THE U.S. NUC'. EAR REGULATORY COMMISSION Charles E. MacDonald, Chief Transportation Certification Branch Division of Fuel Cycle and Material Safety JUL 1 n 1980 Date:
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