ML19330A410
| ML19330A410 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | 07100170 |
| Issue date: | 07/08/1980 |
| From: | Cunningham G GENERAL ELECTRIC CO. |
| To: | Mcdonald C NRC OFFICE OF NUCLEAR MATERIAL SAFETY & SAFEGUARDS (NMSS) |
| References | |
| 16826, NUDOCS 8007280058 | |
| Download: ML19330A410 (1) | |
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>S NUCLEAR ENERGY G EN ER AL ig ELECTRIC ENGINEERING GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY, P.O. BCX 460. PLEAsANTCN, CAltFORNIA 94566 DIVISION July 8, 1980 Charles E. MacDonald, Chief Transportation Certification Branch Division of Fuel Cycle and Material Safety U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Comission Washington, D.C. 20555 Ref:
(1) Quality Assurance Program for Shipping Packages of Radioactive Material, QAP-1. Rev. 1, March, 1980.
(2) Quality Assurance Program Approval No. 0170 Rev. O, 4/30/80.
Dear Mr. MacDonald:
On April 30, 1980, your office issued Qu&lity Assurance Program Approval No. 0170, Rev. 0 (Ref. 1), which approved the Vallecitos Nuclear Center (VNC) quality assurance program QAP-1, Rev. 1 (Ref. 2). The approval requires VNC to follow the provisions of QAP-1 beginning August 1,1980.
Unfortunately, due to the current shutdown status of the General Electric Test i
i Reactor (GETR) and the corresponding reduction in site activities, VNC has experienced a significant reduction in engineering and operating personnel, i
This has, in turn, made it impossible to generate the procedures necessary for the implementation of the new program by the August I date.
Accordingly, VNC requests that the implementation date of Approval No. 0170 be extended to October 1,1980, and that VNC be permitted to operate under its current cuality assurance program until that date.
Please note that our problem is one of procedure generation rather than implementation of the oro-cedures once they are established.
In addition, VNC will make no modifications to existing containers or fabri-cate any new containers for which QAP-1 is applicable after August 1,1980, until applicable portions of the approved QAP-1 are fully implemented.
If you or your staff have any questions concerning this request, please con-tact my office. Thank you.
Sincerely,
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, sw G. E. Cunningham Sr. Licensing Engineer GEC:s1 69 6007280 y
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