ML19338G241

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Responds to Re Model B-3 Shipping Package. Previous Package Approval Permitted Equivalent to DOT Spec 17H Steel Drums Which Received Variety of Interpretations & Disagreements.Equivalent Was Deleted to Eliminate Problems
ML19338G241
Person / Time
Site: 07106058
Issue date: 10/14/1980
From: Macdonald C
NRC OFFICE OF NUCLEAR MATERIAL SAFETY & SAFEGUARDS (NMSS)
To: Baer T
U.S. ECOLOGY, INC. (FORMERLY NUCLEAR ENGINEERING
References
NUDOCS 8010280671
Download: ML19338G241 (1)


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ATTN: Mr. T. S. Baer P.O.. Box 7246 Louisville, KY 40207 Gentlemen:

This is in regard to your letter dated May 30, 1980, cpncerning the Model No. B-3 shipping package.

The previous package ' approval had permitted packages equivalent to DOT Specification 17H steel drums. This " equivalent" criterion was open to a variety of interpretations and disagreements between licensees and NRC.

At the time the package was renewed, the " equivalent" was deleted to eliminate these problem areas. This change does not preclude a licensee

- from requesting an inner container differing from the DOT Specification 17H.- The adequacy of any proposed inner container should be addressed in accordance with the requirements of 10 CFR Part 71.

With regard to replacing the 0-ring at least every 12 months, this is a judgement decision which does not appear to be unreasonable.

Sincerely, Charles E. MacDonald, Chief Transportetion Certification Branch Division of Fuel Cycle and Material Safety 4

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