ML19341D750

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Certificate of Compliance 5939,Revision 7,for Model GE-1500
ML19341D750
Person / Time
Site: 07105939
Issue date: 03/27/1981
From: Macdonald C
NRC OFFICE OF NUCLEAR MATERIAL SAFETY & SAFEGUARDS (NMSS)
To:
Shared Package
ML19341D749 List:
References
NUDOCS 8104080714
Download: ML19341D750 (3)


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O Form NAC 618 U.S. NUCLE AR AEGULAToRY COMVISSloN

[c[q h, CERTIFICATE OF COMPLI ANCE 2 3 For Aadioactsve Materiais Packages IJsl Certificate Numoer 1.!b) Revision W.

1.tc) Pacmage Icentefication No.

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2. P n E A?.'B L E 2.f a t This certificate is issued to satisfy Sections 173293a.173294.173295. and 173036 of the Oeoart'nent of Transocetacean Mazarcous
  • laterials Pequiations 149 CFA 170139 and 14 CFR 100) ano Sections 146-t9-10a ano 146-19-t00 of :ne oeoarn eat of Transoortation congerous Cargoes Aequeations (46 CF R 146-1a91. is arnenced.

2Jbt ne saceaging and centents cescritec in item 5 estow. meets the saferv stancaras :et forth in Sueoart C of Titte to. Coce of 3Eaderat Requtations. Part 71, "Pscuaging of Racicactive Vateriass for Transoort and Transoortation of Radioactive ?.'ater'ai Under Certain Conoitions/'

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This certif cate aces not relieve the consignor from comohance wetn anv recuirement of the requiations of tne U.S. Oeoar' ment of Transoortation or ott'er aco+icasse regulatory agencies. inctucirig rne }overnment of any country througn or into.vnic-t **e sacuage will be transoor se.

3. This certificars is issuea on tne casrs of a safety anaavses recort of the racmage cesegn or aconcaten-3JJ6 Precaraa av tMme ano addressi:

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Title aru iaentification of recort or aconicaten.

General Electric Company General Electric Company application dated P.O. Box 460 February 21, 1980, as supplemented.

Pleasanton, CA 94566 3.tci coc=et No.71-5939 4 CONotTioNS This artificate is conditenal upon the fulfEeng of the requirements of Svocart o of 10 CF t 71, as apodicacio, and the concet.ons specified in item 5 eetow.

5. oescription or 7xhaging ano Avenonreo Cont +nts, voces Numcer,
  • issue Class. Ctner Conditent. and Peterences.

(a) Packaging

'(1) Model No.: GE-1500 (2) Description A steel encased lead shielded shioping cask. The cask is a double-walled steel circular cylinder, 31-inch-diameter by 48 inches high with a central cavity 7-inch-diameter by 25 inches high.

The diameter it reduced fro;n 31 inches to 17-l/2 inches by cone construction at the top 7-1/2 inches of the cask.

Approximately 11 inches of lead surround the central cavity.

The cask is equipped with a cavity drain line and lifting device.

Closure is accomplished by a gasketed and-bolted steel-lead-filled plug.

A pro-tective jacket ' consisting of an upright circular cylinder with open bottom and a protruding box section diametrically across the top and vertically down the' sides attaches to a square pallet.

Dimensions of the protective jacket'are 60-7/8 inches high by 49-3/4 inches wide across the box section.

The outer cylindrical diameter is 36-1/2 inches and the pallet is 59-1/2 inches square. The maximum weight of the packaging is approximately 15,000 pounds.

8104080m W

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(a) Packaging (continued)

(3) Drawings The packaging is constructed in accordance with the following General Electric Company Drawing Nos.:

706E441, Rev. 12 135C5598, Rev. 2 706E792, Rev.

5 163883S9, Rev. 2 10603858, Rev. 6 12904690, Rev. 0 10603870, Rev. 11 (b) Contents (1) Type and form of material (i) Byproduct material and special nuclear material meeting special form requirements of 10 CFR 571.4(o) and antimony pins encased in stain-less steel; or (ii) Byproduct material in the form of 90SrF2 or 137CsC1.

(2) Maximum quantity of material per package Not to exceed a decay heat generation of 3,120 watts and (i) ' Item 5(b)(1)(i) above:

' Plutonium in excess of twenty (20) curies per package must be in the form of metal, metal alloy or reactor fuel elements, and 500 grams U-235 equivalent mass.

(U-235 equivalent mass equals U-235 mass

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plus 1.66 times Pu mass.)

(ii) Item 5(b)(1)(ii) above:

458,000 Ci.

(c) Fissile _ Class III.

Maximum number of packages =per shipment 22 6.

For the contents described in Item 5(b)(1)(ii) ab'ove:

90SrF2 must be encapsulated in accordance with Vitro Drawing Nos. H-2-66759, Rev. 0; and H-2-66758, Rev.--0; or 137CsCl must be encapsulated in aCCordance with Vitro Drawing Nos. H-2-66760, Rev. 0; and H-2-66761, Rev. O.

The 90SrF and 137CsC1 capsules after' fabrication must be leak t'ested using a 2

method having sufficient sensitivity to detect a leak rate (air at standard

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temperature and pressure leaking to 10 2 atm) of 10 8 atm cc/sec.

Any capsule with a detectable leak may not be delivered to a carrier for transport.

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The package authorized by this certificate is hereby approved for use under the general license provisions of 10 CFR 571.12(b).

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Expiration date: April 30, 1982.

l REFERENCES General Electric Company application dated February 21, 1980.

.idditional References Recuired for Contents 5(b)(1)(ii):

Oak Ridge National Laboratory letter dated April 3, 1980.

Supplement dated:

May 7, 1980.

FOR THE U.S. NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

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

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