ML19344A716
| ML19344A716 | |
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| Site: | 07000364, 07106400 |
| Issue date: | 09/17/1971 |
| From: | Reitler E BABCOCK & WILCOX CO. |
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' September 17, 1971 United States Atomic Energy Commission 4915 St. Elmo Place
. Bethesda, Maryland 20014 Attention:
Mr. Donald A. tiussbaumer, Chief Fuel Fabrication and Transportation Branch
Subject:
-D0T SP 6400 Loading of " Super Tiger" with Waste Drums
References:
(1)RFP-1411, ATMX-600 Railcars for Radioactive Waste Shipments C.,'
(2) Mechanics Research, Inc. Report No. C2378, " Engineering Evaluation of the Super Tiger Overpack Designed for. the Shipment of Large Quantities of Hazardous Materials."
Dear Mr. flussbaumer:
l He w.si h approval to deliver to a carrier, as a Fissile Class I shipment, a-" Super Tiger", DOT SP 6400, which is loaded according to the following j
specifications:
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Forty-two 17C or 17H fifty-five gallon containers.
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Each container is limited to a maximum of 200g fissile fuel
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and a maximum of 200 pounds of graphite.
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The material is process wastes which are (1) sludges which have
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iii. The maximum thermal decay energy is two watts per drum.
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Crates 19A,19B or equivalent or those meeting Spec. 7A general 2
packaging.
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The contents :of each crate are similar to the'line generated
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wastes described above but the size prevents putting the items H
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This includes equipment, hoods, glove boxes,- pipe,.
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Each cgate is limited to a fissile fuel content less than 5 /ft 9
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.The drums. and crates are lined with sheet plastic having a minimum thickness of 5 mils.
- 4. : Drums and crates are packaged in the Super Tiger in accordance with MRI report C2378.
The bases for allowing us to use this loading are the following:
The contents of the inside of the Super Tiger are unaffected by all accident conditions as shown in report C2378, " Engineering Evaluaticr of the Super Tiger Overpack Designed for the Shipment of Large
- Quantities of Hazardous Materials."
(This report was submitted i.
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February 4,1971, with docket 70-337 as Appendix Q.)
Each-drum and crate that will be loaded into the Super Tiger has the same criticality limits as those approved for the ATMX-600 railcar which is a D0T.SP 5948.
- The usabic volume of the Super Tiger is smaller than the usable volume of the railcar.
Consequently, the Super Tiger, when loaded, is less: reactive than the'railcar.
This means the criticality analys :
which was done for the ATMX. railcar (RFP-1411) is applicable to the c
Super Tiger and the Super Tiger can be shipped as a -Fissile Class I g
shipment.
The transport index will be determined by external radiati:.
levels.
4 Very truly yours, 0.'wr..
C Edward K. Reitler, Jr., Manager s.
Health, Safety, and Licensing
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