ML20002D197

Responds to 800825 Application to Amend Model T-3 Shipping Cask Approval.Licensee Should Demonstrate That Each of Seven Fissile Contents Will Remain Subcritical within 8-inch Diameter Capacity or That Seven Contents Remain Intact

ML20002D197
Person / Time
Site:	07109132
Issue date:	12/19/1980
From:	Macdonald C NRC OFFICE OF NUCLEAR MATERIAL SAFETY & SAFEGUARDS (NMSS)
To:	Simchuk J NUCLEAR PACKAGING, INC.
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NUDOCS 8101200002
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DEC 191980 FCTC: RHO 71-9132 Nuclear Packaging, Inc.

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ATTN: Mr. John D. Simchuk 815 So. 28th Street

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' r-Tacoma, WA 98409 Centlemen:

This refers to your application dated August 25, 1980 requesting an amendment to the Model No. T-3 shipping cask approval.

Either demonstrate that each of the seven fissile contents (single package only) will remain subcritical within the ei.ght-inch diameter cavity or that the seven contents remain intact, under accident conditions.

Please advise us within thi ty (30) days from the date of this letter when this inf.ormation will be provided. The additional information requested by this letter should be submitted in the form of revised pages.

If you have any questions regarding this matter, we would be pleased to meet with you and your staff.

Sincerely, I

a Charles

. MacDonald, Chief Transportation Certification Branch Division of Fuel Cycle and Material Safety cc:

Department of Energy ATTN: Mr. James M. Peterson P. O. Box 550 Richland, WA 99352

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