ML20024E776

Certificate of Compliance 5754,Rev 3,for Model RMG-172

ML20024E776
Person / Time
Site:	07105754
Issue date:	09/06/1983
From:	Macdonald C NRC OFFICE OF NUCLEAR MATERIAL SAFETY & SAFEGUARDS (NMSS)
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NUDOCS 8309070043
Download: ML20024E776 (2)

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a. Tnis certificat. is issued to certify tnat tn. packagmg and contenta desenb.d init.rn 5 belo.. meets tn. applicab.. safety atandards set fnrtn in Title 10. Code of

!g j l Federal R.gulations, Part 71, *'Packagmg of Radioactiv. Matenals for Transport and Transportation of Radioactiv. Matenal Under C.rta n Conditions?

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3 TsiS CERTiriCATE iS ISSUED ON THE BASIS OF A SAFETY ANALYSIS REPCRT OF THE PACKAGE DESIGN OR APPLICATION

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The containment vessel.is a 6-inch ID by 4-1/4-inch long Schedule 40 lj steel pipe with a flanged and gasketed top closure. The containment g

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(3) Drawing lI The container is constructed in accordance with Nuclear Fuel Services, j

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(1) Type and form of' material.

1 Uranium metal or compounds which will withstand a temperature of 800 C

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within two, 750 cc sealed metal cans.

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(2) Maximum quantity of material per package l

Ten (10) kilograms U-235, provided the total weight of the contents ll does not exceed twenty (20) kilograms.

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Expiration date: September 30, 1984.

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of Certificate (s) of Compliance for Radioactive Material Packages l

Gentlemen:

On August 5,1983, the U.S. fluclear Regulatory Commission published a I

final rule in the Federal Register _ for the packaging and transportation of radioactive material (1D CFR Part 71). Corrections to the final rule were published in the Federal Register on August 24, 1983. The revised i

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regulations will be effective on September 6,1983.

Enclosed are Certificate (s) of Compliance for Radioactive Material i

Packages for which you are currently a registered user under the general license provisions of 10 CFR 71.12 or 49 CFR 173.471. The certificate (s), ~

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have been revised to reflect changes made in 10 CFR Part 77. On September S.1983 i

or earlier if indicated by the date on the certificate, these Certificate (s) -

of Compliance supersede your current certificate (s) in their entirety.

Please note the conditions included in the certificate (s). Also note I

that Section 71.13 of 10 CFR Part 71 contains specific provisions for use and modification of previously approved Type B packages that have not been designated as either Type B(U) or B(M) in the NRC Certificate l

of Compliance.

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If you desire to register for use of other package designs, yo'u may do i

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so pursuant to 10 CFR 71.12 or 49 CFR 173.471. Likewise, if you no longer desire to be a registered user of one or more package designs,

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please let me know.

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Enclosure (s): As stated cc w/encls:

Mr. Richard R. Rawl 1

Department of Transportation

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