ML20027C078
| ML20027C078 | |
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| Site: | 07105908 |
| Issue date: | 09/13/1982 |
| From: | Macdonald C NRC OFFICE OF NUCLEAR MATERIAL SAFETY & SAFEGUARDS (NMSS) |
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| ML20027C076 | List: |
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| NUDOCS 8210120384 | |
| Download: ML20027C078 (4) | |
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Form NRC718 U.S. NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISStoN
_,,U 7 8 CERTIFICATE OF COMPLIANCE CFR 71 For Radioactive Materials Packages 1.h) Certificate Number 1.(b) Revision No.
1.(c) Package identification No.
1 (d) Pages No. 1.(e) Total No. Pages 5908 9
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- 2. PREAMBLE 2.(a)
This certificate is issued to satisfy Sections 173.393a,173.394,173.395, and 173.396 of the Departrnent of Transportation Ha;:ardous Materials Regulations (49 CFR 170189 and 14 CFR 103) and Sections 146-19-10a and 146-19-100 of the Department of Transportation Dangerous Cargoes Regulations (46 CFR 146-149), as amended.
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The packaging and contents described in item 5 below, meets the safety standards set forth in Subpart C of Title 10, Code of Federal Regulations, Part 71," Packaging of Radioactive Materials for Traraport and Transportation of Radioactive Material Under Certain Conditions."
2.(c)
This certificate does not relieve the consignor from compliance with any requirement of the regulations of the U.S. Department of Transportation or other applicable regulatory agencies, including the government of any country through or into which the package will be transported.
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- 3. This certificate is issued on the basis of a safety analysis report of the packs (;s design or application-3.(a)
Prepered by (Name and address):
3.(b)
Title and identification of report or application:
The Babcock & Wilcox Company Nuclear Materials and Equipment Corporation 609 N.. Warren Avenue application dated May 3,1974, as supplemented.
Apollo, PA 15613 3.(c)
Docket No.
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- 4. CONDillONS This certificate is conditional upon the fulfilling of the requirements of Subpart D of 10 CFR 71, as applicable, and the conditions specified in item 5 below,
- 5. Description of Packagirig and Authorized Contents, Model Number, Fissile Class, Other Conditions, and
References:
(a)
Packaging (1) 11odel No.:
DOT-6il Type B (2) Description lieta' packaging as described and constructed in accordance with DDT Specification 6ft (49 CFR 6178.104).
(b) Contents (1) Type and fonn of material (1) _ Solid radioactive materials which will not decompose at temperatures up to 250 F.
Carbide compounds are not authorized; or (ii) U0 r UO mixtures in the form of powder or compact pellets; or 2
2 (iii) Plutonium nitrate or uranyl nitrate solution in flame sealed glass ampoules or screw top plastic vials, each within one or more additional plastic vials with taped lids, and within a sealed product can or polyethylene bottle containing a sufficient
-amount of venniculite to absorb twice the liquid contents present; Or t
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(iv)
Plutonium sources in excess of twenty (20) curies per package must be at least double encapsulated in a metal capsule such that the sources meet special fonn criteria defined in 10 CFR 971.4(o).
Inner and outer capsules are individually leak tested during fabrication per ' ANSI N542-1977, procedure A2.2.3 (He pressure bubble test), or equivalent.
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(2) Maximum quantity of material per package and fissile classg
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(1) For the material described in 5.(b)(1)(1), the maximum" fissile material and maximum hydrogen per package for Fissile Class I is ',
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Q flaximum fissile material Hydrogen' Material N - __
Fi ssile per package, per package, Material kilograms grams U-235 1.6 20 Pu 0.9*
11 U-233 0.5 6.4
- Because of the 10 watt thermal decay heat limitation, the limit for Pu-238 is 0.02 kilograms.
Plutonium in excess if twenty (20) curies per package must be in the fonn of metal, metal alloy or reactor fuel elements.
(ii) For the material described in 5.(b)(1)(i) the maximum U-235 loading for uranium bearing materials with an H/X < 3 and the minimum transport index to be assigned to each pacliage for Fissile Class II is as follows:
Maximum liinimum Kg; U-235 Transport Index
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4.2 0.1 5.4 0.2 7.3 0.5 9.1 1.0 (iii) For the material described in 5.(b)(1)(ii) the maximum quantity of U-233 is 500 grams at an H/V ratio not to exceed 20 contained within a package size of at least 55 gallons.
Each shipment shall be limited as follows:
The minimum transport index for Fissile Class II is 2.5 The maximum number of packages for Fissile Class-III is 51.
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(b) Contents (continued) l (iv) For the material. described in 5.(b)(1)(iii) the maximum quantity of material is not to exceed 20 Ci radioactivity and 40 ml of solution. Fissile material shall not exceed 10 grams.
(v) For the material described in 5.(b)(1)(iv) the maximum quantity of plutonium is _100 C1.
16.' (Two steel through bolts may be ins'talled between the lid and bottom of the steel A
drums.
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Venting may be provided by a 1-inch diameter hole in the drum lid backed by a
- minimum 1/2-inch thick Cerafelt refractory pad.
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Maximum decay heat per package shall not exceed ten (10) watts.
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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: February 28, 1986.
REFERENCES Nuclear Materials and Equipment Corporation application dated May 3,1974.
Westinghouse Electric Corporation supplement (WAPD-RS(CC)-620) dated May 8,1973.
DOE, NR supplements dated: March 28,1979; and July 19, 1982.
l Allied Chemical Corporation, Report No. ICP-1061, December 1974.
Monsanh Research Corporation application dated January 10, 1980.
FOR THE U.S. NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION Charles
. IacDonIld, Chief Transportation Certification Branch Division of Fuel Cycle and Material Safety 2
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r U.S. Nuclear Reguhtory Commission Transportation Certification Branch A) proval Record Model No.
30T-6ft Type B Packaging Docket No. 71-5908 i
By application dated July 19, 1982, the Department of Energy, Division of Naval Reactors (NR) requested an assignment of Fissile Class II
. Transpor't Index (TI) to the shipment of a maximum of 500 grams of U-233
'(H/X atomic ratio <20) in 55-gallon drums or larger in the Model No.
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sys pg currently, the packaging-had already been approved as a Fissile Class III gy o
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) Fissile Class III approval, a minimum TI of 2.5 was conservative assuming M
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. conditions of transport are controlling and the TI of 2.5 is conservative.
Approval.is recommended.
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