ML20033F426
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| Site: | 07105939 |
| Issue date: | 04/28/1989 |
| From: | Easton E NRC OFFICE OF NUCLEAR MATERIAL SAFETY & SAFEGUARDS (NMSS) |
| To: | NRC OFFICE OF NUCLEAR MATERIAL SAFETY & SAFEGUARDS (NMSS) |
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g; On April 18, 1989, the Transportation Branch met with Westinghouse Hanford ej Company (WHC), a Department of Energy (DOE) contractor to discuss shipment of 6.
cesium chloride capsules in a modified Mooel 1500 shipping cask. The Model 4
1500 shipping container is approved for the shipment of cesium chloride J.
capsules in special form under NRC Certifica,te No,' 5939. However, because DOE cannot verify that many of the existing capsules still cualify as special 9-form, WHC has proposed to ship the capsules in a specially designed sealed N'
container pl8ced within the Model 1500 shipping. cask. An application for the modified Model 1500 shipping cask is expected in July 1989. WHC was informed e.f that the fabrication-of new Model 1500 shipping casks is not authorized after J-August 31, 1986, because the Model 1500 is.a Type B() package.
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