ML20042B986
| ML20042B986 | |
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| Site: | 07105492 |
| Issue date: | 03/17/1982 |
| From: | Macdonald C NRC OFFICE OF NUCLEAR MATERIAL SAFETY & SAFEGUARDS (NMSS) |
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| NUDOCS 8203290092 | |
| Download: ML20042B986 (4) | |
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Fo-m NFCC18 U.S. NUCLE AR REGULATORY COMMISSION u2s CERTIFICATE CF COMPLIANCE
<.,g gp. 31 g 7, F2r Radioactive Materials Packages 1.L) Certibcate Number 1.(b) Revision No.
1.(c) Package Identification No.
1.(d) Pages No. 1.(e) Totaf No. Pages 5492 2
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- 2. P,'E AMBLE 2.tal This certificate is issued to satisfy Sections 173.393a.173.394,173.395, and 173.396 of the Department of Transportation Hazardous Materials Regulations (49 CFR 170-1S3 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.
2.(b)
The packaging and contents described in item 5 below, meets the safety standards set forth in Subpart C of Tit e 10. Code of l
Federal Regulations, Part 71, ** Packaging of Radsosctive Materials for Transport and Transportation of Radioactive Material Under Certain Conditions."
2.fcl 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.
- 3. This certificate is issued on the basis of a safety analysis report of the package design or application-3.(a)
Prepared by (Name and address):
3.(b)
Title and iden'ification of report or application:
Nuclear Fuel Services, Inc.
Nuclear Fuel Services, Inc. application dated P.O. Box 218 November ll, 1966, as supplemented.
Erwin, TN 37650 3.fc)
Docket No.
- 4. CONDITIONS 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 Packaging and Authorized Contents, Model Number, Fissile Class. Other Conditions, and
References:
(a)
Packaging (1) Model No.:
RMG-181-I (2) Description The containment vessel is a 5-inch Schedule 40 steel pipe with ASA standard threaded pipe cap closure and contains sealed polyethlene bottles and/or sealed metal cans.
The containment vessel is supported in a DOT Specification 17H steel drum by two supports, either 1" x 1" x 1/4" angle iron framework as shown in Drawing No. RMG-181, or two sets of 1 1/2" x 1 1/2" x 1/4" steel angles spaced 60* apart and t
welded to the containment vessel and a 2" x 1/2" steel bearing band.
Vermiculite is used to fill the entire void between the containment vessel and outer container; 1/8" asbestos sheet is placed between both ends of the containment vessel and outer container; three inches of venniculite are located in bottom and top of containment vessel.
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(b) Contents (1) Type and fonn of material (i) Uranium or any uranium compound or solution, any U-235 enrichment.
(ii) U-235 as metal or oxide, or as compounds or alloys having a maximum H/U-235 ratio of 3 considering eli sources of hydrogen within the inner container.
(iii) Plutonium meta'1, oxide, alloys or compounds which are not soluble in water. Plutonium solutions are not authorized.
(2) Maximum quantity of material per package (1) Forthecontentsdescribedin5(b)(1)(1):
Ten kilograms U-235 contained in a maximum of 100 pounds of material.
.(ii) For the contents described in 5(b)(1)(ii):
Fourteen kilograms U-235 contained in a maximum of 100 pounds of material.
(iii) For the contents described in 5(b)(1)(iii):
Maximum 100 pounds of material with the fissile content detemined in accordance with the following table:
Degree of moderation (H/Pu-239)
Pu-239" More than Not more than (Maximum) 10.0 2.5 kilograms 10.0 20.0 2.4 kilograms 0.250 kilograms 29.0 contained in a vol-ume not exceeding 2.4 liters.
- Plutonium in excess of twenty (?O) curies per package must be in the fom of metal or metal alloy.
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(c)
Fissile Class II and III (1) Minimum transport index to be shown on label for Class II (1) For the contents described in 5(b)(1)(ii) and limited in 5(b)(2)(ii):
1.3 (ii) For the contents described in 5(b)'(1)(iii) and limited in 5(b)(2)(iii):
1.8 (2) Maximum number of packages per shipment for Class III For the contents described in 5(b)(1)(1) and limited in 5(b)(2)(1):
Eighteen (18) 6.
A minimum 1-inch thick by 4-3/4-inch diameter wood block must be inserted at each end of the containment vessel so that the contents are between the wood blocks. The specified thickness of vermiculite required at each end of the containment vessel may be reduced by an amount equal to the thickness of each wood block.
7.
Plutonium metal and alloys must be contained within two leaktight polyethlene or sealed metal containers within the containment vessel.
8.
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:
September 30, 1982.
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Supplements dated:
June 30 and November 24, 1967; and May 3, 1973 (TWX).
FOR THE U.S. NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION G
~.m L Lg Charles E. MacDonald, Chief Transportation Certification Branch Division of Fuel Cycle and Material Safety MAR 171982 Date:
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