ML20058C819

Application for Amend to Certificate of Compliance 6678 for LP-50 Shipping Container,Allowing one-time Shipment of Ten Containers to Take Place No Later than 901130

ML20058C819
Person / Time
Site:	07106678
Issue date:	10/30/1990
From:	Read J ENERGY, DEPT. OF
To:	Macdonald C NRC OFFICE OF NUCLEAR MATERIAL SAFETY & SAFEGUARDS (NMSS)
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Mr. Charles MacDonald Chief, Transportation Branch 1

L Division of Safeguards and Transportation, NMSS U.S.. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Washington, DC 20555

Dear Mr.-MacDonald:

L The U.S.-Department of' Energy hereby requests an amendment to NRC Certificate.of Compliance USA /6678/B( ) for the LP-50 shipping container.

The proposed amendment allows a one-time. shipment of 10 containers to take 9 ace not later.than November 30, 1990.- At 3

the time of the proposed shipment, the. containers will have been

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loaded for:15?to 18 months; this is longer-than the 12-month pre-shipmentr11mit~specified:in the Safety Analysis' Report.for

> Packaging. ;However,' the calculated-internal pressures of the l'

containers at the. time-of the proposed shipment.willtbe less than L

60%;of the maximumLpermitted initial' loading pressure.

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(The. DOE Division of Quality Verification and Transportation

. Safety;has1 reviewed the proposed amendment.for compliance with o

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regulatoryJrequirements; the results are1 summarized in the (enclosed Safety: Evaluation Report.

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proposed amendment: meets.the-requirements of 10 CFR !71.-

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. Prompt l attention to-this, matter would'be: appreciated'in order for

' DOE to: meet,its programmatic requirements.

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Sincerely,-

Ots[t(h Jacques Read

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