ML20115H143

Submits Advance Notification of Shipment of Listed Amounts of Sf from Rolla,Mo to Aiken,Sc

ML20115H143
Person / Time
Site:	University of Missouri-Rolla
Issue date:	05/20/1996
From:	Khouaja H MISSOURI, UNIV. OF, ROLLA, MO
To:	Bennington G NRC OFFICE OF NUCLEAR MATERIAL SAFETY & SAFEGUARDS (NMSS)
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NUDOCS 9607220238
Download: ML20115H143 (3)

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0 50 - 00/R 3 0 / Ol os!y University of Missouri-Rolla c2 2 /8I D Nuclear Reactor Facilly R'77 l

May 20,1996

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L ala5'1 l Ms. Gloria Bennington l Spent Fuel Project Office OWFN-6F-18 U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Washington, D.C. 20555

SUBJECT:

Advance Notification ofIrradiated Peactor Fuel Shipments from the University of Missouri-Rolla Research Reactor to DOE Savannah River Site.

Enclosed, please find advance notification of shipment for the University of Missouri-Rolla (UMR)

Reactor irradiated reactor fuel (spent fuel) pursuant to the requirements of 10CFR73.72. Also, enclosed is the detailed routing schedule. The enclosed information shall be treated as SAFEGUARDS INFORMATION anc' .o person shall have access to the safeguards information unless the person has an established "need to know" basis.

The UMR reactor irradiated fuel will be transported in three (3) separate shipments. The fuel to be shipped falls into the moderate strategically significant class of special nuclear material. The  !

quantities to be shipped are NOT Highway Route Controlled and are exempt from the requirement of physical protection ofirradiated reactor fuel in transit (10CFR73.37).

The following information is supplied to comply with 10CFR71.97(d)(1)-(6) i Shipper: University of Missouri-Rolla ,

Nuclear Reactor Facility j 1870 Miner Circle qgjQN t-Rolla, MO 65409-0630 attn: David Freeman, Reactor Manager l

i Phone:(573) 341-4236 9607220238 960520 .

PDR ADOCK 05000123 I P PDR 'g l 1870 Miner Circle . Rolla, MO 65409-0630. Telephone (573) 3414236 FAX: (573) 341-4237 {/

'BPON REMOVAL OF ATTACHMENT Ttill , , , DOCUMENT

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. s Carrier: Tri-State Motor Transit Co Lockheed Idaho Technologies Company P. O. Box 1625 l

Idaho Falls,ID 83415 Mail Stop 0204 i-attn: Lonney L. Nate Phone: (208) 526-6524 Receiver: Department of Energy Westinghouse Savannah River Company Savannah River Site 731-1G Receiving Aiken, SC 29802 Attn: Matthew J. Beckum l Building 244-H Phone:(803) 557-8773 49CFR172.202(a)tl )-(4); RQ, Radioactive Material, fissile, n.o.s Hazard Class 7 UN2918 49CFR172.203(c) RQ (Reportable Quantity)

First shipment: 1,750 grams of U-235  ;

Second shipment: 1,547 grams of U-235 L Third shipment: 1,020 grams of U-235  !

i 49CFR172.203(d)(1) l l (i) 173.435, radionuclides Mixed Fission Products: Cs-137, Cs-134, Y-

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91, Sr-90, Ce-144, Ba-140, Pm-147, Kr-85, i Pr-143.

(ii) Physical and Chemical form MTR (Material Testing Reactor) fuel elements. Fuel is 90% enriched U-235, in ,

aluminum matrix (U3 0,-Al) with solid I metallic aluminum cladding.

l (iii) Activity (curies) First ,hipment: 3,029 (Ci) l Second shipment: 2,778 (Ci)

Third Shipment: 1,485 (Ci)

, 49CFR173.403(1)(3) Less than 27,000 Ci, and radionuclides are less than 3,000 times the A2 value as specified in 173.435. Therefore,NOT Highway Route

. Controlled Quantity.

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(iv) Label category Radioactive YellowIIm

'(v) Transport Index Expected to be less than 0.1 mrem /hr. Based on the maximum measurement at 1 meter (3.3 3 feet) from any extemal surface of the package.  ?

(vii) Package Identification Number USA /5957/B()F (Model No. BMI-1) l t

Mode ofTransport Highway truck, exclusive use. No Transfer - .

points. Route enclosed as Safeguards  !

Information  ;

i Sincerely, M JOl (.

Hatem Khouaja, SRO 1 Senior Research Aide j l

HK/lp l Copy to: David W. Freeman, Reactor Manager

Enclosure:

SAFEGUARDS INFORMATION l

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l 2 Based on predicted radiation level at the surface of the package.

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