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Responds to 921026 Request for Approval of Route for Transporting Spent Fuel from Nuclear Reactor Lab, Massachusetts Inst of Technology,Cambridge,Ma to DOE Savannah River Plant,Aiken,Sc
ML20127D589
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Site: MIT Nuclear Research Reactor
Issue date: 01/08/1993
From: Macdonald C
NRC OFFICE OF NUCLEAR MATERIAL SAFETY & SAFEGUARDS (NMSS)
To: Newton T
MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, CAMBRIDGE
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NUDOCS 9301150291
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Thomas H. Newton Jr., PE Asst.. Supt., MIT,Res. Reactor 138 Albany Street Cambridge, MA 02139-4296

Dear Mr. Newton:

ThisisinregardtoyourrequestofOctober26,fromlheNuclearReactoras supplemented, for 1992 ap)roval of a route for transporting spent fuel Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts La) oratory, Savannah River Plant, Aiken, South Carolina.

to the DOE The route, as revised and set forth in Enclosure 1, is judged to meet the regulatory requirements for shipment of spent reactor fuel in 10 CFR 73.37.

Enclosures 2 and 3 constitute approval for this route.

This approval does not relieve the licensee from compliance with.any requirements of the U.S.

1 Department of Transportation or other applicable regulatory agencies.

In the event your carrier is required to deviate from the approved route, please call the contact listed on page two of this letter as soon as possible providing the details.

Please note that armed escort is required in Hartford, Pennsylvania; Salem, Virginia; Charlotte,be deemed to North Harrisburg, South Carolina.

Connecticut;d Columbia,f This route approval will Carolinalredtwoyears rom the date of this letter, unless renewed..

an have exp Arrangements with law enforcement agencies along the route as required by 10 CFR 73.37(a)(2) have been completed by the NRC staff.

Data relating to these arrangements are included in Enclosure 3.

This information is to be incorporated into your shipment plans and-provided to your carrier along with instructions regarding its use.

Please note that assuring highway safety is the responsibility of the licensee and carrier, and our approval is not intended to provide relief in this regard.

During seasonal periods when inclement weather can occur with short notice { ions the appropriate state police should be contacted with regard to road condi before a shipment commences.

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Mr. lhomas H. Newton, Jr. JAN 8 1993 Please note that the notification requirements of 10 CFR 73.37(f) and 73.72 apply for each shipment. When making notification to this office, please confirm that armed escort will be provided as required and the governor or his designee will or has been notified.

Notification to a governor or his designee should be very specific especially with regard to series shipments.

Designate exactly how many individual shipments are to be included.

In the event-the number of shipments in a series is revised, indicate that it is a revision of the original notification and an increase or decrease in the number of shipments, in addition, the change notification should specify that the information for any of the shipments in the revised series may not be decon-trolled until ten da ment in that series.ys after the arrival at the destination of the last ship-Should you require additional information or have questions concerning this matter, please contact John R. Cook of my staff at (301) 504-2458.

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166 ROAD TRANSPORTATION ROUTE MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, CAMBRIDGE, MA TO 00E SAVANNAH RIVER PLANT, AIKEN, SC MASSACHUSETTS 1.

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Mass. Ave. to 1-90*

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I-90 west to I-84 54.0 miles L

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1-84 to Connecticut state line 7.0 miles Subtotal 62.1 miles CONNECTICUT 5.

1-84 west New York state line Subtotal 99.0 miles NEW YORK 6.

1-84 west to Pennsylvania state line Subtotal 71.0 miles PENNSYLVANIA 7.

1-84 west to 1-380 51.0 miles 8.

1-380 south to 1-80 24.0 miles e

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1-80 west to 1-81 36.0 miles 10.1-81 south to Maryland state line 144.0 miles Subtotal 255.0 miles MARYLAND

11. 1-81 south to West Virginia state line Subtotal 12.0 miles WEST VIRGINIA
12. 1-81 south to Virginia state line Subtotal 25.0 miles-
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L 166 BOAD TRANSPORTATION ROUTE (Cont'd)

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13. I-81 southwest to 1-77 256.0 miles I
14. I-77 South to the North Carolina state line 32.0 miles Subtotal 288.0 miles NORTH CAROLINA
15. I-77 south to South Carolina state line Subtotal 106.0 miles SOUTH CAROLINA I
16. 1-77 south to I-20 73.0 miles
17. 1-20 west to 50-19 54.0 miles
18. 50-19 south to the Savannah River Plant
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Subtotal 147.0 miles Total 1065.1 miles a:

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