ML20127N959
| ML20127N959 | |
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| Site: | 07109166 |
| Issue date: | 01/27/1993 |
| From: | Macdonald C NRC OFFICE OF NUCLEAR MATERIAL SAFETY & SAFEGUARDS (NMSS) |
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| NUDOCS 9302010134 | |
| Download: ML20127N959 (3) | |
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-- CERTIFICATE OF CreMPLIANCE '
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oc This certificate is issued to certify that the packsging and contents described in item 5 below.rneets the appiecebte safety standards set fortn in Tit e 10, code I of rederei negutahons part 71.*peckaging and Transportation et nadioactive untertst - I I
- b. This certificate does not reheve the consignor from comphance with any requiremer)t of the reguistions of the U S Department of Transportauon or other .
apphcable reguiator, agordies, includeng the government of any country through or into which the package will be transported, I I
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I 6 CAT THE BASIS OF A SAFETY ANALYSl$ RE T OF THE G DES 0 0 PPLICA l
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Amersham Corporation Technical Operations, Inc. application dated l 40 North Avenue July 15, 1982, as supplemented. y Burlington, MA 01803 , , n r. g
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l , This certthcate is conditional upon fulf6 lung the requirements of 10 CFR part 71, -
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l The Model No. 864l shipping coittainerls" designed for use:as a source- changer, I
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I il storage container,:and Type B shipping container for radiographic sources in i I
I special form. The Model No.?864 source changer .is>6.0! inches in diameter and -
9.56 inches high. The package incorporates two handles which protrude from l l the side of the package (8.3) ? inches at its widest point), Three radioactive i i y source assemblies are housed in brass source tubes. ':The source tubes are ;
i surrounded by uranium metal , shielding -(43 lbs) . The' uranium shield assembly-I I is encased in a carbon steel housing with void space' filled with a castable i I rigid polyurethane-foam. A deck plate above the\ shield contains three source 1 latching usemblies and a shipping cover protegting the latching assemblies- l l during shipment. The gross weight of the: container is 67 pounds _,. y
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- I I (3) Drawing I I I The packaging is constructed in accordance with Technical Operations. __ l l Inc. Drawing No. 86490, Sheets No. 1, through 6, Rev. 1; and 86491, Sheet i l l
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Iridium 192 as sealed sources that meet the requirements of special form u i radioactive material. I I n
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l 1 l l 360 curies y i l i I I I I I I O O 66 C. PDR '
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( - 6. The source attached to the source assembly must.be secured in the shielded' position" I of the packaging by the source latching assembly with the-latch bars in the engaged- I position. The safety pins shall be operational and the shipping cover shall be-in: [,l place and secured.- r 1
i d 7. The two (2),1/4-inch diameter vent holes in the sides of-the package shall'be^ l
( covered with tape or rubber (plastic) plugs to preclude the entry of rain water I into the packaging.
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N; L The name plate shall be fabricated of material capable of resisting the fire test f' f 8.
g of 10 CFR Part 71 and maintaining its legibility, t-q, I 1 9. In addition to the requirements of Subpart G.of 10 CFR Part 71: I MLss!r ,
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l9 (a) The package shall be prepared for shipment;ind operated in accordance'with the -
li Operating Procedures;of Section 7.0 of the application; and l g! ,
" e,, t g (b) The package must meet the Acceptance Test and Maintenance Program of Section I d 8.0 of the application. . L 4 .
t lj10. Thepackageauthorizedbythiscertificateisherebyaphroved'foruseunderthe general license. provisions of 10, CFR 971.12.
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APPROVAL RECORD Model No. 864 Shipping Container Certificate of Compliance No. 9166 Revision No. 3 By application dated November 27, 1992, Amersham Corporation requested renewal of Certificate of Compliance No. 9166, for the Model No. 864 Shipping Container.
No changes have been requested or made to the package design since the certificate was renewed on January 5,1987. l The certificate of compliance has been conditioned to require the packaging to be prepared, operated, and maintained in accordance with Sections 7 and 8 of the l
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The Certificate of Compliance has been renewed for a five-year period which expires January 31, 1998.
M rec Charles E. MacDonald, Chief '
Transportation Branch Division of Safeguards and Transportation, NMSS 7
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