ML20133H249

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Forwards Envelope Containing Info Re Radioactive Spent Fuel Shipments from Univ of Missouri Research Reactor.Encl Withheld
ML20133H249
Person / Time
Site: University of Missouri-Columbia
Issue date: 12/03/1996
From: Kutikkad D
MISSOURI, UNIV. OF, COLUMBIA, MO
To: Bennington G
NRC OFFICE OF NUCLEAR MATERIAL SAFETY & SAFEGUARDS (NMSS)
References
NUDOCS 9701170104
Download: ML20133H249 (2)


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M000/ff QOl I Research Rnactor Center Research Park Columbia. Missouri 65211 1

II Telephone (573) 882-4211 l

UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI-COLUMBIA 99/6TD December 3,1996 493309 ,

Ms. Gloria Bennington (o -/ fr4 '

U.S. NRC, MS TWFN 8 F-5 -

1 Whiteflint North 11545 Rockville Pike Rockville, MD 20852-2738

SUBJECT:

Shipment of Spent Fuel: Radioactive Material, Fissile, N.O.S., UN2918, Highway Route Controlled Quantity.

The enclosed envelope contains information regarding radioactive spent fuel shipments from the University of Missouri Research Rcactor. This information has been classified as SAFEGUARDS INFORMATION as per 10CFR73.21(b)2. No person may hs;e access to Safeguards Information unless the person nas an established "need to know" for thic information and is authorized per 10CFR7s.21(c). Regulations prevent the disclosure of this information over unsecured telephone communications except that the reporting of schedule changes are permitted to be made by phone in the form of time devictions from the original schedule. Please deliver the enclosed envelope which contains Safeguards Information to the addressee on the etsolope. If this person is no longer employed at your facility or will be absent for an extended pen >d, please call (573) 882-5205 for the correct disposition of this material.

Armed escorts have been arranged for St. Louis, Cattanooga, Atlanta, and Augusta, for this spent fuel shipment. Also, governors' designees of Missouri, Illinois, Kentucky, Tennessee, Georgia and South Carolina have been mailed notifications.

The following information and the enclosed SAFEGUARDS INFORMATION are supplied to comply with 10CFR73.37(fXi)(ii)(iii).

Shipper: University of Missouri Research Reactor Center Columbia, MO 65211 Phone: (573) 882-5205 (Das Kutikkad)

Carrier: Tri-State Motor Tiansit Co U.S. DOE Idaho Operations Oflice 785 DOE Place Idaho Falls, ID 83403 Phone: (208) 526-2415 (Keith Nelson) 00Miver: Department of Energy ,

Westinghouse Savannah River Company Savannah River Site f 731-1G Receiving D 9

Aiken, SC 29802 Matthew J. Beckum Building 244-H Phone: (803) 208-8773 9701170104 961203

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i Letter to Ms. Bennington j j December 3,1996 1 j Page 2  !

. 49CFR172.202(a)(1)(2)(3X4) .

l Proper shipping name, hazard RQ radioactive material, fissile, n.o.s., 7, UN2918,

class, identification number, 25,000 lbs.

gross weight i i 172.203(c) RQ (Reportable Quantity) 1.5 kg of fission products; 4.81 kg U-235  !

d 49CFR172.203(d)(1) j (i) 173.435, radionuclides MFP(Mixed Fission Products)

(ii) Physical and chemical form Solid metallic, UA13 and Al mixed with fission products i trapped in this matrix. The UAlx--Al-fission product .

{ material is clad with aluminum as fuel plates of MTR- l

type (Materials Testing Reactor) fuel elements.

Original fuel enrichment > 93%.

l i (iii) Activity (Curies) 200,000 Curies i

49CFR173.403 Greater than 30,000 Ci or 3,000 x A2(1,500 curies), so highway route controlled quantity.

. (iv) Label category RADIOACTIVE YELLOW III because it is highway

route controlled quantity.
(v) Transport index Based on measurement of radiation level at 3.3 it. from

, cask cover. This is measured at the time of shipment,

and in our past shipments, has been < 0.5 millirem /hr, Hence TI = .5 per 49CFR173.403.

(vi) Fissile material, 49CFR173.45(7Xb). This means by 49CFR

,' controlled shipment 173.457(b)(1)that transport must be with exclusive use of shipper.

(vii) Package identification number USA /5957/B( )F (Model No. BMI 1) i Mode of transport Highway truck, exclusive use. No transfer points.

Route enclosed as Safeguards Information.

Sincerely yours, f V i

Das Kutikkad Reactor Physicist bjb

Enclosure:

SAFEGUARDS INFORMATION