ML20137Z096
| ML20137Z096 | |
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| Site: | 07105908 |
| Issue date: | 03/05/1986 |
| From: | Macdonald C NRC OFFICE OF NUCLEAR MATERIAL SAFETY & SAFEGUARDS (NMSS) |
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| Download: ML20137Z096 (4) | |
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S. In.S Certificate is ISSved to Certify tnat tne paChaging and contents detCribed in item 5 oeio.. meets tne apobcabie lafety standards set for1a en Title to. Code 5
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o In. certificate does not reiseve ine consignor trom co,nonance ita any requirement o'ine reguiations at ine u s oeoartment of Transoortation or otne, b
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Tnis cctiescate is conditenai woon ewie,ning ene reau,rements ce io cr A Part 7i as sooncaene and ne condie ons so.cie.d neio.
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Metal packaging as described and constructed in accordance with DOT j
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B Solid radioactive materials which will not decompose at te f
(i) up to 250"F.
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Plutonium nitrate or uranyl nitrate solution in flane sealed ll glass ampoules or screw t'op plastic vials, each within one or l
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(b) Contents (continued)
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Plutoniun sources in excess of 20 curies per package must be at l
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Inner and outer capsules are individually leak tested during k
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1 (2) flaximum cuantity of material per package and fissile class k
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3 (i) For the material described in 5.(h)(1)(1), the naximum fissile h
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naterial and naxinun hydrogen per package for Fissile Class I is j
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Vecause of the 10 watt thennal decay heat limitation, the limit for k l
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per package must be in the form of netal, netal alloy or reactor g
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For the raterial described in 5.(b)(1)(i) the naximun U-235 N
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of U-233 is 500 grams at an H/V ratio not to exceed 20 contained l
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1 The mininun transport index for Fissile Class II is 2.5 I
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For the naterial described in 5.(b)(1)(iii) the maxinun quantity k
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of naterial is not to exceed 20 curies radioactivity and 40 nl of
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Fissile material must not exceed 10 grans.
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ninimun 1/2-inch thick Cerafelt refractory pad.
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Maxinun decay heat per package nust not exceed 10 watts.
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The package authorized by this certificate is hereby approved for use under the f
a general license provisions of 10 CFR 671.12.
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Expiration date: Februa ry 29, 1991.
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Nuclear t'aterials and Equipment Corporation application dated t'ay 3,1974
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j Westinghouse Electric Corporation supplement (WAPD-RS(CC)-620) dated fiay 8,1973.
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00E, NR supplements dated: fia rch 28, 1979; and July 19, 1982.
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Allied Chemical Corporation, Report No. ICP-1061, Decenber 1974
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j Monsanto Research Corooration application dated January 10, 1980.
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Model No. 00T-6ft Type B Packaging Docket No. 71-5908 Certificate of Compliance No. 590f! has been revised to correct the incomplete " equal to or less than" sign in Condition 5.(b)(2)(ii) of the certificate.
i Charles E. t'acDonald, Chief Transportation Certification Branch Division of Fuel Cycle and l'aterial Safety, f.HSS NAA051986 Date:
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