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Certificate of Compliance 5908,Rev 12,for Model DOT-6M Type B.Approval Record Encl
ML20137Z096
Person / Time
Site: 07105908
Issue date: 03/05/1986
From: Macdonald C
NRC OFFICE OF NUCLEAR MATERIAL SAFETY & SAFEGUARDS (NMSS)
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Shared Package
ML20137Z078 List:
References
NUDOCS 8603120482
Download: ML20137Z096 (4)


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I 2 PaEAWStE l 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

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1. 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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Babcock & Wilcox Company Nuclear Materials and Eouipment Corporation I Il li P.O. Box 785 application dated May 3,1974, as supplemented. )

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I (2) Description .I I .I I Metal packaging as described and constructed in accordance with DOT Specification 6M.

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in the fom of powder or compact pellets; or Il (iii) Plutonium nitrate or uranyl nitrate solution in flane sealed glass ampoules or screw t'op plastic vials, each within one or l ll nore additional plastic vials with taped lids, and within a 1 gl!

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j (iv) Plutoniun sources in excess of 20 curies per package must be at least double encapsulated in a metal capsule such that the sources l

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1 (2) flaximum cuantity of material per package and fissile class k 1 9 3 (i) For the material described in 5.(h)(1)(1), the naximum fissile h

]j naterial and naxinun hydrogen per package for Fissile Class I is as follows: ,

I h 1 t'aximun fissile material Hydrogen fiaterial F 1 Fissile per package, ner package, k j Haterial kiloarans arams l

1 l U-235 Pu 1.6 0.9*

20 11 lg 1 U-233 0.5 6.4 y L >

1 Vecause of the 10 watt thennal decay heat limitation, the limit for k j Pu-238 is 0.02 kilograns. Plutoniun in excess of 20 curies per package must be in the form of netal, netal alloy or reactor lg 1

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  1. (ii) For the raterial described in 5.(b)(1)(i) the naximun U-235 N 4 loading for uranium bearing naterials with an H/X 4. 3 and the l ninimum transport index to be assigned to each pacF g Class II is as follows: y 1 W.

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1 1 8 (iii) For the naterial described in 5.(b)(1)(ii) the maxinun quantity 3 l of U-233 is 500 grams at an H/V ratio not to exceed 20 contained l l within a package size of at least 55 gallons. Each shipnent rust l
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1 5. (b) Contents (continued) k 1 k 1 (iv) For the naterial described in 5.(b)(1)(iii) the maxinun quantity k F

3 of naterial is not to exceed 20 curies radioactivity and 40 nl of s olution . Fissile material must not exceed 10 grans. (

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. (v) For the material described in 5.(b)(1)(iv) the maximun quantity k

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9. The package authorized by this certificate is hereby approved for use under the general license provisions of 10 CFR 671.12.

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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. l h

3 3 00E, NR supplements dated: fia rch 28, 1979; and July 19, 1982. k 3 k 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 Date: NAA051986 i

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