ML20147J113
| ML20147J113 | |
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| Site: | 07105908 |
| Issue date: | 10/17/1978 |
| From: | Macdonald C NRC OFFICE OF NUCLEAR MATERIAL SAFETY & SAFEGUARDS (NMSS) |
| To: | Oddis C, Travis W, William R BABCOCK & WILCOX CO., ENERGY, DEPT. OF |
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| NUDOCS 7810270222 | |
| Download: ML20147J113 (5) | |
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Those on attached list Gentlemen:
Enclosed is Certificate of Compliance No. 5908, Revision No. 4, for the Model No. DOT-6M Type B shipping package.
This Certificate of Compliance supersedes, in its entirety, Certificate of Compliance No. 5908. Revision No. 3, dated September 8,1978.
Changes made to the enclosed certificate are indicated by vertical lines in the margin.
Those on attached list have been registered as users of'this package under the general license provisions of 10 CFR 571.12(b) or 49 CFR 5173.393a.
Addressees should make the proper distribution within their organi-zations for use of this package under the general license.
This approval constitutes authority to use this package for the shipment of radioactive material and for the package to be shipped in accordance with the provisions of 49 CFR 5173.393a.
Sincerely,
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gCharles E. MacDonald, Chief ld Transportation Branch Division of Fuel Cycle and Material Safety
Enclosure:
As stated cc: w/ enc 1 Mr. Richard R. Rawl Department of Transportation Addressees list: See next page 7B/o270222-
, Model No. D0T-6M Type B Packaging USA /5908/B( )F 1
Addressees: w/ enc 1 Ltr dtd:
The Babcock & Wilcox Company Knolls Atomic Laboratory ATTH: Mr. Robert A. Williams ATTN: Mr. George Halsey 609 North Warren Avenue P.O. Box 1072 Apollo, PA 15613 Schenectady, NY 12301 Bettis Atomic Power Laboratory Nuclear Fuel Services, Inc.
ATTN: Mr. Richard F. Beyer ATTN: Mr. C. J. Michel P.O. Box 79 Erwin, TN 37650 West Mifflin, PA 15122 Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory U.S. Department of Energy ATTN: Mr. John Ramsey AT"': Mr. William H. Travis P. O. Box 990 P. O. Box E Los Alamos, NM 87545 Oak Ridge, TN 37830 Union Carbide Corporation U.S. Department of Energy ATTN: Mr. James K. Cox ATTN: Mr. C. E. Oddis P.O. Box Y P. 0. Box 109 Oak Ridge, TN 37830 West Mifflin, PA 15122 United Nuclear Corporation U.S. Department of Energy ATTN: Mr. William F. Kirk Idaho Operations Office 67 Sandy Desert Road ATTN: Mr. R. J. Beers Uncasv111e, CT 06382 550 2nd Street Idaho Falls, ID 83401 U.S. Department of Energy Richland Operations Office U.S. Department of Energy ATTN: Mr. James M. Peterson Albuquerque Operations Office P. O. Box 550 ATTH: Mr. E. L. Barraclaugh Richland, WA 99352 P.O. Box 5400 Albuquerque, NM 87115 United Nuclear Corporation ATTN: Mr. R. A. Nelson U.S. Department of Energy Wood River Junction, RI 02894 Division of Naval Reactors ATTN: Mr. R. S. Brodsky Monsanto Research Corporation Washington, DC 20545 ATTN: Mr. Harold L. Coleman 1515 Nicholas Road General Atomic Company Dayton, OH 45407 ATTN: Mr. William R. Mowry P. O. Box 81608 San Diego, CA 92138
Form NPIC'018 U.S. NUCLE AR REGULATORY COMMISSION
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CERTIFICATE OF COMPLI ANCE 0 CFR 71 For Radioactive Materials Packages 1.(a) Certificate Number 1.(b) Revision No.
1.(c) Package Identification No.
1.(d ) Pages No. 1 (e) Total No. Pages 5908 4
USA /5908/B( )F 1
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- 2. PRE AMBLE 2.(a)
This certificate is issued to satisfy Sections 173.393a,173.394,173.395, and 173.396 of the Department of Transportation Hazardous Materials Regulations (49 CFR 170-189 and 14 CFR 103) and Sections 146-19-10a and 146-19-100 of the Department of Transportation Dangerous Cargoes Regulations (46 CF R 146-149), as amenced.
t 2.(b)
The packaging and contents described in item 5 below, meets the safety standards set forth in Subpart C of Title 10, Code of Federal Regulations, Part 71, " Packaging of Radioactive Materials for Transport and Transportation of Radioactive Material Under Certain Conditions."
2.(c)
This certificate does not relieve the consignor from compliance with any requirement of the regulations of the U.S. Department of Transportation or Lther applicable regulatory agencies, including the government of any country through or into which the package will be transported.
- 3. This certificate is issued on the basis of a safety analysis report of the package design or application-3.(a)
Prepared by (Name and address):
3.(b)
Title and identification of report or application:
The Babcock & Wilcox Company Nuclear Materials and Equipment Corporation 609 N. Warren Avenue application dated May 3,1974, as supplemented.
Apollo, Pennsylvania 15613 3.(c)
Docket No.
- 4. CONDITIONS This certificate is conditional upon the fulfilling of the requirements of Subpart D of 10 CFR 71, as applicable, and the conditions specified in item S below.
- 5. Description of Packaging and Authorized Contents, Model Number, Fissile Class, Other Conditions, and
References:
(a) Packaging (1) Model No.: D0T-6M Type B (2) Description Metal packaging as described and constructed in accordance with D0T Specification 6M (Title 49 5178.104).
(b) Contents (1) Type and form of material (i) Solid radioactive materials which will not decompose at tempera-tures up to 250 F.
Carbide compounds are not authorized; or (ii) UO2 or U0 -Th02 binary mixtures in the form of powder or compact 2
pellets. The uranium isotopic content is nominally 97% U-233 with 10 ppm U-232; or (iii) Plutonium nitrate or uranyl nitrate solution in flame sealed glass ampoules or screw top plastic vials, each within one or more additional plastic vials with taped lids, and within a sealed product can or polyethylene bottle containing a sufficient amount of vermiculite to absorb twice the liquid contents present.
(iv) Pu-238 neutron sources.
Sources must be contained within double encapsulated stainless steel source capsules in accordance with Monsanto letter dated October 16, 1978.
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(b) Contents (continued)
(2) Maximum quantity of material per package and fissile class (1) For the material described in 5.(b)(1)(i), the maximum fissile material and maximum hydrogen per package for Fissile Class I is as follows:
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Maximum fissile material Hydrogen Material Fissile per package, per package, Material kilograms grams U-235 1.6 20 Pu 0.9*
11 U-233 0.5 6.4
- Because of the 10 watt thermal decay heat limitation, the limit for Pu-238 is 0.02 kilograms.
Plutonium in excess if twenty (20) curies per package must be in the form of metal, metal alloy or reactor fuel elements.
(ii)
For the material described in 5.(b)(1)(1) the maximum U-235 loading for uranium bearing materials with an H/X < 3 and the minimum transport index to be assigned to each pacEage for Fissile Class II is as follows:
Maximum Minimum Kgs U-235 Transport Index 4.2 0.1 5.4 0.2 7.3 0.5 9.1 1.0 (iii) For the material described in 5.(b)(1)(ii) the maximum quantity of U-233 is 500 grams at an H/U ratio not to exceed 20, as Fissile Class III with a limit of 51 packages per shipment.
(iv) For the material described in 5.(b)(1)(iii) the maximum quantity of material is not to exceed 20 Ci radioactivity and O ml of solution.
Fissile material shall not exceed 10 grams.
(v) For the material described in 5.(b)(1)(iv) the maximum quantity
.of plutonium is 100 Ci.
6.
Two steel through bolts may be installed between the lid and bottom of the steel drums.
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Venting may be provided by a 1-inch diameter hole in the drum lid backed by a minimum 1/2-inch thick Cerafelt refractory pad.
8.
Maximum decay heat per package shall not exceed ten (10) watts.
9.
The package authorized by this certificate is hereby approved for use under the general license provisions of 10 CFR 571.12(b).
10.
Expiration date:
February 28, 1981.
REFERENCES References Required for All Contents Except Contents Described in 5.(b)(1)(iv)
Nuclear Materials and Equipment Corporation application dated May 3,1974.
Additional Reference Required for Contents Described in 5.(b)(1)(ii)
Westinghouse Electric Corporation supplement (WAPD-RS(CC)-620) dated liay 8,1973.
Additional Reference Required for Contents Described in 5.(b)(1)(iii) and 5.(b)(2)(iv) l Allied Chemical Corporation, Report No. ICP-1061, December 1974.
Reference Required for Contents Described in 5.(b)(1)(iv)
Monsanto Research Corporation application dated October 16, 1978.
FOR THE U.S. NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION I
Charles E. MacDonald, Chief Transportation Branch Division of Fuel Cycle and Material Safety OM 171978
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