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Advises That Route from Portsmouth,Va to GE Facility in Pleasanton,Ca Judged to Meet Regulatory Requirements in Accordance w/10CFR73.37 for Transport of Spent Reactor Fuel, Per 880203 Request.Approved Route Encl
ML20151V006
Person / Time
Site: 07002786
Issue date: 02/23/1988
From: Macdonald C
NRC OFFICE OF NUCLEAR MATERIAL SAFETY & SAFEGUARDS (NMSS)
To: Kirkland M
GENERAL ELECTRIC CO.
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Download: ML20151V006 (2)


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Hazardous Material Transportation Specialist 175 Curtner Avenue San Jose, California 95125 Gentlemen:

This is in regard to your request for approval of a route to be used for transport of spent reactor fuel as contained in your letter of February 3, 1988.

The route from Portsmouth, Virginia to the General Electric Company Facility at Pleasanton, California, including the transient ports of Port Elizabeth, New Jersey and Baltimore, Maryland, as requested in your letter is judged to meet the regulatory requirements in accordance with 10 CFR 73.37 for shipment of spent fuel under import license ISNM-79012 and is approved through December 31, 1988. In the event your carrier is required to deviate from the approved route, please call the contact listed on page 2 of this letter as soon as possible providing the details.

Arrangements with law enforcement agencies along the route as required by 10 CFR 73.37(a)(2) have been completed by the NRC staff. Data relating to these arrangements and a copy of the approved rcute are enclosed. This information is to be incorporated into your shipment plans and provided to your carrier along with instructions regarding its use.

Please note that assuring highway safety is the responsibility of the licensee and carrier and our approval is not intended to provide relief in this regard.

During seasonal periods when inclement weather with accompanying hazardous road conditions can occur with short notice, the appropriate state police should be contacted with regard to road conditions before a shipment commences.

4 Please note that the notification requirements of 10 CFR 73.37(f) and 73.72 o.,o for each shipment still apply. When making a notification to a governor or RS@ his designee, it should be very specific especially with regard to notifica-88 tion of series shipments. Written notification must designate exactly how om many individual shipments are to be included. In the event the number of 3

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Should you require additional information or have questions concerning this matter, please contact Charles Hillman of my staff at (301) 492-0488.

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Enclosure:

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