ML20155D552

Certificate of Compliance 6458,Rev 5,for Model BU-5.Approval Record Encl

ML20155D552
Person / Time
Site:	07106458
Issue date:	04/10/1986
From:	Macdonald C NRC OFFICE OF NUCLEAR MATERIAL SAFETY & SAFEGUARDS (NMSS)
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ML20155D546	List: ML20155D543 ML20155D552
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NUDOCS 8604170362
Download: ML20155D552 (5)

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I g - _ _ _ _ _ _ -- - - - - ------ - - - - - * -- ---- - - - -- - - * -- = 42.mgn .g I NRC FORM Sie U.S. NUCLEAD REOULATZY COMMISSION I 1 *aM CERTIFICATE OF COMPLIANCE I I 'o CFR " FOR RADIOACTIVE MATERIALS PACKAGES E t a CERTIFICATE NtfM8ER b REviS4CN NUMBER c. PACK AGE IDENTIFICATION nam 8ER d PAGE NUMSIER e tot AL NUMBER PAGES y; 6458 5 USA /6458/AF 1 4 'g lf 2 PREAMBLE I l a. This certificate is issued to certify that the packaging and contents described in item 5 below rneets the apphcable safety standards set forth in Title 10. Code [

, of Federal Regulations. Part 71. -Pacnaging and Transportation of Radioactive Material" [

I b This certificate does not reheve the consignor from corschance with any requirement of the regulations of the U S Department of Transportation or other S l aophcable regulatory agencies. ancluding the government of any country through or into wnich the package will be transported b I i l

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, a 3 TH4S CERTIF6CATE 15 ISSUED ON THE BASIS OF A SAFETY ANALYSIS REPORT OF THE PACKAGE DESIGN OR APPLICATION N a ISSUED TO iAeme smr Anwem D TITLE ANO IDENTIFICATION OF REPOAT OR APPLICATION i{

l 1 I General Electric Company General Electric Company application dated S P.O. Box 780 January 7,1972, as supplemented, li g Wilmington, NC 28402 I h

I 71-6458 {r l li c OOCKET NUMBER k I a CONoiTiONS lI I This certificate is conditional upon fulfelhng the requirements of 10 CFR Part 71. as apphcable. and the conditions specified below.

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I lC Two, 5-gallon or three, 2.5-gallon, ll.25-inch ID, Minimun 24 gauge steel pails contained in a 13.75-inch diameter by 27-inch long inner l

, container constructed of mininum 18-gauge steel, with bolted and ][

4 g gasketed top flange closure. Inner container is centered and supported '

l in a 22.5-inch ID,~ 18-gauge steel 55-gallon capacity DOT Specification '[t i 17H steel drum by solid insulation cushioning material. Maximun gross t I weight is 420 pounds. ,L I it (3) Orawing ll Il f

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5. (b) Contents (1) Type and fom of material ;t

'n (1) Uranium oxide powder with a naximun bulk density of 2.3 grams /cc.

Uraniun may be enriched to a maxinum 5.0 w/o in the U-235 isotope.

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g The maximum H/U atomic ratio considering all sources of hydrogenous :p naterial within tha inner container must not exceed 0.45. !g

R (ii) Uranium oxide as pellets with a maximum bulk density of 10.96 9 g rams /cc. Uranium may be enriched to a naximun 5.0 w/o in the 11-

j 235 isotope. The maximun H/U atonic ratio considerina all sources j of hydrogenous naterial within the -inner container aust not .g exceed 0.45. p

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(iii) Uranium compounds enriched not more than 4.0 w/o which, together lE with any other associated materials, do not decompose at tenperatures I o

A up to 210 F, and of bulk density not greater than 10.96 grams per cc at any H/U-235 ratio.

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i (i) For the contents described in 5(b)(1)(i): The maximum conteats per package, divided between two, 5-gallon pails or three 2.5-j t

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3.0 44.5 89.0 ;E 3.2 38.9 77.8 I 3.4 34.6 69.2 ;h 3.6 31.1 6 2. ?_

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2.7 45.0 90.0 E 2.8 42.9 85.8 4 2.9 40.1 80.2 N 3.0 3.2 38.1 34.1 76.2 68.2 ,g l

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! W 5.0 18.1 36.2 (iii) For the contents described in 5(b)(1)(iii): Two 5-gallon pails g with not more than 24.7 kilograms per pail. E

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7. For mixtures of the contents described in Items 5(b)(1)(i) and 5(b)(1)(ii), the J naxinum quantity of naterial per oackage must be limited to the quantity given in Iten 5(b)(2)(ii). j;.

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For the packaging described in Item 5(a)(3), the density of the insulation may not be less than 0.42 gran/cc.

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General Electric Company application dated January 7,1972.

Supplements dated: April 14, May 12, and August 1,1972.

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/ Transportation Certification Branch Approval Record Fodel fio. BU-5 Va'cFa[gi,ng, Docke t N'o'./1'-6'4'58 By application dated February 28, 1986, General Electric Company requested renewal of Certificate of Compliance No. 6450. No changes have been requested or nade to the package since approval of the latest supplement dated August 1,1972.

The staff concludes that the statements of the original application, as supplemented, satisfy the reouirement for renewal of the certificate of compliance.

Charles E. flacDonald, Chief' Transportation Certification Branch Division of Fuel Cycle and t'aterial Safety, Nt1SS Date: M10 W t )s