ML20196C459

Requests Addl Info Re 870122 Application,Supplemented on 880330,requesting Amend to Model 850 Package.Info Should Be Submitted within 30 Days & in Form of Revised Pages

ML20196C459
Person / Time
Site:	07109147
Issue date:	12/05/1988
From:	Macdonald C NRC OFFICE OF NUCLEAR MATERIAL SAFETY & SAFEGUARDS (NMSS)
To:	Roughan C AMERSHAM CORP.
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NUDOCS 8812080018
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Anersham Corporation ATTN: Ms. Cathleen M. Roughan 40 North Avenue Burlington, MA 01803 Gentlemen:

i This refers to your application dated January 22, 1987, as supplemented March 30, 1988 requesting an amendment to the Model No. 850 package, r'

In connection with our review, we nted the information identified in the enclosure to this letter.

Please advise us within 30 days from the date of this letter when this information will be provided. Additional information requested by this letter should be submitted in the form of revised pages.

If you have any questions regarding this matter, we would be pleased to meet with you and your staff.

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1 Amershaw Corporation Model No. 85) Package Docket No. 71-9147 Enclosure to letter dated:DEC 4 51993, STRUCTURAL 1.

A discrepancy is noted between the thickness of the oJter housing shown on the revised Drawing No. 85000 and what is indicated in the revised Section 2.1.1 of the Safety Analysis Report. This discrepancy should be clarified. Also, address the feasibility of welding a 0.5-inch thick plate onto a 0.09-inch thick stainless steel plate by 1/8-inch fillet weld.

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Under normal conditiens of transport, a load of five times the revised package weight should have been used for the compression test.

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Specify the orientations chosen for the 30-foot drop test on the top and bottom corners, i.e. center of gravity over the bottom corner? Also, provide clear photographs of damage to the package due to 30-foot free drop and puncture test, photographs should clearly show point of impact.

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What effect would a top corner drop between the two handles onto the steel bar(puncturetest)haveonthepackage?

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