ML20198S081

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Requests Approval of Spent Fuel Route for Rail Movement Between NWS & Ineel.Cargo Will Consist of Triga Fuel Elements Containing Highly Enriched U.Shipment Scheduled to Arrive at NWS During First Wk of April,1998
ML20198S081
Person / Time
Site: 07003020
Issue date: 12/05/1997
From: Williams B
NAC INTERNATIONAL INC. (FORMERLY NUCLEAR ASSURANCE
To: Bennington G
NRC OFFICE OF NUCLEAR MATERIAL SAFETY & SAFEGUARDS (NMSS)
References
NUDOCS 9801260059
Download: ML20198S081 (3)


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Dear Ms; Bennington,

NAC International (NAC) is acting as the general licensee for an irradiated fuel shipment for the l Department-of Energy (DOE) moving from Indonesia and Republic of Kore-Idaho National-

' Engineering and Environmental Laboratory (INEEL) via Naval Weapons Station (N s. S), Concord, CA.

. Per 10CFR 73.26, NAC International (NAC) is hereby requesting NRC approval of a spent fuel route for rail movement between NWS and INEEL.

-Carno DeNerintion:

/20 Cargo will consist of Training Reactor and Isotopes Production, General Atomics (TRIGA) fuel elements containing highly enriched uranium (HEU), not to exceed a total of 42 elements each in four

-(4) NAC LWT casks.' This is in accordance with our Cenificate of Compliance USA /9225/B(U)F for

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Schedule:.

The shipment is scheduled for arrival at NWS during the first week of April,1998.

- Pronosed Route:

The proposed route and rail miles comprising each route segment is provided in Attachment 1.

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The urbanized areas along the proposed route that we have identified are as follows:

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- 3. 6The communications center will be at the TRANSCOM facility in Oak Ridge, TN.

4. Tall NRC and state notifications will be made in accordance.with 10CFR73 by NAC.
Please contact myself, Tom Shelton, or Jim Viebrock with any questions or comments.

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Proposed Rail Route NWS, Concord, California to INEEL, Scoville, Idaho Attachment I State Segment Start End Miles Rail CA 1

NWS Avon, CA

<2 Navy CA 2-Avon, CA Sacramento, CA 62 A Mainline CA 3-Sacramento, CA Roseville, CA 15 A Mainline CA, 4

Roseville, CA NV State Line 104 B Mainline CA miles 183 NV 4

NV State Line Winnemucca 195 B Mainline NV 5

Winnemucca, NV Alazon, NV 175 A Mainline NV 6

Alazon, NV UT State Line 64 B Mainline NV miles 434 UT 6

UT State Line Ogden, UT 109 B Mainline UT 7

Ogden, UT ID State Line 62 A Mainline UT miles 171 ID 7

ID State Line l'ocatello, ID 75 B Mainline ID 8

l'ocatello, ID Scoville,ID 21 B Mainline 35 B Branchline ID miles 131 Total 919 miles

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