ML20211A723

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Requests Guidance Re Use of NRC Certified Casks.Guidance Needed Since Licensees Often Ship 55-gallon Drums Containing Low Specific Activity Matl Inside Shielded Casks.Ie Info Notice 80-32,Rev 1,ack Licensees Practice
ML20211A723
Person / Time
Issue date: 10/06/1982
From: Greger L
NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION III)
To: Higginbotham L
NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE)
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ML20211A720 List:
References
IEIN-80-32, NUDOCS 8610160458
Download: ML20211A723 (1)


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L. 3. Higginbotha=, Chief, Fuel Facilities and Materials 3 ranch, II THRU:

J. R. Miller, Chief, Technical Inspection 3ra'nc j 1

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L. R. Greger, Chief, Facilities Radiation Protection Section SU3 JECT:

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  • JEST FOR GUIDANCE CONCERNING USE OF NRC CERIIFIED CASKS Frequently, licensees ship 55-gallon dru=s containing LSA =aterial inside -

shielded casks. When this is done, the licensee =ay consider the dn:=s to be the packages and the cask as a shield to =eet the transport vehicle dose rate limits (10 =R/hr at 2 =eters and 2 =R/hr in cab).

IE Information Notice No. 80-32, Revision 1, ackdovledges this practice and finds it acceptable under specified circu= stances. However, a recent telephone conversation with :iMSS prc=pted this request for clarification concerning the acceptability of such action when the cask is an NRC certified package.

Is it acceptable for a licensee to use a NRC certified cask in the same

=anner as an uncer,ified cask, as described above, without regard to the certificate of ec=pliance requirements? !f such use is acceptable, =ust anything be done to clarify the intended use of the cask, such as ob-literating the cash identificatien? Obliteration of the cask identification was suggested by :E'SS (Cdegaarden).

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L. J. Cunningham, II

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