ML20236S222

Submits List of Documents Helpful in Response to Seattle Fire Dept Request for Guidance Re Handling U Hexafluoride Emergencies

ML20236S222
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Issue date:	11/20/1987
From:	Jonathan Montgomery NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION V)
To:	Rouse L NRC OFFICE OF NUCLEAR MATERIAL SAFETY & SAFEGUARDS (NMSS)
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U.S. Department of Energy publication ORO-651, Rev.!4.-(February, NS 1981 Reprint) " Uranium Hexafluoride: Handling Procedures and '

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The American National Standards Institute (ANSI) guide, ANSI ggg,1 N14.1-1982, "American National Standard for Packaging of Uranium.

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