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Cover Letter: Revalidation Recommendation for the Japanese Competent Authority Certificate of Approval J/2009/AF, Model No. GP-01 Package
ML24135A210
Person / Time
Site: 07103098
Issue date: 06/04/2024
From: Yoira Diaz-Sanabria
Storage and Transportation Licensing Branch
To: Boyle R
US Dept of Transportation, Radioactive Materials Branch
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ML24135A209 List:
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EPID L-2023-DOT-0002
Download: ML24135A210 (1)


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UNITED STATES NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION WASHINGTON, D.C. 20555-0001 Mr. Richard W. Boyle Radioactive Materials Branch U.S. Department of Transportation 400 Seventh Street, S.W.

Washington, D.C. 20590

SUBJECT:

REVALIDATION RECOMMENDATION FOR THE JAPANESE COMPETENT AUTHORITY CERTIFICATE OF APPROVAL J/2009/AF, MODEL NO. GP-01 PACKAGE (DOCKET NO. 71-3098)

Dear Mr. Boyle:

By letter dated January 25, 2023 (Agencywide Documents Access and Management System

[ADAMS] Package Accession No. ML23026A123), and as supplemented on February 16, 2023 (ML23047A503), March 6, 2023 (ML23066A005), September 28, 2023 (ML24053A246), July 7, 2023 (ML24134A071), and March 14, 2024 (ML23319A273), the U.S. Department of Transportation requested that the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) staff perform a review of the Japanese Competent Authority Certificate of Approval J/2009/AF, Model No. GP-01 transport package, and make a recommendation concerning the revalidation of the package for import and export use against the requirements found in International Atomic Energy Agency Safety Standard Series No. 6, Regulations for the Safe Transport of Radioactive Material, 2018 Edition.

Based upon our review of the statements and representations contained in the application and its supplements, and for the reasons stated in the enclosed safety evaluation report, we recommend revalidation of the Japanese Competent Authority Certificate of Approval J/2009/AF, for the Model No. GP-01 package, with the following additional conditions:

1.

Transport by air of the Model No. GP-01 is not authorized.

2.

When packaging is stored outdoors, appropriate measures should be taken, avoiding the direct exposure to the weather including environments that can initiate corrosion of the packages components.

3.

The U.S. revalidation term is limited to 5 years.

June 4, 2024

R. Boyle If you have any questions regarding this matter, please contact me or Daneira Meléndez Colón of my staff at (301) 415-7295.

Sincerely, Yoira Díaz Sanabria, Chief Storage and Transportation Licensing Branch Division of Fuel Management Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards Docket No. 71-3098 EPID L-2023-DOT-0002

Enclosures:

1.

Safety Evaluation Report

2. to E-62007 Japanese Competent Authority Certificate of Approval J/2009/AF, in English Signed by Diaz-Sanabria, Yoira on 06/04/24

R. Boyle

SUBJECT:

REVALIDATION RECOMMENDATION FOR THE JAPANESE COMPETENT AUTHORITY CERTIFICATE OF APPROVAL J/2009/AF, MODEL NO. GP-01 PACKAGE (DOCKET NO. 71-3098)

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DFM r/f This closes L-2023-DOT-0002.

ADAMS Accession No.: ML24135A209(pkg); ML24135A210(ltr): ML24135A211(encl 1);

ML23026A138(encl 2)

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