ML25090A330

Transmittal Letter from Ydiaz Sanabria (NRC) to A. M. Al-Daouk (Nnsa), Renewal and Revision 4 of CoC No. 9355, Model No. 435-B (Docket No. 71-9355)

ML25090A330
Person / Time
Site:	07109355
Issue date:	05/09/2025
From:	Yoira Diaz-Sanabria Storage and Transportation Licensing Branch
To:	Al-Daouk A US Dept of Energy, National Nuclear Security Admin
Garcia-Santos N
Shared Package
ML25090A329	List: ML25090A330 ML25090A331 ML25090A332
References
CAC 001029, EPID L-2023-LLA-0102, EPID L-2025-RNW-0008
Download: ML25090A330 (1)

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OFFICIAL USE ONLY - SECURITY-RELATED INFORMATION OFFICIAL USE ONLY - SECURITY-RELATED INFORMATION Mr. Ahmad M. Al-Daouk, Director Office of Packaging and Transportation U.S. Department of Energy National Nuclear Security Administration P.O. Box 5400 Albuquerque, NM 87185

SUBJECT:

REVISION NO. 4 OF CERTIFICATE OF COMPLIANCE NO. 9355 FOR THE MODEL NO. 435-B TRANSPORTATION PACKAGE

Dear Mr. Al-Daouk:

By letter dated July 3, 2023 (Agencywide Documents Access and Management System (ADAMS)Accession No. ML25087A035), as supplemented on July 21, 2023 (ML23220A071),

January 24,2024 (ML25087A076), March 5, 2024 (ML25087A003 and ML24072A002).

December 6, 2024 (ML25086A038), and February 21, 2025 (ML25086A032, ML25078A413),

the U.S. Department of Energy, National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA or the applicant), requested a revision to the Certificate of Compliance (CoC) No. 9355 for the Model No. 435-B packaging. The applicant also requested a CoC renewal in the letter dated February 21, 2025, and the communication dated February 27, 2025 (ML25086A284) as well as adding a condition in the renewed CoC No. 9355 to continue using revision 3 of CoC No. 9355 for one year for planned shipments (ML25115A238) to support national security efforts by safely removing radioactive sealed sources as part of the Off-site Source Recovery Program.

Enclosed is CoC No. 9355, Revision 4, for the Model No. 435-B transportation package. The certificate has been renewed for 5 years and a condition for using CoC No. 9355, Revision 3, until May 31, 2026, has been granted to continue supporting the Off-site Source Recovery Program. Changes made to the enclosed certificate are indicated by vertical lines in the margin.

Also enclosed is the staffs safety evaluation report.

The approval constitutes authority to use the package for shipment of radioactive material and for the package to be shipped in accordance with the provisions of Title 49 of the Code of Federal Regulations Section 173.471.

Upon removal of Enclosure 3, this document is uncontrolled.

May 9, 2025

OFFICIAL USE ONLY - SECURITY-RELATED INFORMATION A. Al-Daouk 2

OFFICIAL USE ONLY - SECURITY-RELATED INFORMATION If you have any questions regarding this certificate, please contact me or Norma Garcia Santos of my staff at Norma.GarciaSantos@nrc.gov or (301) 415-6999.

Sincerely, Yoira Diaz Sanabria, Chief Storage and Transportation Licensing Branch Division of Fuel Management Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards Docket No. 71-9355 EPID L-2023-LLA-0102 L-2025-RNW-0008

Enclosures:

1.

Certificate of Compliance No. 9355, Revision 4 2.

Safety Evaluation Report 3.

Registered Users cc w/encls 1 and 2:

R. Boyle, U.S. DOT J. Shenk, U.S. DOE, c/o L. F. Gelder 71bn9355all@listmgr.nrc.gov 71bn9355coc@listmgr.nrc.gov Signed by Diaz-Sanabria, Yoira on 05/09/25