ML20028E650
| ML20028E650 | |
| Person / Time | |
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| Site: | 07000146 |
| Issue date: | 04/16/1958 |
| From: | Landrum L SPENCER CHEMICAL CO. |
| To: | Price H US ATOMIC ENERGY COMMISSION (AEC) |
| Shared Package | |
| ML20028E609 | List: |
| References | |
| FOIA-82-562 NUDOCS 8301280082 | |
| Download: ML20028E650 (2) | |
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We hereby request your approval of the methods described below for shipping dry uranium oxide powders, which will be produced in our plant near Pittsburg, Kansas.
The facility is operated under AEC License SNM-15h uhich included approval for a b.$ liter uater tight shipping container and a bird cage. We wish to have the license amended to include the additional methods of packaging.
He are concurrently requesting ICC (Bureau of Explosives) approval for the same shipping containers. Shipment of large orders which require nore than 3 to' 5 con-tainers will be rade by contract motor carrier, while small total shipments which can be handled in 1 to 3 containers will be by Railuay Express under Protective Signature. The total number of containers in a single shipment will be less than the limits specified in LA-2063
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Tuo different nethods of packaging are prpposed< Method A will use the containers as shown on attached drauing No, h8-7VMe.th6d B tjill use the container and bird -
cage as shoun on attached drawings h8-53'and h8-17. The following tables A and B, Q
(methods A and 3 respectively) present other data as to how the containers will be enployed for enrichments up to 10% U-235.
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IIo. Metal Maxinum Mass of Soacing, Inches Dry UO, Lbs.
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Enrichnent tainers per Inner Inner wDcdgeto to Totalh, Edge St d, U-235 $$ Gal. Drum Container Container Center
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5 Gal.(19 liters) 120 2h 12-1/h 23-3/h
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5 Gal.(19 liters) 120 N N 120 1/h 23-3/h 7 6.0 ( 10.0 1
3 Gal.(11.h liters) 7,0 " " 70 13-1/h ' 23:3/h TABLE B*
j 70.72 46.0 5 Gal.(19.01 liters) 120 1h 2h N..
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1 Labelhg will confom to all pertinent regulations as published in Title 10 - Code of Fcde.m1 Regulations - Part 20, and ICC Tariff No.10, Section 73.hlh(a). Each outside shipping container will be checked before shipment to confom to Section 73.393 of Icc Tariff No. 10.
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