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5939/X
Jul 17, 2015, 00:39 AM
MODEL 1500. A STEEL ENCASED LEAD SHIELDED SHIPPING CASK AS DESCRIBED IN NRC USA/5939/B( )F. REV. 26 ISSUED FOR SHIPMENTS OF CO-60 FROM BUENOS AIRES, ARGENTINA TO DICKERSON, MD. AUTHORIZED FOR TRANSPORT OF TYPE B QTYS. NON-FISSILE RAM, SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT. *SEE CERTIFICATE FOR OTHER DETAILS. PACKAGING IS A STEEL ENCASED LEAD SHIELDED SHIPPING CASK, DOUBLE-WALLED STEEL, CIRCULAR CYLINDER, APPROXIMATELY 30 1/4-INCH DIAMETER BY 48 1/2-INCHES HIGH WITH A CENTRAL CAVITY APPROXIMATELY 7-INCH DIAMETER BY 25 INCHES HIGH. THE DIAMETER IS REDUCED FROM 30 1/4 INCHES TO 17 1/2 INCHES BY CONE CONSTRUCTION AT THE TOP 7 INCHES OF THE CASK. APPROXIMATELY 11 INCHES OF LEAD SURROUND THE CENTRAL CAVITY. THE CASK IS EQUIPPED WITH A CAVITY DRAIN LINE AND LIFTING DEVICE. CLOSURE IS ACCOMPLISHED BY A GASKETED AND BOLTED STEEL LEAD-FILLED PLUG. A PROTECTIVE JACKET CONSISTING OF AN UPRIGHT CIRCULAR CYLINDER W ITH OPEN BOTTOM AND A PROTRUDING BOX SECTION DIAMETRICALLY ACROSS THE TOP AND VERTICALLY DOWN THE SIDES ATTACHES TO A SQUARE PALLET. DIMENSIONS OF THE PROTECTIVE JACKET ARE APPROXIMATLEY 60 7/8 INCHES HIGH BY 50 INCHES WIDE ACROSS THE BOX SECTION. THE OUTER CYLINDRICAL DIAMETER IS 36 1/2 INCHES AND THE PALLET IS 59 1/2 INCHES SQUARE. THE MAXIMUM WEIGHT OF THE PACKAGING IS APPROXIMATELY 15,500 POUNDS. *SEE CERTIFICATE FOR OTHER DETAILS* 0327 USA/0327/S YSNTHIS SOURCE CONSISTS OF A CYLINDRICAL WELDED DOUBLE ENCAPSULATION CONSTRUCTED OF 304 STAINLESS STEEL.
Certificate no:
USA/5939/X
Package Type:
X
Historical Flag:
N
Doe Flag:
Y
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