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2002 No. 1093

ATOMIC ENERGY AND RADIOACTIVE SUBSTANCES

The Radioactive Material (Road Transport) Regulations 2002

  Made 16th May 2002 
  Laid before Parliament 17th May 2002 
  Coming into force 7th June 2002 


ARRANGEMENT OF REGULATIONS


PART I

CITATION, COMMENCEMENT AND APPLICATION
1. Citation and commencement
2. Interpretation etc
3. Continued applicability of other Regulations
4. Scope of Regulations
5. Non-application of Regulations
6. Derogations: maritime and air transport
7. Relationship of Regulations to other safety controls
8. Revocation of 1996 Regulations

PART II

SAVINGS AND TRANSITORY PROVISIONS FOR CERTAIN MATTERS UNDER EARLIER INTERNATIONAL REGULATIONS
9. General
10. Packages not requiring competent authority approval of design under IAEA 1985
11. Packages approved under IAEA 1973
12. Packages approved under IAEA 1985
13. Special form radioactive material approved under IAEA 1973 or IAEA 1985

PART III

GENERAL PROVISIONS RELATING TO THE REGULATION OF TRANSPORT
14. Types of regulatory approvals
15. General prohibition
16. General duty to exercise reasonable care
17. General exception
18. Quality and compliance assurance programmes; prohibitions etc
19. Transport of consignments under special arrangement
20. Transport of consignments under exclusive use
21. Prohibition on persons travelling in vehicles transporting radioactive material
22. Transport of consignments containing packages not designed in a contracting party country
23. Categories of packages

PART IV

GENERAL PROVISIONS RELATING TO RADIATION PROTECTION, SAFETY PROGRAMMES AND INFORMATION TO THE PUBLIC
24. Radiation protection programme
25. Segregation of radioactive material
26. Information to the public about health protection measures
27. Emergency response

PART V

ACTIVITY LIMITS AND MATERIAL RESTRICTIONS
28. Basic radionuclide values
29. Calculation of basic radionuclide values
30. Content limits for packages

PART VI

REQUIREMENTS AND CONTROLS FOR TRANSPORT
31. Requirements to be fulfilled by the consignor before the first shipment
32. Requirements to be fulfilled by consignor before each shipment
33. Transport of other goods in packages
34. Restrictions on the use of tanks etc
35. Transport of other goods with consignments transported under exclusive use
36. Other dangerous properties of contents and the segregation of consignments from other dangerous goods
37. Requirements and controls for contamination and for leaking packages
38. Checks to be made on conveyances and equipment
39. Decontamination
40. Exception in cases of certain overpacks, freight containers etc
41. Particular requirements and controls applicable in the case of the transport of excepted packages
42. Transport of empty packagings
43. Requirements and controls for the transport of LSA material and SCO in industrial packages or unpackaged
44. Determination of transport index (TI)
45. Determination of criticality safety index (CSI)
46. Limits on TI, CSI and radiation levels for packages and overpacks

PART VII

FURTHER RESPONSIBILITIES OF CONSIGNORS AND CARRIERS
47. Persons for whom consignors and carriers are responsible
48. Responsibilities of consignors
49. Responsibilities of carriers

PART VIII

REQUIREMENTS FOR RADIOACTIVE MATERIALS AND FOR PACKAGINGS AND PACKAGES
50. Requirements for radioactive materials etc

PART IX

TEST PROCEDURES
51. Test procedures

PART X

APPROVAL REQUIREMENTS FOR DESIGNS AND SHIPMENTS
52. General
53. Competent authority approval
54. Approval of special form and low dispersible radioactive material
55. Approval of packages designed to contain uranium hexafluoride
56. Approval of Type B(U) and Type C package designs
57. Approval of Type B(M) package designs
58. Approval of packages designed to contain fissile material
59. Notification and registration of serial numbers
60. Approval of shipments
61. Approval of shipments under special arrangement

PART XI

APPROVAL CERTIFICATES
62. Types of approval certificates
63. Identification marks
64. Content of approval certificates
65. Validation of approval certificates

PART XII

RADIOLOGICAL EMERGENCIES AND INTERVENTION ARRANGEMENTS
66. Interpretation of expressions used in this Part
67. Duties with respect to the monitoring of particular persons
68. Duties of consignor and carrier with regard to the preparation of emergency arrangements
69. Duties of drivers, carriers and consignors in the event of the occurrence of a radiological emergency
70. Packages involved in a radiological emergency
71. Powers of inspectors and the Secretary of State in relation to emergency arrangements

PART XIII

MISCELLANEOUS
72. Retention and production of information
73. Production of documents
74. Evaluation of radiation emissions
75. Transport documents for regular consignments

SCHEDULES

  Schedule 1 Tables

  Schedule 2 A1 and A2 values for unspecified radionuclides

  Schedule 3 A1 and A2 values for mixtures of radionuclides

  Schedule 4 Contents limits for packages

  Schedule 5 Determination of transport index (TI) or criticality safety index (CSI)

  Schedule 6 Additional responsibilities of consignors

  Schedule 7 Responsibilities of carriers

  Schedule 8 Requirements for radioactive materials and for packagings and packages

  Schedule 9 Test procedures

  Schedule 10 Application requirements

  Schedule 11 Determination of categories

  Schedule 12 Contents of approval certificates.

  Schedule 13 Contents of regular consignment certificate

  Schedule 14 Figures

The Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, in exercise of the powers conferred upon him by sections 2(1), (2), and (3) of the Radioactive Material (Road Transport) Act 1991[
1] and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, hereby make the following Regulations: - 



PART I

CITATION, COMMENCEMENT AND APPLICATION

Citation and commencement
     1. These Regulations may be cited as the Radioactive Material (Road Transport) Regulations 2002 and shall come into force on 7th June 2002.

Interpretation etc
    
2.  - (1) These Regulations give effect to an international agreement on the provision of an acceptable level of control of the radiation, criticality and thermal hazards to persons, property and the environment associated with the transport of radioactive material comprised in the Regulations for the Safe Transport of Radioactive Material (1996 Edition (Revised)) published by the International Atomic Energy Authority ("IAEA 1996")[2] and as adapted by the European Agreement concerning the international carriage of dangerous goods by road ("ADR")[3] with any amendments up to 1st July 2001, and by Council Directive 96/29/EURATOM[4] and Commission Directive 2001/7/EC[5].

    (2) In these Regulations - 

when contained in ores or physical and chemical concentrates; or

    (3) Unless the context otherwise requires, any other expressions used in these Regulations that are also used in IAEA 1996 or ADR have the meaning given to them in those Regulations or in that Agreement.

    (4) In these Regulations, unless the context otherwise requires, any reference to - 

Continued applicability of other Regulations
     3. Radioactive material that is also to be transported by any other mode of transport must meet the requirements of the Regulations that are applicable to that mode of transport.

Scope of Regulations
    
4.  - (1) Subject to regulation 5 (non-application of regulations), these Regulations apply to the transport of a consignment - 

    (2) A "Great Britain journey" is one that takes place entirely within Great Britain.

    (3) An "ADR journey" is one where the entire journey takes place only in Great Britain and in the territory of a contracting party country.

    (4) A "non-ADR journey" is one where any stage of the journey takes place in Great Britain but any other stage of the journey takes place in the territory of a country that is not a contracting party country.

    (5) The "transport of a consignment" means the specific movement of a consignment from origin to destination and includes

    (6) "Performed by a conveyance" includes a shipment that involves several different conveyances.

    (7) "Journey" includes a journey - 

    (8) "contracting party country" means a country that, at the time the relevant journey is commenced, is a party to ADR.

Non-application of Regulations
    
5.  - (1) These Regulations do not apply to or in relation to - 

    (2) When the transport of a consignment of radioactive material is made on behalf of a Department of the Government of the United Kingdom or is made in connection with the execution of a contract entered into with any such Department, these Regulations do not apply to the transport of that material if it forms part of an instrument of war or if it is required for research into the development or production of any such instrument (or part of such an instrument) or if it is produced in the course of or in connection with such a development or production.

    (3) When the transport of a consignment of radioactive material is made on behalf of a visiting force or is made in connection with the execution of a contract made with any such force, these Regulations do not apply to the transport of that material if it is, or forms part of, an instrument of war; a "visiting force" is any such body, contingent or detachment of the forces of any State to which the provisions of the Visiting Forces Act 1952[
10] apply by virtue of section 1(1)(a) or section 1(1)(b), and any order in Council made under section 1(2) of that Act.

    (4) These Regulations do not apply to, or in relation to, the transport of a consignment - 

Derogations: maritime and air transport
     6.  - (1) Subject to paragraph (2), where a package does not entirely meet the requirements of these Regulations but it is in conformity with either the International Maritime Dangerous Goods Code ("the IMDG Code")[12] or the Technical Instructions for the safe Transport of Dangerous Goods by Air ("the ICAO Technical Instructions")[13], that package shall be accepted for carriage where the journey is performed in stages by different modes of transport (including maritime or air carriage) if - 

    (2) The derogation allowed under paragraph (1) does not apply (and accordingly, these Regulations do apply) to a package containing goods that, although considered as non-radioactive material according to the applicable requirements of the IMDG Code or the ICAO Technical Instructions, are classified as radioactive material according to these Regulations.

Relationship of Regulations to other safety controls
     7.  - (1) Nothing in these Regulations is to be taken as specifying, or as being a substitution for, controls (including those concerned with the planning of routes or physical safety) which apply to the transport of radioactive material for reasons other than of radiological safety and, accordingly, such controls - 

    (2) For the avoidance of any doubt, in matters - 

the relevant provisions governing the transport of dangerous goods contained in or under the Health and Safety at Work Act(9)[14] remain applicable in addition to the provisions of these Regulations.

Revocation of 1996 Regulations
     8. The 1996 Regulations shall be revoked and, subject to Part II, shall cease to have effect in relation to the transport of radioactive material by road commenced on or after the date these Regulations come into force.



PART II

SAVINGS AND TRANSITORY PROVISIONS FOR CERTAIN MATTERS UNDER EARLIER INTERNATIONAL REGULATIONS

General
    
9.  - (1) In this Part - 

Packages not requiring competent authority approval of design under IAEA 1985
    
10.  - (1) This regulation has effect in relation to the following types of packages - 

    (2) A package within paragraph (1) that did not require approval of the package design by a competent authority and which meets the requirements of IAEA 1985 may continue to be used for the transport of radioactive material if, in relation to that package - 

    (3) Any modification to the packaging must be made in accordance with, and meet all the requirements of, these Regulations, unless - 

    (4) A package within paragraph (2) may be prepared for the transport of radioactive material at any time before 31 December 2003 in accordance with the requirements of IAEA 1985, but on or after 1 January 2004 all such packages must be prepared for transport in accordance with these Regulations.

Packages approved under IAEA 1973
    
11. &mdash(1)This; regulation has effect in relation to packagings that have been manufactured to a package design approved by a competent authority in accordance with IAEA 1973.

    (2) Such packagings of which the construction began before the 1st January 1996 may continue to be used for the transport of radioactive material if, in relation to that packaging - 

    (3) For the purposes of - 

    (4) If any changes are made to the design of a packaging or in the nature or quantity of the authorised radioactive contents of a packaging that, in the opinion of the Secretary of State, would significantly affect safety, those changes must meet all the requirements of these Regulations.

    (5) Before use, the packaging must be marked with a serial number in accordance with paragraph 5 of Schedule 6.

Packages approved under IAEA 1985
    
12.  - (1) This regulation has effect in relation to packagings that have been manufactured to a package design approved by a competent authority in accordance with IAEA 1985.

    (2) Such packaging may continue to be used for the transport of radioactive material until 31st December 2003 if in relation to that packaging - 

    (3) For the purposes of paragraph (1), an approval certificate that a package design meets the requirements of IAEA 1985 shall be in the form issued by a competent authority certifying that the design meets the requirements of IAEA 1985 irrespective of any period of limitation on the certificate.

    (4) The packaging may continue to be used in the transport of radioactive material on or after 1st January 2004 if, in addition to the conditions mentioned in paragraph (2) being satisfied in relation to that package, there has been multilateral approval of the package design.

    (5) For the purposes of paragraph (4), an approval certificate that a package design meets the requirements of IAEA 1985 shall be in the form issued by the Secretary of State certifying that the design meets the requirements of IAEA 1985.

    (6) If any changes are made to the design of a packaging or in the nature or quantity of the authorised radioactive contents of a packaging that, in the opinion of the Secretary of State, would significantly affect safety, those changes must meet all the requirements of these Regulations.

    (7) The manufacture of all packaging commencing on or after 1 January 2007 must meet the requirement of these Regulations in full.

    (8) For the purpose of paragraph (7), the manufacture of a packaging shall not be regarded as having commenced on or after 1st January 2007 if all the components which that packaging needs in order to completely enclose the radioactive material to be contained in it have already been delivered to the place of manufacture before that date.

Special form radioactive material approved under IAEA 1973 or IAEA 1985
    
13.  - (1) This regulation has effect in relation to any special form radioactive material that has been manufactured to a design approved by a competent authority in accordance with either IAEA 1973 or IAEA 1985.

    (2) Such special form radioactive material may continue to be transported if, in relation to that material, all the applicable requirements of the quality assurance programme set out in regulation 18 (quality and compliance assurance programmes; etc) are met.

    (3) All special form radioactive material manufactured on or after 1 January 2004 must meet the requirements of these Regulations in full.

    (4) For the purpose of paragraph (3), the manufacture of special form radioactive material shall not be regarded as having commenced on or after 1 January 2004 if all the components which that special form radioactive material needs have already been delivered to the place of manufacture before that date.



PART III

GENERAL PROVISIONS RELATING TO THE REGULATION OF TRANSPORT

Types of regulatory approvals
    
14.  - (1) The following types of approval are relevant for the purpose of these Regulations, namely - 

    (2) A "competent authority" means such national or international regulatory body or authority of a contracting party country as is designated or otherwise recognised as such for any purposes in connection with IAEA 1996 and, in relation to Great Britain, references in these Regulations to actions or decisions of the Secretary of State shall be taken as being the action or decision of a competent authority.

General prohibition
    
15.  - (1) No person shall - 

otherwise than in accordance with the provisions of, and in compliance with the requirements of, these Regulations.

    (2) "Requirements" includes any conditions, limitations or restrictions.

    (3) There shall be no transport of a consignment into Great Britain from Northern Ireland unless, prior to the commencement of the first section of its journey in Great Britain, the carrier knows (or has reasonable grounds to believe) that the consignment meets the requirements of the Northern Ireland Regulations as to its labelling and transport documents.

General duty to exercise reasonable care
    
16. Without prejudice to any other regulation, the consignor, carrier and the driver of a consignment must exercise reasonable care to ensure that in the course of the transport of a consignment no injury to health or any damage to property or to the environment is caused.

General exception
    
17. There is no contravention of or failure to comply with these Regulations by a person who neither knew nor had reasonable grounds for believing that the material was in question was radioactive.

Quality and compliance assurance programmes; prohibitions etc
    
18.  - (1) In order to ensure compliance with these Regulations - 

    (2) As respects the design, manufacture, testing, documentation, carriage, use, maintenance and inspection - 

the user must establish and maintain a quality assurance programme to ensure that the requirements of these Regulations are complied with and provide evidence of the efficacy of such a programme to an inspector upon request.

    (3) Where these Regulations require that a design or a shipment be approved by the Secretary of State, no such approval shall be given until the Secretary of State is satisfied as to the adequacy of the quality assurance programme for that design or shipment.

    (4) The user, when so requested by an inspector, must - 

    (5) In paragraphs (2) to (4)

    (6) The powers and procedures referred to in paragraph (1)(b) apply as respects - 

    (7) If it appears to an inspector that any person engaged in - 

is not, or is not likely to, comply with any of the requirements of these Regulations and that as a result there is a risk of injury to health or damage to property or to the environment, he may as respects that person either - 

    (8) A prohibition imposed under sub-paragraph (b)(i) of paragraph (7) may apply absolutely or for a specified purpose and either without any limitation or for a specified period and shall come into force as soon as a written notice is handed or sent (by post, facsimile or any electronic means) to the person concerned; and the notice imposing it must - 

    (9) In a notice served under sub-paragraph (b)(ii) of paragraph (7), an inspector must - 

    (10) "Requirements" in paragraph (7) includes any conditions, limitations and restrictions.

    (11) Any person upon whom either a prohibition is imposed or a notice is served under paragraph (7) must comply with that prohibition or notice.

Transport of consignments under special arrangement
    
19.  - (1) Where, in relation to the transport of a consignment, all or some of the requirements of these Regulations cannot be complied with, the transport of that consignment is prohibited unless undertaken in accordance with an approval given under the following paragraphs.

    (2) In the case of a Great Britain journey, if the Secretary of State is satisfied - 

he may give an approval for the transport of that consignment.

    (3) Application for an approval by the Secretary of State pursuant to paragraph (2) shall be made in accordance with the provisions of regulation 61 (approval of shipments under special arrangement) and may be made in respect of a single consignment or of a planned series of multiple consignments.

    (4) The approval by the Secretary of State pursuant to paragraph (2) shall be given by a special arrangement approval certificate which shall set out the conditions under which (and only under which) the transport of that consignment may be made.

Transport of consignments under exclusive use
    
20.  - (1) No person shall transport, or cause to be transported, any consignment under exclusive use unless the radiation level of the consignment is within the limits set out in paragraph 8 of Schedule 7.

    (2) "Exclusive use" means the sole use, by a single consignor, of a conveyance or of a large freight container, in respect of which all initial, intermediate and final loading and unloading is carried out in accordance with the directions of the consignor or of the consignee.

Prohibition on persons travelling in vehicles transporting radioactive material
    
21. No person except the driver and his assistant or assistants may travel in a vehicle transporting packages, overpacks or freight containers bearing category II-YELLOW or III-YELLOW labels.

Transport of consignments containing packages not designed in a contracting party country
    
22.  - (1) Before the transport of a consignment that contains a package, the design of which originates in a non-contracting party country and which requires unilateral approval pursuant to these Regulations, is commenced - 

    (2) In a case where neither the certificate required under paragraph (1) above nor an existing package design approved by a contracting party country is provided, the transport of the consignment may only be commenced if a competent authority of a contracting party country has approved the package design.

Categories of packages
    
23. Packages and overpacks must be assigned to either category I-WHITE, II-YELLOW or III-YELLOW in accordance with the conditions set out in Schedule 11.



PART IV

GENERAL PROVISIONS RELATING TO RADIATION PROTECTION, SAFETY PROGRAMMES AND INFORMATION TO THE PUBLIC

Radiation protection programme
    
24.  - (1) This regulation applies to every carrier, consignor and consignee involved in the transport of a consignment and in this regulation an "employee" of a carrier, consignor or consignee includes any person who is an agent and any other person of whose services that carrier, consignor or consignee makes use in the transport of a consignment.

    (2) Every carrier, consignor and consignee must, as respect his employees, establish a radiation protection programme which - 

    (3) A carrier, consignor and consignee will be regarded as meeting his obligations under paragraph (2)(a) if he carries out and adheres to the relevant provisions of Part II (general principles and procedures) of the Ionising Radiations Regulations (1999)[15].

    (4) Every carrier, consignor and consignee must - 

Segregation of radioactive material
     25.  - (1) The obligations upon a carrier, a consignor and a consignee (as the case may be) during the transport of a consignment as regards the segregation of radioactive material are that packages, overpacks, containers and tanks must be segregated from - 

    (2) In paragraph (1) - 

Information to the public about health protection measures
    
26.  - (1) Every carrier, consignor and consignee carrying out the transport of a consignment must - 

    (2) The following is the information that is to be supplied and made available under this regulation - 

    (3) In preparing the information to be supplied and made available under this regulation, the carrier, consignor or consignee shall - 

    (4) The information supplied and made available under this regulation must be updated at regular intervals but, in any case, at least every 3 years and whenever significant changes to any of the matters mentioned in paragraph (2) take place; and when information is updated it must be supplied again in accordance with paragraph (2) and made publicly available.

    (5) In this regulation - 

Emergency response
    
27. In the event of an accident or incident occurring during the transport of a consignment, the provisions of Part XII (radiological emergencies and intervention arrangements) shall have effect.



PART V

ACTIVITY LIMITS AND MATERIAL RESTRICTIONS

Basic radionuclide values
    
28. The individual radionuclides set out in column 1 of Table 1 in Schedule 1 are given the basic values specified respectively in columns (2) to (5) of that Table for - 

Calculation of basic radionuclide values
    
29.  - (1) If a consignment containing individual radionuclides that are not listed in Table 1 in Schedule 1 is - 

    (2) Where the chemical form of each radionuclide is known the A2 value related to its solubility class as recommended by the International Commission on Radiological Protection may be used if the chemical forms under normal and accident conditions of transport are taken into consideration.

    (3) The calculation of A1 and A2 for a radionuclide that is not listed in Table I of Schedule 1 is to be made in accordance with Schedule 2.

    (4) For mixtures of radionuclides, the calculation of the basic radionuclide values referred to in regulation 28 (basic radionuclide values) may be determined in accordance with Schedule 3.

    (5) For individual radionuclides (or for mixture of radionuclides) for which relevant data are not available, or for unknown radionuclides, the values shown in Table II in Schedule 1 must be used.

Content limits for packages
    
30.  - (1) The quantity of radioactive material in a package must not exceed the relevant limits that are specified in paragraph (2).

    (2) Every type of package or material set out below must comply with the contents limits that are applicable to it by virtue of the paragraph in Schedule 4 indicated.

Excepted packages paragraphs 1 and 2
Industrial packages paragraph 3
Type A packages paragraph 4
Type B(U) package paragraph 5
Type B(M) package paragraph 5
Type C packages paragraph 5
Packages containing fissile material paragraph 6
Packages containing uranium hexafluoride paragraph 7
Special arrangement transport operation paragraph 8



PART VI

REQUIREMENTS AND CONTROLS FOR TRANSPORT

Requirements to be fulfilled by the consignor before the first shipment
    
31.  - (1) This regulation has effect for the purpose of imposing requirements that a consignor (being the first consignor, who makes the first use of a package for the purpose of undertaking a shipment) must fulfil, or ensure are fulfilled, before making that shipment.

    (2) The requirements are - 

Requirements to be fulfilled by consignor before each shipment
    
32.  - (1) This regulation imposes, in relation to various types of packages containing various kinds of material, the requirements that each consignor must fulfil to use a package for the purpose of undertaking both - 

    (2) The requirements are - 

Transport of other goods in packages
    
33.  - (1) The consignor must ensure that a package does not contain any other items except such articles and documents as are necessary for the use of the radioactive material in the package.

    (2) But - 

may be transported with other items.

    (3) The transport of - 

is allowed if there is no interaction between these items and the packaging or its radioactive contents that would reduce the safety of the package.

Restrictions on the use of tanks etc
    
34. A tank or an intermediate bulk carrier that has been used for the transport of radioactive material must not be used for the storage or for the transport of other goods unless the tank or container has been decontaminated - 

Transport of other goods with consignments transported under exclusive use
    
35. The transport of other goods with consignments being transported under exclusive use in accordance with regulation 20 (transport of consignments under exclusive use) is allowed if - 

Other dangerous properties of contents and the segregation of consignments from other dangerous goods
    
36.  - (2) The carrier must - 

in order to be in compliance with the provisions mentioned in paragraph (2)

    (2) Those provisions are - 

Requirements and controls for contamination and for leaking packages
    
37.  - (1) This regulation and (where appropriate) Part XII (radiological emergencies and intervention arrangements) apply for the purpose of imposing requirements and controls relating to contamination and leaking packages and the measures to be taken in the event of damage or leakage occurring.

    (2) The consignor must ensure that the levels of non-fixed contamination - 

    (3) Whenever it is - 

he must restrict access to that package and must arrange for a qualified person to make an assessment of the extent of the contamination and of the resultant radiation level of the package as soon as possible.

    (4) The scope of the assessment required under paragraph (3) must include - 

    (5) When required by the Secretary of State, additional steps approved for the protection of persons, property and the environment must, be taken to overcome and minimise the consequences of any leakage or damage that has arisen.

    (6) Any package that has become damaged, or from which any radioactive contents in excess of allowable limits for normal conditions of transport is leaking, may, under the direction of a suitably qualified specialist in radiation protection, be removed to an acceptable interim location under supervision; but any such package must not be forwarded until it has been repaired or reconditioned and it has been decontaminated.

Checks to be made on conveyances and equipment
    
38. A conveyance and equipment used routinely for the transport of radioactive material must be periodically checked by the consignor or his agent to determine the level of contamination, the frequency of such checks being related to the likelihood of contamination and the extent to which radioactive material is transported.

Decontamination
    
39. Except as provided in regulation 40 (exception in cases of certain overpacks, freight containers etc), the carrier must ensure that any conveyance or equipment (or part thereof) - 

is decontaminated as soon as possible by a suitably qualified person and is not re-used unless and until - 

Exception in cases of certain overpacks, freight containers etc
    
40. An overpack, freight container, tank, intermediate bulk container or conveyance that is dedicated to the transport of radioactive material under exclusive use is excepted from the requirements of paragraph (2)(b) of regulation 37 (requirements and controls for contamination etc) and regulation 39 (decontamination) - 

Particular requirements and controls applicable in the case of the transport of excepted packages
    
41.  - (1) This regulation has effect for the purpose of applying certain provisions and requirements of this Part and of Part VIII (requirements for radioactive material and for packagings and packages) to excepted packages.

    (2) Only the following provisions apply to excepted packages

    (3) The radiation level at any point on the external surface of an excepted package must not exceed 5 µSv/h.

    (4) Radioactive material that is enclosed in, or is included as a component part of, an instrument or other manufactured article having activity not exceeding the item and package limits specified in columns 2 and 3 of Table III in Schedule 1, may be transported in an excepted package if (but only if) - 

and for the purposes of this paragraph, a device that performs the sole function of containing radioactive material is not an instrument or manufactured article.

    (5) Radioactive material in form other than as specified in paragraph (4) having activity not exceeding the limit specified in Table III in Schedule 1 (basic radionuclide values), may be transported if (but only if) - 

    (6) A manufactured article in which the sole radioactive material is unirradiated - 

may be transported as an excepted package if (but only if) the outer surface of the uranium or thorium is enclosed in an inactive sheath made of metal or some other substantial material.

Transport of empty packagings
     42. An empty packaging that has previously contained radioactive material may be transported as an excepted package if (but only if) - 

Requirements and controls for the transport of LSA material and SCO in industrial packages or unpackaged
     43.  - (1) This regulation has effect for the purpose of imposing the requirements for, and the controls with respect to, the transport of LSA material or SCO in a single - 

    (2) The quantity of the material described in paragraph (1), or (as the case may be) of an object or collection of objects, must be so restricted that the external radiation level at 3 m from the unshielded material or object or collection of objects does not exceed 10 mSv/h.

    (3) LSA material and SCO in groups LSA-I and SCO-I may be transported unpackaged under the following conditions - 

    (4) Except as provided in paragraph (3), LSA material and SCO must be packaged in accordance with Table IV in Schedule 1.

    (5) The total activity in a conveyance for the carriage of LSA material or SCO in Type IP-1, Type IP-2, Type IP-3 or unpackaged must not exceed the limits specified in Table V of Schedule 1.

Determination of transport index (TI)
    
44. The transport index for - 

shall be the number derived in accordance with the procedure set out in paragraphs 1 and 2 of Schedule 5.

Determination of criticality safety index (CSI)
    
45. The criticality safety index for packages containing fissile material shall be determined in accordance with paragraphs 3 and 4 of Schedule 5.

Limits on TI, CSI and radiation levels for packages and overpacks
    
46.  - (1) Except for consignments under exclusive use - 

    (2) Except for packages or overpacks transported under exclusive use by road under the conditions specified in regulation 20 (transport of consignments under exclusive use), the maximum radiation level at any point on any external surface of a package or overpack must not exceed 2 mSv/h.

    (3) The maximum radiation level at any point on the external surface of a package under exclusive use must not exceed 10 mSv/h.



PART VII

FURTHER RESPONSIBILITIES OF CONSIGNORS AND CARRIERS

Persons for whom consignors and carriers are responsible
    
47. For the purposes of these Regulations, a consignor or a carrier is responsible for the acts and omissions of - 

when such employees, agents or other persons are acting within the scope of their employment then such acts or omissions are considered to be those of the consignor or carrier.

Responsibilities of consignors
    
48. The responsibilities set out below are further responsibilities upon the consignor and are more fully described in the paragraph in Schedule 6 indicated - 

Marking paragraphs 1 to 7
Labelling paragraphs 8 and 9
Labelling for radioactive contents paragraph 10
Labelling for criticality safety paragraphs 11 and 12
Placarding paragraphs 13 to 16 and 30
Particulars of consignment paragraph 17
Declaration paragraphs 18 to 21
Removal or covering of labels paragraph 22
Information for carriers paragraphs 23 and 24
Notification of competent authorities paragraphs 25 to 28
Possession of certificates and instructions paragraph 29

Responsibilities of carriers
    
49.  - (1) The responsibilities set out below are further responsibilities upon the carrier and are more fully described in the paragraph in Schedule 7 indicated - 

Segregation of packages etc during transport and storage in transit paragraphs 1 to 3
Stowage during transport and storage in transit paragraphs 4 to8
Segregation of packages containing fissile material during transport and storage in transit paragraphs 9 and 10
Undeliverable consignments paragraph 11
Fire fighting equipment paragraph 12

    (2) Where these Regulations are not applicable in relation to the transport of a consignment because the total activity or the activity concentration of the radioactive material in the consignment is less than the respective values specified in paragraph (1)(f) of regulation 5 (non-application of regulations), the carrier must nevertheless always ensure that the total activity in the conveyance never exceeds the value specified in paragraph (d) of regulation 28 (basic radionuclide values).



PART VIII

REQUIREMENTS FOR RADIOACTIVE MATERIALS AND FOR PACKAGINGS AND PACKAGES

Requirements for radioactive materials etc
    
50. The Table below shall have effect for the purpose of specifying in relation to the types of radioactive material and the packagings and packages described in column (1) the requirements that are applicable to that material or package or packaging in accordance with the Part of Schedule 8 indicated in column (2).

(1) (2)
Material, packaging or package Part
LSA-III material I
Special form radioactive material II
Low dispersible radioactive material III
General requirements for packages and packagings IV
Excepted packages V
Industrial packages Type 1 (Type IP-1) VI
Industrial packages Type 2 (Type IP-2) VII
Industrial packages Type 3 (Type IP-3) VIII
Packages containing uranium hexafluoride IX
Type A packages X
Type B(U) packages XI
Type B(M) packages XII
Type C packages XIII
Packages containing fissile material XIV



PART IX

TEST PROCEDURES

Test procedures
    
51.  - (1) The Table below shall have effect for the purpose of specifying in relation to the materials and matters described in column (1) the tests that are required to be carried out in accordance with the requirements of the Part of Schedule 9 indicated in column (2).

(1) (2)
Subject matter of test part
Leaching test for LSA-III material and low dispersible radioactive material I
Special form radioactive material II
Low dispersible radioactive material III
Packages IV

    (2) Demonstration of compliance with the performance standards required in any Part referred to in the Table above must be in accordance with any of the methods listed in Part V of Schedule 9.

    (3) The Secretary of State may require such additional tests as he considers necessary to be made in relation to any of the materials and matters referred to in paragraph (1).



PART X

APPROVAL REQUIREMENTS FOR DESIGNS AND SHIPMENTS

General
    
52. In any case where there is no requirement under the following provisions of this Part that the competent authority must issue an approval certificate in respect of a design, the consignor must, upon the request of the Secretary of State, make available to him such documentary evidence as he requires to satisfy him that the package design does comply with the requirements in Part VIII (requirements for radioactive materials and for packagings and packages) and Part IX (test procedures).

Competent authority approval
    
53. The Table below shall have effect for the purpose of specifying in column (2) the type of approval that is required for designs for the items mentioned in column (1), for which approval is more fully described in the following regulations in this Part.

(1) (2)
Item Type of approval
Special form radioactive material Unilateral
Low dispersible radioactive material Multilateral
Packages containing 0.1 kg (or more) of uranium hexafluoride complying with regulation 55(1)(a) Multilateral
Packages containing 0.1 kg (or more) of uranium hexafluoride complying with regulation 55(1)(b) Unilateral after 31 December 2003
All packages containing fissile material (unless excepted under paragraph 3 of Part XIV of Schedule 8) Multilateral
Type B(U) packages Unilateral
Type B(M) packages Multilateral
Type C packages Unilateral
Special arrangements Multilateral
Certain shipments Multilateral
Type B(U) packages for low dispersible radioactive material Multilateral

Approval of special form and low dispersible radioactive material
    
54.  - (1) The design - 

    (2) Where the design for special form radioactive material or for low dispersible radioactive material originates in Great Britain, the application for the approval of the design must include the matters set out in Part I of Schedule 10.

    (3) An approval certificate that a material meets the requirements for special form or low dispersible radioactive material shall be in the form issued by the Secretary of State certifying that the design meets the requirements of IAEA 1996.

    (4) This regulation is subject to the applicable savings and transitional provisions in Part II (savings etc).

Approval of packages designed to contain
uranium hexafluoride
     55.  - (1) The following requirements apply in respect of the approval of package designs to contain 0.1 kg or more of uranium hexafluoride - 

    (2) An approval certificate that the design meets the requirements for a package containing uranium hexafluoride shall be in the form issued by the Secretary of State certifying that the design meets the requirements of IAEA 1996.

Approval of Type B(U) and Type C package designs
     56.  - (1) Each Type B(U) and Type C package design must have unilateral approval.

    (2) But a Type B(U) package design for low dispersible radioactive material, and a package design for fissile material (to which regulation 58 (approval of package designs to contain fissile material) applies)) must each have multilateral approval.

    (3) An application for the approval of the Secretary of State must include the matters listed in Part II of Schedule 10.

    (4) An approval certificate that a package design meets the requirements for a Type B(U) or a Type C package shall be in the form issued by the Secretary of State Certifying that the design meets the requirements of IAEA 1996.

    (5) This regulation is subject to the applicable savings and transitional provisions in Part II (savings etc).

Approval of Type B(M) package designs
    
57.  - (1) Each Type B(M) package design (including those for fissile material to which regulation 58 (approval of package designs to contain fissile material) applies and for low dispersible radioactive material) must have multilateral approval.

    (2) An application for multilateral approval of a Type B(M) package must include - 

    (3) An approval certificate that a design meets the requirements for a Type B(M) package shall be in the form issued by the Secretary of State certifying that the design meets the requirements of IAEA 1996.

    (4) This regulation is subject to the applicable savings and transitional provisions in Part II (savings etc).

Approval of packages designed to contain fissile material
    
58.  - (1) Each package designed to contain fissile material must (unless excepted in accordance with paragraph 3 of Part XIV of Schedule 8 from the requirements that apply specifically to packages containing fissile material) have multilateral approval.

    (2) An application for approval under paragraph (1) must include the matters listed in Part IV of Schedule 10.

    (3) An approval certificate that a design meets the requirements for a package designed to contain fissile material shall be in the form issued by the Secretary of State certifying that the design meets the requirements of IAEA 1996.

    (4) This regulation is subject to the applicable savings and transitional provisions in Part II (savings etc).

Notification and registration of serial numbers
    
59.  - (1) The manufacturer of any packaging manufactured after the date of the coming into force of these Regulations to a design approved by the Secretary of State under regulation 12 (package approval under IAEA 1985), regulation 56 (approval of Type B(U) and Type C package designs), regulation 57 (approval of Type B(M) package designs) and regulation 58 (approval of package designs to contain fissile material) must promptly notify the Secretary of State in writing of the serial number assigned to that packaging.

    (2) The owner of any other packaging manufactured to a design approved by the Secretary of State under these Regulations must promptly notify the Secretary of State in writing of the serial number assigned to that packaging.

Approval of shipments
    
60.  - (1) Multilateral approval is required for the following - 

    (2) An application to the Secretary of State for shipment approval must include the matters listed in Part V of Schedule 10 and, upon approval of the shipment, the Secretary of State will issue an approval certificate.

Approval of shipments under special arrangement
    
61.  - (1) Each consignment that is transported under special arrangement must have multilateral approval.

    (2) An application to the Secretary of State for approval of shipments under special arrangement must include the matters listed in Part VI of Schedule 10.

    (3) Where the secretary of State is satisfied as to the approval of a shipment under special arrangement, he shall issue an approval certificate.

    (4) The approval of the competent authority of another state shall be evidenced by a certificate issued by that competent authority.



PART XI

APPROVAL CERTIFICATES

Types of approval certificates
    
62.  - (1) The Secretary of State may issue the following type of certificate under these Regulations - 

    (2) The certificates mentioned in (d) and (e) above may be combined into a single certificate.

Identification marks
    
63. Each of the certificates mentioned in regulation 62 (types of approval certificates) shall have an identification mark which shall be assigned by the Secretary of State

Content of approval certificates
    
64. The information to be contained in each approval certificate issued by the Secretary of State must include - 

Validation of approval certificates
    
65.  - (1) Where shipment is to be made through or into Great Britain, multilateral approval may be demonstrated by means of the validation by the Secretary of State of the original certificate (being one or other of the types of certificate mentioned in regulation 64 (content of approval certificates)).

    (2) Validation may be by means of an endorsement on the original certificate or the issue of a new endorsement, annex or supplement.



PART XII

RADIOLOGICAL EMERGENCIES AND INTERVENTION ARRANGEMENTS

Interpretation of expressions used in this Part
    
66. In this Part - 

Duties with respect to the monitoring of particular persons
    
67.  - For the purposes of this regulation, the provisions of Part V of the Ionising Radiations Regulations 1999[16] ("the 1999 Regulations") shall be applicable so that any person (including an employee of a carrier, consignor or consignee) who assists in an intervention and is liable to be subjected to emergency exposure shall be treated as being a person classified pursuant to regulation 20 of the 1999 Regulations and, accordingly, the carrier, consignor or consignee shall have the same duties with regard to the monitoring of such person as are imposed upon an "employer" in regulations 21 to 26 of the 1999 Regulations.

    (2) In the exceptional circumstances of saving human lives, there may be an emergency exposure whereby the dose limit specified in paragraph 1, 2, 6, 7 and 8 (Workers over 18 and other persons) of Schedule 4 (dose limits) of the 1999 Regulations could be exceeded to such persons, but only where those persons are volunteers and have been informed of the risks involved in their intervention.

    (3) "Employee" has the same meaning as in paragraph (1) of regulation 24 (radiation protection programme).

    (4) "Emergency exposure" means an exposure of persons implementing the necessary rapid action to bring help to endangered persons or to prevent a large number of persons from being exposed to ionising radiation or to save valuable goods or a valuable installation, whereby the dose limit specified in paragraphs 1 and 2 of Schedule 4 (dose limits) of the 1999 Regulations could be exceeded.

Duties of consignor and carrier with regard to the preparation of emergency arrangements
     68.  - (1) Before the transport of a package begins, the consignor thereof must have drawn up a documented plan with regard to emergency arrangements for that package.

    (2) The emergency arrangements made pursuant to paragraph (1) shall be prepared having regard to the following principles

    (3) In preparing the emergency arrangements under paragraph (1), the consignor may use or employ the services of any person (including a person who is a carrier) who has expertise in matters relating to the transport of radioactive material or of contamination.

    (4) The consignor must review and, whenever necessary, revise his emergency arrangements and shall ensure that at suitable intervals they are tested.

    (5) A carrier must not undertake the transport of, or cause the transport to be made of, any consignment unless he has in his possession a copy of the statement required to be given by the consignor pursuant to paragraph 23(c) of Schedule 6 of these Regulations (emergency arrangements appropriate to the consignment).

Duties of drivers, carriers and consignors in the event of the occurrence of a radiological emergency
     69.  - (1) This regulation sets out the duties respectively of the driver, the carrier and the consignor in the event of the occurrence of a radiological emergency.

    (2) The driver of the vehicle transporting radioactive material who discovers or has reason to believe that a notifiable event has occurred in relation to the vehicle he is driving must - 

    (3) A carrier of radioactive material who becomes aware of the occurrence of a notifiable event in relation to the material he is carrying must - 

    (4) A consignor of radioactive material who becomes aware of the occurrence of a notifiable event in relation to his consignment must - 

    (5) Whenever a consignor becomes aware that emergency arrangements have been initiated in relation to his consignment he must notify the Secretary of State of the initiation of those arrangements even if, in the event, no intervention was made pursuant to those arrangements.

Packages involved in a radiological emergency
    
70. A package that has been involved in a radiological emergency shall not be transported or caused to be transported unless the consignor or his agent has examined it and the consignor is satisfied that it complies with the requirements of these Regulations and he issues a certificate to that effect.

Powers of inspectors and the Secretary of State in relation to emergency arrangements
    
71.  - (1) When requested by an inspector, the carrier and the consignor must provide that inspector, within such reasonable time as the inspector may specify, with a copy of such documents relating to the emergency arrangements as may have been requested.

    (2) The Secretary of State may review the emergency arrangements and may at any time by notice in writing to a carrier or consignee require - 

    (3) A carrier or consignor upon whom a request is made under paragraph (1) or upon whom notice is served under paragraph (2) must comply with that request or with the requirements of that notice.



PART XIII

MISCELLANEOUS

Retention and production of information
    
72.  - (1) The consignor of any consignment must retain for 2 years from the date on which the transport of that consignment begins any information in his possession derived from measurements of contamination of that consignment.

    (2) The user of any package, packaging or special form radioactive material or low dispersible radioactive material shall retain any information in his possession relating to the design, manufacture, testing, use and maintenance of that package, packaging or material, including (without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing) specifications, calculations, test results, quality assurance programmes and manufacturing records, for so long as the package, packaging or material is in use for the transport of radioactive material and for a period of at least two years after the final use of the package, packaging or material.

    (3) An inspector may require the user of any package, packaging or special form radioactive material or low dispersible radioactive material to produce such information in his possession relating to that package, packaging or material as the inspector may specify.

    (4) In paragraphs (2) and (3) "user" has the same meaning as in paragraph (5) of regulation 18 (quality and compliance assurance programmes, prohibitions etc.)

Production of documents
    
73. An examiner, an inspector or a constable in uniform may require the carrier of any radioactive material or the driver of any vehicle transporting radioactive material to produce for inspection such documents relating to that material and required by these Regulations as the examiner, inspector or constable may specify

Evaluation of radiation emissions
    
74. For the purpose of ensuring that the transport of radioactive material does not cause any injury to health, or any damage to property or to the environment, the Secretary of State shall arrange for periodic assessments to be carried out to evaluate the radiation emissions arising from such transport.

Transport documents for regular consignments
    
75.  - (1) Where the same packaging with the same radioactive contents is consigned as a package on a regular basis by the same consignor, who is also the carrier of that package, the consignor may issue a regular consignment certificate for that package in accordance with the provisions of Schedule 13.

    (2) The consignor of any package in respect of which he holds a current regular consignment certificate issued under paragraph (1) must carry in the vehicle in which the consignment is transported a document containing a statement that the consignment is covered by a regular consignment certificate issued under this regulation, the date and contents of that certificate, a record (including destinations and dates) of all consignments made under that certificate, and an expiry date for the document not later than three months after the date of the declaration contained in that certificate.

    (3) The consignor of any package falling within paragraph (2) must retain a copy of the document described in paragraph (2), or a complete record of the contents of that document, for two years from the date on which the transport of that package begins.



Signed by the authority of the Secretary of State

Parliamentary Under Secretary of State. Department for Transport, Local Government and the Regions

April 2002



SCHEDULE 1
Regulations 5, 25, 29, 41 and 43


TABLES



TABLE I Basic Radionuclide Values
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5)
Radionuclide (atomic number) A1 A2 Activity concentration for exempt material Activity limit for an exempt consignment
     (TBq) (TBq) (Bq/g) (Bq)
Actinium (89)                    
Ac-225 (a) 8 × 10-1 6 × 10-3 1 × 101 1 × 104
Ac-227 (a) 9 × 10-1 9 × 10-5 1 × 10-1 1 × 103
Ac-228 6 × 10-1 5 × 10-1 1 × 101 1 × 106
Silver (47)                    
Ag-105 2 × 100 2 × 100 1 × 102 1 × 106
Ag-108; (a) 7 × 10-1 7 × 10-1 1 × 101 (b) 1 × 106 (b)
Ag-110m (a) 4 × 10-1 4 × 10-1 1 × 101 1 × 106
Ag-111 2 × 100 6 × 10-1 1 × 103 1 × 106
Aluminium (13)                    
Al-26 1 × 10-1 1 × 10-1 1 × 101 1 × 105
Americium (95)                    
Am-241 1 × 101 1 × 10-3 1 × 100 1 × 104
Am-242m (a) 1 × 101 1 × 10-3 1 × 100 (b) 1 × 104 (b)
Am-243 (a) 5 × 100 1 × 10-3 1 × 100 (b) 1 × 103 (b)
Argon (18)                    
Ar-37 4 × 101 4 × 101 1 × 106 1 × 108
Ar-39 4 × 101 2 × 101 1 × 107 1 × 104
Ar-41 3 × 10-1 3 × 10-1 1 × 102 1 × 109
Arsenic (33)                    
As-72 3 × 10-1 3 × 10-1 1 × 101 1 × 105
As-73 4 × 101 4 × 101 1 × 103 1 × 107
As-74 1 × 100 9 × 10-1 1 × 101 1 × 106
As-76 3 × 10-1 3 × 10-1 1 × 102 1 × 105
As-77 2 × 101 7 × 10-1 1 × 103 1 × 106
Astatine (85)                    
At-211 (a) 2 × 101 5 × 10-1 1 × 103 1 × 107
Gold (79)                    
Au-193 7 × 100 2 × 100 1 × 102 1 × 107
Au-194 1 × 100 1 × 100 1 × 101 1 × 106
Au-195 1 × 101 6 × 100 1 × 102 1 × 107
Au-198 1 × 100 6 × 10-1 1 × 102 1 × 106
Au-199 1 × 101 6 × 10-1 1 × 102 1 × 106
Barium (56)                    
Ba-131 (a) 2 × 100 2 × 100 1 × 102 1 × 106
Ba-133 3 × 100 3 × 100 1 × 102 1 × 106
Ba-133m 2 × 101 6 × 10-1 1 × 102 1 × 106
Ba-140 (a) 5 × 10-1 3 × 10-1 1 × 101 (b) 1 × 105 (b)
Beryllium (4)                    
Be-7 2 × 101 2 × 101 1 × 103 1 × 107
Be-10 4 × 101 6 × 10-1 1 × 104 1 × 106
Bismuth (83)                    
Bi-205 7 × 10-1 7 × 10-1 1 × 101 1 × 106
Bi-206 3 × 10-1 3 × 10-1 1 × 101 1 × 105
Bi-207 7 × 10-1 7 × 10-1 1 × 101 1 × 106
Bi-210 1 × 100 6 × 10-1 1 × 103 1 × 106
Bi-210m (a) 6 × 10-1 2 × 10-2 1 × 101 1 × 105
Bi-212 (a) 7 × 10-1 6 × 10-1 1 × 101 (b) 1 × 105 (b)
Berkelium (97)                    
Bk-247 8 × 100 8 × 10-4 1 × 100 1 × 104
Bk-249 (a) 4 × 101 3 × 10-1 1 × 103 1 × 106
Bromine (35)                    
Br-76 4 × 10-1 4 × 10-1 1 × 101 1 × 105
Br-77 3 × 100 3 × 100 1 × 102 1 × 106
Br-82 4 × 10-1 4 × 10-1 1 × 101 1 × 106
Carbon (6)                    
C-11 1 × 100 6 × 10-1 1 × 101 1 × 106
C-14 4 × 101 3 × 100 1 × 104 1 × 107
Calcium (20)                    
Ca-41 Unlimited Unlimited 1 × 105 1 × 107
Ca-45 4 × 101 1 × 100 1 × 104 1 × 107
Ca-47 (a) 3 × 100 3 × 10-1 1 × 101 1 × 106
Cadmium (48)                    
Cd-109; 3 × 101 2 × 100 1 × 104 1 × 106
Cd-113m 4 × 101 5 × 10-1 1 × 103 1 × 106
Cd-115 (a) 3 × 100 4 × 10-1 1 × 102 1 × 106
Cd-115m 5 × 10-1 5 × 10-1 1 × 103 1 × 106
Cerium (58)                    
Ce-139 7 × 100 2 × 100 1 × 102 1 × 106
Ce-141 2 × 101 6 × 10-1 1 × 102 1 × 107
Ce-143 9 × 10-1 6 × 10-1 1 × 102 1 × 106
Ce-144 (a) 2 × 10-1 2 × 10-1 1 × 102 (b) 1 × 105 (b)
Californium (98)                    
Cf-248 4 × 101 6 × 10-3 1 × 101 1 × 104
Cf-249 3 × 100 8 × 10-4 1 × 100 1 × 103
Cf-250 2 × 101 2 × 10-3 1 × 101 1 × 104
Cf-251 7 × 100 7 × 10-4 1 × 100 1 × 103
Cf-252 5 × 10-2 3 × 10-3 1 × 101 1 × 104
Cf-253 (a) 4 × 101 4 × 10-2 1 × 102 1 × 105
Cf-254 1 × 10-3 1 × 10-3 1 × 100 1 × 103
Chlorine (17)                    
Cl-36 1 × 101 6 × 10-1 1 × 104 1 × 106
Cl-38 2 × 10-1 2 × 10-1 1 × 101 1 × 105
Curium (96)                    
Cm-240 4 × 101 2 × 10-2 1 × 102 1 × 105
Cm-241 2 × 100 1 × 100 1 × 102 1 × 106
Cm-242 4 × 101 1 × 10-2 1 × 102 1 × 105
Cm-243 9 × 100 1 × 10-3 1 × 100 1 × 104
Cm-244 2 × 101 2 × 10-3 1 × 101 1 × 104
Cm-245 9 × 100 9 × 10-4 1 × 100 1 × 103
Cm-246 9 × 100 9 × 10-4 1 × 100 1 × 103
Cm-247 (a) 3 × 100 1 × 10-3 1 × 100 1 × 104
Cm-248 2 × 10-2 3 × 10-4 1 × 100 1 × 103
Cobalt (27)                    
Co-55 5 × 10-1 5 × 10-1 1 × 101 1 × 106
Co-56 3 × 10-1 3 × 10-1 1 × 101 1 × 105
Co-57 1 × 101 1 × 101 1 × 102 1 × 106
Co-58 1 × 100 1 × 100 1 × 101 1 × 106
Co-58m 4 × 101 4 × 101 1 × 104 1 × 107
Co-60 4 × 10-1 4 × 10-1 1 × 101 1 × 105
Chromium (24)                    
Cr-51 3 × 101 3 × 101 1 × 103 1 × 107
Caesium (55)                    
Cs-129 4 × 100 4 × 100 1 × 102 1 × 105
Cs-131 3 × 101 3 × 101 1 × 103 1 × 106
Cs-132 1 × 100 1 × 100 1 × 101 1 × 105
Cs-134 7 × 10-1 7 × 10-1 1 × 101 1 × 104
Cs-134m 4 × 101 6 × 10-1 1 × 103 1 × 105
Cs-135 4 × 101 1 × 100 1 × 104 1 × 107
Cs-136 5 × 10-1 5 × 10-1 1 × 101 1 × 105
Cs-137 (a) 2 × 100 6 × 10-1 1 × 101 (b) 1 × 104 (b)
Copper (29)                    
Cu-64 6 × 100 1 × 100 1 × 102 1 × 106
Cu-67 1 × 101 7 × 10-1 1 × 102 1 × 106
Dysprosium (66)                    
Dy-159 2 × 101 2 × 101 1 × 103 1 × 107
Dy-165 9 × 10-1 6 × 10-1 1 × 103 1 × 106
Dy-166 (a) 9 × 10-1 3 × 10-1 1 × 103 1 × 106
Erbium (68)                    
Er-169 4 × 101 1 × 100 1 × 104 1 × 107
Er-171 8 × 10-1 5 × 10-1 1 × 102 1 × 106
Europium (63)                    
Eu-147 2 × 100 2 × 100 1 × 102 1 × 106
Eu-148 5 × 10-1 5 × 10-1 1 × 101 1 × 106
Eu-149 2 × 101 2 × 101 1 × 102 1 × 107
Eu-150(short lived) 2 × 100 7 × 10-1 1 × 103 1 × 106
Eu-150(long lived) 7 × 10-1 7 × 10-1 1 × 101 1 × 106
Eu-152 1 × 100 1 × 100 1 × 101 1 × 106
Eu-152m 8 × 10-1 8 × 10-1 1 × 102 1 × 106
Eu-154 9 × 10-1 6 × 10-1 1 × 101 1 × 106
Eu-155 2 × 101 3 × 100 1 × 102 1 × 107
Eu-156 7 × 10-1 7 × 10-1 1 × 101 1 × 106
Fluorine (9)                    
F-18 1 × 100 6 × 10-1 1 × 101 1 × 106
Iron (26)                    
Fe-52 (a) 3 × 10-1 3 × 10-1 1 × 101 1 × 106
Fe-55 4 × 101 4 × 101 1 × 104 1 × 106
Fe-59 9 × 10-1 9 × 10-1 1 × 101 1 × 106
Fe-60 (a) 4 × 101 2 × 10-1 1 × 102 1 × 105
Gallium (31)                    
Ga-67 7 × 100 3 × 100 1 × 102 1 × 106
Ga-68 5 × 10-1 5 × 10-1 1 × 101 1 × 105
Ga-72 4 × 10-1 4 × 10-1 1 × 101 1 × 105
Gadolinium (64)                    
Gd-146 (a) 5 × 10-1 5 × 10-1 1 × 101 1 × 106
Gd-148 2 × 101 2 × 10-3 1 × 101 1 × 104
Gd-153 1 × 101 9 × 100 1 × 102 1 × 107
Gd-159 3 × 100 6 × 10-1 1 × 103 1 × 106
Germanium (32)                    
Ge-68 (a) 5 × 10-1 5 × 10-1 1 × 101 1 × 105
Ge-71 4 × 101 4 × 101 1 × 104 1 × 108
Ge-77 3 × 10-1 3 × 10-1 1 × 101 1 × 105
Hafnium (72)                    
Hf-172 (a) 6 × 10-1 6 × 10-1 1 × 101 1 × 106
Hf-175 3 × 100 3 × 100 1 × 102 1 × 106
Hf-181 2 × 100 5 × 10-1 1 × 101 1 × 106
Hf-182 Unlimited Unlimited 1 × 102 1 × 106
Mercury (80)                    
Hg-194 (a) 1 × 100 1 × 100 1 × 101 1 × 106
Hg-195m (a) 3 × 100 7 × 10-1 1 × 102 1 × 106
Hg-197 2 × 101 1 × 101 1 × 102 1 × 107
Hg-197m 1 × 101 4 × 10-1 1 × 102 1 × 106
Hg-203 5 × 100 1 × 100 1 × 102 1 × 105
Holmium (67)                    
Ho-166 4 × 10-1 4 × 10-1 1 × 103 1 × 105
Ho-166m 6 × 10-1 5 × 10-1 1 × 101 1 × 106
Iodine (53)                    
I-123 6 × 100 3 × 100 1 × 102 1 × 107
I-124 1 × 100 1 × 100 1 × 101 1 × 106
I-125 2 × 101 3 × 100 1 × 103 1 × 106
I-126 2 × 100 1 × 100 1 × 102 1 × 106
I-129 Unlimited Unlimited 1 × 102 1 × 105
I-131 3 × 100 7 × 10-1 1 × 102 1 × 106
I-132 4 × 10-1 4 × 10-1 1 × 101 1 × 105
I-133 7 × 10-1 6 × 10-1 1 × 101 1 × 106
I-134 3 × 10-1 3 × 10-1 1 × 101 1 × 105
I-135 (a) 6 × 10-1 6 × 10-1 1 × 101 1 × 106
Indium (49)                    
In-111 3 × 100 3 × 100 1 × 102 1 × 106
In-113m 4 × 100 2 × 100 1 × 102 1 × 106
In-114m (a) 1 × 101 5 × 10-1 1 × 102 1 × 106
In-115m 7 × 100 1 × 100 1 × 102 1 × 106
Iridium (77)                    
Ir-189 (a) 1 × 101 1 × 101 1 × 102 1 × 107
Ir-190 7 × 10-1 7 × 10-1 1 × 101 1 × 106
Ir-192 1 × 100 (c) 6 × 10-1 1 × 101 1 × 104
Ir-194 3 × 10-1 3 × 10-1 1 × 102 1 × 105
Potassium (19)                    
K-40 9 × 10-1 9 × 10-1 1 × 102 1 × 106
K-42 2 × 10-1 2 × 10-1 1 × 102 1 × 106
K-43 7 × 10-1 6 × 10-1 1 × 101 1 × 106
Krypton (36)                    
Kr-81 4 × 101 4 × 101 1 × 104 1 × 107
Kr-85 1 × 101 1 × 101 1 × 105 1 × 104
Kr-85m 8 × 100 3 × 100 1 × 103 1 × 1010
Kr-87 2 × 10-1 2 × 10-1 1 × 102 1 × 109
Lanthanum (57)                    
La-137 3 × 101 6 × 100 1 × 103 1 × 107
La-140 4 × 10-1 4 × 10-1 1 × 101 1 × 105
Lutetium (71)                    
Lu-172 6 × 10-1 6 × 10-1 1 × 101 1 × 106
Lu-173 8 × 100 8 × 100 1 × 102 1 × 107
Lu-174 9 × 100 9 × 100 1 × 102 1 × 107
Lu-174m 2 × 101 1 × 101 1 × 102 1 × 107
Lu-177 3 × 101 7 × 10-1 1 × 103 1 × 107
Magnesium (12)                    
Mg-28 (a) 3 × 10-1 3 × 10-1 1 × 101 1 × 105
Manganese (25)                    
Mn-52 3 × 10-1 3 × 10-1 1 × 101 1 × 105
Mn-53 Unlimited Unlimited 1 × 104 1 × 109
Mn-54 1 × 100 1 × 100 1 × 101 1 × 106
Mn-56 3 × 10-1 3 × 10-1 1 × 101 1 × 105
Molybdenum (42)                    
Mo-93 4 × 101 2 × 101 1 × 103 1 × 108
Mo-99 (a) 1 × 100 6 × 10-1 1 × 102 1 × 106
Nitrogen (7)                    
N-13 9 × 10-1 6 × 10-1 1 × 102 1 × 109
Sodium (11)                    
Na-22 5 × 10-1 5 × 10-1 1 × 101 1 × 106
Na-24 2 × 10-1 2 × 10-1 1 × 101 1 × 105
Niobium (41)                    
Nb-93m 4 × 101 3 × 101 1 × 104 1 × 107
Nb-94 7 × 10-1 7 × 10-1 1 × 101 1 × 106
Nb-95 1 × 100 1 × 100 1 × 101 1 × 106
Nb-97 9 × 10-1 6 × 10-1 1 × 101 1 × 106
Neodymium (60)                    
Nd-147 6 × 100 6 × 10-1 1 × 102 1 × 106
Nd-149 6 × 10-1 5 × 10-1 1 × 102 1 × 106
Nickel (28)                    
Ni-59 Unlimited Unlimited 1 × 104 1 × 108
Ni-63 4 × 101 3 × 101 1 × 105 1 × 108
Ni-65 4 × 10-1 4 × 10-1 1 × 101 1 × 106
Neptunium (93)                    
Np-235 4 × 101 4 × 101 1 × 103 1 × 107
Np-236(short-lived) 2 × 101 2 × 100 1 × 103 1 × 107
Np-236(long-lived) 9 × 100 2 × 10-2 1 × 102 1 × 105
Np-237 2 × 101 2 × 10-3 1 × 100 (b) 1 × 103 (b)
Np-239 7 × 100 4 × 10-1 1 × 102 1 × 107
Osmium (76)                    
Os-185 1 × 100 1 × 100 1 × 101 1 × 106
Os-191 1 × 101 2 × 100 1 × 102 1 × 107
Os-191m 4 × 101 3 × 101 1 × 103 1 × 107
Os-193 2 × 100 6 × 10-1 1 × 102 1 × 106
Os-194 (a) 3 × 10-1 3 × 10-1 1 × 102 1 × 105
Phosphorus (15)                    
P-32 5 × 10-1 5 × 10-1 1 × 103 1 × 105
P-33 4 × 101 1 × 100 1 × 105 1 × 108
Protactinium (91)                    
Pa-230 (a) 2 × 100 7 × 10-2 1 × 101 1 × 106
Pa-231 4 × 100 4 × 10-4 1 × 100 1 × 103
Pa-233 5 × 100 7 × 10-1 1 × 102 1 × 107
Lead (82)                    
Pb-201 1 × 100 1 × 100 1 × 101 1 × 106
Pb-202 4 × 101 2 × 101 1 × 103 1 × 106
Pb-203 4 × 100 3 × 100 1 × 102 1 × 106
Pb-205 Unlimited Unlimited 1 × 104 1 × 107
Pb-210 (a) 1 × 100 5 × 10-2 1 × 101 (b) 1 × 104 (b)
Pb-212 (a) 7 × 10-1 2 × 10-1 1 × 101 (b) 1 × 105 (b)
Palladium (46)                    
Pd-103 (a) 4 × 101 4 × 101 1 × 103 1 × 108
Pd-107 Unlimited Unlimited 1 × 105 1 × 108
Pd-109 2 × 100 5 × 10-1 1 × 103 1 × 106
Promethium (61)                    
Pm-143 3 × 100 3 × 100 1 × 102 1 × 106
Pm-144 7 × 10-1 7 × 10-1 1 × 101 1 × 106
Pm-145 3 × 101 1 × 101 1 × 103 1 × 107
Pm-147 4 × 101 2 × 100 1 × 104 1 × 107
Pm-148m (a) 8 × 10-1 7 × 10-1 1 × 101 1 × 106
Pm-149 2 × 100 6 × 10-1 1 × 103 1 × 106
Pm-151 2 × 100 6 × 10-1 1 × 102 1 × 106
Polonium (84)                    
Po-210 4 × 101 2 × 10-2 1 × 101 1 × 104
Praseodymium (59)                    
Pr-142 4 × 10-1 4 × 10-1 1 × 102 1 × 105
Pr-143 3 × 100 6 × 10-1 1 × 104 1 × 106
Platinum (78)                    
Pt-188 (a) 1 × 100 8 × 10-1 1 × 101 1 × 106
Pt-191 4 × 100 3 × 100 1 × 102 1 × 106
Pt-193 4 × 101 4 × 101 1 × 104 1 × 107
Pt-193m 4 × 101 5 × 10-1 1 × 103 1 × 107
Pt-195m 1 × 101 5 × 10-1 1 × 102 1 × 106
Pt-197 2 × 101 6 × 10-1 1 × 103 1 × 106
Pt-197m 1 × 101 6 × 10-1 1 × 102 1 × 106
Plutonium (94)                    
Pu-236 3 × 101 3 × 10-3 1 × 101 1 × 104
Pu-237 2 × 101 2 × 101 1 × 103 1 × 107
Pu-238 1 × 101 1 × 10-3 1 × 100 1 × 104
Pu-239 1 × 101 1 × 10-3 1 × 100 1 × 104
Pu-240 1 × 101 1 × 10-3 1 × 100 1 × 103
Pu-241 (a) 4 × 101 6 × 10-2 1 × 102 1 × 105
Pu-242 1 × 101 1 × 10-3 1 × 100 1 × 104
Pu-244 (a) 4 × 10-1 1 × 10-3 1 × 100 1 × 104
Radium (88)                    
Ra-223 (a) 4 × 10-1 7 × 10-3 1 × 102 (b) 1 × 105 (b)
Ra-224 (a) 4 × 10-1 2 × 10-2 1 × 101 (b) 1 × 105 (b)
Ra-225 (a) 2 × 10-1 4 × 10-3 1 × 102 1 × 105
Ra-226 (a) 2 × 10-1 3 × 10-3 1 × 101 (b) 1 × 104 (b)
Ra-228 (a) 6 × 10-1 2 × 10-2 1 × 101 (b) 1 × 105 (b)
Rubidium (37)                    
Rb-81 2 × 100 8 × 10-1 1 × 101 1 × 106
Rb-83 (a) 2 × 100 2 × 100 1 × 102 1 × 106
Rb-84 1 × 100 1 × 100 1 × 101 1 × 106
Rb-86 5 × 10-1 5 × 10-1 1 × 102 1 × 105
Rb-87 Unlimited Unlimited 1 × 104 1 × 107
Rb(nat) Unlimited Unlimited 1 × 104 1 × 107
Rhenium (75)                    
Re-184 1 × 100 1 × 100 1 × 101 1 × 106
Re-184m 3 × 100 1 × 100 1 × 102 1 × 106
Re-186 2 × 100 6 × 10-1 1 × 103 1 × 106
Re-187 Unlimited Unlimited 1 × 106 1 × 109
Re-188 4 × 10-1 4 × 10-1 1 × 102 1 × 105
Re-189 (a) 3 × 100 6 × 10-1 1 × 102 1 × 106
Re(nat) Unlimited Unlimited 1 × 106 1 × 109
Rhodium (45)                    
Rh-99 2 × 100 2 × 100 1 × 101 1 × 106
Rh-101 4 × 100 3 × 100 1 × 102 1 × 107
Rh-102 5 × 10-1 5 × 10-1 1 × 101 1 × 106
Rh-102m 2 × 100 2 × 100 1 × 102 1 × 106
Rh-103m 4 × 101 4 × 101 1 × 104 1 × 108
Rh-105 1 × 101 8 × 10-1 1 × 102 1 × 107
Radon (86)                    
Rn-222 (a) 3 × 10-1 4 × 10-3 1 × 101 (b) 1 × 108 (b)
Ruthenium (44)                    
Ru-97 5 × 100 5 × 100 1 × 102 1 × 107
Ru-103 (a) 2 × 100 2 × 100 1 × 102 1 × 106
Ru-105 1 × 100 6 × 10-1 1 × 101 1 × 106
Ru-106 (a) 2 × 10-1 2 × 10-1 1 × 102 (b) 1 × 105 (b)
Sulphur (16)                    
S-35 4 × 101 3 × 100 1 × 105 1 × 108
Antimony (51)                    
Sb-122 4 × 10-1 4 × 10-1 1 × 102 1 × 104
Sb-124 6 × 10-1 6 × 10-1 1 × 101 1 × 106
Sb-125 2 × 100 1 × 100 1 × 102 1 × 106
Sb-126 4 × 10-1 4 × 10-1 1 × 101 1 × 105
Scandium (21)                    
Sc-44 5 × 10-1 5 × 10-1 1 × 101 1 × 105
Sc-46 5 × 10-1 5 × 10-1 1 × 101 1 × 106
Sc-47 1 × 101 7 × 10-1 1 × 102 1 × 106
Sc-48 3 × 10-1 3 × 10-1 1 × 101 1 × 105
Selenium (34)                    
Se-75 3 × 100 3 × 100 1 × 102 1 × 106
Se-79 4 × 101 2 × 100 1 × 104 1 × 107
Silicon (14)                    
Si-31 6 × 10-1 6 × 10-1 1 × 103 1 × 106
Si-32 4 × 101 5 × 10-1 1 × 103 1 × 106
Samarium (62)                    
Sm-145 1 × 101 1 × 101 1 × 102 1 × 107
Sm-147 Unlimited Unlimited 1 × 101 1 × 104
Sm-151 4 × 101 1 × 101 1 × 104 1 × 108
Sm-153 9 × 100 6 × 10-1 1 × 102 1 × 106
Tin (50)                    
Sn-113 (a) 4 × 100 2 × 100 1 × 103 1 × 107
Sn-117m 7 × 100 4 × 10-1 1 × 102 1 × 106
Sn-119m 4 × 101 3 × 101 1 × 103 1 × 107
Sn-121m (a) 4 × 101 9 × 10-1 1 × 103 1 × 107
Sn-123 8 × 10-1 6 × 10-1 1 × 103 1 × 106
Sn-125 4 × 10-1 4 × 10-1 1 × 102 1 × 105
Sn-126 (a) 6 × 10-1 4 × 10-1 1 × 101 1 × 105
Strontium (38)                    
Sr-82 (a) 2 × 10-1 2 × 10-1 1 × 101 1 × 105
Sr-85 2 × 100 2 × 100 1 × 102 1 × 106
Sr-85m 5 × 100 5 × 100 1 × 102 1 × 107
Sr-87m 3 × 100 3 × 100 1 × 102 1 × 106
Sr-89 6 × 10-1 6 × 10-1 1 × 103 1 × 106
Sr-90 (a) 3 × 10-1 3 × 10-1 1 × 102 (b) 1 × 104 (b)
Sr-91 (a) 3 × 10-1 3 × 10-1 1 × 101 1 × 105
Sr-92 (a) 1 × 100 3 × 10-1 1 × 101 1 × 106
Tritium (1)                    
T(H-3) 4 × 101 4 × 101 1 × 106 1 × 109
Tantalum (73)                    
Ta-178(long-lived) 1 × 100 8 × 10-1 1 × 101 1 × 106
Ta-179 3 × 101 3 × 101 1 × 103 1 × 107
Ta-182 9 × 10-1 5 × 10-1 1 × 101 1 × 104
Terbium (65)                    
Tb-157 4 × 101 4 × 101 1 × 104 1 × 107
Tb-158 1 × 100 1 × 100 1 × 101 1 × 106
Tb-160 1 × 100 6 × 10-1 1 × 101 1 × 106
Technetium (43)                    
Tc-95m (a) 2 × 100 2 × 100 1 × 101 1 × 106
Tc-96 4 × 10-1 4 × 10-1 1 × 101 1 × 106
Tc-96m (a) 4 × 10-1 4 × 10-1 1 × 103 1 × 107
Tc-97 Unlimited Unlimited 1 × 103 1 × 108
Tc-97m 4 × 101 1 × 100 1 × 103 1 × 107
Tc-98 8 × 10-1 7 × 10-1 1 × 101 1 × 106
Tc-99 4 × 101 9 × 10-1 1 × 104 1 × 107
Tc-99m 1 × 101 4 × 100 1 × 102 1 × 107
Tellurium (52)                    
Te-121 2 × 100 2 × 100 1 × 101 1 × 106
Te-121m 5 × 100 3 × 100 1 × 102 1 × 105
Te-123m 8 × 100 1 × 100 1 × 102 1 × 107
Te-125m 2 × 101 9 × 10-1 1 × 103 1 × 107
Te-127 2 × 101 7 × 10-1 1 × 103 1 × 106
Te-127m (a) 2 × 101 5 × 10-1 1 × 103 1 × 107
Te-129 7 × 10-1 6 × 10-1 1 × 102 1 × 106
Te-129m (a) 8 × 10-1 4 × 10-1 1 × 103 1 × 106
Te-131m (a) 7 × 10-1 5 × 10-1 1 × 101 1 × 106
Te-132 (a) 5 × 10-1 4 × 10-1 1 × 102 1 × 107
Thorium (90)                    
Th-227 1 × 101 5 × 10-3 1 × 101 1 × 104
Th-228 (a) 5 × 10-1 1 × 10-3 1 × 100 (b) 1 × 104 (b)
Th-229 5 × 100 5 × 10-4 1 × 100 (b) 1 × 103 (b)
Th-230 1 × 101 1 × 10-3 1 × 100 1 × 104
Th-231 4 × 101 2 × 10-2 1 × 103 1 × 107
Th-232 Unlimited Unlimited 1 × 101 1 × 104
Th-234 (a) 3 × 10-1 3 × 10-1 1 × 103 (b) 1 × 105 (b)
Th(nat) Unlimited Unlimited 1 × 100 (b) 1 × 103 (b)
Titanium (22)                    
Ti-44 (a) 5 × 10-1 4 × 10-1 1 × 101 1 × 105
Thallium (81)                    
Tl-200 9 × 10-1 9 × 10-1 1 × 101 1 × 106
Tl-201 1 × 101 4 × 100 1 × 102 1 × 106
Tl-202 2 × 100 2 × 100 1 × 102 1 × 106
Tl-204 1 × 101 7 × 10-1 1 × 104 1 × 104
Thulium (69)                    
Tm-167 7 × 100 8 × 10-1 1 × 102 1 × 106
Tm-170 3 × 100 6 × 10-1 1 × 103 1 × 106
Tm-171 4 × 101 4 × 101 1 × 104 1 × 108
Uranium (92)                    
U-230 (fast lung absorption) (a) (d) 4 × 101 1 × 10-1 1 × 101 (b) 1 × 105 (b)
U-230 (medium lung absorption) (a) (e) 4 × 101 4 × 10-3 1 × 101 1 × 104
U-230 (slow lung absorption) (a) (f) 3 × 101 3 × 10-3 1 × 101 1 × 104
U-232 (fast lung absorption) (d) 4 × 101 1 × 10-2 1 × 100 (b) 1 × 103 (b)
U-232 (medium lung absorption) (e) 4 × 101 7 × 10-3 1 × 101 1 × 104
U-232 (slow lung absorption) (f) 1 × 101 1 × 10-3 1 × 101 1 × 104
U-233 (fast lung absorption) (d) 4 × 101 9 × 10-2 1 × 101 1 × 104
U-233 (medium lung absorption) (e) 4 × 101 2 × 10-2 1 × 102 1 × 105
U-233 (slow lung absorption) (f) 4 × 101 6 × 10-3 1 × 101 1 × 105
U-234 (fast lung absorption) (d) 4 × 101 9 × 10-2 1 × 101 1 × 104
U-234 (medium lung absorption) (e) 4 × 101 2 × 10-2 1 × 102 1 × 105
U-234 (slow lung absorption) (f) 4 × 101 6 × 10-3 1 × 101 1 × 105
U-235 (all lung absorption types) (a) (d) (e) (f) Unlimited Unlimited 1 × 101 (b) 1 × 104 (b)
U-236 (fast lung absorption) (d) Unlimited Unlimited 1 × 101 1 × 104
U-236 (medium lung absorption) (e) 4 × 101 2 × 10-2 1 × 102 1 × 105
U-236 (slow lung absorption) (f) 4 × 101 6 × 10-3 1 × 101 1 × 104
U-238 (all lung absorption types) (d) (e) (f) Unlimited Unlimited 1 × 101 (b) 1 × 104 (b)
U (nat) Unlimited Unlimited 1 × 100 (b) 1 × 103 (b)
U (enriched to 20% or less) (g) Unlimited Unlimited 1 × 100 1 × 103
U (dep) Unlimited Unlimited 1 × 100 1 × 103
Vanadium (23)                    
V-48 4 × 10-1 4 × 10-1 1 × 101 1 × 105
V-49 4 × 101 4 × 101 1 × 104 1 × 107
Tungsten (74)                    
W-178 (a) 9 × 100 5 × 100 1 × 101 1 × 106
W-181 3 × 101 3 × 101 1 × 103 1 × 107
W-185 4 × 101 8 × 10-1 1 × 104 1 × 107
W-187 2 × 100 6 × 10-1 1 × 102 1 × 106
W-188 (a) 4 × 10-1 3 × 10-1 1 × 102 1 × 105
Xenon (54)                    
Xe-122 (a) 4 × 10-1 4 × 10-1 1 × 102 1 × 109
Xe-123 2 × 100 7 × 10-1 1 × 102 1 × 109
Xe-127 4 × 100 2 × 100 1 × 103 1 × 105
Xe-131m 4 × 101 4 × 101 1 × 104 1 × 104
Xe-133 2 × 101 1 × 101 1 × 103 1 × 104
Xe-135 3 × 100 2 × 100 1 × 103 1 × 1010
Yttrium (39)                    
Y-87 (a) 1 × 100 1 × 100 1 × 101 1 × 106
Y-88 4 × 10-1 4 × 10-1 1 × 101 1 × 106
Y-90 3 × 10-1 3 × 10-1 1 × 103 1 × 105
Y-91 6 × 10-1 6 × 10-1 1 × 103 1 × 106
Y-91m 2 × 100 2 × 100 1 × 102 1 × 106
Y-92 2 × 10-1 2 × 10-1 1 × 102 1 × 105
Y-93 3 × 10-1 3 × 10-1 1 × 102 1 × 105
Ytterbium (79)                    
Yb-169 4 × 100 1 × 100 1 × 102 1 × 107
Yb-175 3 × 101 9 × 10-1 1 × 103 1 × 107
Zinc (30)                    
Zn-65 2 × 100 2 × 100 1 × 101 1 × 106
Zn-69 3 × 100 6 × 10-1 1 × 104 1 × 106
Zn-69m (a) 3 × 100 6 × 10-1 1 × 102 1 × 106
Zirconium (40)                    
Zr-88 3 × 100 3 × 100 1 × 102 1 × 106
Zr-93 Unlimited Unlimited 1 × 103 (b) 1 × 107 (b)
Zr-95 (a) 2 × 100 8 × 10-1 1 × 101 1 × 106
Zr-97 (a) 4 × 10-1 4 × 10-1 1 × 101 (b) 1 × 105 (b)





SCHEDULE 2
Regulation 29(3)


A1 AND A2 VALUES FOR UNSPECIFIED RADIONUCLIDES


In the calculations of A1 and A2 for a radionuclide not in Table I of Schedule 1, a single radioactive decay chain in which the radionuclides are present in their naturally occurring proportions and in which no daughter nuclide has a half-life either longer than 10 days or longer than that of the parent nuclide shall be considered as a single radionuclide, and the activity to be taken into account and the A1 or A2 value to be applied must be those corresponding to the parent nuclide of that chain. In the case of radioactive decay chains in which any daughter nuclide has a half-life either longer than 10 days or greater than that of the parent nuclide, the parent and such daughter nuclides must be considered as mixtures of different nuclides.



SCHEDULE 3
Regulation 29(4)


A1 AND A2 VALUES FOR MIXTURES OF RADIONUCLIDES


     1. For a mixture of radionuclides whose identities and respective activities are known the basic radionuclide values given in Table 1 of Schedule 1 may be determined as follows - 



     2. When the identity of each radionuclide is known but the individual activities of some of the radionuclides are not known, the radionuclides may be grouped and the lowest radionuclide value, as appropriate, for the radionuclides in each group may be used in applying the formulae in paragraph 1 above and paragraph 4(b) of Schedule 4. Groups may be based on the total alpha activity and the total beta/gamma activity when these are known, using the lowest radionuclide values for the alpha emitters or beta/gamma emitters, respectively.



SCHEDULE 4
Regulation 30(2)


CONTENTS LIMITS FOR PACKAGES


Excepted packages
     1. An excepted package containing radioactive material other than articles manufactured of natural
uranium, depleted uranium, or natural thorium must not contain activities greater than the following - 

     2. An excepted package containing articles manufactured of natural uranium, depleted uranium, or natural thorium may contain any quantity of such material provided that the outer surface of the uranium or thorium is enclosed in an inactive sheath made of metal or some other substantial material.

Industrial packages
     3. The radioactive contents in a single package of LSA material or in a single package of SCO must be so restricted that the radiation level specified in regulation 43(2) must not be exceeded, and the activity in a single package must also be so restricted that the activity limits for a vehicle specified in column 2 of Table V of Schedule 1 must not be exceeded.

Type A packages
     4. A Type A package must not contain activities greater than the following - 



Type B(U), Type B(M) and Type C packages
     5. A Type B(U), Type B(M) or Type C package must not contain:

as specified in the package design approval certificate.

Packages containing fissile material
     6. Packages containing fissile material, other than a package falling within paragraph 3 of Part XIV of Schedule 8, must not contain - 

as specified in the package design approval certificate.

Packages containing uranium hexafluoride
     7. The mass of uranium hexafluoride in a package must not exceed a value that would lead to an ullage smaller than 5% at the maximum temperature of the package as specified for the plant systems where the package must be used. The uranium hexafluoride must be in solid form and the internal pressure of the package must be below atmospheric pressure when presented for transport.

Special arrangement transport operations
     8. A special arrangement transport operation must not contain - 

as specified in the package design approval certificate.



SCHEDULE 5
Regulations 44 and 45


DETERMINATION OF TRANSPORT INDEX (TI) OR CRITICALITY SAFETY INDEX (CSI)


     1. The Transport Index (TI) for a package, overpack, freight container, or for unpackaged LSA-I or SCO-I, must be the number derived in accordance with the following procedure - 

     2. The TI for each overpack, freight container or vehicle must be determined as either the sum of the TIs of all the packages contained, or by direct measurement of radiation level, except in the case of non-rigid overpacks for which the transport index must be determined only as the sum of the TIs of all of the packages.

     3. The Criticality Safety Index (CSI) for packages containing fissile material must be obtained by dividing the number 50 by the value of N derived using the procedures specified in paragraph 8 of Part XIV of Schedule 8 (i.e., CSI = 50/N). The value of the CSI may be zero, provided that an unlimited number of packages is subcritical (i.e., N is effectively equal to infinity).

     4. The CSI for each consignment must be determined as the sum of the CSIs of all of the packages contained in that consignment.



SCHEDULE 6
Regulations 11(5),41(2)(c) and 48


ADDITIONAL RESPONSIBILITIES OF CONSIGNORS


Marking
     1. Each package must be legibly and durably marked on the outside of the packaging with an identification of either the consignor or consignee, or both.

     2. For each package, other than excepted packages, the United Nations number (see column 1 of Table VIII in Schedule 1), preceded by the letters "UN", and the proper shipping name (see column 2 of Table VIII in Schedule 1) must be legibly and durably marked on the outside of the packaging. In the case of excepted packages, only the United Nations number, preceded by the letters "UN", is required.

     3. Each package of gross mass exceeding 50 kg must have its permissible gross mass legibly and durably marked on the outside of the packaging.

     4. Each package which conforms to - 

     5. Each package which conforms to a design approved under regulations 11, 12 or 55 to 58 must be legibly and durably marked on the outside of the packaging with - 

     6. Each package which conforms to a Type B(U), Type B(M) or Type C package design must have the outside of the outermost receptacle which is resistant to the effects of fire and water plainly marked by embossing, stamping or other means resistant to the effects of fire and water with the trefoil symbol shown in Fig. 1 of Schedule 14.

     7. Where LSA-I or SCO-I material is contained in receptacles or wrapping materials and is transported under exclusive use as permitted by regulation 43(3), the outer surface of these receptacles or wrapping materials may bear the marking "RADIOACTIVE LSA-I" or "RADIOACTIVE SCO-I", as appropriate.

Labelling
     8. Each package, overpack and freight container must bear the labels which conform to the models in Fig 2, Fig 3 or, Fig 4 of Schedule 14 except as allowed under the alternative provisions of paragraph 13 for large freight containers and tanks, according to the appropriate category. In addition, each package, overpack and freight container containing fissile material, other than fissile material excepted under the provisions of paragraph 3 of Part XIV of Schedule 8, must bear labels which conform to the model in Fig 5 of Schedule 14. Any labels which do not relate to the contents must be removed or covered. For radioactive material having other dangerous properties see regulation 36(1).

     9. The labels conforming to the models in Fig 2, Fig. 3 and Fig. 4 of Schedule 14 must be affixed to two opposite sides of the outside of a package or overpack or on the outside of all four sides of a freight container or tank. The labels conforming to the model in Fig. 5 of Schedule 14, where applicable, must be affixed adjacent to the labels conforming to the models in Fig. 2, Fig. 3 and Fig. 4 of Schedule 14. The labels must not cover the markings specified in paragraphs 1-6.

Labelling for radioactive contents
     10. Each label conforming to the models in Fig. 2, Fig.3 and Fig. 4 of Schedule 14 must be completed with the following information - 

Labelling for criticality safety
     11. Each label conforming to the model in Fig.5 of Schedule 14 must be completed with the criticality safety index (CSI) as stated in the certificate of approval for special arrangement or the certificate of approval for the package design issued by the competent authority.

     12. For overpacks and freight containers, the criticality safety index (CSI) on the label must bear the information required in paragraph 11 totalled together for the fissile contents of the overpack or freight container.

Placarding
     13. Large freight containers carrying packages other than excepted packages, and tanks must bear four placards which conform to the model given in Fig. 6 of Schedule 14. The placards must be affixed in a vertical orientation to each side wall and each end wall of the large freight container or tank. Any placards which do not relate to the contents must be removed. Instead of using both labels and placards, it is permitted as an alternative to use enlarged labels only, as shown in Fig. 2, Fig. 3, Fig. 4, and Fig. 5 of Schedule 14 where appropriate, with dimensions of the minimum size shown in Fig. 6 of Schedule 14.

     14. Where the consignment in the freight container or tank is unpackaged LSA-I or SCO-I or where an exclusive use consignment in a freight container is packaged radioactive material with a single United Nations number, the appropriate United Nations number for the consignment (as shown in column 1 of Table VIII in Schedule 1) must also be displayed, in black digits not less than 65 mm high, either - 

When the alternative given in (b) above is used, the subsidiary placard must be affixed immediately adjacent to the main placard, on all four sides of the freight container or tank.

     15. Vehicles carrying packages, overpacks or freight containers labelled with any of the labels shown in Fig. 2, Fig. 3, Fig. 4 or Fig. 5 of Schedule 14, or carrying consignments under exclusive use, must display the placard shown in Fig. 6 of Schedule 14 on each of the two external lateral walls and the external rear wall.

In the case of a vehicle without sides the placards may be affixed directly on the cargo-carrying unit provided that they are readily visible; in the case of physically large tanks or freight containers, the placards on the tanks or freight containers will suffice. In the case of vehicles which have insufficient area to allow the fixing of larger placards, the dimensions of the placard as described in Fig. 6 of Schedule 14 may be reduced to 100 mm. Any placards which do not relate to the contents must be removed.
     16. Where the consignment in or on the vehicle is unpackaged LSA-I material or SCO-I or where an exclusive use consignment is packaged radioactive material with a single United Nations number, the appropriate United Nations number (see Table VIII) must also be displayed, in black digits not less than 65 mm high, either - 

When the alternative given in (b) above is used, the subsidiary placard must be affixed immediately adjacent to the main placard, either on the two external lateral walls in the case of a rail vehicle or the two external lateral walls and the external rear wall in the case of a road vehicle.

Particulars of consignment
     17. The consignor must include in the transport documents with each consignment the following information, as applicable - 

Declaration
     18. The consignor must include in the transport documents a declaration in the following terms or in terms having an equivalent meaning:

"I hereby declare that the contents of this consignment are fully and accurately described above by the proper shipping name and are classified, packed, marked and labelled, and are in all respects in proper condition for transport by (insert mode(s) of transport involved) according to the applicable international and national governmental regulations."

     19. If the intent of the declaration is already a condition of transport within a particular international convention, the consignor need not provide such a declaration for that part of the transport covered by the convention.

     20. The declaration must be signed and dated by the consignor. A facsimile signature is authorised.

     21. The declaration must be made on the same transport document that contains the particulars of consignment listed in paragraph 17.

Removal or covering of labels
     22. When an empty packaging is transported as an excepted package in accordance with regulation 42, the previously displayed labels must not be visible.

Information for carriers
     23. The consignor must provide in the transport documents a statement regarding actions, if any, that are required to be taken by the carrier. The statement must be in the languages deemed necessary by the carrier or the authorities concerned, and must include at least the following points - 

     24. The applicable competent authority certificates need not necessarily accompany the consignment. The consignor must make them available to the carrier before loading and unloading.

Notification of competent authorities
     25. Before the first shipment of any package requiring competent authority approval, the consignor must ensure that copies of each applicable competent authority certificate applying to that package design have been submitted to the competent authority of each country through or into which the consignment is to be transported. The consignor is not required to await an acknowledgement from the competent authority, nor is the competent authority required to make such acknowledgement of receipt of the certificate.

     26. For each shipment listed in (a), (b), (c) or (d) below, the consignor must notify the competent authority of each country through or into which the consignment is to be transported. This notification must be in the hands of each competent authority prior to the commencement of the shipment, and preferably at least 7 days in advance.

     27. The consignment notification must include - 

     28. The consignor is not required to send a separate notification if the required information has been included in the application for shipment approval; see part V of Schedule 10.

Possession of certificates and instructions
     29. The consignor must have in his or her possession a copy of each certificate of approval required under Part XI of these Regulations and a copy of the instructions with regard to the proper closing of the package and other preparations for shipment before making any shipment under the terms of the certificates.

"ADR" orange plate
     30. Vehicles must be placarded according to the applicable provisions of ADR paragraph 5.3.2.



SCHEDULE 7
Regulations 20(1) and 49


RESPONSIBILITIES OF CARRIERS


Segregation of packages etc during transport and storage in transit
     1. Packages, overpacks and freight containers containing radioactive material must be segregated during transport and during storage in transit - 

     2. Category II-YELLOW or III-YELLOW packages or overpacks must not be carried in compartments occupied by passengers, except those exclusively reserved for couriers specially authorised to accompany such packages or overpacks.

     3. No persons other than the driver and assistants must be permitted in vehicles carrying packages, overpacks or freight containers bearing category II-YELLOW or III-YELLOW labels.

Stowage during transport and storage in transit
     4. Consignments must be securely stowed.

     5. Provided that its average surface heat flux does not exceed 15 W/m2 and that the immediately surrounding cargo is not in sacks or bags, a package or overpack may be carried or stored among packaged general cargo without any special stowage provisions except as may be specifically required by the competent authority in an applicable approval certificate.

     6. Loading of freight containers and accumulation of packages, overpacks and freight containers must be controlled as follows - 

     (c) the radiation level under routine conditions of transport must not exceed 2 mSv/h at any point on, and 0.1 mSv/h at 2 m from, the external surface of the vehicle;

     7. Any package or overpack having either a transport index greater than 10, or any consignment having a criticality safety index greater than 50, must be transported only under exclusive use.

     8. For consignments under exclusive use, the radiation level must not exceed - 

     (b) 2 mSv/h at any point on the outer surfaces of the vehicle, including the upper and lower surfaces, or, in the case of an open vehicle, at any point on the vertical planes projected from the outer edges of the vehicle, on the upper surface of the load, and on the lower external surface of the vehicle; and

     (c) 0.1 mSv/h at any point 2 m from the vertical planes represented by the outer lateral surfaces of the vehicle, or, if the load is transported in an open vehicle, at any point 2 m from the vertical planes projected from the outer edges of the vehicle.

Segregation of packages containing fissile material during transport and storage in transit
     9. The number of packages, overpacks and freight containers containing fissile material stored in transit in any one storage area must be so limited that the total sum of the criticality safety indexes in any group of such packages, overpacks or freight containers does not exceed 50. Groups of such packages, overpacks and freight containers must be stored so as to maintain a spacing of at least 6 m from other groups of such packages, overpacks or freight containers.

     10. Where the total sum of the criticality safety indexes on board a vehicle or in a freight container exceeds 50, storage must be such as to maintain a spacing of at least 6 m from other groups of packages, overpacks or freight containers containing fissile material or other conveyances carrying radioactive material.

Undeliverable Consignments
     11. Where a consignment is undeliverable, the consignment must be placed in a safe location and the Secretary of State must be informed as soon as possible and a request made for instructions on further action.

     12. Vehicles must be equipped in accordance with the provisions of ADR paragraph 8.1.4



SCHEDULE 8
Regulations 31(2)(c), 32(2), 41(2)(b) and (c) and others 50, 55(1)(b), 58(1) and 60(1)(a)


REQUIREMENTS FOR RADIOACTIVE MATERIALS AND FOR PACKAGINGS AND PACKAGES




PART I

REQUIREMENTS FOR LSA-III MATERIAL

LSA-III material must be a solid of such a nature that if the entire contents of a package were subjected to the test specified in paragraph Part I of Schedule 9 the activity in the water would not exceed 0.1 A2.



PART II

REQUIREMENTS FOR SPECIAL FORM RADIOACTIVE MATERIAL

     1. Special form radioactive material must have at least one dimension not less than 5 mm.

     2. Special form radioactive material must be of such a nature or must be so designed that if it is subjected to the tests specified in Part II of Schedule 9, it meets the following requirements - 

     3. When a sealed capsule constitutes part of the special form radioactive material, the capsule must be so manufactured that it can be opened only by destroying it.



PART III

REQUIREMENTS FOR LOW DISPERSIBLE RADIOACTIVE MATERIAL

Low dispersible radioactive material must be such that the total amount of this radioactive material in a package must meet the following requirements - 



PART IV

GENERAL REQUIREMENTS FOR PACKAGINGS AND PACKAGES

     1. A package must be so designed in relation to its mass, volume and shape that it can easily and safely be handled and transported and so that it can be properly secured in or on the vehicle during transport.

     2. The design of a package must be such that any lifting attachments on it will not fail when used in the intended manner and such that, if failure of the attachments should occur, the ability of the package to meet other requirements of these Regulations would not be impaired, taking into account appropriate safety factors to cover snatch lifting.

     3. Any attachment or other feature on the outer surface of a package which could be used to lift it but is not designed to support its mass in accordance with paragraph 2 above must be removed or otherwise rendered incapable of being used during transport.

     4. As far as reasonably practicable, packaging must be so designed and finished that the external surfaces are free from protruding features and can easily be decontaminated.

     5. As far as reasonably practicable, the outer layer of a package must be so designed as to prevent the collection and retention of water.

     6. No feature, not forming an integral part of a package, is to be added to the package at the time of transport if it will reduce the safety of the package.

     7. A package must be capable of withstanding the effects of any acceleration, vibration or vibration resonance which may arise under routine conditions of transport without any deterioration in the effectiveness of the closing devices on the various receptacles or in the integrity of the package as a whole, and in particular nuts, bolts, and other securing devices must be so designed as to prevent them from becoming loose or being released unintentionally, even after repeated use.

     8. The materials of the packaging and any components or structures thereof must be physically and chemically compatible with each other and with the radioactive contents, taking into account their behaviour under irradiation.

     9. All valves through which radioactive contents could otherwise escape must be protected against unauthorised operation.

     10. The design of the package must take into account ambient temperatures and pressures that are likely to be encountered in routine conditions of transport.

     11. For radioactive material having other dangerous properties, the package design must take into account those properties; see regulations 6(2) and 36.



PART V

REQUIREMENTS FOR EXCEPTED PACKAGES

The package must comply with Part IV of this Schedule.



PART VI

REQUIREMENTS FOR AN INDUSTRIAL PACKAGE TYPE 1 (IP-1)

An industrial package Type 1 (IP-1) must be designed to meet the requirements of Part IV of this Schedule and the smallest overall external dimension must not be less than 10 cm.



PART VII

REQUIREMENTS FOR AN INDUSTRIAL PACKAGE TYPE 2 (IP-2)

     1. An industrial package Type 2 (IP-2) must be designed to meet the requirements of Part VI of this Schedule and, when subjected to the tests specified in paragraphs 10 and 11 of Part IV of Schedule 9, it must prevent - 

     2. An industrial package Type 2 (IP-2) must be designed - 

     3. A tank container may be used as an industrial package Type 2 (IP-2) provided that it is designed - 

     4. A tank may be used as an industrial package Type 2 (IP-2) provided that it conforms to standards at least equivalent to those required in the case of tank containers by paragraph 3, but substitute the ADR reference in paragraph 3(b) for "Chapter 6.7 of ADR", and it is limited to transporting LSA-I or LSA-II liquids or gases as prescribed in Table IV of Schedule 1.

     5. A freight container may be used as an industrial package Type 2 (IP-2) provided that - 

     6. An intermediate bulk container may be used as an industrial package Type 2 (IP-2) provided that - 



PART VIII

REQUIREMENTS FOR AN INDUSTRIAL PACKAGE TYPE 3 (IP-3)

     1. An industrial package Type 3 (IP-3) must be designed to meet the requirements of Part VI of this Schedule and, in addition the requirements of paragraphs 2 to 15 of Part X of this Schedule; or alternatively may meet the requirements of paragraphs 2,3,4 or 5.

     2. A tank container may be used as an industrial package Type 3 (IP-3) provided that it is designed - 

     3. A tank may be used as an industrial package Type 3 (IP-3) provided that it conforms to standards at least equivalent to those required in the case of tank containers by paragraph 2, but substitute "to conform to the standards prescribed in chapter 6.7 of ADR" for paragraph 2(b), and it must be limited to transporting LSA-I or LSA-II liquids or gases as prescribed in Table IV of Schedule 1.

     4. A freight container may be used as an industrial package Type 3 (IP-3) provided that - 

     5. An intermediate bulk container may be used as an industrial package Type 3 (IP-3) provided that - 



PART IX

REQUIREMENTS FOR PACKAGES CONTAINING URANIUM HEXAFLUORIDE

     1. The package must also meet the requirements prescribed elsewhere in these Regulations which pertain to the radioactive and fissile properties of the material. Except as allowed in paragraph 4, uranium hexafluoride in quantities of 0.1 kg or more must also be packaged and transported in accordance with the provisions of the International Organisation for Standardisation document ISO 7195:, "Packaging of uranium hexafluoride (UF6) for transport", and the requirements of paragraphs 2 and 3.

     2. Each package designed to contain 0.1 kg or more of uranium hexafluoride must be designed so that it would meet the following requirements - 

     3. Packages designed to contain 0.1 kg or more of uranium hexafluoride must not be provided with pressure relief devices.

     4. Subject to the approval of the competent authority, packages designed to contain 0.1 kg or more of uranium hexafluoride may be transported if - 



PART X

REQUIREMENTS FOR TYPE A PACKAGES

     1. A Type A package must meet the requirements of Part IV of this Schedule.

     2. The smallest overall external dimension of the package must not be less than 10 cm.

     3. The outside of the package must incorporate a feature such as a seal, which is not readily breakable and which, while intact, will be evidence that it has not been opened.

     4. Any tie-down attachments on the package must be so designed that, under both normal and accident conditions of transport, the forces in those attachments do not impair the ability of the package to meet the requirements of these Regulations.

     5. The design of the package must take into account temperatures ranging from -40°C to 70°C for the components of the packaging, giving attention to freezing temperatures for liquid contents and to the potential degradation of packaging materials within the given temperature range.

     6. The design and manufacturing techniques must be in accordance with national or international standards, or other requirements, acceptable to the Secretary of State

     7. The design must include a containment system securely closed by a positive fastening device which cannot be opened unintentionally or by a pressure which may arise within the package.

     8. Special form radioactive material may be considered as a component of the containment system.

     9. If the containment system forms a separate unit of the package, it must be capable of being securely closed by a positive fastening device which is independent of any other part of the packaging.

     10. The design of any component of the containment system must take into account, where applicable, the radiolytic decomposition of liquids and other vulnerable materials and the generation of gas by chemical reaction and radiolysis.

     11. The containment system must retain its radioactive contents under a reduction of ambient pressure to 60 kPa.

     12. All valves, other than pressure relief valves, must be provided with an enclosure to retain any leakage from the valve.

     13. A radiation shield which encloses a component of the package specified as a part of the containment system must be so designed as to prevent the unintentional release of that component from the shield. Where the radiation shield and such component within it form a separate unit, the radiation shield must be capable of being securely closed by a positive fastening device which is independent of any other packaging structure.

     14. A package must be so designed that, if it were subjected to the tests specified in paragraphs 7 to 12 of Part IV of Schedule 9, it would prevent - 

     15. The design of a package intended for liquid radioactive material must make provision for ullage to accommodate variations in the temperature of the contents, dynamic effects and filling dynamics.

     16. A Type A package designed to contain liquids must,in addition - 

     17. A package designed for gases must prevent loss or dispersal of the radioactive contents if the package were subjected to the tests specified in paragraph 13 of Part IV of Schedule 9. A package designed for tritium in gaseous form or for noble gases with contents not exceeding A2 is excepted from this requirement.



PART XI

REQUIREMENTS FOR TYPE B(U) PACKAGES

     1. A Type B(U) package must be designed to meet the requirements of Part IV, and of paragraphs 2 to 13, and 15, of Part X, and of paragraph 14 of Part X except as specified in paragraph 7(a) below.

     2. A package must be so designed that, under the ambient conditions specified in paragraphs 4 and 5, heat generated within the package by the radioactive contents must not, under normal conditions of transport, as demonstrated by the tests in paragraphs 7 - 12 of Part IV of Schedule 9, adversely affect the package in such a way that it would fail to meet the applicable requirements for containment and shielding if left unattended for a period of one week. Particular attention is to be paid to the effects of heat which may - 

     3. A package must be so designed that, under the ambient condition specified in paragraph 4, the temperature of its accessible surfaces must not exceed 50°C, unless the package is transported under exclusive use.

     4. The ambient temperature must be assumed to be 38°C.

     5. The solar insolation conditions must be assumed to be as specified in Table IX of Schedule 1.

     6. A package which includes thermal protection for the purpose of satisfying the requirements of the thermal test specified in paragraph 16 of Part IV of Schedule 9 must be so designed that such protection will remain effective if the package is subjected to the tests specified in paragraphs 7 - 12 and 15(a) and (b) or 15(b) and (c) of Part IV of Schedule 9, as appropriate. Any such protection on the exterior of the package must not be rendered ineffective by ripping, cutting, skidding, abrasion, or rough handling.

     7. A package must be so designed that, if it were subjected to - 

     8. A package for radioactive contents with activity greater than 105 A2 must be so designed that if it were subjected to the water immersion test specified in paragraph 18 of Part IV of Schedule 9, there would be no rupture of the containment system.

     9. Compliance with the permitted activity release limits must not depend either upon filters or upon a mechanical cooling system.

     10. A package must not include a pressure relief system from the containment system which would allow the release of radioactive material to the environment under the conditions of the tests specified in paragraphs 7 - 12 and 14 - 17 of Part IV of Schedule 9.

     11. A package must be so designed that if it were at the maximum normal operating pressure and it were subjected to the tests specified in paragraphs 7 - 12 and 14 - 17 of Part IV of Schedule 9, the level of strains in the containment system would not attain values which would adversely affect the package in such a way that it would fail to meet the applicable requirements.

     12. A package must not have a maximum normal operating pressure in excess of a gauge pressure of 700 kPa.

     13. The maximum temperature of any surface readily accessible during transport of a package must not exceed 85°C in the absence of insolation under the ambient condition specified in paragraph 4. Account may be taken of barriers or screens intended to give protection to persons without the need for the barriers or screens being subject to any test.

     14. A package containing low dispersible radioactive material must be so designed that any features added to the low dispersible radioactive material that are not part of it, or any internal components of the packaging must not adversely affect the performance of the low dispersible radioactive material.

     15. A package must be designed for an ambient temperature range from -40°C to +38°C.



PART XII

REQUIREMENTS FOR TYPE B(M) PACKAGES

     1. A Type B(M) package must meet the requirements of Part XI, except that for packages to be transported within the United Kingdom or between the United Kingdom and another State, conditions other than those given in paragraph 5 of Part X, paragraph 4, 5 and 8-15 of Part XI may be assumed with the approval of the Secretary of State and the competent authority of any State through or to which it is be transported. As far as reasonably practicable the requirements of paragraphs 8-15 of Part XI must be met.

     2. Intermittent venting of Type B(M) packages may be permitted during transport, provided that the operational controls for venting are acceptable to the Secretary of State.



PART XIII

REQUIREMENTS FOR TYPE C PACKAGES

     1. A Type C package must be designed to meet the requirements of Part IV, and of paragraphs 2 to 13, and 15, of Part X, of paragraph 14 of Part X except as specified in paragraph 3(a) below, of paragraphs 2-5 and 9-15 of Part XI.

     2. A package must be capable of meeting the assessment criteria prescribed for tests in paragraphs 7(b) and 11 of Part XI after burial in an environment defined by a thermal conductivity of 0.33 W/m.K and a temperature of 38°C in the steady state. Initial conditions for the assessment must assume that any thermal insulation of the package remains intact, the package is at the maximum normal operating pressure and the ambient temperature is 38°C.

     3. A package must be so designed that, if it were at the maximum normal operating pressure and subjected to - 

Where mixtures of different radionuclides are present, the provisions of paragraphs (4) and (5) of regulation 29 must apply except that for krypton-85 an effective A2(i) value equal to 10 A2 may be used. For the purposes of sub-paragraph (a) above, the evaluation must take into account the requirements of regulation 37(2)(a).

     4. A package must be so designed that there will be no rupture of the containment system following performance of the enhanced water immersion test specified in paragraph 18 of Part IV of Schedule 9.



PART XIV

REQUIREMENTS FOR PACKAGES CONTAINING FISSILE MATERIAL

     1. Fissile material must be packaged and shipped in such a manner that subcriticality is maintained under conditions likely to be encountered during normal and accident conditions of transport. The following contingencies must be considered - 

     2. A package containing fissile material must meet the requirements of paragraph 2 of Part X and those requirements prescribed elsewhere in these Regulations which pertain to the radioactive properties of the material.

     3. Packages are excepted from meeting the requirements of paragraphs 4- 10 where they are transported in a consignment meeting one of the exception criteria (a), (b), (c) or (d) - 

     (b) each package containing uranium enriched in uranium-235 to a maximum of 1% by mass, and with a total plutonium and uranium-233 content not exceeding 1% of the mass of uranium-235, provided that the fissile material is distributed essentially homogeneously throughout the material; provided also that if uranium-235 is present in metallic, oxide, or carbide forms, it does not form a lattice arrangement.

     (c) each package containing liquid solutions of uranyl nitrate enriched in uranium-235 to a maximum of 2% by mass, with a total plutonium and uranium-233 content not exceeding 0.002% of the mass of uranium-235, and with a minimum nitrogen to uranium atomic ratio (N/U) of 2.

     (d) each package containing individually not more than 1 kg of total plutonium, of which not more than 20% by mass may consist of plutonium-239, plutonium-241, or any combination of those radionuclides.

     4. A packaging for fissile material must be so designed that, if it were subjected to the tests specified in paragraphs 7 -12 of Part IV of Schedule 9 the construction of the packaging would prevent the entry of a 10 cm cube.

     5. For the purposes of this Part:

     (b) the tests specified in paragraphs 7 - 12 of Part IV of Schedule 9 followed by the test in paragraph 17 of Part IV of Schedule 9.

     6. In determining the subcriticality of individual packages in isolation for the purposes of this Schedule, it must be assumed that water can leak into or out of all void spaces of the package, including those within the containment system. However, if the design incorporates special features to prevent such leakage of water into or out of certain void spaces, even as a result of human error, absence of leakage may be assumed in respect of those void spaces. Special features shall include the following - 

     7. The individual package damaged or undamaged must be subcritical under the conditions specified in paragraphs 5 and 6 taking into account the physical and chemical characteristics including any change in those characteristics which could occur when the package is damaged and with the conditions of moderation and reflection as specified below.

For all material within the confinement system: the material arranged in the confinement system - 

     8. An array of packages must be subcritical. A number, "N" must be derived assuming that if packages were stacked together in any arrangement with the stack closely reflected on all sides by water 20 cm thick (or its equivalent) both of the following conditions would be satisfied - 

     9. In evaluating the subcriticality of fissile material in its transport configuration, the following must apply - 

     10. The package must be designed for an ambient temperature range of -40°C to +38°C unless the Secretary of State specifies otherwise in the certificate of approval for the package design.



SCHEDULE 9
Regulation 51


TEST PROCEDURES




PART I

LEACHING TEST FOR LSA-III MATERIAL AND LOW DISPERSIBLE RADIOACTIVE MATERIAL

A solid material sample representing the entire contents of the package is to be immersed for 7 days in water at ambient temperature. The volume of water to be used in the test must be sufficient to ensure that at the end of the 7-day test period, the free volume of the unabsorbed and unreacted water remaining must be at least 10% of the volume of the solid test sample itself. The water must have an initial pH of 6-8 and a maximum conductivity of 1 mS/m at 20°C. The total activity of the free volume of water must be measured following the 7-day immersion of the test sample.



PART II

TESTS FOR SPECIAL FORM RADIOACTIVE MATERIAL

     1. The tests which must be performed on specimens that comprise or simulate special form radioactive material are: the impact test, the percussion test, the bending test and the heat test.

     2. A different specimen may be used for each of the tests.

     3. After each test specified in paragraphs 4 - 8 below, a leaching assessment or volumetric leakage test must be performed on the specimen by a method no less sensitive than the methods given in paragraph 9 below for indispersible solid material and paragraph 10 below for encapsulated material.

     4. Impact test: The specimen must drop onto the target from a height of 9 metres. The target must be as defined in paragraph 5 of Part IV of this Schedule.

     5. Percussion test: The specimen must be placed on a sheet of lead which is supported by a smooth solid surface and struck by the flat face of a mild steel bar so as to cause an impact equivalent to that resulting from a free drop of 1.4 kg through 1 metre. The lower part of the bar must be 25 mm in diameter with the edges rounded off to a radius of (3.0 ± 0.3)mm. The lead, of hardness number 3.5 to 4.5 on the Vickers scale and not more than 25 mm thick, must cover an area greater than that covered by the specimen. A fresh surface of lead must be used for each impact. The bar must strike the specimen so as to cause maximum damage.

     6. Bending test: This test applies only to long, slender sources with both a minimum length of 10 cm and a length to minimum width ratio of not less than 10. The specimen must be rigidly clamped in a horizontal position so that one half of its length protrudes from the face of the clamp. The orientation of the specimen must be such that the specimen will suffer maximum damage when its free end is struck by the flat face of a steel bar. The bar must strike the specimen so as to cause an impact equivalent to that resulting from a free vertical drop of 1.4 kg through 1 metre. The lower part of the bar must be 25 mm in diameter with the edges rounded off to a radius of (3.0 ± 0.3)mm.

     7. Heat test: The specimen must be heated in air to a temperature of 800°C and held at that temperature for a period of 10 minutes and must then be allowed to cool.

     8. Specimens that comprise or simulate radioactive material enclosed in a sealed capsule may be excepted from - 

     9. For specimens which comprise or simulate indispersible solid material, a leaching assessment must be performed as follows - 

     10. For specimens which comprise or simulate radioactive material enclosed in a sealed capsule, either a leaching assessment or a volumetric leakage assessment must be performed as follows - 



PART III

TESTS FOR LOW DISPERSIBLE RADIOACTIVE MATERIAL

     1. The tests which must be performed on specimens that comprise or simulate low dispersible radioactive material are: the enhanced thermal test and the impact test.

     2. A different specimen may be used for each of the tests.

     3. After each test specified in paragraphs 4 - 5 below, a leaching assessment must be performed on the specimen according to the method set out in Part I.

     4. Enhanced thermal test: This test must be the test set out in paragraph 25 of Part IV.

     5. Impact test: This test must be the test set out in paragraph 26 of Part IV.



PART IV

TESTS FOR PACKAGES

     1. All specimens must be inspected before testing in order to identify and record faults or damage including the following - 

     2. The containment system of the package must be clearly specified.

     3. The external features of the specimen must be clearly identified so that reference may be made simply and clearly to any part of such specimen.

     4. After each of the applicable tests specified in paragraphs 6  -  26 below - 

Target for Drop Tests
     5. The target for the drop tests specified in paragraph 4 of Part II and paragraphs 10, 13(a), 15, and 24 and 26 of Part IV must be a flat, horizontal surface of such a character that any increase in its resistance to displacement or deformation upon impact by the specimen would not significantly increase the damage to the specimen.

Packages Designed to contain
Uranium Hexafluoride
     6. Specimens that comprise or simulate packagings designed to contain 0.1 kg or more of uranium hexafluoride must be tested hydraulically at an internal pressure of at least 1.38 MPa but, when the test pressure is less than 2.76 MPa, the design must require multilateral approval. For retesting packagings, any other equivalent non-destructive testing may be applied subject to multilateral approval.

Tests for demonstrating ability to withstand normal conditions of transport
     7. The tests are: the water spray test, the free drop test, the stacking test, and the penetration test. Specimens of the package must be subjected to the free drop test, the stacking test and the penetration test, preceded in each case by the water spray test. One specimen may be used for all the tests, provided that the requirements of paragraph 8 are fulfilled.

     8. The time interval between the conclusion of the water spray test and the succeeding test must be such that the water has soaked in to the maximum extent, without appreciable drying of the exterior of the specimen. In the absence of any evidence to the contrary, this interval must be taken to be two hours if the water spray is applied from four directions simultaneously. No time interval shall elapse, however, if the water spray is applied from each of the four directions consecutively.

     9. Water spray test: The specimen must be subjected to a water spray test that simulates exposure to rainfall of approximately 5 cm per hour for at least one hour.

     10. Free drop test: The specimen must drop on to the target so as to suffer maximum damage in respect of the safety features to be tested and - 

     11. Stacking test: Unless the shape of the packaging effectively prevents stacking, the specimen must be subjected, for a period of 24 hours, to a compressive load equal to the greater of the following - 

The load must be applied uniformly to two opposite sides of the specimen, one of which must be the base on which the package would normally rest.

     12. Penetration test: The specimen must be placed on a rigid, flat, horizontal surface which will not move significantly while the test is carried out - 

Tests for Type A packages designed to carry liquids and gases
     13. A specimen or separate specimens must be subjected to each of the following tests unless it can be demonstrated that one test is more severe for the specimen in question than the other, in which case one specimen must be subjected to the more severe test - 

Tests for demonstrating ability to withstand accident conditions of transport
     14. The specimen must be subjected to the cumulative effects of the tests specified in paragraphs 15 and 16, in that order. Following these tests, either this specimen or a separate specimen must be subjected to the effect(s) of the water immersion test(s) as specified in paragraph 17 and, if applicable, paragraph 18.

     15. Mechanical test: The mechanical test consists of three different drop tests. Each specimen must be subjected to the applicable drops as specified in paragraph 7 of Part XI of Schedule 8 or paragraphs 5 and 8 of Part XIV of Schedule 8. The order in which the specimen is subjected to the drops must be such that, on completion of the mechanical test, the specimen must have suffered such damage as will lead to the maximum damage in the thermal test which follows - 

     16. Thermal test: The thermal test must consist of - 

During and following the test the specimen must not be artificially cooled and any combustion of materials of the specimen must be permitted to proceed naturally.

     17. Water immersion test: The specimen must be immersed under a head of water of at least 15 metres for a period of not less than eight hours in the attitude which will lead to maximum damage. For demonstration purposes, an external gauge pressure of at least 150 kPa must be considered to meet these conditions.

Enhanced water immersion test
     18. The specimen must be immersed under a head of water of at least 200 metres for a period of not less than one hour. For demonstration purposes, an external gauge pressure of at least 2 MPa must be considered to meet these conditions.

Water leakage test for packages containing fissile material
     19. Packages for which water in-leakage or out-leakage to the extent which results in greatest reactivity has been assumed for purposes of assessment under paragraphs 5 to 8 of Part XIV of Schedule 8 shall be excepted from the test specified in paragraph 21.

     20. Before the specimen is subjected to the water leakage test specified in paragraph 21, it must be subjected to the tests in paragraph 15(b), and either paragraph 15(a) or (c), and the test specified in paragraph 16.

     21. The specimen must be immersed under a head of water of at least 0.9 metres for a period of not less than eight hours and in the attitude for which maximum leakage is expected.

Tests for Type C packages
     22. Specimens must be subjected to the effects of each of the following test sequences in the orders specified - 

     23. Separate specimens are allowed to be used for each of the sequences 22 (a) and (b).

     24. Puncture/tearing test: The specimen must be subjected to the damaging effects of a solid probe made of mild steel. The orientation of the probe to the surface of the specimen must be as to cause maximum damage at the conclusion of the test sequence specified in paragraph 22(a) - 

     25. Enhanced thermal test: The conditions for this test are as specified in paragraph 16, except that the exposure to the thermal environment must be for a period of 60 minutes.

     26. Impact test: The specimen must be subjected to an impact on a target at a velocity of not less than 90 m/s, at such an orientation as to suffer maximum damage. The target must be as defined in paragraph 5.



PART V

DEMONSTRATION OF COMPLIANCE

Demonstration of compliance with the performance standards required by Schedule 8 shall be accomplished by any of the following methods or by a combination thereof - 

     1. Performance of tests with specimens or prototypes or samples of the packaging simulating as closely as practicable the expected range of radioactive contents, and with the specimen or packaging to be tested prepared as normally presented for transport.

     2. Reference to previous satisfactory demonstrations of a sufficiently similar nature.

     3. Performance of tests with models of appropriate scale incorporating those features which are significant with respect to the item under investigation when engineering experience has shown results of such tests to be suitable for design purposes. When a scale model is used, the need for adjusting certain test parameters, such as penetrator diameter or compressive load, must be taken into account.

     4. Calculation, or reasoned argument, when the calculation procedures and parameters are agreed by the Secretary of State to be reliable or conservative.

     5. After the specimen, prototype or sample has been subjected to the tests, appropriate methods of assessment must be used to ensure that the requirements of this section have been fulfilled in compliance with the performance and acceptance standards prescribed in Schedule 8.



SCHEDULE 10
Regulations 54(2), 56(3), 57(2)(b), 58(2), 60(2) and 61(2)


APPLICATION REQUIREMENTS




PART I

APPLICATION FOR APPROVAL OF DESIGN FOR SPECIAL FORM RADIOACTIVE MATERIAL OR LOW DISPERSIBLE RADIOACTIVE MATERIAL

An application for approval must include the following - 

     1. A detailed description of the radioactive material or, if a capsule, the contents. Particular reference must be made to both physical and chemical states.

     2. A detailed statement of the design of any capsule to be used.

     3. A statement of the tests which have been done and their results, or evidence based on calculative methods to show that the radioactive material is capable of meeting the performance standards, or other evidence that the special form radioactive material or low dispersible radioactive material meets the applicable requirements of these Regulations.

     4. Evidence of a suitable quality assurance programme.

     5. Any proposed pre-shipment actions for use in the consignment of special form radioactive material or low dispersible radioactive material.



PART II

APPLICATION FOR PACKAGE DESIGN APPROVAL CERTIFICATE FOR A TYPE B(U) OR TYPE C PACKAGE

An application for a package design approval certificate for a Type B(U) package must include the following - 

     1. A detailed description of the proposed radioactive contents with reference to their physical and chemical states and the nature of the radiation emitted.

     2. A detailed statement of the design, including complete engineering drawings and schedules of materials and methods of manufacture to be used.

     3. A statement of the tests which have been done and their results, or evidence based on calculative methods or other evidence that the design is adequate to meet the applicable requirements of these Regulations.

     4. The proposed operating and maintenance instructions for the use of the packaging.

     5. If the package is designed to have a maximum normal operating pressure in excess of 100 kPa gauge, a specification of the materials of manufacture of the containment system, the samples to be taken, and the tests to be made.

     6. Where the proposed radioactive contents are irradiated fuel, the applicant must state and justify any assumption in the safety analysis relating to the characteristics of the fuel and describe any pre-shipment measurement required by paragraph 9(a)(ii) of Part XIV of Schedule 8.

     7. Any special stowage provisions necessary to ensure the safe dissipation of heat from the package; considering the various modes of transport to be used and type of conveyance or freight container.

     8. A reproducible illustration not larger than 21 cm × 30 cm showing the make-up of the package.

     9. A specification of the applicable quality assurance programme.

     10. Evidence of a suitable emergency plan.



PART III

APPLICATION FOR PACKAGE DESIGN APPROVAL CERTIFICATE FOR A TYPE B(M) PACKAGE

An application for a package design approval certificate for a Type B(M) package design must include the following - 

     1. The information required in Part II for Type B(U) or Type C packages.

     2. A list of the requirements specified in paragraph 5 of Part X of Schedule 8, paragraph 4, 5 and 8-15 of Part XI of Schedule 8, with which the package does not conform.

     3. Any proposed supplementary operational controls to be applied during transport not regularly provided for in these Regulations, but which are necessary to ensure the safety of the package or to compensate for the deficiencies listed in paragraph 2 above.

     4. A statement relative to any restrictions on the mode of transport and to any special loading, carriage, unloading or handling procedures.

     5. The maximum and minimum ambient conditions (temperature, solar radiation) expected to be encountered during transport and which have been taken into account in the design.



PART IV

APPLICATION FOR PACKAGE DESIGN APPROVAL CERTIFICATE FOR FISSILE MATERIAL

An application for a package design approval certificate for fissile material must include the following - 

     1. All information necessary to satisfy the Secretary of State that the package design meets the requirements of Part XIV of Schedule 8, as applicable, taking into account the nature, activity and form of the contents.

     2. A specification of the applicable quality assurance programme.



PART V

APPLICATION FOR A SHIPMENT APPROVAL CERTIFICATE

An application for a shipment approval certificate must include - 

     1. The period of time, related to the shipment, for which the approval is sought.

     2. The actual radioactive contents, the expected modes of transport and the type of conveyance and the probable, or proposed route.

     3. The details of how the precautions and administrative or operational controls, referred to in the package design approval certificates are to be put into effect.

     4. Evidence of a suitable emergency plan.



PART VI

APPLICATION FOR A SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT APPROVAL CERTIFICATE

An application for approval of shipments under special arrangement must include - 

     1. All the information necessary to satisfy the competent authority that the overall level of safety in transport is at least equivalent to that which would be provided if all the applicable requirements of these Regulations had been met.

     2. A statement of the respects in which, and justification of why, the transport of the consignment cannot be made in full accordance with the applicable requirements.

     3. A statement of any special precautions or special administrative or operational controls which are to be employed during transport to compensate for the failure to meet the applicable requirements.

     4. Evidence of a suitable emergency plan.



SCHEDULE 11
Regulation 23


DETERMINATION OF CATEGORIES


Packages and overpacks must be assigned to either category I-WHITE, II-YELLOW or III-YELLOW in accordance with the conditions specified in Table VII of Schedule 1 and with the following requirements - 



SCHEDULE 12
Regulation 64


CONTENTS OF APPROVAL CERTIFICATES.




PART I

SPECIAL FORM RADIOACTIVE MATERIAL AND LOW DISPERSIBLE RADIOACTIVE MATERIAL APPROVAL CERTIFICATES

Each approval certificate issued by the Secretary of State for special form radioactive material or low dispersible radioactive material should include the following information - 



PART II

SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT APPROVAL CERTIFICATES

Each approval certificate issued by the Secretary of State for a special arrangement must include the following information - 



PART III

SHIPMENT APPROVAL CERTIFICATES

Each approval certificate for a shipment issued by the Secretary of State must include the following information - 



PART IV

PACKAGE DESIGN APPROVAL CERTIFICATES

Each approval certificate of the design of a package issued by the Secretary of State must include the following information - 



PART V

COMBINED PACKAGE DESIGN APPROVAL AND SHIPMENT APPROVAL CERTIFICATES.

As for Part IV and also a statement authorising shipment where shipment approval is required under regulation 60, if deemed appropriate.



SCHEDULE 13
Regulation 75


CONTENTS OF REGULAR CONSIGNMENT CERTIFICATE


A regular consignment certificate must include the following:

     1. A statement that the certificate is a regular consignment certificate.

     2. The issue date.

     3. The information listed in paragraph 17 of Schedule 6 with the exception of paragraph (c) of that Schedule, relating to the package at the date the certificate is issued.



SCHEDULE 14
Regulations 6, 15, 21, 36, 42, 48


FIGURES



Fig. 1. Basic trefoil symbol with proportions based on a central circle of radius X. The minimum allowable size of X must be 4 mm.


Fig. 2. Category I-WHITE label. The background colour of the label must be white, the colour of the trefoil and the printing must be black, and the colour of the category bar must be red.


Fig. 3. Category II-YELLOW label. The background colour of the upper half of the label must be yellow and the lower half white, the colour of the trefoil and the printing must be black, and the colour of the category bars must be red.


Fig. 4. Category III-YELLOW label. The background colour of the upper half of the label must be yellow and the lower half white, the colour of the trefoil and the printing must be black, and the colour of the category bars must be red.


Fig. 5. Criticality safety index label. The background colour of the label must be white, the colour of the printing must be black.


Fig. 6. Placard. Except as permitted by paragraph 15 of Schedule 6 the minimum dimensions must be as shown; when different dimensions are used the relative proportions must be maintained. The number '7' must not be less than 25 mm high. The background colour of the upper half of the placard must be yellow and of the lower half white, the colour of the trefoil and the printing must be black. The use of the word "RADIOACTIVE" in the bottom half is optional to allow the alternative use of this placard to display the appropriate United Nations number for the consignment.



EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Regulations)


     1. These Regulations implement regulations made by the International Atomic Energy Agency ("IAEA") in its safety standards series for the Safe Transport of Radioactive Material (1996 Edition, No. TS-R-1) and additional requirements contained in the European Agreement concerning the international carriage of dangerous goods by road (ADR) as amended up to 1 July 2001. The Regulations also implement as respects Great Britain provisions of Council Directive 96/29/EURATOM (OJ No. L159, 29.6.96, p.1) and Commission Directive 2001/7/EC (OJ L30, 1.2.01, p.43).

     2. The Regulations revoke the Radioactive Material (Road Transport) (Great Britain) Regulations 1996 (SI 1996/1350) which had implemented earlier IAEA Regulations made in 1985.

     3. The Regulations are divided into 14 Parts and broadly follow the sequence of the IAEA Regulations of 1996. They make provisions concerning the transport in Great Britain of radioactive material (as defined in section 1(1) of the Radioactive Material (Road Transport) Act 1991 (c.27) and as now amended by regulation 2 of the Radioactive Material (Road Transport) (Definition of Radioactive Material) Order 2002 (SI 2002/1092).

     4. The Regulations - 

     5. Copies of relevant documents listed below may be obtained from the Stationery Office: - 

     6. A Regulatory Impact Assessment has been prepared and copies can be obtained from the Department of Transport, Local Government and the Regions, Radioactive Materials Transport Division, 76 Marsham Street, London SW1P 4DR (telephone 020 7944 5768) and copies are to be placed in the libraries of each House of Parliament

     7. A Transposition Note, showing how the Regulations give effect to the Commission and Council Directives may also be obtained from the Department of Transport, Local Government and the Regions, Radioactive Materials Transport Division, 76 Marsham Street, London SW1P 4DR (telephone 020 7944 5768) and copies are to be placed in the libraries of each House of Parliament.


Notes:

[1] 1991 c. 27 as amended by 2002 c. 1092back

[2] No. TS-R-1 (ST-1, Revised) (ISBN 92-0-100500-8).back

[3] 2001 (ISBN 92-1-139069-9).back

[4] O.J. L159, 29.6.96, p.1.back

[5] O.J. L30, 1.2.01, p.43.back

[6] S.I. 1996/1350.back

[7] 1991 c. 27 as amended as respects section 1(1)(a) by the Radioactive Material (Road Transport) (Great Britain) (Definition of Radioactive Material) Order 2002 1092.back

[8] 1974 c.28.back

[9] 1988 c.52.back

[10] 1952 c.67.back

[11] O.J. No. 319, 12.12.94, p.7.back

[12] Implementing Chapter VII, Part A, of the International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea, 1974 (SOLAS Convention), published by the International Maritime Organisation (IMO), London.back

[13] Complementing Annex 18 to the Chicago Convention on International Civil Aviation (Chicago 1944), published by the International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO) in Montreal.back

[14] 1974 c.37.back

[15] S.I. 1999/3232.back

[16] S.I. 1999/3232.back

[17] 1970 c.46.back



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