Transport Package

SAMPLE TRANSPORTATION INSTRUCTIONS

The following instructions are samples for the transport of this radiographic exposure device/transport container and source assembly within the United States and are based on current transport regulations. Shippers of radioactive materials in regulatory jurisdictions outside the USA must ensure full compliance with all current and applicable transport regulations. Listed are the regulations that should be referenced for the legal transport of radioactive materials:

•International Atomic Energy Agency requirements No. TS-R-1 (1996), ‘Regulations for the Safe Transport of Radioactive Materials’.

•International Air Transport Association, ‘Dangerous Goods Regulations’.

•International Civil Aviation Organization, ‘Technical Instructions for the Safe Transport of Dangerous Goods by Air’.

•International Maritime Organization, ‘International Maritime Dangerous Goods Code’.

•U.S. Department of Transportation, Title 49 Code of Federal Regulations Parts 171 through 178.

•U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Title 10 Code of Federal Regulations Parts 20, 34 & 71.

•Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission, Nuclear Safety and Control Act, ‘Packaging and Transport of Nuclear Substances Regulations’; ‘Nuclear Substances and Radiation Devices Regulations’.

•Transport Canada, ‘Transport of Dangerous Goods Regulations’.

•Transport in the United Kingdom: Refer to the regulations as listed on the ADR approval Certificate.

The Model 880 Delta, 880 Sigma, 880 Elite and 880 Omega are approved as radiographic exposure devices. All but the Model 880 Omega are approved as Type B(U)-96 transport packages under the certification number USA/9296/B(U)-96. The Model 880 Omega is approved as a Type A transport package.

As a shipper of radioactive material, you must perform a pre-shipment inspection to verify conformance to the Type B(U)-96 certification (or Type A approval as applicable) for each individual shipment of radioactive material. This verification assures the package's integrity is not compromised, which may cause a reduction of safety while in the transport system.

Visually inspect the transport package:

•Assure the source assembly is properly secured in the locked position. The selector ring must be in the LOCK position, the protective cover in place, the plunger lock engaged and the key removed.

•Assure all screws are present and secured.

•Assure the front port is properly secured.

•Assure the seal wire is properly installed, if used.

•Assure the ‘Danger, Radioactive Material’ label is securely attached and visible on the package. Assure that the label is legible and not defaced.

•Assure the other information on the label is legible (the warnings and trefoil, the model number and serial number and either the Type B certification number or the Type A specification identification as applicable.

•Visually assure all welded areas are not cracked. If there is any evidence of cracked welds contact QSA Global, Inc. prior to shipment.

•Assure all the conditions of the Certificate of Compliance are met and the transport package has all the required markings.

•Wipe test the transport package over an area of 300 cm2 and assure the level of removable contamination is less than 0.0001 µCi per cm2.

If the package fails any of the inspections described, remove the container from use until it can be brought into compliance with the Type B certificate or the Type A approval as appropriate.

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