SAMPLE TRANSPORTATION INSTRUCTIONS

‘This Package Conforms to the Conditions and Limitations Specified in 49CFR173.426 for Radioactive Material, Excepted Packages - Articles Manufactured From Depleted Uranium, UN2909.’

ii.Your company's 24-hour emergency phone number.

NOTE: When shipping by Air, Excepted packages are exempt from the requirement for the use of Dangerous Goods Declaration. For Excepted Packages, the following endorsement is required on the air waybill, ‘Radioactive Material, Excepted Package- Articles Manufactured from Depleted Uranium, UN2909’ [IATA10.8.8.3.3].

cFor air shipments, the shipping papers must meet the requirements specified in IATA for a Shipper's Declaration for Dangerous Goods. In addition to the information listed in 5b, the following information needs to be specified:

i.Air waybill number: Enter the number of the air waybill to which the declaration form will be attached. (This may be amended by the carrier.)

ii.Airport of departure: Enter the full name of the airport of city of departure, which may be amended by the carrier.

iii.Airport of destination: Enter the full name of the airport or city of destination, which may be amended by the carrier.

6If the surface radiation level exceeds 0.5mRem/hr (5µSv/hr), or if there is a measurable radiation level at 1m from the surface, use the criteria of table 1 to determine the proper shipping labels to be applied to the package.

Table 1

 

Maximum radiation

Maximum radiation

 

level at surface

level at 1m

Radioactive

0.5mRem/hr

None

White I

(0.005mSv/hr)

 

Radioactive

50mRem/hr

1.0mRem/hr

Yellow II

(0.5mSv/hr)

(0.01mSv/hr)

Radioactive

200mRem/hr

10mRem/hr

Yellow III

(2mSv/hr)

(0.1mSv/hr)

For a package, both the transport index (TI) and the surface radiation level conditions shall be taken into account in determining which is the appropriate category of radioactive material label. Where the TI satisfies the condition for one category but the surface radiation level satisfies the condition for a different category, the package shall be assigned to the higher category of the two. For this purpose, category White-I shall be regarded as the lowest category.

The TI is the maximum radiation level in measured in mRem/hr at a distance of 1m from the external surfaces of the package. When recording the TI, the dose rate units of mRem/hr are not listed, for example of reading of 2mRem/hr would indicate a

TI = 2.0. (Note that the TI is rounded to the nearest tenth value.)

aMark the outside of the outer shipping package with the proper shipping name and identification number (Radioactive Material, Low Specific Activity (LSA-1), UN2912).

If the container is packaged inside a crate or other outer packaging, mark the outer package with the statement ‘Inside package complies with prescribed specifications’. [49CFR172.300]

bProperly complete the shipping papers, indicating:

 

i. Proper shipping name and identification number (i.e. Radioactive Material,

 

Low Specific Activity (LSA-1), UN 2912, Class 7).

 

ii. Name of the radionuclide (i.e. depleted Uranium-238).

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iii. Physical and chemical form (i.e. Solid Metal).