230(e), 672 Radioactive materialin quantities representing a limited radiation risk may be carried in a Type A packagewhich shall be designed to with-stand normal conditions of transport. If fissile materialis present, other than fissile materialmeeting one of the provisions of para. 672, the requirements of Schedule 13 shall be met in addition to the require-ments summarized in this Schedule.
1. MATERIALS
(a) See Common Provision B.1.
(b) Radioactive material:
201, (i) With an activity not exceeding A1 if as special form 401–406, radioactive material, or,
Table I, (ii) With an activity not exceeding A2if as other than special Table II, form radioactive material, or
413, 414 (iii) For mixtures of radionuclides whose identities and respective activities are known, the condition given in para. 414 shall apply to the radioactive contents of a Type A package.
2. PACKAGING/PACKAGE
(a) See Common Provision B.2.
(b) Transitional arrangements for Type A packages designed to a previous edition of these Regulations:
(i) Type A package designs approved to contain fissile material shall satisfy the transitional arrangements of Common Provisions B.2(c) and B.2(d), as appropriate.
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2915, 2977, 2978, 3327, 3332, 3333 as applicable
(ii) Other Type A package designs, which previously did not require competent authority approval, shall satisfy the transitional arrangements of Common Provision B.2(b).
633 (c) Type A packages shall meet the requirements specified in para. 633.
629–632 (d) Type A packages designed to transport 0.1 kg or more of uranium hexafluoride shall, in addition, satisfy the requirements specified in paras 629–632.
672, 801 (e) Except for packages containing 0.1 kg or more of uranium hexafluoride, or containing fissile material in quantities not excepted under para. 672, package design approval is not required. However, the consignorshall be prepared to demon-strate the compliance of the package designwith all applicable requirements to the relevant competent authority.
802, 805, (f) Competent authority approval of design is required for 812 packages designed to contain more than 0.1 kg of uranium
hexafluoride or fissile materialin quantities not excepted under para. 672.
803, 804 (g) If the radioactive contents are special form radioactive material, unilateral approval of the designfor the special form radioactive materialis required.
818 (h) Special form radioactive material manufactured to a design which had received unilateral approval by the competent authorityunder the 1973, 1973 (As Amended), 1985 or 1985 (As Amended 1990) Editions of these Regulations may continue to be used when in compliance with the mandatory programme of quality assurance in accordance with the applicable require-ments of para. 310. All special form radioactive material manu-factured after 31 December 2003 shall meet this Edition of the Regulations in full.
3. MAXIMUM RADIATION LEVELS
See Common Provision B.3.
4. CONTAMINATION
See Common Provision B.4.
5. DECONTAMINATION
See Common Provision B.5.
6. MIXED CONTENTS
See Common Provision B.6.
7. LOADING AND SEGREGATION
See Common Provision B.7.
8. LABELLING AND MARKING
(a) Packages
(i) See Common Provision B.8(a).
541, 542, (ii) Completed WHITE or YELLOW labels (see Figs 2, 543(a) 3 or 4, as appropriate), with the radioactive contents
described on the label with the name of the radionuclide, or for mixtures the names of the most restrictive radionu-clides shall be affixed externally to two opposite sides of the package, or to all four sides of freight containersand tankswhen being used as Type A packages.
534, 535 (iii) Packages containing special form radioactive material shall bear the mark “UN 3332” and the proper shipping name “RADIOACTIVE MATERIAL, TYPE A PACKAGE, SPECIAL FORM” if either non-fissile or fissile-excepted or, for fissile materialthe packagesshall bear the mark “UN 3333” and the proper shipping name
“RADIOACTIVE MATERIAL, TYPE A PACKAGE, SPECIAL FORM, FISSILE”. Packagescontaining other radioactive materialshall bear the mark “UN 2915” and the proper shipping name “RADIOACTIVE MATERIAL, TYPE A PACKAGE” if either non-fissile or fissile-excepted, or for fissile material the package shall bear the mark “UN 3327” and the proper shipping
name “RADIOACTIVE MATERIAL, TYPE A PACKAGE, FISSILE”. However, if the packages con-tain non-fissile or fissile-excepted uranium hexafluoride, the packages shall bear the mark “UN 2978” and the proper shipping name “RADIOACTIVE MATERIAL, URANIUM HEXAFLUORIDE”, or for uranium hexa-fluoride that is fissile materialthey shall bear the mark
“UN 2977” and the proper shipping name “RADIO-ACTIVE MATERIAL, URANIUM HEXAFLUORIDE, FISSILE”.
537(b) (iv) Each package which conforms to a Type A package designshall be marked with “Type A”.
537(c) (v) Each package which conforms to a Type A package design shall be marked with the international vehicle registration code of the country of origin of design and the name of the manufacturers, or other identification of the packagingspecified by the competent authority.
538 (vi) Packages designed to contain more than 0.1 kg of uranium hexafluoride shall be legibly and durably marked on the outside of the packaging with both the identification mark allocated to the design by the competent authority and a serial number to uniquely identify each packagingwhich conforms to that design.
(b) Freight containersand overpacks:
(i) See Common Provision B.8(b).
541, 542, (ii) Completed WHITE or YELLOW labels (see Figs 2, 3 543(a) or 4, as appropriate), with the radioactive contents
described with the name of the radionuclide, or for mixtures the names of the most restrictive radionuclides, shall be affixed externally to all four sides of freight containers, or to two opposite sides of overpacks.
9. PLACARDING
(a) See Common Provision B.9.
547 (b) Where an exclusive use consignment in a freight containeris non-fissile or fissile-excepted special form radioactive material in Type A packagesand no other UN Number commodities are
present in the freight container,the UN Number “3332” shall be displayed on all four sides of the freight container, either in the lower half of the placards shown in Fig. 6 and against the white background, or on the placards shown in Fig. 7. In the case of fissile materialtransported as special form radioactive material in Type A packages, the UN Number “3333” shall be displayed on the placards.
547 (c) Where an exclusive use consignment in a freight containeris non-fissile or fissile-excepted radioactive material in Type A packagesand no other UN Number commodities are present in the freight container,the UN Number “2915” shall be displayed on all four sides of the freight container, either in the lower half of the placards shown in Fig. 6 and against the white back-ground, or on the placards shown in Fig. 7. In the case of fissile material transported in Type A packages, the UN Number
“3327” shall be displayed on the placards.
10. TRANSPORT DOCUMENTS
See Common Provision B.10.
11. STORAGE AND DISPATCH
See Common Provision B.11.
12. CARRIAGE
See Common Provision B.12.
13. OTHER PROVISIONS
See Common Provision B.13.