Radiation Protection (Transport of Radioactive Materials) Regulations
Table of Contents
Part I PRELIMINARY
1 Citation
2 Application
3 Operation of other laws
4 Definitions
Part II TRANSPORT INDEX, CRITICALITY SAFETY INDEX AND CATEGORIES OF PACKAGES AND OVERPACKS
5 Determination of transport index and criticality safety index
6 Limits on transport index and criticality safety index
7 Categories of packages and overpacks
Part III TRANSPORT REQUIREMENTS
8 Limitation of exposure of transport and storage personnel to radiation
9 Segregation of radioactive materials
10 Transport of other goods
11 Dangerous properties of contents of package to be taken into account
12 Stowing for transport
13 Limits on non-fixed contamination on surface of package
14 Control of leaking packages
15 Contaminated conveyance
16 Emergency response
17 Excepted packages
18 Transport of LSA material and SCO in industrial packages, etc.
19 Limits on radiation level for packages and overpacks
20 Additional requirements relating to transport by rail and road
21 Additional requirements relating to transport by vessels
22 Additional requirements relating to transport by air
23 Additional requirements relating to transport by post
24 Requirements relating to transport of sealed source to or from field site
25 Storage in transit
26 Mixing of packages
Part IV LABELLING AND MARKING
27 Marking, labelling and placarding of packages and freight containers
28 Additional requirements relating to transport by rail and road
29 Removal of labels
30 Display of placards
Part V RESPONSIBILITIES OF CONSIGNOR
31 Labelling
32 Particulars of consignment
33 Certification by consignor
34 Information for carriers
35 Notification of competent authorities
36 Possession of certificates and operating instructions
37 Requirements for shipment of any package
Part VI ACTIVITY AND FISSILE MATERIAL LIMITS
38 Contents limits for packages
Part VII REQUIREMENTS FOR RADIOACTIVE MATERIALS AND FOR PACKAGINGS AND PACKAGES
39 Requirement for LSA-III material
40 Requirements for special form radioactive material
41 Requirements for low dispersible radioactive material
42 General requirements for all packagings and packages
43 Additional requirements for packages transported by air
44 Requirements for industrial packages
45 Requirements for tanks and freight containers to qualify as industrial packages Types 2 and 3
46 Requirements for packages containing uranium hexafluoride
47 Requirements for Type A packages
48 Requirements for Type B(U) packages
49 Requirements for Type B(M) packages
50 Requirements for Type C packages
51 Requirements for packages containing fissile material
52 Assessment of individual package in isolation
53 Assessment of package arrays under normal conditions of transport
54 Assessment of package arrays under accident conditions of transport
Part VIII APPROVALS
55 Approval of special form radioactive material and low dispersible radioactive material
56 Approval of package designs to contain uranium hexafluoride
57 Approval of Type B(U) and Type C package designs
58 Approval of Type B(M) package designs
59 Approval of package designs for fissile material
60 Approval of shipments
61 Special arrangement
62 Notification and registration of serial numbers
63 Competent authority identification marks
Part IX MISCELLANEOUS
64 Customs operations
65 Undeliverable consignments
66 Penalty
67 Transitional provision