These Regulations specify the requirements for safety transport of radioactive material under regular transport conditions, normal transport conditions and transport accident conditions. The transport requirements of these Regulations include the design, manufacture, maintenance and repair of packaging, and the preparation, consigning, loading, carriage including in-transit storage, unloading and receipt at the final destination of loads of radioactive material and packages.
These Regulations are applicable to the transport of radioactive material by all modes on land, water, or in the air, including transport that is incidental to the use of the radioactive material.
These Regulations are not applicable to:
a) Radioactive material that is an integral part of the means of transport;
b) Radioactive material moved within an establishment that is subject to appropriate safety regulations in force in the establishment and where the movement does not involve public roads or railways;
c) Radioactive material implanted or incorporated into a person or live animal for diagnosis or treatment;
d) Radioactive material in or on a person who is to be transported for medical treatment because the person has been subject to accidental or deliberate intake of radioactive material or to contamination;
e) Radioactive material in consumer products that have received regulatory approval, following their sale to the end user;'
f) Natural material and ores containing naturally occurring radionuclides, which may have been processed, provided the activity concentration of the material does not exceed 10 times the values specified in 5.1 and 5.2. For natural materials and ores containing naturally occurring radionuclides that are not in secular equilibrium, the calculation of the activity concentration shall be performed in accordance with 5.2.3.
g) Non-radioactive solid objects with radioactive substances present on any surface in quantities not in excess of the levels defined in 3.13.
For radioactive material having subsidiary risks, and for transport of radioactive material with other dangerous goods, the relevant transport regulations for dangerous goods shall apply.
2 Normative References
The following referenced documents are indispensable for the application of this document. For dated references, only the edition cited applies. For undated references, the latest edition of the referenced document (including any amendments) applies.
GB 4075 Sealed Radioactive Sources — General Requirements and Classification (GB/T 4075-2009, ISO 2919:1999, MOD)
GB/T 15849 Sealed Radioactive Sources — Leakage Test Methods (GB/T 15849-1995, eqv ISO 9978:1992)
GB/T 5338 Series 1 Freight Containers — Specification and Testing — Part 1: General Cargo Containers for General Purposes (GB/T 5338-2002, IDT ISO 1496-1:1990)
GB 18871 Basic Standards for Protection Against Ionizing Radiation and for the Safety of Radiation Sources
ISO 7195 Nuclear Energy — Packaging of Uranium Hexafluoride (UF6) for Transport
ST/SG/AC.10/1/Rev.17 UN Recommendations on the Transport of Dangerous Goods — Model Regulations
3 Terms and Definitions
For the purposes of this document, the following terms and definitions apply.
3.1
basic radionuclide values
The basic radionuclide values mean the radioactive activity values derived from determining the type of cargo and other management requirements, in particular refer to A1 and A2. A1 shall mean the activity value of special form radioactive material that is listed in Table B.1 or derived in Clause 5 and is used to determine the activity limits for the requirements of these Regulations. A2 shall mean the activity value of radioactive material, other than special form radioactive material, that is listed in Table B.1 or derived in Clause 5 and is used to determine the activity limits for the requirements of these Regulations.
