SIGMA 150Ci - Manual (Page 61)

SAMPLE TRANSPORTATION INSTRUCTIONS
5.8
‘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].
c For 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.
6 If 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.)
a Mark 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]
b Properly 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).
iii. Physical and chemical form (i.e. Solid Metal).