The Radioactive Material (Road Transport) (Great Britain) Regulations 1996

Regulation 2(1)

SCHEDULE 3 Requirements for excepted packages of limited activity

1.  The package shall comply with paragraphs 1 to 9 and 12 of Schedule 2.

2.  If the package contains fissile material it must fall within one of the paragraphs of Schedule 8.

3.  The radiation level at any point of the external surface of the package shall not exceed 5 μ Sv/h.

4.  The non-fixed contamination on any external surface of the package shall not exceed the levels specified in Table III of Schedule 36.

5.  Radioactive material which is not enclosed in or forming a component part of an instrument or manufactured article may be transported in an excepted package if the activity of the material does not exceed the limit specified in column 4 of Table IV of Schedule 36 for material in that physical state.

6.  The package shall retain its contents under conditions likely to be encountered in routine transport.

7.  The package shall bear the marking “Radioactive” on an internal surface in such a manner that a warning of the presence of radioactive material is visible on opening the package.

8.  If the gross mass of the package exceeds 50 kg, the permissible gross mass shall be legibly and durably marked on the outside of the packaging.