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

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Regulation 2(1)

SCHEDULE 4Requirements for excepted packages containing instruments or other manufactured articles

1.  The radioactive material shall be enclosed in or form a component part of an instrument or other manufactured article.

2.  The package and its packaging shall comply with Schedule 3.

3.  The activity of the instruments or articles, and of the package, shall not exceed the limits specified in columns 2 and 3 respectively of Table IV of Schedule 36.

4.  The radiation level at 10 cm from any point on the external surface of any unpackaged instrument or article shall not exceed 0.1 mSv/h.

5.  Each instrument or article (except radioluminescent time-pieces or devices) shall bear the marking “Radioactive”.

6.  In the case of a manufactured article in which the sole radioactive material is unirradiated natural uranium, unirradiated depleted uranium or unirradiated natural thorium, the outer surface of the uranium or thorium must be enclosed in an inactive sheath made of metal or some other substantial material.

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