General requirements for packages with radioactive material according to ADR, RID, IMDG Code 6.4.2 and ICAO TI 6;7.1; ADN according Part 6 of ADR

1. The package shall be so designed in relation to its mass, volume and shape that it can be easily and safely carried. In addition, the package shall be so designed that it can be properly secured in or on the vehicle during carriage.

2. The design shall be such that any lifting attachments on the package will not fail when used in the intended manner and that, if failure of the attachments should occur, the ability of the package to meet other requirements of this Annex would not be impaired. The design shall take account of appropriate safety factors to cover snatch lifting.

3. Attachments and any other features on the outer surface of the package which could be used to lift it shall be designed either to support its mass in accordance with the requirements of point 2 or shall be removable or otherwise rendered incapable of being used during carriage.

4. As far as practicable, the package shall be so designed that the external surfaces are free from protruding features and can be easily decontaminated.

5. As far as practicable, the outer layer of the package shall be so designed as to prevent the collection and the retention of water.

6. Any features added to the package at the time of carriage which are not part of the package shall not reduce its safety.

7. The package shall be capable of withstanding the effects of any acceleration, vibration or vibration resonance which may arise under routine conditions of carriage without any deterioration in the effectiveness of the closing devices on the various receptacles or in the integrity of the package as a whole. In particular, nuts, bolts and other securing devices shall be so designed as to prevent them from becoming loose or being released unintentionally, even after repeated use.

8. The design of the package must take into account ageing mechanisms.

9. The materials of the packaging and any components or structures shall be physically and chemically compatible with each other and with the radioactive contents. Account shall be taken of their behaviour under irradiation.

10. All valves through which the radioactive contents could escape shall be protected against unauthorized operation.

11. The design of the package shall take into account ambient temperatures and pressures that are likely to be encountered in routine conditions of carriage.

12. A package shall be so designed that it provides sufficient shielding to ensure that, under routine conditions of carriage and with the maximum radioactive contents that the package is designed to contain, the dose rate at any point on the external surface of the package would not exceed, for excepted packages 5 µSv/h, for all other packages 2 mSv/h and 10 mSv/h for exclusive use, as applicable, with account of the values specified in 2.2.7.2.4.1.2, 4.1.9.1.10 and 4.1.9.1.11, as applicable, with account of the limits for containers and vehicles of Part 7.

13. For radioactive material having other dangerous properties the package design shall take into account those properties.

14. Manufacturers and subsequent distributors of packagings shall provide information regarding procedures to be followed and a description of the types and dimensions of closures (including required gaskets) and any other components needed to ensure that packages as presented for carriage are capable of passing the applicable performance tests of this Chapter.

Additional requirements for packages transported by air according IMDG Code 6.4.3 und ICAO TI 6;7.2

1. For packages to be transported by air, the temperature of the accessible surfaces shall not exceed 50 °C at an ambient temperature of 38 °C with no account taken for insolation.

2. Packages to be transported by air shall be so designed that, if they were exposed to ambient temperatures ranging from -40 °C to +55 °C, the integrity of the containment would not be impaired.

3. Packages containing radioactive material, to be transported by air, shall be capable of withstanding, without loss or dispersal of radioactive contents from the containment system, an internal pressure that produces a pressure differential of not less than maximum normal operating pressure plus 95 kPa.

The requirements for packages containing fissile material (ADR, RID and IMDG Code 6.4.11 and ICAO 6;7.10; ADN according Part 6 of ADR) must be met.

Requirements for Type AF packages according to ADR, RID, IMDG Code 6.4.7 and ICAO TI 6;7.6; ADN according Part 6 of ADR

Type AF packages must be designed to meet the general requirements specified in 6.4.2 (ADR, RID, IMDG Code; ICAO TI 6;7.1) and, in addition, shall meet the requirements of 6.4.3 (IMDG Code; ICAO TI 6;7.2) if carried by air and the following requirements.

1. The smallest overall external dimension of the package must not be less than 10 cm.

2. The outside of the package must incorporate a feature such as a seal, which is not readily breakable and which, while intact, will be evidence that it has not been opened.

3. Any tie-down attachments on the package must be designed so that, under normal and accident conditions of transport, the forces in those attachments must not impair the ability of the package to meet the requirements of ADR, RID, IMDG Code, ICAO TI.

4. The design of the package must take into account temperatures ranging from -40 °C to +70 °C for the components of the packaging. Attention must be given to freezing temperatures for liquids and to the potential degradation of packaging materials within the given temperature range.

5. The design and manufacturing techniques must be in accordance with national or international standards, or other requirements, acceptable to the competent authority.

6. The design must include a containment system securely closed by a positive fastening device which cannot be opened unintentionally or by a pressure which may arise within the package.

7. Special form radioactive material may be considered as a component of the containment system.

8. If the containment system forms a separate unit of the package, the conatainment system must be capable of being securely closed by a positive fastening device which is independent of any other part of the packaging.

9. The design of any component of the containment system must take into account, where applicable, the radiolytic decomposition of liquids and other vulnerable materials and the generation of gas by chemical reaction and radiolysis.

10. The containment system must retain its radioactive contents under a reduction of ambient pressure to 60 kPa.

11. All valves, other than pressure relief valves, must be provided with an enclosure to retain any leakage from the valve.

12. A radiation shield, which encloses a component of the package specified as a part of the containment system, must be designed so as to prevent the unintentional release of that component from the shield. Where the radiation shield and such component within it form a separate unit, the radiation shield must be capable of being securely closed by a positive fastening device, which is independent of any other packaging structure.

13. A package must be designed so that if it were subjected to the tests for demonstrating ability to withstand normal conditions of transport, it would prevent:

    1. loss or dispersal of the radioactive contents; and

    2. more than a 20 % increase in the maximum dose rate at any external surface of the package.

14. The design of a package intended for liquid radioactive material must make provision for ullage to accommodate variations in the temperature of the contents, dynamic effects and filling dynamics.

Type AF packages to contain liquids according to ADR, RID, IMDG Code 6.4.7.16 and ICAO TI 6;7.6.16; ADN according Part 6 of ADR

A Type AF package designed to contain radioactive liquids must, in addition:

1. be adequate to meet the conditions specified in point 13 a) if the package is subjected to the additional tests for Type A packages designed for liquids and gases; and

2. either

   • be provided with sufficient absorbent material to absorb twice the volume of the liquid contents. Such absorbent material must be suitably positioned so as to contact the liquid in the event of leakage; or

   • be provided with a containment system composed of primary inner and secondary outer containment components, designed to ensure retention of the liquid contents within the secondary outer containment components, even if the primary inner components leak.

Type AF packages to contain gas according to ADR, RID, IMDG Code 6.4.7.17 and ICAO TI 6;7.6.17; ADN according Part 6 of ADR

A Type A package designed for gases must prevent loss or dispersal of the radioactive contents if the package were subjected to the additional tests for Type A packages designed for liquids and gases, exept fpr a Type A package designed for tritium gas or for noble gases must be excepted from this requirement.

Requirements for packages containing fissile material according to ADR, RID and IMDG Code 6.4.11 and ICAO 6;7.10; ADN according Part 6 of ADR

1. Fissile material shall be carried so as to:

   1. Maintain sub-criticality during routine, normal and accident conditions of carriage; in particular, the following contingencies shall be considered:

      1. water leaking into or out of packages;

      2. the loss of efficiency of built-in neutron absorbers or moderators;

      3. rearrangement of the contents either within the package or as a result of loss from the package;

      4. reduction of spaces within or between packages;

      5. packages becoming immersed in water or buried in snow; and

      6. temperature changes; and

   2. Meet the requirements:

      1. The smallest overall external dimension of the package shall not be less than 10 cm except for unpackaged material when the fissile nuclides exepted with no more than 45 g of fissile nuclides shall be carried under exclusive;

      2. prescribed elsewhere in ADR which pertain to the radioactive properties of the material;

      3. The outside of the package shall incorporate a feature such as a seal, which is not readily breakable and which, while intact, will be evidence that it has not been opened. unless the material is excepted as fissile exepted;

      4. of 4) to 14), unless the material is excepted as fissile exepted, point 2) or 3

2. Packages containing fissile material that meet the provisions of subparagraph (d) and one of the provisions of (a) to (c) below are excepted from the requirements of 4) to 14).

   1. Packages containing fissile material in any form provided that:

      1. The smallest external dimension of the package is not less than 10 cm;

      2. The criticality safety index of the package is calculated using the following formula:

         $$CSI = 50*5*(\frac{Mass\ of\ U-235\ in\ package\ (g)}{Z} + \ \frac{\text{of\ other\ fissile\ nuclides}^{\#}\text{\ i}n\ package\ (g)}{280})$$

         ^# Plutonium may be of any isotopic composition provided that the amount of Pu-241 is less than that of Pu-240 in the package

         where the values of Z are taken from the lower Table;

      3. The CSI of any package does not exceed 10;

   2. Packages containing fissile material in any form provided that:

      1. The smallest external dimension of the package is not less than 30 cm;

      2. The package, after being subjected to the tests for demonstrating ability to withstand normal conditions of carriage:

         • Retains its fissile material contents;

         • Preserves the minimum overall outside dimensions of the package to at least 30 cm;

         • Prevents the entry of a 10 cm cube;

      3. The criticality safety index of the package is calculated using the following formula:

         $$CSI = 50*2*(\frac{Mass\ of\ U-235\ in\ package\ (g)}{Z} + \ \frac{\text{of\ other\ fissile\ nuclides}^{\#}\text{\ i}n\ package\ (g)}{280})$$

         ^# Plutonium may be of any isotopic composition provided that the amount of Pu-241 is less than that of Pu-240 in the package

         where the values of Z are taken from the lower Table;

      4. The criticality safety index of any package does not exceed 10;

   3. Packages containing fissile material in any form provided that:

      1. the smallest external dimension of the package is not less than 10 cm;

      2. The package, after being subjected to the tests for demonstrating ability to withstand normal conditions of carriage:

         • Retains its fissile material contents;

         • Preserves the minimum overall outside dimensions of the package to at least 10 cm;

         • Prevents the entry of a 10 cm cube;

      3. The CSI of the package is calculated using the following formula:

         $$CSI = 50*2*(\frac{Mass\ of\ U-235\ in\ package\ (g)}{450} + \ \frac{\text{of\ other\ fissile\ nuclides}^{\#}\text{\ i}n\ package\ (g)}{280})$$

         ^# Plutonium may be of any isotopic composition provided that the amount of Pu-241 is less than that of Pu-240 in the package

      4. The total mass of fissile nuclides in any package does not exceed 15 g;

   4. The total mass of beryllium, hydrogenous material enriched in deuterium, graphite and other allotropic forms of carbon in an individual package shall not be greater than the mass of fissile nuclides in the package except where the total concentration of these materials does not exceed 1 g in any 1,000 g of material. Beryllium incorporated in copper alloys up to 4 % in weight of the alloy does not need to be considered.

   Table - Values of Z for calculation of criticality safety index

   Enrichement*)	Z
   Uranium enriched up to 1.5 %	2200
   Uranium enriched up to 5 %	850
   Uranium enriched up to 10 %	660
   Uranium enriched up to 20 %	580
   Uranium enriched up to 100 %	450

   ^*) If a package contains uranium with varying enrichments of U-235, then the value corresponding to the highest enrichment shall be used for Z.

3. Packages containing not more than 1,000 g of plutonium are excepted from the application of 4) to 14) provided that:

   1. Not more than 20 % of the plutonium by mass is fissile nuclides;

   2. The criticality safety index of the package is calculated using the following formula:

      $$CSI = 50*2*(\frac{\text{mass\ of\ plutonium\ (g)}\ }{1000})$$

   3. If uranium is present with the plutonium, the mass of uranium shall be no more than 1 % of the mass of the plutonium.

4. Where the chemical or physical form, isotopic composition, mass or concentration, moderation ratio or density, or geometric configuration is not known, the assessments of 8) to 13) shall be performed assuming that each parameter that is not known has the value which gives the maximum neutron multiplication consistent with the known conditions and parameters in these assessments.

5. For irradiated nuclear fuel the assessments of 8) to 13) shall be based on an isotopic composition demonstrated to provide either:

   1. The maximum neutron multiplication during the irradiation history; or

   2. A conservative estimate of the neutron multiplication for the package assessments. After irradiation but prior to shipment, a measurement shall be performed to confirm the conservatism of the isotopic composition.

6. The package, after being subjected to the tests for demonstrating ability to withstand normal conditions of carriage, shall:

   1. Preserve the minimum overall outside dimensions of the package to at least 10 cm; and

   2. revent the entry of a 10 cm cube.

7. The package shall be designed for an ambient temperature range of -40 °C to + 38 °C unless the competent authority specifies otherwise in the certificate of approval for the package design.

8. For a package in isolation, it shall be assumed that water can leak into or out of all void spaces of the package, including those within the containment system. However, if the design incorporates special features to prevent such leakage of water into or out of certain void spaces, even as a result of error, absence of leakage may be assumed in respect of those void spaces. Special features shall include either of the following:

   1. Multiple high standard water barriers, not less than two of which would remain watertight if the package were subject to the tests prescribed in 13 b), a high degree of quality control in the manufacture, maintenance and repair of packagings and tests to demonstrate the closure of each package before each shipment; or

   2. For packages containing uranium hexafluoride only, with maximum enrichment of 5 mass percent uranium-235:

      1. packages where, following the tests prescribed in 13 b), there is no physical contact between the valve or the plug and any other component of the packaging other than at its original point of attachment and where, in addition, following the thermal test for demonstrating ability to withstand accident conditions in carriage the valves and the plug remain leaktight; and

      2. a high degree of quality control in the manufacture, maintenance and repair of packagings coupled with tests to demonstrate closure of each package before each shipment.

9. It shall be assumed that the confinement system is closely reflected by at least 20 cm of water or such greater reflection as may additionally be provided by the surrounding material of the packaging. However, when it can be demonstrated that the confinement system remains within the packaging following the tests prescribed in 13 b), close reflection of the package by at least 20 cm of water may be assumed in 10 c).

10. The package shall be subcritical under the conditions of 8) and 9) with the package conditions that result in the maximum neutron multiplication consistent with:

    1. Routine conditions of carriage (incident free);

    2. The tests specified in 12 b);

    3. The tests specified in 13 b).

11. For packages to be transported by air:

    1. the package shall be subcritical under conditions consistent with the Type C package tests assuming reflection by at least 20 cm of water but no water in-leakage; and

    2. in the assessment of 10), use of special features as spcified in 8) provided that leakage of water into or out of the void spaces is prevented when the package is submitted to the Type C package tests followed by the water leakage test specified in 3).

12. For normal conditions of carriage a number "N" shall be derived, such that five times "N" packages shall be subcritical for the arrangement and package conditions that provide the maximum neutron multiplication consistent with the following:

    1. here shall not be anything between the packages, and the package arrangement shall be reflected on all sides by at least 20 cm of water; and

    2. The state of the packages shall be their assessed or demonstrated condition if they had been subjected to the tests for demonstrating ability to withstand normal conditions of carriage.

13. For accident conditions of carriage a number "N" shall be derived, such that two times "N" packages shall be subcritical for the arrangement and package conditions that provide the maximum neutron multiplication consistent with the following:

    1. Hydrogenous moderation between packages, and the package arrangement reflected on all sides by at least 20 cm of water; and

    2. The tests for demonstrating ability to withstand normal conditions of carriage followed by whichever of the following is the more limiting:

       1. the mechanical tests for demonstrating ability to withstand accident conditions in carriage sub-point (b) and, either the mechanical test of sub-point (c) for packages having a mass not greater than 500 kg and an overall density not greater than 1,000 kg/m³ based on the external dimensions, or mechanical test of sub-point (a) for all other packages; followed by the test specified in thermal test for demonstrating ability to withstand accident conditions and completed by the water leakage test for packages containing fissile material; or

       2. the water immersion test for demonstrating ability to withstand normal conditions of carriage; and

    3. Where any part of the fissile material escapes from the containment system following the tests specified in 13) (b), it shall be assumed that fissile material escapes from each package in the array and all of the fissile material shall be arranged in the configuration and moderation that results in the maximum neutron multiplication with close reflection by at least 20 cm of water.

14. The criticality safety index (CSI) for packages containing fissile material shall be obtained by dividing the number 50 by the smaller of the two values of N derived in 12) and 13) (i.e. CSI = 50/N). The value of the criticality safety index may be zero, provided that an unlimited number of packages is subcritical (i.e. N is effectively equal to infinity in both cases).

Test procedures and demonstration of compliance according ADR, RID, IMDG Code 6.4.12 and ICAO TI 6;7.11; ADN according Part 6 of ADR

1. Demonstration of compliance with the performance standards must be accomplished by any of the methods listed below or by a combination thereof:

   1. Performance of tests with specimens representing special form radioactive material, or low dispersible radioactive material or with prototypes or samples of the packaging, where the contents of the specimen or the packaging for the tests shall simulate as closely as practicable the expected range of radioactive contents and the specimen or packaging to be tested shall be prepared as presented for carriage;

   2. Reference to previous satisfactory demonstrations of a sufficiently similar nature;

   3. Performance of tests with models of appropriate scale incorporating those features which are significant with respect to the item under investigation when engineering experience has shown results of such tests to be suitable for design purposes. When a scale model is used, the need for adjusting certain test parameters, such as penetrator diameter or compressive load, shall be taken into account;

   4. Calculation, or reasoned argument, when the calculation procedures and parameters are generally agreed to be reliable or conservative.

2. After the specimen, prototype or sample has been subjected to the tests, appropriate methods of assessment shall be used to assure that the requirements for the test procedures have been fulfilled in compliance with the performance and acceptance standards.

3. All specimens shall be inspected before testing in order to identify and record faults or damage including the following:

   1. Divergence from the design;

   2. Defects in manufacture;

   3. Corrosion or other deterioration; and

   4. Distortion of features.

   The containment system of the package shall be clearly specified. The external features of the specimen shall be clearly identified so that reference may be made simply and clearly to any part of such specimen.

Testing the integrity of the containment system and shielding and evaluating criticality safety according ADR, RID, IMDG Code 6.4.13 and ICAO TI 6;7.12; ADN according Part 6 of ADR

After each test or group of tests or sequence of the applicable tests, as appropriate, specified in 6.4.15 to 6.4.21 (ADR, RID, IMDG Code; 6;7.14 to 6;7.20 ICAO TI):

1. Faults and damage shall be identified and recorded;

2. It shall be determined whether the integrity of the containment system and shielding has been retained to the extent for the package under test; and

3. For packages containing fissile material, it shall be determined whether the assumptions and conditions used in the assessments for one or more packages are valid.

Target for drop tests according ADR, RID, IMDG Code 6.4.14 and ICAO TI 6;7.13; ADN according Part 6 of ADR

The target for the drop tests shall be a flat, horizontal surface of such a character that any increase in its resistance to displacement or deformation upon impact by the specimen would not significantly increase the damage to the specimen.

Tests for demonstrating ability to withstand normal conditions of carriage according ADR, RID, IMDG Code 6.4.15 and ICAO TI 6;7.14; ADN according Part 6 of ADR

1. The tests are: the water spray test, the free drop test, the stacking test and the penetration test. Specimens of the package shall be subjected to the free drop test, the stacking test and the penetration test, preceded in each case by the water spray test. One specimen may be used for all the tests,provided that the requirements of point 2) are fulfilled.

2. The time interval between the conclusion of the water spray test and the succeeding test shall be such that the water has soaked in to the maximum extent, without appreciable drying of the exterior of the specimen. In the absence of any evidence to the contrary, this interval shall be taken to be two hours if the water spray is applied from four directions simultaneously. No time interval shall elapse, however, if the water spray is applied from each of the four directions consecutively.

3. Water spray test: The specimen shall be subjected to a water spray test that simulates exposure to rainfall of approximately 5 cm per hour for at least one hour.

4. Free drop test: The specimen shall drop onto the target so as to suffer maximum damage in respect of the safety features to be tested.

   1. The height of drop measured from the lowest point of the specimen to the upper surface of the target shall be not less than the distance specified in the lower Table for the applicable mass. The target shall be as defined in the text above.

   2. For rectangular fibreboard or wood packages not exceeding a mass of 50 kg, a separate specimen shall be subjected to a free drop onto each corner from a height of 0.3 m;

   3. For cylindrical fibreboard packages not exceeding a mass of 100 kg, a separate specimen shall be subjected to a free drop onto each of the quarters of each rim from a height of 0.3 m.

   Free drop distance for testing packages to normal conditions of carriage

   Package mass (kg)	Free drop distance (m)
   Package mass < 5000	1,2
   5000 ≤ Package mass < 10000	0,9
   10000 ≤ Package mass < 15000	0,6
   15000 ≤ Package mass	0,3

5. Stacking test: Unless the shape of the packaging effectively prevents stacking, the specimen shall be subjected, for a period of 24 h, to a compressive load equal to the greater of the following:

   1. The equivalent of 5 times the maximum weight of the package; and

   2. The equivalent of 13 kPa multiplied by the vertically projected area of the package.

   The load shall be applied uniformly to two opposite sides of the specimen, one of which shall be the base on which the package would typically rest

6. Penetration test: The specimen shall be placed on a rigid, flat, horizontal surface which will not move significantly while the test is being carried out.

   1. A bar of 3.2 cm in diameter with a hemispherical end and a mass of 6 kg shall be dropped and directed to fall, with its longitudinal axis vertical, onto the centre of the weakest part of the specimen, so that, if it penetrates sufficiently far, it will hit the containment system. The bar shall not be significantly deformed by the test performance;

   2. The height of drop of the bar measured from its lower end to the intended point of impact on the upper surface of the specimen shall be 1 m.

Additional tests for Type A packages designed for liquids and gases according ADR, RID, IMDG Code 6.4.16 and ICAO TI 6;7.15; ADN according Part 6 of ADR

A specimen or separate specimens shall be subjected to each of the following tests unless it can be demonstrated that one test is more severe for the specimen in question than the other, in which case one specimen shall be subjected to the more severe test.

1. Free drop test: The specimen shall drop onto the target so as to suffer the maximum damage in respect of containment. The height of the drop measured from the lowest part of the specimen to the upper surface of the target shall be 9 m. The target shall be as defined in Target for drop tests in the text above;

2. Penetration test: The specimen shall be subjected to the test specified in point 6) except that the height of drop shall be increased to 1.7 m from the 1 m.

Tests for demonstrating ability to withstand accident conditions in carriage according ADR, RID, IMDG Code 6.4.17 and ICAO TI 6;7.16; ADN according Part 6 of ADR

2. Mechanical test: The mechanical test consists of three different drop tests. Each specimen shall be subjected to the applicable drops. The order in which the specimen is subjected to the drops shall be such that, on completion of the mechanical test, the specimen shall have suffered such damage as will lead to the maximum damage in the thermal test which follows.

   1. For drop I, the specimen shall drop onto the target so as to suffer the maximum damage, and the height of the drop measured from the lowest point of the specimen to the upper surface of the target shall be 9 m. The target shall be as defined in Target for drop tests in the text above ;

   2. For drop II, the specimen shall drop onto a bar rigidly mounted perpendicularly on the target so as to suffer the maximum damage. The height of the drop measured from the intended point of impact of the specimen to the upper surface of the bar shall be 1 m. The bar shall be of solid mild steel of circular cross-section, (15.0 cm ± 0.5 cm) in diameter and 20 cm long unless a longer bar would cause greater damage, in which case a bar of sufficient length to cause maximum damage shall be used. The upper end of the bar shall be flat and horizontal with its edge rounded off to a radius of not more than 6 mm. The target on which the bar is mounted shall be as described in Target for drop tests in the text above.

   3. For drop III, the specimen shall be subjected to a dynamic crush test by positioning the specimen on the target so as to suffer maximum damage by the drop of a 500 kg mass from 9 m onto the specimen. The mass shall consist of a solid mild steel plate 1 m by 1 m and shall fall in a horizontal attitude. The lower face of the steel plate shall have its edges and corners rounded off to a radius of not more than 6 mm. The height of the drop shall be measured from the underside of the plate to the highest point of the specimen. The target on which the specimen rests shall be as in Target for drop tests in the text above.

3. Thermal test: The specimen shall be in thermal equilibrium under conditions of an ambient temperature of 38 °C, subject to the solar insolation conditions specified in Table with the insolation data and subject to the design maximum rate of internal heat generation within the package from the radioactive contents. Alternatively, any of these parameters are allowed to have different values prior to and during the test, providing due account is taken of them in the subsequent assessment of package response. The thermal test shall then consist of:

   1. Exposure of a specimen for a period of 30 minutes to a thermal environment which provides a heat flux at least equivalent to that of a hydrocarbon fuel/air fire in sufficiently quiescent ambient conditions to give a minimum average flame emissivity coefficient of 0.9 and an average temperature of at least 800 °C, fully engulfing the specimen, with a surface absorptivity coefficient of 0.8 or that value which the package may be demonstrated to possess if exposed to the fire specified, followed by;

   2. Exposure of the specimen to an ambient temperature of 38 °C, subject to the solar insolation conditions specified in Table with the insolation data and subject to the design maximum rate of internal heat generation within the package by the radioactive contents for a sufficient period to ensure that temperatures in the specimen are decreasing in all parts of the specimen and/or are approaching initial steady state conditions. Alternatively, any of these parameters are allowed to have different values following cessation of heating, providing due account is taken of them in the subsequent assessment of package response.

   During and following the test the specimen shall not be artificially cooled and any combustion of materials of the specimen shall be permitted to proceed naturally.

Water leakage test for packages containing fissile material according ADR, RID, IMDG Code 6.4.19 and ICAO TI 6;7.18; ADN according Part 6 of ADR

1. Packages for which water in-leakage or out-leakage to the extent which results in greatest reactivity has been assumed for purposes of assessment shall be excepted from the test.

2. Before the specimen is subjected to the water leakage test specified below, it shall be subjected to the drop test II, and either drop test I or III as required by 6.4.11.13 (ADR, RID, IMDG Code; ICAO TI 6;7.10.13), and the thermal test.

3. The specimen shall be immersed under a head of water of at least 0.9 m for a period of not less than 8 hours and in the attitude for which maximum leakage is expected.

General requirements for packages with radioactive material according to ADR, RID, IMDG Code 6.4.2 and ICAO TI 6;7.1; ADN according Part 6 of ADR

1. The package shall be so designed in relation to its mass, volume and shape that it can be easily and safely carried. In addition, the package shall be so designed that it can be properly secured in or on the vehicle during carriage.

2. The design shall be such that any lifting attachments on the package will not fail when used in the intended manner and that, if failure of the attachments should occur, the ability of the package to meet other requirements of this Annex would not be impaired. The design shall take account of appropriate safety factors to cover snatch lifting.

3. Attachments and any other features on the outer surface of the package which could be used to lift it shall be designed either to support its mass in accordance with the requirements of point 2 or shall be removable or otherwise rendered incapable of being used during carriage.

4. As far as practicable, the package shall be so designed that the external surfaces are free from protruding features and can be easily decontaminated.

5. As far as practicable, the outer layer of the package shall be so designed as to prevent the collection and the retention of water.

6. Any features added to the package at the time of carriage which are not part of the package shall not reduce its safety.

7. The package shall be capable of withstanding the effects of any acceleration, vibration or vibration resonance which may arise under routine conditions of carriage without any deterioration in the effectiveness of the closing devices on the various receptacles or in the integrity of the package as a whole. In particular, nuts, bolts and other securing devices shall be so designed as to prevent them from becoming loose or being released unintentionally, even after repeated use.

8. The design of the package must take into account ageing mechanisms.

9. The materials of the packaging and any components or structures shall be physically and chemically compatible with each other and with the radioactive contents. Account shall be taken of their behaviour under irradiation.

10. All valves through which the radioactive contents could escape shall be protected against unauthorized operation.

11. The design of the package shall take into account ambient temperatures and pressures that are likely to be encountered in routine conditions of carriage.

12. A package shall be so designed that it provides sufficient shielding to ensure that, under routine conditions of carriage and with the maximum radioactive contents that the package is designed to contain, the dose rate at any point on the external surface of the package would not exceed, for excepted packages 5 µSv/h, for all other packages 2 mSv/h and 10 mSv/h for exclusive use, as applicable, with account of the values specified in 2.2.7.2.4.1.2, 4.1.9.1.10 and 4.1.9.1.11, as applicable, with account of the limits for containers and vehicles of Part 7.

13. For radioactive material having other dangerous properties the package design shall take into account those properties.

14. Manufacturers and subsequent distributors of packagings shall provide information regarding procedures to be followed and a description of the types and dimensions of closures (including required gaskets) and any other components needed to ensure that packages as presented for carriage are capable of passing the applicable performance tests of this Chapter.

Additional requirements for packages transported by air according IMDG Code 6.4.3 und ICAO TI 6;7.2

1. For packages to be transported by air, the temperature of the accessible surfaces shall not exceed 50 °C at an ambient temperature of 38 °C with no account taken for insolation.

2. Packages to be transported by air shall be so designed that, if they were exposed to ambient temperatures ranging from -40 °C to +55 °C, the integrity of the containment would not be impaired.

3. Packages containing radioactive material, to be transported by air, shall be capable of withstanding, without loss or dispersal of radioactive contents from the containment system, an internal pressure that produces a pressure differential of not less than maximum normal operating pressure plus 95 kPa.

The requirements for packages containing fissile material (ADR, RID and IMDG Code 6.4.11 and ICAO 6;7.10; ADN according Part 6 of ADR) must be met.

Requirements for Type AF packages according to ADR, RID, IMDG Code 6.4.7 and ICAO TI 6;7.6; ADN according Part 6 of ADR

Type AF packages must be designed to meet the general requirements specified in 6.4.2 (ADR, RID, IMDG Code; ICAO TI 6;7.1) and, in addition, shall meet the requirements of 6.4.3 (IMDG Code; ICAO TI 6;7.2) if carried by air and the following requirements.

1. The smallest overall external dimension of the package must not be less than 10 cm.

2. The outside of the package must incorporate a feature such as a seal, which is not readily breakable and which, while intact, will be evidence that it has not been opened.

3. Any tie-down attachments on the package must be designed so that, under normal and accident conditions of transport, the forces in those attachments must not impair the ability of the package to meet the requirements of ADR, RID, IMDG Code, ICAO TI.

4. The design of the package must take into account temperatures ranging from -40 °C to +70 °C for the components of the packaging. Attention must be given to freezing temperatures for liquids and to the potential degradation of packaging materials within the given temperature range.

5. The design and manufacturing techniques must be in accordance with national or international standards, or other requirements, acceptable to the competent authority.

6. The design must include a containment system securely closed by a positive fastening device which cannot be opened unintentionally or by a pressure which may arise within the package.

7. Special form radioactive material may be considered as a component of the containment system.

8. If the containment system forms a separate unit of the package, the conatainment system must be capable of being securely closed by a positive fastening device which is independent of any other part of the packaging.

9. The design of any component of the containment system must take into account, where applicable, the radiolytic decomposition of liquids and other vulnerable materials and the generation of gas by chemical reaction and radiolysis.

10. The containment system must retain its radioactive contents under a reduction of ambient pressure to 60 kPa.

11. All valves, other than pressure relief valves, must be provided with an enclosure to retain any leakage from the valve.

12. A radiation shield, which encloses a component of the package specified as a part of the containment system, must be designed so as to prevent the unintentional release of that component from the shield. Where the radiation shield and such component within it form a separate unit, the radiation shield must be capable of being securely closed by a positive fastening device, which is independent of any other packaging structure.

13. A package must be designed so that if it were subjected to the tests for demonstrating ability to withstand normal conditions of transport, it would prevent:

    1. loss or dispersal of the radioactive contents; and

    2. more than a 20 % increase in the maximum dose rate at any external surface of the package.

14. The design of a package intended for liquid radioactive material must make provision for ullage to accommodate variations in the temperature of the contents, dynamic effects and filling dynamics.

Type AF packages to contain liquids according to ADR, RID, IMDG Code 6.4.7.16 and ICAO TI 6;7.6.16; ADN according Part 6 of ADR

A Type AF package designed to contain radioactive liquids must, in addition:

1. be adequate to meet the conditions specified in point 13 a) if the package is subjected to the additional tests for Type A packages designed for liquids and gases; and

2. either

   • be provided with sufficient absorbent material to absorb twice the volume of the liquid contents. Such absorbent material must be suitably positioned so as to contact the liquid in the event of leakage; or

   • be provided with a containment system composed of primary inner and secondary outer containment components, designed to ensure retention of the liquid contents within the secondary outer containment components, even if the primary inner components leak.

Type AF packages to contain gas according to ADR, RID, IMDG Code 6.4.7.17 and ICAO TI 6;7.6.17; ADN according Part 6 of ADR

A Type A package designed for gases must prevent loss or dispersal of the radioactive contents if the package were subjected to the additional tests for Type A packages designed for liquids and gases, exept fpr a Type A package designed for tritium gas or for noble gases must be excepted from this requirement.

Requirements for packages containing fissile material according to ADR, RID and IMDG Code 6.4.11 and ICAO 6;7.10; ADN according Part 6 of ADR

1. Fissile material shall be carried so as to:

   1. Maintain sub-criticality during routine, normal and accident conditions of carriage; in particular, the following contingencies shall be considered:

      1. water leaking into or out of packages;

      2. the loss of efficiency of built-in neutron absorbers or moderators;

      3. rearrangement of the contents either within the package or as a result of loss from the package;

      4. reduction of spaces within or between packages;

      5. packages becoming immersed in water or buried in snow; and

      6. temperature changes; and

   2. Meet the requirements:

      1. The smallest overall external dimension of the package shall not be less than 10 cm except for unpackaged material when the fissile nuclides exepted with no more than 45 g of fissile nuclides shall be carried under exclusive;

      2. prescribed elsewhere in ADR which pertain to the radioactive properties of the material;

      3. The outside of the package shall incorporate a feature such as a seal, which is not readily breakable and which, while intact, will be evidence that it has not been opened. unless the material is excepted as fissile exepted;

      4. of 4) to 14), unless the material is excepted as fissile exepted, point 2) or 3

2. Packages containing fissile material that meet the provisions of subparagraph (d) and one of the provisions of (a) to (c) below are excepted from the requirements of 4) to 14).

   1. Packages containing fissile material in any form provided that:

      1. The smallest external dimension of the package is not less than 10 cm;

      2. The criticality safety index of the package is calculated using the following formula:

         $$CSI = 50*5*(\frac{Mass\ of\ U-235\ in\ package\ (g)}{Z} + \ \frac{\text{of\ other\ fissile\ nuclides}^{\#}\text{\ i}n\ package\ (g)}{280})$$

         ^# Plutonium may be of any isotopic composition provided that the amount of Pu-241 is less than that of Pu-240 in the package

         where the values of Z are taken from the lower Table;

      3. The CSI of any package does not exceed 10;

   2. Packages containing fissile material in any form provided that:

      1. The smallest external dimension of the package is not less than 30 cm;

      2. The package, after being subjected to the tests for demonstrating ability to withstand normal conditions of carriage:

         • Retains its fissile material contents;

         • Preserves the minimum overall outside dimensions of the package to at least 30 cm;

         • Prevents the entry of a 10 cm cube;

      3. The criticality safety index of the package is calculated using the following formula:

         $$CSI = 50*2*(\frac{Mass\ of\ U-235\ in\ package\ (g)}{Z} + \ \frac{\text{of\ other\ fissile\ nuclides}^{\#}\text{\ i}n\ package\ (g)}{280})$$

         ^# Plutonium may be of any isotopic composition provided that the amount of Pu-241 is less than that of Pu-240 in the package

         where the values of Z are taken from the lower Table;

      4. The criticality safety index of any package does not exceed 10;

   3. Packages containing fissile material in any form provided that:

      1. the smallest external dimension of the package is not less than 10 cm;

      2. The package, after being subjected to the tests for demonstrating ability to withstand normal conditions of carriage:

         • Retains its fissile material contents;

         • Preserves the minimum overall outside dimensions of the package to at least 10 cm;

         • Prevents the entry of a 10 cm cube;

      3. The CSI of the package is calculated using the following formula:

         $$CSI = 50*2*(\frac{Mass\ of\ U-235\ in\ package\ (g)}{450} + \ \frac{\text{of\ other\ fissile\ nuclides}^{\#}\text{\ i}n\ package\ (g)}{280})$$

         ^# Plutonium may be of any isotopic composition provided that the amount of Pu-241 is less than that of Pu-240 in the package

      4. The total mass of fissile nuclides in any package does not exceed 15 g;

   4. The total mass of beryllium, hydrogenous material enriched in deuterium, graphite and other allotropic forms of carbon in an individual package shall not be greater than the mass of fissile nuclides in the package except where the total concentration of these materials does not exceed 1 g in any 1,000 g of material. Beryllium incorporated in copper alloys up to 4 % in weight of the alloy does not need to be considered.

   Table - Values of Z for calculation of criticality safety index

   Enrichement*)	Z
   Uranium enriched up to 1.5 %	2200
   Uranium enriched up to 5 %	850
   Uranium enriched up to 10 %	660
   Uranium enriched up to 20 %	580
   Uranium enriched up to 100 %	450

   ^*) If a package contains uranium with varying enrichments of U-235, then the value corresponding to the highest enrichment shall be used for Z.

3. Packages containing not more than 1,000 g of plutonium are excepted from the application of 4) to 14) provided that:

   1. Not more than 20 % of the plutonium by mass is fissile nuclides;

   2. The criticality safety index of the package is calculated using the following formula:

      $$CSI = 50*2*(\frac{\text{mass\ of\ plutonium\ (g)}\ }{1000})$$

   3. If uranium is present with the plutonium, the mass of uranium shall be no more than 1 % of the mass of the plutonium.

4. Where the chemical or physical form, isotopic composition, mass or concentration, moderation ratio or density, or geometric configuration is not known, the assessments of 8) to 13) shall be performed assuming that each parameter that is not known has the value which gives the maximum neutron multiplication consistent with the known conditions and parameters in these assessments.

5. For irradiated nuclear fuel the assessments of 8) to 13) shall be based on an isotopic composition demonstrated to provide either:

   1. The maximum neutron multiplication during the irradiation history; or

   2. A conservative estimate of the neutron multiplication for the package assessments. After irradiation but prior to shipment, a measurement shall be performed to confirm the conservatism of the isotopic composition.

6. The package, after being subjected to the tests for demonstrating ability to withstand normal conditions of carriage, shall:

   1. Preserve the minimum overall outside dimensions of the package to at least 10 cm; and

   2. revent the entry of a 10 cm cube.

7. The package shall be designed for an ambient temperature range of -40 °C to + 38 °C unless the competent authority specifies otherwise in the certificate of approval for the package design.

8. For a package in isolation, it shall be assumed that water can leak into or out of all void spaces of the package, including those within the containment system. However, if the design incorporates special features to prevent such leakage of water into or out of certain void spaces, even as a result of error, absence of leakage may be assumed in respect of those void spaces. Special features shall include either of the following:

   1. Multiple high standard water barriers, not less than two of which would remain watertight if the package were subject to the tests prescribed in 13 b), a high degree of quality control in the manufacture, maintenance and repair of packagings and tests to demonstrate the closure of each package before each shipment; or

   2. For packages containing uranium hexafluoride only, with maximum enrichment of 5 mass percent uranium-235:

      1. packages where, following the tests prescribed in 13 b), there is no physical contact between the valve or the plug and any other component of the packaging other than at its original point of attachment and where, in addition, following the thermal test for demonstrating ability to withstand accident conditions in carriage the valves and the plug remain leaktight; and

      2. a high degree of quality control in the manufacture, maintenance and repair of packagings coupled with tests to demonstrate closure of each package before each shipment.

9. It shall be assumed that the confinement system is closely reflected by at least 20 cm of water or such greater reflection as may additionally be provided by the surrounding material of the packaging. However, when it can be demonstrated that the confinement system remains within the packaging following the tests prescribed in 13 b), close reflection of the package by at least 20 cm of water may be assumed in 10 c).

10. The package shall be subcritical under the conditions of 8) and 9) with the package conditions that result in the maximum neutron multiplication consistent with:

    1. Routine conditions of carriage (incident free);

    2. The tests specified in 12 b);

    3. The tests specified in 13 b).

11. For packages to be transported by air:

    1. the package shall be subcritical under conditions consistent with the Type C package tests assuming reflection by at least 20 cm of water but no water in-leakage; and

    2. in the assessment of 10), use of special features as spcified in 8) provided that leakage of water into or out of the void spaces is prevented when the package is submitted to the Type C package tests followed by the water leakage test specified in 3).

12. For normal conditions of carriage a number "N" shall be derived, such that five times "N" packages shall be subcritical for the arrangement and package conditions that provide the maximum neutron multiplication consistent with the following:

    1. here shall not be anything between the packages, and the package arrangement shall be reflected on all sides by at least 20 cm of water; and

    2. The state of the packages shall be their assessed or demonstrated condition if they had been subjected to the tests for demonstrating ability to withstand normal conditions of carriage.

13. For accident conditions of carriage a number "N" shall be derived, such that two times "N" packages shall be subcritical for the arrangement and package conditions that provide the maximum neutron multiplication consistent with the following:

    1. Hydrogenous moderation between packages, and the package arrangement reflected on all sides by at least 20 cm of water; and

    2. The tests for demonstrating ability to withstand normal conditions of carriage followed by whichever of the following is the more limiting:

       1. the mechanical tests for demonstrating ability to withstand accident conditions in carriage sub-point (b) and, either the mechanical test of sub-point (c) for packages having a mass not greater than 500 kg and an overall density not greater than 1,000 kg/m³ based on the external dimensions, or mechanical test of sub-point (a) for all other packages; followed by the test specified in thermal test for demonstrating ability to withstand accident conditions and completed by the water leakage test for packages containing fissile material; or

       2. the water immersion test for demonstrating ability to withstand normal conditions of carriage; and

    3. Where any part of the fissile material escapes from the containment system following the tests specified in 13) (b), it shall be assumed that fissile material escapes from each package in the array and all of the fissile material shall be arranged in the configuration and moderation that results in the maximum neutron multiplication with close reflection by at least 20 cm of water.

14. The criticality safety index (CSI) for packages containing fissile material shall be obtained by dividing the number 50 by the smaller of the two values of N derived in 12) and 13) (i.e. CSI = 50/N). The value of the criticality safety index may be zero, provided that an unlimited number of packages is subcritical (i.e. N is effectively equal to infinity in both cases).

Test procedures and demonstration of compliance according ADR, RID, IMDG Code 6.4.12 and ICAO TI 6;7.11; ADN according Part 6 of ADR

1. Demonstration of compliance with the performance standards must be accomplished by any of the methods listed below or by a combination thereof:

   1. Performance of tests with specimens representing special form radioactive material, or low dispersible radioactive material or with prototypes or samples of the packaging, where the contents of the specimen or the packaging for the tests shall simulate as closely as practicable the expected range of radioactive contents and the specimen or packaging to be tested shall be prepared as presented for carriage;

   2. Reference to previous satisfactory demonstrations of a sufficiently similar nature;

   3. Performance of tests with models of appropriate scale incorporating those features which are significant with respect to the item under investigation when engineering experience has shown results of such tests to be suitable for design purposes. When a scale model is used, the need for adjusting certain test parameters, such as penetrator diameter or compressive load, shall be taken into account;

   4. Calculation, or reasoned argument, when the calculation procedures and parameters are generally agreed to be reliable or conservative.

2. After the specimen, prototype or sample has been subjected to the tests, appropriate methods of assessment shall be used to assure that the requirements for the test procedures have been fulfilled in compliance with the performance and acceptance standards.

3. All specimens shall be inspected before testing in order to identify and record faults or damage including the following:

   1. Divergence from the design;

   2. Defects in manufacture;

   3. Corrosion or other deterioration; and

   4. Distortion of features.

   The containment system of the package shall be clearly specified. The external features of the specimen shall be clearly identified so that reference may be made simply and clearly to any part of such specimen.

Testing the integrity of the containment system and shielding and evaluating criticality safety according ADR, RID, IMDG Code 6.4.13 and ICAO TI 6;7.12; ADN according Part 6 of ADR

After each test or group of tests or sequence of the applicable tests, as appropriate, specified in 6.4.15 to 6.4.21 (ADR, RID, IMDG Code; 6;7.14 to 6;7.20 ICAO TI):

1. Faults and damage shall be identified and recorded;

2. It shall be determined whether the integrity of the containment system and shielding has been retained to the extent for the package under test; and

3. For packages containing fissile material, it shall be determined whether the assumptions and conditions used in the assessments for one or more packages are valid.

Target for drop tests according ADR, RID, IMDG Code 6.4.14 and ICAO TI 6;7.13; ADN according Part 6 of ADR

The target for the drop tests shall be a flat, horizontal surface of such a character that any increase in its resistance to displacement or deformation upon impact by the specimen would not significantly increase the damage to the specimen.

Tests for demonstrating ability to withstand normal conditions of carriage according ADR, RID, IMDG Code 6.4.15 and ICAO TI 6;7.14; ADN according Part 6 of ADR

1. The tests are: the water spray test, the free drop test, the stacking test and the penetration test. Specimens of the package shall be subjected to the free drop test, the stacking test and the penetration test, preceded in each case by the water spray test. One specimen may be used for all the tests,provided that the requirements of point 2) are fulfilled.

2. The time interval between the conclusion of the water spray test and the succeeding test shall be such that the water has soaked in to the maximum extent, without appreciable drying of the exterior of the specimen. In the absence of any evidence to the contrary, this interval shall be taken to be two hours if the water spray is applied from four directions simultaneously. No time interval shall elapse, however, if the water spray is applied from each of the four directions consecutively.

3. Water spray test: The specimen shall be subjected to a water spray test that simulates exposure to rainfall of approximately 5 cm per hour for at least one hour.

4. Free drop test: The specimen shall drop onto the target so as to suffer maximum damage in respect of the safety features to be tested.

   1. The height of drop measured from the lowest point of the specimen to the upper surface of the target shall be not less than the distance specified in the lower Table for the applicable mass. The target shall be as defined in the text above.

   2. For rectangular fibreboard or wood packages not exceeding a mass of 50 kg, a separate specimen shall be subjected to a free drop onto each corner from a height of 0.3 m;

   3. For cylindrical fibreboard packages not exceeding a mass of 100 kg, a separate specimen shall be subjected to a free drop onto each of the quarters of each rim from a height of 0.3 m.

   Free drop distance for testing packages to normal conditions of carriage

   Package mass (kg)	Free drop distance (m)
   Package mass < 5000	1,2
   5000 ≤ Package mass < 10000	0,9
   10000 ≤ Package mass < 15000	0,6
   15000 ≤ Package mass	0,3

5. Stacking test: Unless the shape of the packaging effectively prevents stacking, the specimen shall be subjected, for a period of 24 h, to a compressive load equal to the greater of the following:

   1. The equivalent of 5 times the maximum weight of the package; and

   2. The equivalent of 13 kPa multiplied by the vertically projected area of the package.

   The load shall be applied uniformly to two opposite sides of the specimen, one of which shall be the base on which the package would typically rest

6. Penetration test: The specimen shall be placed on a rigid, flat, horizontal surface which will not move significantly while the test is being carried out.

   1. A bar of 3.2 cm in diameter with a hemispherical end and a mass of 6 kg shall be dropped and directed to fall, with its longitudinal axis vertical, onto the centre of the weakest part of the specimen, so that, if it penetrates sufficiently far, it will hit the containment system. The bar shall not be significantly deformed by the test performance;

   2. The height of drop of the bar measured from its lower end to the intended point of impact on the upper surface of the specimen shall be 1 m.

Additional tests for Type A packages designed for liquids and gases according ADR, RID, IMDG Code 6.4.16 and ICAO TI 6;7.15; ADN according Part 6 of ADR

A specimen or separate specimens shall be subjected to each of the following tests unless it can be demonstrated that one test is more severe for the specimen in question than the other, in which case one specimen shall be subjected to the more severe test.

1. Free drop test: The specimen shall drop onto the target so as to suffer the maximum damage in respect of containment. The height of the drop measured from the lowest part of the specimen to the upper surface of the target shall be 9 m. The target shall be as defined in Target for drop tests in the text above;

2. Penetration test: The specimen shall be subjected to the test specified in point 6) except that the height of drop shall be increased to 1.7 m from the 1 m.

Tests for demonstrating ability to withstand accident conditions in carriage according ADR, RID, IMDG Code 6.4.17 and ICAO TI 6;7.16; ADN according Part 6 of ADR

2. Mechanical test: The mechanical test consists of three different drop tests. Each specimen shall be subjected to the applicable drops. The order in which the specimen is subjected to the drops shall be such that, on completion of the mechanical test, the specimen shall have suffered such damage as will lead to the maximum damage in the thermal test which follows.

   1. For drop I, the specimen shall drop onto the target so as to suffer the maximum damage, and the height of the drop measured from the lowest point of the specimen to the upper surface of the target shall be 9 m. The target shall be as defined in Target for drop tests in the text above ;

   2. For drop II, the specimen shall drop onto a bar rigidly mounted perpendicularly on the target so as to suffer the maximum damage. The height of the drop measured from the intended point of impact of the specimen to the upper surface of the bar shall be 1 m. The bar shall be of solid mild steel of circular cross-section, (15.0 cm ± 0.5 cm) in diameter and 20 cm long unless a longer bar would cause greater damage, in which case a bar of sufficient length to cause maximum damage shall be used. The upper end of the bar shall be flat and horizontal with its edge rounded off to a radius of not more than 6 mm. The target on which the bar is mounted shall be as described in Target for drop tests in the text above.

   3. For drop III, the specimen shall be subjected to a dynamic crush test by positioning the specimen on the target so as to suffer maximum damage by the drop of a 500 kg mass from 9 m onto the specimen. The mass shall consist of a solid mild steel plate 1 m by 1 m and shall fall in a horizontal attitude. The lower face of the steel plate shall have its edges and corners rounded off to a radius of not more than 6 mm. The height of the drop shall be measured from the underside of the plate to the highest point of the specimen. The target on which the specimen rests shall be as in Target for drop tests in the text above.

3. Thermal test: The specimen shall be in thermal equilibrium under conditions of an ambient temperature of 38 °C, subject to the solar insolation conditions specified in Table with the insolation data and subject to the design maximum rate of internal heat generation within the package from the radioactive contents. Alternatively, any of these parameters are allowed to have different values prior to and during the test, providing due account is taken of them in the subsequent assessment of package response. The thermal test shall then consist of:

   1. Exposure of a specimen for a period of 30 minutes to a thermal environment which provides a heat flux at least equivalent to that of a hydrocarbon fuel/air fire in sufficiently quiescent ambient conditions to give a minimum average flame emissivity coefficient of 0.9 and an average temperature of at least 800 °C, fully engulfing the specimen, with a surface absorptivity coefficient of 0.8 or that value which the package may be demonstrated to possess if exposed to the fire specified, followed by;

   2. Exposure of the specimen to an ambient temperature of 38 °C, subject to the solar insolation conditions specified in Table with the insolation data and subject to the design maximum rate of internal heat generation within the package by the radioactive contents for a sufficient period to ensure that temperatures in the specimen are decreasing in all parts of the specimen and/or are approaching initial steady state conditions. Alternatively, any of these parameters are allowed to have different values following cessation of heating, providing due account is taken of them in the subsequent assessment of package response.

   During and following the test the specimen shall not be artificially cooled and any combustion of materials of the specimen shall be permitted to proceed naturally.

Water leakage test for packages containing fissile material according ADR, RID, IMDG Code 6.4.19 and ICAO TI 6;7.18; ADN according Part 6 of ADR

1. Packages for which water in-leakage or out-leakage to the extent which results in greatest reactivity has been assumed for purposes of assessment shall be excepted from the test.

2. Before the specimen is subjected to the water leakage test specified below, it shall be subjected to the drop test II, and either drop test I or III as required by 6.4.11.13 (ADR, RID, IMDG Code; ICAO TI 6;7.10.13), and the thermal test.

3. The specimen shall be immersed under a head of water of at least 0.9 m for a period of not less than 8 hours and in the attitude for which maximum leakage is expected.

Extracts from chapter 5.4 Documentation

5.4.0 General

1. Unless otherwise specified, any carriage of goods governed by ADR shall be accompanied by the documentation prescribed in this Chapter, as appropriate.

   NOTE: For the list of documentation to be carried on board transport units, see 8.1.2.

2. The use of electronic data processing (EDP) or electronic data interchange (EDI) techniques as an aid to or instead of paper documentation is permitted, provided that the procedures used for the capture, storage and processing of electronics data meet the legal requirements as regards the evidential value and availability of data during transport in a manner at least equivalent to that of paper documentation.

3. When the dangerous goods transport information is given to the carrier by EDP or EDI techniques, the consignor shall be able to give the information to the carrier as a paper document, with the information in the sequence required by this Chapter.

5.4.1 Dangerous goods transport document and related information

5.4.1.1 General information required in the transport document

1. The transport document(s) shall contain the following information for each dangerous substance, material or article offered for carriage:

   1. the UN number preceded by the letters "UN";

   2. the proper shipping name supplemented, when applicable (see 3.1.2.8.1) with the technical name in brackets (see 3.1.2.8.1.1), as determined in accordance with 3.1.2;

   3. for radioactive material of Class 7: the Class number: "7";

      NOTE: For radioactive material with a subsidiary risk, see also special provision 172 in Chapter 3.3.

2. The information required on a transport document shall be legible.

   Although upper case is used in Chapter 3.1 and in Table A in Chapter 3.2 to indicate the elements which shall be part of the proper shipping name, and although upper and lower case are used in this Chapter to indicate the information required in the transport document, except for the provisions in 5.4.1.1.1 (k), the use of upper or of lower case for entering the information in the transport document is left optional.

5.4.1.2.5 Additional provisions for Class 7

1. The following information shall be inserted in the transport document for each consignment of Class 7 material, as applicable, in the order given and immediately after the information required under 5.4.1.1.1 (a) to (c) and (k):

   1. The name or symbol of each radionuclide or, for mixtures of radionuclides, an appropriate general description or a list of the most restrictive nuclides;

   2. A description of the physical and chemical form of the material, or a notation that the material is special form radioactive material or low dispersible radioactive material. A generic chemical description is acceptable for chemical form. For radioactive material with a subsidiary risk, see sub-paragraph (c) of special provision 172 of Chapter 3.3;

   3. The maximum activity of the radioactive contents during carriage expressed in becquerels (Bq) with an appropriate SI prefix symbol (see 1.2.2.1). For fissile material, the mass of fissile material (or mass of each fissile nuclide for mixtures when appropriate) in grams (g), or appropriate multiples thereof, may be used in place of activity;

   4. The category of the package, overpack or container, as assigned per 5.1.5.3.4, i.e. I-WHITE, II-YELLOW, III-YELLOW;

   5. The TI as determined per 5.1.5.3.1 and 5.1.5.3.2 (except for category I-WHITE);

   6. For fissile material:

      1. Shipped under one exception of 2.2.7.2.3.5 (a) to (f), reference to that paragraph;

      2. Shipped under 2.2.7.2.3.5 (c) to (e), the total mass of fissile nuclides;

      3. Contained in a package for which one of 6.4.11.2 (a) to (c) or 6.4.11.3 is applied, reference to that paragraph;

      4. The criticality safety index, where applicable;

   7. The identification mark for each competent authority certificate of approval (special form radioactive material, low dispersible radioactive material, fissile material excepted under 2.2.7.2.3.5 (f), special arrangement, package design, or shipment) applicable to the consignment;

   8. For consignments of more than one package, the information required in 5.4.1.1.1 and in (a) to (g) above shall be given for each package. For packages in an overpack, container, or vehicle, a detailed statement of the contents of each package within the overpack, container, or vehicle and, where appropriate, of each overpack, container, or vehicle shall be included. If packages are to be removed from the overpack, container, or vehicle at a point of intermediate unloading, appropriate transport documents shall be made available;

   9. Where a consignment is required to be shipped under exclusive use, the statement "EXCLUSIVE USE SHIPMENT"; and

   10. For LSA-II and LSA-III substances, SCO-I, SCO-II and SCO-III, the total activity of the consignment as a multiple of A₂. For radioactive material for which the A₂ value is unlimited, the multiple of A₂ shall be zero.

2. The consignor shall provide in the transport documents a statement regarding actions, if any, that are required to be taken by the carrier. The statement shall be in the languages deemed necessary by the carrier or the authorities concerned, and shall include at least the following information:

   1. Supplementary requirements for loading, stowage, carriage, handling and unloading of the package, overpack or container including any special stowage provisions for the safe dissipation of heat (see special provision CW33 (3.2) of 7.5.11), or a statement that no such requirements are necessary;

   2. Restrictions on the mode of carriage or vehicle and any necessary routeing instructions;

   3. Emergency arrangements appropriate to the consignment.

3. In all cases of international carriage of packages requiring competent authority approval of design or shipment, for which different approval types apply in the different countries concerned by the shipment, the UN number and proper shipping name required in 5.4.1.1.1 shall be in accordance with the certificate of the country of origin of design.

4. The applicable competent authority certificates need not necessarily accompany the consignment. The consignor shall make them available to the carrier(s) before loading and unloading.

Extracts from chapter 5.4 Documentation

5.4.0 General

1. Unless otherwise specified, any carriage of goods governed by RID shall be accompanied by the documentation prescribed in this Chapter, as appropriate.

2. The use of electronic data processing (EDP) or electronic data interchange (EDI) techniques as an aid to or instead of paper documentation is permitted, provided that the procedures used for the capture, storage and processing of electronics data meet the legal requirements as regards the evidential value and availability of data during transport in a manner at least equivalent to that of paper documentation.

3. When the dangerous goods transport information is given to the carrier by EDP or EDI techniques, the consignor shall be able to give the information to the carrier as a paper document, with the information in the sequence required by this Chapter.

5.4.1 Dangerous goods transport document and related information

5.4.1.1 General information required in the transport document

1. The transport document(s) shall contain the following information for each dangerous substance, material or article offered for carriage:

   1. the UN number preceded by the letters "UN";

   2. the proper shipping name supplemented, when applicable (see 3.1.2.8.1) with the technical name in brackets (see 3.1.2.8.1.1), as determined in accordance with 3.1.2;

   3. for radioactive material of Class 7: the Class number: "7";

      NOTE: For radioactive material with a subsidiary risk, see also special provision 172 in Chapter 3.3.

2. The information required on a transport document shall be legible.

   Although upper case is used in Chapter 3.1 and in Table A in Chapter 3.2 to indicate the elements which shall be part of the proper shipping name, and although upper and lower case are used in this Chapter to indicate the information required in the transport document, the use of upper or of lower case for entering the information in the transport document is left optional.

5.4.1.2.5 Additional provisions for Class 7

1. The following information shall be inserted in the transport document for each consignment of Class 7 material, as applicable, in the order given and immediately after the information required under 5.4.1.1.1 (a) to (c):

   1. The name or symbol of each radionuclide or, for mixtures of radionuclides, an appropriate general description or a list of the most restrictive nuclides;

   2. A description of the physical and chemical form of the material, or a notation that the material is special form radioactive material or low dispersible radioactive material. A generic chemical description is acceptable for chemical form. For radioactive material with a subsidiary risk, see sub-paragraph (c) of special provision 172 of Chapter 3.3;

   3. The maximum activity of the radioactive contents during carriage expressed in becquerels (Bq) with an appropriate SI prefix symbol (see 1.2.2.1). For fissile material, the mass of fissile material (or mass of each fissile nuclide for mixtures when appropriate) in grams (g), or appropriate multiples thereof, may be used in place of activity;

   4. The category of the package, overpack or container, as assigned per 5.1.5.3.4, i.e. I-WHITE, II-YELLOW, III-YELLOW;

   5. The TI as determined per 5.1.5.3.1 and 5.1.5.3.2 (except for category I-WHITE);

   6. For fissile material:

      1. Shipped under one exception of 2.2.7.2.3.5 (a) to (f), reference to that paragraph;

      2. Shipped under 2.2.7.2.3.5 (c) to (e), the total mass of fissile nuclides;

      3. Contained in a package for which one of 6.4.11.2 (a) to (c) or 6.4.11.3 is applied, reference to that paragraph;

      4. The criticality safety index, where applicable;

   7. The identification mark for each competent authority certificate of approval (special form radioactive material, low dispersible radioactive material, fissile material excepted under 2.2.7.2.3.5 (f), special arrangement, package design, or shipment) applicable to the consignment;

   8. For consignments of more than one package, the information required in 5.4.1.1.1 and in (a) to (g) above shall be given for each package. For packages in an overpack, container, or vehicle, a detailed statement of the contents of each package within the overpack, container, or vehicle and, where appropriate, of each overpack, container, or vehicle shall be included. If packages are to be removed from the overpack, container, or vehicle at a point of intermediate unloading, appropriate transport documents shall be made available;

   9. Where a consignment is required to be shipped under exclusive use, the statement "EXCLUSIVE USE SHIPMENT"; and

   10. For LSA-II and LSA-III substances, SCO-I, SCO-II and SCO-III, the total activity of the consignment as a multiple of A₂. For radioactive material for which the A₂ value is unlimited, the multiple of A₂ shall be zero.

2. The consignor shall provide in the transport documents a statement regarding actions, if any, that are required to be taken by the carrier. The statement shall be in the languages deemed necessary by the carrier or the authorities concerned, and shall include at least the following information:

   1. Supplementary requirements for loading, stowage, carriage, handling and unloading of the package, overpack or container including any special stowage provisions for the safe dissipation of heat (see special provision CV33 (3.2) of 7.5.11), or a statement that no such requirements are necessary;

   2. Restrictions on the mode of carriage or wagon and any necessary routeing instructions;

   3. Emergency arrangements appropriate to the consignment.

3. In all cases of international carriage of packages requiring competent authority approval of design or shipment, for which different approval types apply in the different countries concerned by the shipment, the UN number and proper shipping name required in 5.4.1.1.1 shall be in accordance with the certificate of the country of origin of design.

4. The applicable competent authority certificates need not necessarily accompany the consignment. The consignor shall make them available to the carrier(s) before loading and unloading.

Extracts from chapter 5.4 Documentation

5.4.0 General

1. Unless otherwise specified, any carriage of goods governed by ADN shall be accompanied by the documentation prescribed in this Chapter, as appropriate.

   NOTE: For the list of documentation to be carried on board vessels, see 8.1.2.

2. The use of electronic data processing (EDP) or electronic data interchange (EDI) techniques as an aid to or instead of paper documentation is permitted, provided that the procedures used for the capture, storage and processing of electronics data meet the legal requirements as regards the evidential value and availability of data during carriage in a manner at least equivalent to that of paper documentation.

3. When the dangerous goods transport information is given to the carrier by EDP or EDI techniques, the consignor shall be able to give the information to the carrier as a paper document, with the information in the sequence required by this Chapter.

5.4.1 Dangerous goods transport document and related information

5.4.1.1 General information required in the transport document

5.4.1.1.1 General information required in the transport document for carriage in bulk or in packages

The transport document(s) shall contain the following information for each dangerous substance, material or article offered for carriage:

1. the UN number, preceded by the letters "UN" or substance identification number;

2. the proper shipping name supplemented, when applicable (see 3.1.2.8.1) with the technical name in brackets (see 3.1.2.8.1.1), as determined in accordance with 3.1.2.

3. For radioactive material of Class 7: the Class number: "7";

   NOTE:: For radioactive material with a subsidiary risk, see also special provision 172 in Chapter 3.3.

The information required on a transport document shall be legible.

Although upper case is used in Chapter 3.1 and in Table A of Chapter 3.2 to indicate the elements which shall be part of the proper shipping name, and although upper and lower case are used in this Chapter to indicate the information required in the transport document, the use of upper or of lower case for entering the information in the transport document is left optional.

5.4.1.2.5 Additional provisions for Class 7

1. The following information shall be inserted in the transport document for each consignment of Class 7 material, as applicable, in the order given and immediately after the information required under 5.4.1.1.1 (a) to (c):

   1. The name or symbol of each radionuclide or, for mixtures of radionuclides, an appropriate general description or a list of the most restrictive nuclides;

   2. A description of the physical and chemical form of the material, or a notation that the material is special form radioactive material or low dispersible radioactive material. A generic chemical description is acceptable for chemical form. For radioactive material with a subsidiary risk, see sub-paragraph (c) of special provision 172 of Chapter 3.3;

   3. The maximum activity of the radioactive contents during carriage expressed in becquerels (Bq) with an appropriate SI prefix symbol (see 1.2.2.1). For fissile material, the mass of fissile material (or mass of each fissile nuclide for mixtures when appropriate) in grams (g), or appropriate multiples thereof, may be used in place of activity;

   4. The category of the package, overpack or container, as assigned per 5.1.5.3.4, i.e. I-WHITE, II-YELLOW, III-YELLOW;

   5. The TI as determined per 5.1.5.3.1 and 5.1.5.3.2 (except for category I-WHITE);

   6. For fissile material:

      1. dShipped under one exception of 2.2.7.2.3.5 (a) to (f), reference to that paragraph;

      2. Shipped under 2.2.7.2.3.5 (c) to (e), the total mass of fissile nuclides;

      3. Contained in a package for which one of 6.4.11.2 (a) to (c) or 6.4.11.3 of ADR is applied, reference to that paragraph;

      4. The criticality safety index, where applicable;

   7. The identification mark for each competent authority certificate of approval (special form radioactive material, low dispersible radioactive material, fissile material excepted under 2.2.7.2.3.5 (f), special arrangement, package design, or shipment) applicable to the consignment;

   8. For consignments of more than one package, the information required in 5.4.1.1.1 and in (a) to (g) above shall be given for each package. For packages in an overpack, container, or conveyance, a detailed statement of the contents of each package within the overpack, container, or conveyance and, where appropriate, of each overpack, container, or conveyance shall be included. If packages are to be removed from the overpack, container, or conveyance at a point of intermediate unloading, appropriate transport documents shall be made available;

   9. Where a consignment is required to be shipped under exclusive use, the statement "EXCLUSIVE USE SHIPMENT"; and

   10. For LSA-II and LSA-III substances, SCO-I, SCO-II and SCO-III, the total activity of the consignment as a multiple of A₂. For radioactive material for which the A₂ value is unlimited, the multiple of A₂ shall be zero.

2. The consignor shall provide in the transport documents a statement regarding actions, if any, that are required to be taken by the carrier. The statement shall be in the languages deemed necessary by the carrier or the authorities concerned, and shall include at least the following information:

   1. Supplementary requirements for loading, stowage, carriage, handling and unloading of the package, overpack or container including any special stowage provisions for the safe dissipation of heat (see 7.1.4.14.7.3.2), or a statement that no such requirements are necessary;

   2. Restrictions on the mode of carriage or vehicle or wagon and any necessary routeing instructions;

   3. Emergency arrangements appropriate to the consignment.

3. In all cases of international carriage of packages requiring competent authority approval of design or shipment, for which different approval types apply in the different countries concerned by the shipment, the UN number and proper shipping name required in 5.4.1.1.1 shall be in accordance with the certificate of the country of origin of design.

4. The applicable competent authority certificates need not necessarily accompany the consignment. The consignor shall make them available to the carrier(s) before loading and unloading.

Extracts from chapter 5.4 Documentation

5.4.1 Dangerous goods transport information

5.4.1.1 General

1. Except as otherwise provided, the consignor who offers dangerous goods for transport shall give to the carrier the information applicable to those dangerous goods, including any additional information and documentation as specified in this Code. This information may be provided on a dangerous goods transport document or, with the agreement of the carrier, by EDP or EDI techniques.

2. When the dangerous goods transport information is given to the carrier by EDP or EDI techniques, the consignor shall be able to produce the information without delay as a paper document, with the information in the sequence required by this chapter.

5.4.1.2 Form of the transport document

1. A dangerous goods transport document may be in any form, provided it contains all of the information required by the provisions of this Code.

2. If both dangerous and non-dangerous goods are listed in one document, the dangerous goods shall be listed first, or otherwise be emphasized.

3. Continuation page

   A dangerous goods transport document may consist of more than one page, provided pages are consecutively numbered.

4. The information on a dangerous goods transport document shall be easy to identify, legible and durable.

5. Example of a dangerous goods transport document

   The form shown in figure 5.4.5 is an example of a dangerous goods transport document. ¹⁾

5.4.1.3 Consignor, consignee and date

The name and address of the consignor and the consignee of the dangerous goods shall be included on the dangerous goods transport document. The date the dangerous goods transport document or an electronic copy of it was prepared or given to the initial carrier shall be included.

5.4.1.4 Information required on the dangerous goods transport document

1. Dangerous goods description

   The dangerous goods transport document shall contain the following information for each dangerous substance, material or article offered for transport:

   1. the UN number preceded by the letters "UN";

   2. the proper shipping name, as determined according to 3.1.2, including the technical name enclosed in parenthesis, as applicable (see 3.1.2.8);

   3. the primary hazard class or, when assigned, the division of the goods, including, for class 1, the compatibility group letter. The words "Class" or "Division" may be included preceding the primary hazard class or division numbers;

   4. subsidiary hazard class or division number(s) corresponding to the subsidiary risk label(s) required to be applied, when assigned, shall be entered following the primary hazard class or division and shall be enclosed in parenthesis. The words "Class" or "Division" may be included preceding the subsidiary hazard class or division numbers;

   5. where assigned, the packing group for the substance or article, which may be preceded by "PG" (e.g."PG II").

2. Sequence of the dangerous goods description

   The five elements of the dangerous goods description specified in 5.4.1.4.1 shall be shown in the order listed above (i.e. 1., 2., 3., 4., and 5.) with no information interspersed, except as provided in this Code. Unless permitted or required by this Code, additional information shall be placed after the dangerous goods description.

5.4.1.5.7 Radioactive material

1. The following information shall be included for each consignment of class 7 material, as applicable, in the order given:

   1. the name or symbol of each radionuclide or, for mixtures of radionuclides, an appropriate general description or a list of the most restrictive nuclides;

   2. a description of the physical and chemical form of the material, or a notation that the material is special form radioactive material or low dispersible radioactive material. A generic chemical description is acceptable for chemical form;

   3. the maximum activity of the radioactive contents during transport expressed in units of becquerels (Bq) with an appropriate SI prefix symbol (see 1.2.2.1). For fissile material, the mass of fissile material (or mass of each fissile nuclide for mixtures when appropriate) in units of grams (g), or appropriate multiples thereof, may be used in place of activity;

   4. the category of the package, overpack or freight container, as assigned per paragraph 5.1.5.3.4, i.e. I-WHITE, II-YELLOW, III-YELLOW;

   5. the TI as determined per paragraphs 5.1.5.3.1 and 5.1.5.3.2 (except for category I-WHITE);

   6. for fissile material:

      1. shipped under one exception of 2.7.2.3.5.1 to 2.7.2.3.5.6, reference to that paragraph;

      2. shipped under 2.7.2.3.5.3 to 2.7.2.3.5.5, the total mass of fissile nuclides;

      3. contained in a package for which one of 6.4.11.2 (a) to (c) or 6.4.11.3 is applied, reference to that paragraph;

      4. the criticality safety index, where applicable.

   7. the identification mark for each competent authority certificate of approval (special form radioactive material, low dispersible radioactive material, fissile material excepted under 2.7.2.3.5.6, special arrangement, package design, or shipment) applicable to the consignment;

   8. for consignments of more than one package, the information contained in 5.4.1.4.1.1 to .3 and 5.4.1.5.7.1.1 to .7 shall be given for each package. For packages in an overpack, freight container, or conveyance, a detailed statement of the contents of each package within the overpack, freight container, or conveyance and, where appropriate, of each overpack, freight container, or conveyance shall be included. If packages are to be removed from the overpack, freight container, or conveyance at a point of intermediate unloading, appropriate transport documents shall be made available;

   9. where a consignment is required to be shipped under exclusive use, the statement "EXCLUSIVE USE SHIPMENT"; and

   10. for LSA-II, LSA-III, SCO-I, SCO-II and SCO-III, the total activity of the consignment as a multiple of A₂. For radioactive material for which the A₂ value is unlimited, the multiple of A₂ shall be zero.

2. The transport document shall include a statement regarding actions, if any, that are required to be taken by the carrier. The statement shall be in the languages deemed necessary by the carrier or the authorities concerned, and shall include at least the following points:

   1. supplementary requirements for loading, stowage, transport, handling and unloading of the package, overpack or freight container, including any special stowage provisions for the safe dissipation of heat (see 7.1.4.5.2), or a statement that no such requirements are necessary;

   2. restrictions on the mode of transport or conveyance and any necessary routeing instructions;

   3. emergency arrangements appropriate to the consignment.

3. In all cases of international transport of packages requiring competent authority approval of design or shipment, for which different approval types apply in the different countries concerned by the shipment, the UN number and proper shipping name required in 5.4.1.4.1 shall be in accordance with the certificate of the country of origin of design.

4. The applicable competent authority certificates need not necessarily accompany the consignment. The consignor shall make them available to the carrier(s) before loading and unloading.

Extracts from Part 5 Chapter 4 Documentation

5;4 DOCUMENTATION

Note.- These Instructions do not preclude the use of electronic data processing (EDP) and electronic data interchange (EDI) transmission techniques as an alternative to paper documentation. Unless otherwise indicated, all references to "dangerous goods transport document" in this chapter also include provision of the required information by use of EDP and EDI transmission techniques.

5;4.1 DANGEROUS GOODS TRANSPORT INFORMATION

5;4.1.1 General

1. The person who offers dangerous goods for transport by air must provide to the operator the information applicable to the consignment as set out in this paragraph. The information may be provided on a paper document or, where an agreement exists with the operator, by EDP or EDI techniques.

2. Where a paper document is used, the person who offers dangerous goods for transport by air must provide to the operator two copies of the dangerous goods transport document, completed and signed as provided for in this paragraph.

3. Where the dangerous goods transport information is provided by EDP or EDI techniques the data must be able to be produced as a paper document without delay, with the data in the sequence required by this chapter.

Note.- All references to "dangerous goods transport document" in this chapter also include provision of the required information by use of EDP and EDI transmission techniques.

5;4.1.2 Form of the transport document

1. A dangerous goods transport document may be in any form, provided it contains all of the information required by these Instructions.

2. If both dangerous and non-dangerous goods are listed in one document, the dangerous goods must be listed first, or otherwise be emphasized.

3. Continuation page

   A dangerous goods transport document may consist of more than one page, provided pages are consecutively numbered.

4. The information on a dangerous goods transport document shall be easy to identify, legible and durable.

5;4.1.3 Shipper and consignee

The name and address of the shipper and the consignee of the dangerous goods must be included on the dangerous goods transport document. For the transport of radioactive material, it is recommended that the telephone number of the consignee is included to facilitate a prompt release at the airport of destination.

5;4.1.4 Information required on the dangerous goods transport document

1. Dangerous goods description

   The dangerous goods transport document shall contain the following information for each dangerous substance, material or article offered for transport:

   1. the UN number preceded by the letters "UN";

   2. the proper shipping name, as determined according to 3;1.2, including the technical name enclosed in parenthesis, as applicable (see 3;1.2.7);

   3. the primary hazard class or, when assigned, the division of the goods, including, for class 1, the compatibility group letter. The words "Class" or "Division" may be included preceding the primary hazard class or division numbers;

   4. subsidiary hazard class or division number(s) corresponding to the subsidiary risk label(s) required to be applied, when assigned, shall be entered following the primary hazard class or division and shall be enclosed in parenthesis. The words "Class" or "Division" may be included preceding the subsidiary hazard class or division numbers;

   5. where assigned, the packing group for the substance or article, which may be preceded by "PG" (e.g."PG II").

2. Sequence of the dangerous goods description

   The five elements of dangerous goods description specified in 4.1.4.1 must be shown in the order listed above (i.e. a), b), c), d), e)), with no information interspersed, except as provided in these Instructions.

5;4.1.5.7 Radioactive material

1. The following information shall be included for each consignment of class 7 material, as applicable, in the order given:

   1. The name or symbol of each radionuclide or, for mixtures of radionuclides, an appropriate general description or a list of the most restrictive nuclides;

      Note.- When Table 2-13 is used, refer to 5;4.1.5.8.1 g) for additional information required on the dangerous goods transport document.

   2. A description of the physical and chemical form of the material, or a notation that the material is special form radioactive material or low dispersible radioactive material. A generic chemical description is acceptable for chemical form;

      Note.- For empty Type B(U) or Type B(M) packages as specified in the Note to 2;7.2.4.1.1.7, the name or symbol of the radionuclide of the shielding material followed by the physical and chemical form must be included (e.g. U-dep., solid, metal oxide) in which case the indicated radionuclide may differ from the radionuclide(s) authorized in the package design certificate.

   3. The maximum activity of the radioactive contents during transport expressed in units of becquerels (Bq) with an appropriate SI prefix symbol (see 1;3.2). For fissile material, the mass of fissile material (or mass of each fissile nuclide for mixtures when appropriate) in units of grams (g), or appropriate multiples thereof, may be used in place of activity;

   4. The category of the package and if applicable for the overpack and freight container, as assigned per 1.2.3.1.4, i.e. I-WHITE, II-YELLOW, III-YELLOW;

   5. The transport index as determined per 1.2.3.1.1 and 1.2.3.1.2 (except for category I-WHITE);

   6. For fissile material:

      1. shipped under one exception of 2;7.2.3.5.1 a) to f), reference to that paragraph;

      2. shipped under 2;7.2.3.5.1 c) to e), the total mass of fissile nuclides;

      3. contained in a package for which one of 6;7.10.2 a) to c) or 6;7.10.3 is applied, reference to that paragraph; and

      4. the criticality safety index, where applicable.

   7. The identification mark for each competent authority certificate of approval (special form radioactive material, low dispersible radioactive material, fissile material excepted under 2;7.2.3.5.1 f), special arrangement, package design, or shipment) applicable to the consignment;

   8. For consignments of more than one package, the information contained in 4.1.4.1 a) to c) and 4.1.5.7.1 a) to g) must be given for each package. For packages in an overpack or freight container, a detailed statement of the contents of each package within the overpack or freight container and, where appropriate, of each overpack or freight container must be included. If packages are to be removed from the overpack or freight container at a point of intermediate unloading, appropriate transport documents must be made available;

   9. Where a consignment is required to be shipped under exclusive use, the statement "EXCLUSIVE USE SHIPMENT"; and

   10. for LSA-II, LSA-III, SCO-I and SCO-II, the total activity of the consignment as a multiple of A₂. For radioactive material for which the A₂ value is unlimited, the multiple of A₂ shall be zero.

2. The shipper must provide a statement regarding actions, if any, that are required to be taken by the carrier. The statement must be in the languages deemed necessary by the carrier or the authorities concerned, and must include at least the following points:

   1. Supplementary requirements for loading, stowage, carriage, handling and unloading of the package, overpack or freight container including any special stowage provisions for the safe dissipation of heat (see 7;2.9.3.2), or a statement that no such requirements are necessary;

   2. Restrictions on the type of aircraft and any necessary routeing instructions;

   3. Emergency arrangements appropriate to the consignment.

3. In all cases of international transport of packages requiring competent authority approval of design or shipment, for which different approval types apply in the different countries concerned by the shipment, the UN number and proper shipping name required in 4.1.4.1 must be in accordance with the certificate of the country of origin of design.

4. The applicable competent authority certificates need not necessarily accompany the consignment. The shipper must make them available.

5;4.1.5.8 Additional requirements

1. except for radioactive material, the packing instruction applied. For shipments of lithium batteries prepared in accordance with Section IB of Packing Instruction 965 or Packing Instruction 968, the letters "IB" must be added following the packing instruction number;

2. when applicable, reference to Special Provision A1, A2, A4, A5, A51, A88, A99, A176, A190, A191, A201, A202, A211 or, A212, A224 or A225;

3. a statement indicating that the shipment is within the limitations prescribed for either passenger and cargo aircraft or cargo-only aircraft, as appropriate;

   Note.- To qualify as acceptable for transport aboard passenger aircraft, passenger aircraft packing instruction number(s) must be used, and the package must not bear the "Cargo aircraft only" label. To qualify as acceptable for transport aboard cargo-only aircraft, cargo aircraft packing instruction number(s) must be used, and the package must bear the "Cargo aircraft only" label; or passenger aircraft instruction number(s) must be shown and no "Cargo aircraft only" label applied. However, where the packing instruction number(s) and the permitted quantity per package are identical for passenger and cargo aircraft, the "Cargo aircraft only" label should not be used.

4. special handling information, when appropriate;

5. an indication that an overpack has been used, when appropriate;

6. the "Q" value rounded up to the first decimal place, if substances are packed in accordance with 3;4.3.3 or 4;1.1.9 e); and

7. for individual radionuclides or for mixtures of radionuclides for which relevant data are not available or which are not listed in Table 2-12 and where Table 2-13 was used to determine the maximum allowed activity, the use of Table 2-13 must be referenced as well as the radioactive contents as specified in the first column of Table 2-13. For example: "Table 2-13 used. Only beta- or gamma- emitting nuclides are known to be present".

5;4.1.6 Certification

1. The dangerous goods transport document must include a certification or declaration that the consignment is acceptable for transport and that the goods are properly packaged, marked and labelled, and in proper condition for transport in accordance with the applicable regulations and including additional air transport requirements of these Instructions (examples of additional air transport requirements are indicated in 5;1.1).

   The text for this certification is:

   "I hereby declare that the contents of this consignment are fully and accurately described above by the proper shipping name, and are classified, packaged, marked and labelled/placarded, and are in all respects in proper condition for transport according to applicable international and national governmental regulations."

   For air transport the following additional statement is required:

   "I declare that all of the applicable air transport requirements have been met."

   The certification must be signed and dated by the shipper. Facsimile signatures are acceptable where applicable laws and regulations recognize the legal validity of facsimile signatures.

   Note.- The word "placarded" is not essential for shipments by air.

2. If the dangerous goods documentation is presented to the operator by means of EDP or EDI transmission techniques, the signature(s) may be electronic signature(s) or may be replaced by the name(s) (in capitals) of the person authorized to sign. Where the original consignment details are provided to an operator, by EDP or EDI techniques, and subsequently the consignment is transhipped to an operator that requires a paper dangerous goods transport document, the operator must ensure the paper document indicates "Original Received Electronically" and the name of the signatory must be shown in capital letters.

3. In addition to the languages which may be required by the State of Origin, English should be used for the dangerous goods transport document.

5;4.2 AIR WAYBILL

When an air waybill is issued for a consignment for which a dangerous goods transport document is required, the air waybill must contain a statement to indicate that the dangerous goods are described on an accompanying dangerous goods transport document. An air waybill issued for a consignment must, when applicable, indicate that the consignment must be loaded on cargo aircraft only.