Part VILoading and Unloading
Prohibition of mixed loading and segregation of radioactive material28
1
A person shall not cause or permit to be carried any package in a freight container or wagon where the freight container or wagon concerned is being used for the carriage of—
a
explosives which are subject to the Classification and Labelling of Explosives Regulations (Northern Ireland) 199120 other than those explosives within a Compatibility Group whose Compatibility Group Letter is S; or
b
dangerous goods which are classified in accordance with regulation 5 of the CDGCPL Regulations and which are required by those Regulations to be labelled with a “liable to explosion” subsidiary hazard sign.
2
A person shall not cause or permit to be carried any radioactive material in any freight container or wagon where the freight container or wagon concerned is being used for the carriage of undeveloped photographic film unless the radioactive material is segregated from the film so as to ensure that the radiation exposure of the film due to the carriage of the radioactive material is limited to 0·1 mSv per consignment of film.
3
A train operator shall not cause or permit to be carried any consignment of radioactive material unless that consignment is adequately segregated from any consignment of dangerous goods other than radioactive material carried within it in such a way as to prevent the creation of a significantly greater risk than each of the consignments is liable to create separately.