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Packaging, Labelling and Carriage of Radioactive Material by Rail Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1998
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- 1998 No. 132
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Regulation 29(2)
SCHEDULE 12Loading, Stowage and Unloading of Radioactive Material
Packages and overpacks in freight containers and wagons
1. Packages and overpacks carried in a freight container or wagon shall be positioned so that they cannot shift dangerously or fall.
2. A package or overpack may be carried among packaged general cargo in a freight container or wagon without any specific stowing provisions (except as may be specifically required by the Secretary of State in an applicable approval certificate), provided—
(a)its average surface heat flux does not exceed 15W/m2; and
(b)the immediately surrounding cargo is not in sacks or bags.
3. In the case of a shipment under special arrangement,
(a)mixing of packages of different kinds of radioactive material, including fissile material; and
(b)mixing of different kinds of packages with different Transport Indexes,
in a freight container or wagon is prohibited, unless specifically authorised under the special arrangement.
Type B(U) and Type B(M) packages
4. If the average heat flux from a Type B(U) or Type B(M) package being carried in a freight container or wagon could exceed 15 W/m2, any special stowage provisions specified in the package design approval certificate shall be observed.
5. Subject to paragraphs 6 and 7, the maximum temperature of any surface of a Type B(U) or Type B(M) package which is readily accessible during carriage in a freight container or wagon shall not exceed 85°C in the absence of insulation under the ambient condition of 38°C.
6. Where the maximum temperature of any accessible surface of a Type B(U) or Type B(M) package could exceed 50°C during carriage in a freight container or wagon, the package may only be carried under exclusive use.
7. When determining the maximum temperatures referred to in paragraphs 5 and 6, account may be taken of barriers or screens intended to give protection to any person engaged in the carriage of a Type B(U) or Type B(M) package in a freight container or wagon without the barriers or screens being subject to any test.
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