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

PART III Requirements for an industrial package Type 3 (IP-3)

An industrial package Type 3 (IP-3) is a packaging, tank or freight container containing LSA material or an SCO that meets the requirements of Schedules 2 and 10, and—

(a) in the case of a package it meets the requirements of paragraphs 2 to 15 of Schedule 11; or

(b) in the case of a tank container,

(i) it is designed to conform to the standards prescribed in Chapter 12 of the Dangerous Goods Recommendations, or other requirements at least equivalent to those standards, and are capable of withstanding a test pressure of 265 kPa; and

(ii) it is designed so that any additional shielding which is provided shall be capable of withstanding the static and dynamic stresses resulting from normal handling and routine conditions of transport and of preventing a loss of shielding which would result in more than a 20% increase in the radiation level at any external surface of the tank container; or

(c) in the case of a tank other than a tank container, it is used for transporting LSA-I or LSA-II liquids or gases as prescribed in Table V of Schedule 36, and conforms to standards at least equivalent to those required in the case of tank containers by paragraph (b) above; or

(d) in the case of a freight container, it is designed to conform to the requirements prescribed in the ISO freight containers document, and if it were subjected to the tests prescribed in that document it would prevent:

(i) loss or dispersal of the radioactive contents; and

(ii) loss of shielding which would result in more than a 20% increase in the radiation level at any external surface of the freight container; and

(e) in the case of a package containing uranium hexafloride complies with the provisions of marginal 3771 of ADR.