Transport of other goods

The purpose of this requirement is to prevent radioactive contamination of other goods. See also paras 513.1-513.4 and para. 514.1. 

This provision makes it possible for the consignor to include in the exclusive use consignment other goods destined to the same consignee under the conditions specified. The consignor has primary responsibility for ensuring compliance. 

The Regulations provide an acceptable level of control of the radiadon and criticality hazards associated with the transport of radioactive material. With one exception (UFg) the Regulations do not cover hazards that may be due to the physical/ chemical form in which radionuclides are transported. In some cases, such subsidiary hazards may exceed the radiological hazards. Compliance with the provisions of the Regulations therefore does not absolve its users from the need to consider all of the other potential dangeions properties of the contents. 

This edition of the Regulations includes, for the first time, provisions regarding packaging requirements for uranium hexafluoride (UF ), based on both the relevant hazards, i.e. the radiological/criticality and the chanical hazards. Uranium hexafluoride is the only commodity for which such subsidiary hazards have been taken into account in the formulation of provisions in these Regulations (see para. 629). 

Class 2 - Gases (compressed, liquefied, dissolved under pressure or deeply refrigerated) 

A package shall not contain any items other than those that are necessary for the use of the radioactive material. The interaction between these items and the package, under the conditions of transport applicable to the design, shall not reduce the safety of the package. 

Tanks and intermediate bulk containers used for the transport of radioactive material shall not be used for the storage or transport of other goods unless decontaminated to below the level of 0.4 Bq/cm for beta and gamma emitters and low toxicity alpha emitters and 0.04 Bq/cm for all other alpha emitters. 

The transport of other goods with consignments being transported under exclusive use shall be permitted provided the arrangements are controlled only by the consignor and it is not prohibited by other regulations. 

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An application already in the market is the temperature control utilizing PCM for transportation of pharmaceutical goods or other temperature sensitive goods. Also in the market is the utilization of PCM for cooling or heating of the human body, since it has been demonstrated both for personal comfort and for medical therapy. Passive cooling of buildings and of telecom cabinets are examples of widespread applications. 

UN Recommendations on the Transport of Dangerous Goods, Part II, Test Methods for Determining the Self-Accelerating Decomposition Temperature (SADT) of Organic Peroxides and Other Thermally Unstable Substances," ST/SG/AC. 10/11/Rev. 1, United Nations, New York, NY (1990). 

In the context of with classification for the transport of hazardous goods a number of other and partially very specific test methods have been developed and described. Their documentation can be found in the test manual of the so-called UN - Orange Book [43]. 

A person who falsifies, or authorizes an agent or other person to falsify, documents used in the transportation of household goods by motor carrier or freight forwarder to evidence the weight of a shipment. A minimum penalty of 2,200 for the first violation and 6,500 for each subsequent violation. 

One aspect of physical compatibility is observed in the case of liquid contents, where sufficient ullage must be provided in order to avoid hydraulic failure as a consequence of the different expansion rates of the contents and its containment systems within the admissible temperature range. Void volume values to provide sufficient ullage may be derived from regulations for the transport of other dangerous goods with comparable properties. 

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