Quality Assurance Requirements for Type B Packages

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-- Each packaging containing liquid in excess of an A2 quantity and intended for air shipment

has been tested to show that it will not leak under an ambient atmospheric pressure of not

more than 0.25 atmosphere, absolute, (0.25 kilograms per square centimeter or 3.6 psia).

The test must be conducted on the entire containment system, or on any receptacle or

vessel within the containment system, to determine compliance with this requirement.

-- The internal pressure of the containment system will not exceed the design pressure during

transportation; and

-- External radiation and contamination levels are within the allowable limits specified in this

subchapter.

7.5.2 Quality Assurance Requirements for Type B Packages

Quality assurance requirements for the use and maintenance of Type B packages are defined in

49 CFR 173 and 10 CFR 71.

49 CFR 173.413 Requirements for Type B packages

Each Type B(U) or Type B(M) package must be designed and constructed to meet the

applicable requirements in 10 CFR 71.

10 CFR 71.0 Packaging and Transportation of Radioactive Material - Purpose and Scope

This part establishes: (1) requirements for packaging, preparation for shipment, and

transportation of licensed material; and (2) procedures for fissile material and for a quantity of

other licensed material in excess of a Type A quantity.

The packaging and transport of licensed material are also subject to other parts of this chapter

(e.g. Parts 20, 21, 30, 39, 40, 70 and 73) and to the regulations of other agencies (e.g. the U.S.

Department of Transportation and the U.S. Postal Service having jurisdiction over means of

transport. The requirements of this part are in addition to and not in substitution for other

requirements.

The regulations in this part apply to any certificate holder and to any licensee authorized by

specific license issued by the Commission to receive, possess, use, or transfer licensed material if

the licensee or certificate holder delivers that material to a common or contract carrier for transport

or transports the material outside the confines of the licensee's or certificate holder's facility, plant,

or other authorized place of use. No provision of this part authorizes possession of licensed

material.

8.0 TRITIUM WASTE MANAGEMENT

The regulations governing waste are complex. It is important to understand the basic concept of

"waste" and the difference between waste, low-level (radioactive) waste, sanitary land fill waste,

reusable equipment, usable materials, and scrap. The following provides a guideline for defining

waste.

All materials, whether inside or outside a radiological or nuclear facility, which are of negligible

or no economic value, considering the cost of recovery, are waste.