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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.

49 CFR 173.403 - Definitions

Type B(U) package means a Type B packaging that, together with its radioactive contents, for

international shipments requires unilateral approval only of the package design and of any

stowage provisions that may be necessary for heat dissipation.

Type B(M) packaging means a Type B packaging, together with its radioactive contents, that

for international shipments requires multilateral approval of the package design, and may

require approval of the conditions of shipment. Type B(M) packages are those Type B

package designs which have a maximum normal operating pressure of more than 700

kilopascals per square centimeter (100 psi gauge) or a relief device which would allow the

release of Class 7 (radioactive) material to the environment under the hypothetical accident

conditions specified in 10 CFR Part 71.

49 CFR 173.471 - Requirements for U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC)-approved

packages.

In addition to the applicable requirements of the NRC and parts 49 CFR 171 through 177, any

shipper of a Type B, Type B(U), Type B(M), or fissile material package that has been approved

by the USNRC in accordance with 10 CFR 71 shall also comply with the following

requirements:

-- The shipper shall be registered with the NRC as a party to the approval, and shipment must

be made in compliance with the terms of the approval;

-- The outside of each package shall be durably and legibly marked with the package

identification marking indicated in the NRC approval;

-- Each shipping paper related to the shipment of the package shall bear the package

identification marking indicated in the NRC approval;

-- Before the first export shipment of the package, the shipper shall obtain a U.S. Competent

Authority Certificate for that package design, or, if one has already been issued, the shipper

shall register with the U.S. Competent Authority as a user of the certificate. Upon

registration as a user of the certificate, the shipper will be furnished with a copy of it. The

shipper shall then submit a copy of the U.S. Competent Authority Certificate applying to

that package design to the national competent authority of each country into or through

which the package will be transported, unless a copy has already been furnished;

-- Each request for a U.S. Competent Authority Certificate as required by the IAEA

regulations shall be submitted in writing to the address set forth in paragraph (e) of this

section. The request shall be in duplicate and include copies of the applicable NRC

approval and a reproducible drawing showing the make-up of the package. Each request

is considered in the order in which it is received. To allow sufficient consideration by the

Associate Administrator for Hazardous Materials Safety, requests should be received at

least 45 days before the requested effective date;

-- Import and export shipments may be made in accordance with 49 CFR 171.12.