[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 49, Volume 2]
[Revised as of October 1, 2003]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 49CFR175.702]

[Page 680-681]
 
                        TITLE 49--TRANSPORTATION
 
 CHAPTER I--RESEARCH AND SPECIAL PROGRAMS ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF 
                             TRANSPORTATION
 
PART 175_CARRIAGE BY AIRCRAFT--Table of Contents
 
Subpart C_Specific Regulations Applicable According to Classification of 
                                Material
 
Sec.  175.702  Requirements for carriage of packages containing Class 7 
(radioactive) materials in a cargo aircraft only.

    (a) As used in this section, the term ``group of packages'' means 
packages that are separated from each other in an aircraft by a distance 
of 6 m (20 feet) or less.
    (b) No person may carry in a cargo aircraft only any package 
required by Sec.  172.403 of this subchapter to be labeled Radioactive 
Yellow-II or Radioactive Yellow-III unless:
    (1) The total transport index for all of the packages does not 
exceed 50.0 and the package is carried in accordance with Sec.  
175.701(a); or
    (2) The total transport index for all of the packages exceeds 50.0 
and:
    (i) The separation distance between the surfaces of the Class 7 
(radioactive) materials packages, overpacks or freight containers and 
any space occupied by--
    (A) Humans is at least 9 m (30 feet); and
    (B) Live animals is at least 0.5 m (20 inches) for journeys not 
exceeding 24

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hours and at least 1.0 m (39 inches) for journeys longer than 24 hours;
    (ii) The transport index for any group of packages does not exceed 
50.0; and
    (iii) Each group of packages is separated from every other group in 
the aircraft by not less than 6 m (20 feet), measured from the outer 
surface of each group; and
    (iv) The total transport index for all packages containing fissile 
Class 7 (radioactive) materials does not exceed 50.0.

[Amdt. 175-13, 45 FR 20102, Mar. 27, 1980, as amended by Amdt. 175-29, 
48 FR 50461, Nov. 1, 1983; Amdt. 175-47, 55 FR 52687, Dec. 21, 1990; 
Amdt. 175-49, 58 FR 50494, Sept. 27, 1993; 66 FR 45383, Aug. 28, 2001]