[Code of Federal Regulations]

[Title 49, Volume 2]

[Revised as of October 1, 2005]

From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access

[CITE: 49CFR175.702]



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                        TITLE 49--TRANSPORTATION

 

   CHAPTER I--PIPELINE AND HAZARDOUS MATERIALS SAFETY 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 transport 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 or FISSILE unless:

    (1) The total transport index for all of the packages does not 

exceed 50.0, the total criticality safety 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 is greater 

than 50.0 but does not exceed 200.0, the total criticality safety index 

for all of the packages does not exceed 100.0. Any package, overpack or 

consignment having a criticality safety index greater than 50 must be 

transported under exclusive use; and:

    (i) The transport index for any group of packages does not exceed 

50.0;

    (ii) 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

    (iii) 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 hours and at least 1.0 m (39 inches) for journeys longer 

than 24 hours.



[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; 

69 FR 3694, Jan. 26, 2004]