[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 49, Volume 2]
[Revised as of October 1, 2006]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 49CFR175.704]

[Page 739]
 
                        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.  175.704  Plutonium shipments.

    Shipments of plutonium which are subject to 10 CFR 71.88(a)(4) must 
comply with the following:
    (a) Each package containing plutonium must be secured and restrained 
to prevent shifting under normal conditions.
    (b) A package of plutonium having a gross mass less than 40 kg (88 
pounds) and both its height and diameter less than 50 cm (19.7 inches)--
    (1) May not be transported aboard an aircraft carrying other cargo 
required to bear a Division 1.1 label; and
    (2) Must be stowed aboard the aircraft on the main deck or the lower 
cargo compartment in the aft-most location that is possible for cargo of 
its size and weight, and no other cargo may be stowed aft of packages 
containing plutonium.
    (c) A package of plutonium exceeding the size and weight limitations 
in paragraph (b) of this section--
    (1) May not be transported aboard an aircraft carrying other cargo 
required to bear any of the following labels: Class 1 (all Divisions), 
Class 2 (all Divisions), Class 3, Class 4 (all Divisions), Class 5 (all 
Divisions), or Class 8; and
    (2) Must be securely cradled and tied down to the main deck of the 
aircraft in a manner that restrains the package against the following 
internal forces acting separately relative to the deck of the aircraft; 
Upward, 2g; Forward, 9g; Sideward, 1.5g; Downward, 4.5g.