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O: Indicates that these materials may not be loaded, transported or stored together in the same transport vehicle or storage facility during the course of transportation, unless separated in a manner that, in the event of leakage from packages under conditions normally incident to transportation, commingling of hazardous materials would not ...
Radioactive material, excepted package-instruments or articles UN 2912: 7: Radioactive material, low specific activity (LSA-I) [non fissile or fissile-excepted] Radon gas UN 2913: 7: Radioactive material, surface contaminated objects (SCO-I or SCO-II) [non fissile or fissile-excepted] UN 2914-(UN No. no longer in use) UN 2915: 7: Radioactive ...
Radioactive material, low specific activity (LSA-III), fissile: UN 3326: 7: Radioactive material, surface contaminated objects (SCO-I or SCO-II), fissile: UN 3327: 7: Radioactive material, Type A package, fissile, non-special form UN 3328: 7: Radioactive material, Type B (U) package, fissile: UN 3329: 7: Radioactive material, Type B (M) package ...
The UN numbers range from UN0001 to about UN3600 and are assigned by the United Nations Committee of Experts on the Transport of Dangerous Goods. UN 0001 to 0600
The package testing is based on the packing group (hazard level) of the contents, the quantity of material, and the type of container. The UN recommendations are implemented by regulatory bodies in each country: Transport Canada, United States Department of Transportation, [3] etc. Some carriers have additional requirements.
The GHS transport pictograms are the same as those recommended in the UN Recommendations on the Transport of Dangerous Goods, widely implemented in national regulations such as the U.S. Federal Hazardous Materials Transportation Act (49 U.S.C. 5101–5128) and D.O.T. regulations at 49 C.F.R. 100–185.
Class 6.2 Infectious substances; Class 7 Radioactive material; Class 8 Corrosive substances; Class 9 Miscellaneous dangerous substances and articles; Each entry in the different classes has been assigned a 4 digit UN number. It is not usually possible to deduce the hazard class of a substance from its UN number: they have to be looked up in a ...
Processing Radioactive Materials - large set of images by the IAEA showing automated package labelling and tracking for shipment of hazardous radioactive pharmaceuticals. Categorising Dangerous Materials - blog post explaining UN classification of dangerous materials.