Regulatory Guide 7.2

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Packaging and Transportation of Radioactively Contaminated Biological Materials
ML12220A070
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Issue date: 06/30/1974
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June 1974 U.S. ATOMIC ENERGY COMMISSION

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DIRECTORATE OF REGULATORY STANDARDS

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REGULATORY GUIDE 7.2 PACKAGING AND TRANSPORTATION OF RADIOACTIVELY CONTAMINATED

BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS

A. INTRODUCTION

radioactively contaminated biological materials. This standard, designated ANSI N14.3-1973,1 "Packaging The Commission's regulation, 10 CFR Part 71, and Transportation of Radioactively Contaminated Bio-

"Packaging of Radioactive Material for Transport and logical Materials," was processed and approved by the Transportation of Radioactive Material Under Certain American National Standards Institute. Inc., on August Conditions," applies to licensees of the Commission who 24, 1973. The standard includes recommendations for transport licensed material or who deliver licensed packaging and limits on radioactive contents for any material to a carrier for transport. In their transport or single package of this type of material, for the marking delivery of packages containing no more than Type A and labeling of packages, and for limitations on storage quantities of radioactive material, licensees may be of the packaged material before, during, and after required by a provision of §71.5 10 CFR Part 71, to transport.

conform to certain standards and requirements of the Department of Transportation (DOT). This regulatory

C. REGULATORY POSITION

guide describes a method acceptable to the Regulatory staff for licensees of the Commission to comply with The recommendations contained in ANSI

that provision in § 71.5 with respect to packaging, N14.3-1973 1 are generally acceptable for the packaging.

shipping, and transporting of radioactively contaminated shipment, and transport of radioactively contaminated biological materials. biological materials, subject to the following:

B. DISCUSSION

Section 7.1 "Visual Survey of Outer Container," of ANSI N14.3-1973 recommends that a package be surveyed on receipt only if damage is apparent. The user Radioactively contaminated biological materials pre- of this, guide is directed to the requirements of paragraph sent unique problemsbecause of (1) potential radiation

20.205(b) of 10 CFR Part 20, "Standaids for Protection dose to individuals, (2) potential hazard from the Against Radiation," which requires that certain pack- chemical preservative used, (3) potential exposure to ages, and in particular those containing radioactive pathogenic microorganisms, (4) generation of decompo- material in liquid form (with some exceptions), be sition gases that might cause the shipping containers to monitored on receipt for evidence of leakage even in the rupture and possibly explode, and (5) noxious odors.

absence of apparent damage.

American National Standards Institute (ANSI) Sub- committee N14.3 has developed a standard that provides 'Copies may be obtained from the American National Standards guidance for the packaging, shipping, and transport of Institute, Inc., 1430 Broadway, New York, N.Y. 10018.

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6. Products

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