This Safety Guide will aid regulatory bodies and users of radioactive material. It provides the relevant requirements as detailed in IAEA Safety Standards Series No. SSR-6 (Rev. 1) as applicable to the type of radioactive material, package or shipment. Once a consignor has properly classified the radioactive material to be shipped (following the recommendations provided in this Safety Guide), the appropriate UN number can be assigned and the paragraph numbers of specific requirements for shipment can be found in the corresponding schedule. This publication supersedes IAEA Safety Standards Series No. SSG-33, issued in 2015.

• 1. INTRODUCTION
  • Background
  • Objective
  • Scope
  • Structure
• 2. DEFINITIONS AND CLASSIFICATION
  • Definitions
    • A1 and A2
    • Approval
    • Carrier
    • Competent authority
    • Confinement system
    • Consignee
    • Consignment
    • Consignor
    • Containment system
    • Contamination
    • Conveyance
    • Criticality safety index
    • Design
    • Dose rate
    • Exclusive use
    • Fissile nuclides and fissile material
    • Freight container — small, large
    • Intermediate bulk container
    • Low dispersible radioactive material
    • Low specific activity material
    • Low toxicity alpha emitters
    • Management system
    • Overpack
    • Package
    • Radiation protection programme
    • Radioactive contents
    • Radioactive material
    • Shipment
    • Special arrangement
    • Special form radioactive material
    • Specific activity
    • Surface contaminated object
  • Classification of material and packages
  • SCHEDULE FOR UN 2908 RADIOACTIVE MATERIAL, EXCEPTED PACKAGE — EMPTY PACKAGING
  • SCHEDULE FOR UN 2909 RADIOACTIVE MATERIAL, EXCEPTED PACKAGE — ARTICLES MANUFACTURED FROM NATURAL URANIUM or DEPLETED URANIUM or NATURAL THORIUM
  • SCHEDULE FOR UN 2910 RADIOACTIVE MATERIAL, EXCEPTED PACKAGE — LIMITED QUANTITY OF MATERIAL
  • SCHEDULE FOR UN 2911 RADIOACTIVE MATERIAL, EXCEPTED PACKAGE — INSTRUMENTS or ARTICLES
  • SCHEDULE FOR UN 2912 RADIOACTIVE MATERIAL, LOW SPECIFIC ACTIVITY (LSA-I),non-fissile or fissile-excepted
  • SCHEDULE FOR UN 2913 RADIOACTIVE MATERIAL, SURFACE CONTAMINATED OBJECTS (SCO-I, SCO-II or SCO-III), non-fissile or fissile-excepted
  • SCHEDULE FOR UN 2915 RADIOACTIVE MATERIAL, TYPE A PACKAGE, non-special form, non-fissile or fissile-excepted
  • SCHEDULE FOR UN 2916 RADIOACTIVE MATERIAL, TYPE B(U) PACKAGE, non-fissile or fissile-excepted
  • SCHEDULE FOR UN 2917 RADIOACTIVE MATERIAL, TYPE B(M) PACKAGE, non-fissile or fissile-excepted
  • SCHEDULE FOR UN 2919 RADIOACTIVE MATERIAL, TRANSPORTED UNDER SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT, non-fissile or fissile-excepted
  • SCHEDULE FOR UN 2977 RADIOACTIVE MATERIAL, URANIUM HEXAFLUORIDE, FISSILE
  • SCHEDULE FOR UN 2978 RADIOACTIVE MATERIAL, URANIUM HEXAFLUORIDE, non-fissile or fissile-excepted
  • SCHEDULE FOR UN 3321 RADIOACTIVE MATERIAL, LOW SPECIFIC ACTIVITY (LSA-II), non-fissile or fissile-excepted
  • SCHEDULE FOR UN 3322 RADIOACTIVE MATERIAL, LOW SPECIFIC ACTIVITY (LSA-III), non-fissile or fissile-excepted
  • SCHEDULE FOR UN 3323 RADIOACTIVE MATERIAL, TYPE C PACKAGE, non-fissile or fissile-excepted
  • SCHEDULE FOR UN 3324 RADIOACTIVE MATERIAL, LOW SPECIFIC ACTIVITY (LSA-II), FISSILE
  • SCHEDULE FOR UN 3325 RADIOACTIVE MATERIAL, LOW SPECIFIC ACTIVITY (LSA-III), FISSILE
  • SCHEDULE FOR UN 3326 RADIOACTIVE MATERIAL, SURFACE CONTAMINATED OBJECTS (SCO-I or SCO-II), FISSILE
  • SCHEDULE FOR UN 3327 RADIOACTIVE MATERIAL, TYPE A PACKAGE, FISSILE, non-special form
  • SCHEDULE FOR UN 3328 RADIOACTIVE MATERIAL, TYPE B(U) PACKAGE, FISSILE
  • SCHEDULE FOR UN 3329 RADIOACTIVE MATERIAL, TYPE B(M) PACKAGE, FISSILE
  • SCHEDULE FOR UN 3330 RADIOACTIVE MATERIAL, TYPE C PACKAGE, FISSILE
  • SCHEDULE FOR UN 3331 RADIOACTIVE MATERIAL, TRANSPORTED UNDER SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT, FISSILE
  • SCHEDULE FOR UN 3332 RADIOACTIVE MATERIAL, TYPE A PACKAGE, SPECIAL FORM, non-fissile or fissile-excepted
  • SCHEDULE FOR UN 3333 RADIOACTIVE MATERIAL, TYPE A PACKAGE, SPECIAL FORM, FISSILE
  • SCHEDULE FOR UN 3507 URANIUM HEXAFLUORIDE, RADIOACTIVE MATERIAL, EXCEPTED PACKAGE, less than 0.1 kg per package, non-fissile or fissile-excepted
• REFERENCES
• CONTRIBUTORS TO DRAFTING AND REVIEW