CHAPTER XVIII

VESSELS CARRYING RADIOACTIVE

SUBSTANCES

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Art.139 - General Terms and Conditions :

Generalities - Documents - Grouping :

(1)Art. 113, Art.114 and Art. 118 - shall be applied.

(2)Permission is granted to carry through the SC radioactive goods on condition that the following documents are produced :

a)Documents proving that vessel carrying radioactive substance has complied with conditions and prescriptions contained in those laws and rules in force in the exporting country and with the conditions and prescriptions recommended by the I.M.D.G code or that of the IAEA.

b)Compensation warranty document covering all direct or indirect damage that may be caused by the presence of radioactive substances on board.

c)Document similar to the declarations of the A.E.E ( Appendix 1 ) concerning the shipment with all information required by the Establishment, each declaration concerns one of the two basic groups :

i-Declaration B, Group 1 Radioactive, which includes, fissile materials. i.e. artificially produced nuclear substances such as enriched uranium, uranium-235 and plutonium-239, which under certain conditions are capable of undergoing fission, and irradiated uranium and other fissile material.

ii-Declaration C, Group 2 Radioactive, which includes radioactive goods stated by the I.M.D.G code as exemption, Uranium ores and concentrate, natural uranium and thorium, radio isotopes for medical, agricultural, scientific or industrial use, irradiated speciments of metals or minerals except those which fall within declaration B above.

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