Compliance Assurance Aspects for Type-A and Industrial Packages

Year
1995
Author(s)
Roland Rödel - Federal Institute for Materials Research and Testing (BAM), Berlin, Germany
B. Droste - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und –pruefung (BAM), D-12200 Berlin, Germany
L. Buhlemann - Bundesanstalt für Materialforschung und -prllfung (BAM), D-12200 Berlin, Germany
H.W. Hübner - Bundesanstalt für Materialforschung und -prllfung (BAM), D-12200 Berlin, Germany
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Abstract
During the last 2 years BAM has been involved in the approval of large freight containers for the transport of radioactive material. The experience we have obtained during this time we would like to present in this short report. IAEA defines a container as a piece of transport equipment of an enclosed, rigid, and strong character. It is designed to facilitate the carriage of goods by one or more modes of transport without intermediate reloading. Detailed requirements are included in ISO 1496/1 and in the escagreement, where we can find the explicit indication for additional requirements for the transport of dangerous goods, and we think, there are some remarkable differences for containers for Class 7 dangerous goods compared with containers for general purpose cargo: