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(c) Inform the appropriate public health authority or veterinary authority, and provide<br />

information on any other countries of transit where persons may have been exposed to<br />

danger; and<br />

(d) Notify the consignor and/or the consignee.<br />

7.1.7.2.3 Decontamination of cargo transport units<br />

A railway wagon, road vehicle, cargo space of a ship, compartment of an aircraft or other cargo<br />

transport unit which has been used to transport infectious substances shall be inspected for release of the<br />

substance before re-use. If the infectious substances were released during transport, the cargo transport unit shall<br />

be decontaminated before it is re-used. Decontamination may be achieved by any means which effectively<br />

inactivates the released infectious substance.<br />

7.1.8 Special provisions applicable to the transport of radioactive material<br />

7.1.8.1 Segregation<br />

7.1.8.1.1 Packages, overpacks and freight containers containing radioactive material and unpackaged<br />

radioactive material shall be segregated during transport and during storage in transit:<br />

(a) From workers in regularly occupied working areas by distances calculated using a dose<br />

criterion of 5 mSv in a year and conservative model parameters;<br />

(b) From members of the critical group of the public, in areas where the public has regular<br />

access, by distances calculated using a dose criterion of 1 mSv in a year and conservative<br />

model parameters;<br />

(c) From undeveloped photographic film by distances calculated using a radiation exposure<br />

criterion for undeveloped photographic film due to the transport of radioactive material<br />

for 0.1 mSv per consignment of such film; and<br />

(d) From other dangerous goods in accordance with 7.1.2 and 7.1.3.2.<br />

7.1.8.1.2 Category II-YELLOW or III-YELLOW packages or overpacks shall not be carried in<br />

compartments occupied by passengers, except those exclusively reserved for couriers specially authorized to<br />

accompany such packages or overpacks.<br />

7.1.8.2 Activity limits<br />

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The total activity in a single hold or compartment of an inland waterway craft, or in another<br />

conveyance, for carriage of LSA material or SCO in Type IP-1, Type IP-2, Type IP-3 or unpackaged, shall not<br />

exceed the limits shown in Table 7.1.8.2.<br />

Table 7.1.8.2: Conveyance activity limits for LSA material and SCO<br />

in industrial packages or unpackaged<br />

Nature of material Activity limit for conveyances<br />

other than by inland waterway<br />

- 363 -<br />

Activity limit for a hold or<br />

compartment of an inland waterway<br />

craft<br />

LSA-I No limit No limit<br />

LSA-II and LSA-III<br />

non-combustible solids<br />

No limit 100 A2<br />

LSA-II and LSA-III<br />

combustible solids, and<br />

all liquids and gases<br />

100 A2<br />

10 A2<br />

SCO 100 A2 10 A2

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