BS 3895:1976

Co-operating organizations
Foreword
Section one. General
1 Scope
2 References
3 Definitions
Section two. Design study
4 General
5 Very low concentrations of radioactive materials
6 Other concentrations of radioactive materials
7 Unlimited concentrations of radioactive material
8 Fissile material
Section three. Design guide
9 Shielding
10 Containment
11 Special form
12 Heat dissipation
13 Pressure build-up
14 Mechanical protection
15 Thermal protection
16 Additional package design requirements for fissile
    materials
17 Vibration
18 Security seals
19 Lifting and tie-down attachments
20 Contamination
Section four. Design approval
21 Packaging or package designs not requiring competent
    authority approval
22 Package designs requiring competent authority
    approval
23 Criteria of acceptance of package design in respect
    of packaging tests
Section five. Application for approval and competent
                authority certification
24 General
25 Application for approval
26 Certification
Section six. Manufacture of packaging
27 General
28 Inspection and testing
29 Certification
Section seven. Use of packaging
30 General
31 Operating, handling and stowage instructions
32 Maintenance
33 Pre-shipment inspection, examination or tests
34 Certification by consignor
35 Labelling and marking
Appendices
A Regulations for the safe transport of radioactive
    materials
B A guide to a typical design calculation for
    mechanical protection
C Specific existing design concepts for Types A and B
    packaging
D The thermal test - guidance on calculative
    assessment
E Vibration test
F Design approval for Type A packages. An index to
    IAEA regulations (1973)
G Design approval for Type A packages. Outline form of
    approval
H Design and assessment of package containment
    integrity and test methods used in demonstrating the
    criteria of acceptance of a prototype and/or the
    acceptability for shipment
J Consignor's certificate - Example embodying the
    requirements of the Radioactive Substances (Carriage
    by Road) (Great Britain) Regulations 1974
K Typical specification for tinplate can
L Typical specification for fibreboard cases and
    fitments
M Guidance on drum specifications
N Typical specification for protective case with
    external hollow section crash frame
P Typical specification for a steel reinforced timber
    case
Q References and bibliography
Tables
1 Insolation data
2 Requirements for Type B(U) and B(M) designs
3 Summary of the requirements as to the approval of
    special form material and package designs
4 Summary of the requirements as to the approval of
    shipments and prior notification
5 Maximum package radiation levels
6 Maximum permissible levels of non-fixed radioactive
    contamination
7 Viscosity of fluids at 100 deg C and standard
    pressure
Figures
1 Nomogram to give the reduction of radiation
    exposure with distance from a point source
2 Nomogram to give the shield thickness to reduce an
    exposure doserate to a required value
3 Typical Type A packagings
4 Typical Type B packagings
5 Typical protective outer container
6 Impact calculations: force displacement integrals
7 Typical reinforced timber protective outer container
8 Vibration test: spectral density/frequency
9 Vibration test duration in terms of percentage of
    rough road
10 Detail of flask closure joint with provision for
    leak testing

Guidance on design, design approval, competent authority certification, manufacture and use. Supplements and amplifies IAEA Safety Series No. 6 (1973).