A study was conducted by Mound Laboratory for the Division of Waste Manage ment and Transportation, United States Energy Research and Development Administration, to determine which of the pack agings currently listed in CFR 49 §173.395 a.1-5, and used by ERDA con tractors, meet the Specification 7A re quirements (CFR 49 §173.350).nHazardous Materials Regulations Board Notice of Proposed Rule Making DOT No HM-111, Notice No. 73-7, stated that the present listing of various authorized DOT specifications in §173.394 and §173.395 (Type A containers) of ICC Tariff No. 27 would be deleted. Instead, complete reliance would be placed on the use of DOT 7A, Type A general packaging specification. In addition, each user of a Specification 7A package would be required to document and maintain on file for one year, after latest ship ments, a written record of his determination of compliance with the DOT Specification 7A performance require ments for the specific package design.nThe purpose of this study was to have one ERDA contractor1) compile a list of specification packagings, proposed by ERDA contractors, for shipping Type A quantities of radioactive material;2) analyze these packages for conformance to Specification 7A requirements;and 3) document and publish the results for use by ERDA and industry.
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