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Pipeline and Haz. Matls. Safety Admin., DOT 

§ 175.900 

far as practicable from personnel con-
tact until radiological advice or assist-
ance is obtained from the U.S. Depart-
ment of Energy or appropriate State or 
local radiological authorities. 

(c) An aircraft in which Class 7 (ra-

dioactive) material has been released 
must be taken out of service and may 
not be returned to service or routinely 
occupied until the aircraft is checked 
for radioactive substances and it is de-
termined that any radioactive sub-
stances present do not meet the defini-
tion of radioactive material, as defined 
in § 173.403 of this subchapter, and it is 
determined in accordance with § 173.443 
of this subchapter that the dose rate at 
every accessible surface must not ex-
ceed 0.005 mSv per hour (0.5 mrem per 
hour) and there is no significant re-
movable surface contamination. 

(d) Each aircraft used routinely for 

transporting Class 7 materials shall be 
periodically checked for radioactive 
contamination, and an aircraft must be 
taken out of service if contamination 
exceeds the level specified in paragraph 
(c). The frequency of these checks shall 
be related to the likelihood of contami-

nation and the extent to which Class 7 
materials are transported. 

(e) In addition to the reporting re-

quirements of (§§ 171.15 and 171.16 of 
this subchapter and § 175.31 of this part, 
an aircraft operator shall notify the of-
feror at the earliest practicable mo-
ment following any incident in which 
there has been breakage, spillage, or 
suspected radioactive contamination 
involving Class 7 (radioactive) mate-
rials shipments. 

[71 FR 14604, Mar. 22, 2006, as amended at 79 
FR 40618, July 11, 2014; 80 FR 1164, Jan. 8, 
2015] 

§ 175.706

Separation distances for un-

developed film from packages con-
taining Class 7 (radioactive) mate-
rials. 

No person may carry in an aircraft 

any package of Class 7 (radioactive) 
materials required by § 172.403 of this 
subchapter to be labeled Radioactive 
Yellow–II or Radioactive Yellow–III 
closer than the distances shown in the 
table below to any package marked as 
containing underdeveloped film. 

Transport 

index 

Minimum separation distance to nearest undeveloped film for various times in transit 

Up to 2 hours 

2 to 4 hours 

4 to 8 hours 

8 to 12 hours 

Over 12 hours 

Meters Feet  Meters  Feet Meters Feet  Meters  Feet Meters Feet 

0.1 to 1.0 .......

0.3 

0 .6 2 

0.9 3 1 

.2 4 

1.5 5 

1.1 to 5.0 .......

0.9 

1 .2 4 

1.8 6 2 

.4 8 

3.3 

11 

5.1 to 10.0 .....

1.2 

1 .8 6 

2.7 9 3 

.3 11 4.5 15 

10.1 to 20.0 ...

1.5 

2 .4 8 

3.6 

12 4 

.8 16 6.6 22 

20.1 to 30.0 ...

2.1 

10 

4.5 

15 

20 

8.7 

29 

30.1 to 40.0 ...

2.4 

3 .3 11 5.1 17  6 

.6 22 9.9 33 

40.1 to 50.0 ...

2.7 

3 .6 12 5.7 19  7 

.2 24 

10.8 36 

§ 175.900

Handling requirements for 

carbon dioxide, solid (dry ice). 

Carbon dioxide, solid (dry ice) when 

shipped by itself or when used as a re-
frigerant for other commodities, may 
be carried only if the operator has 
made suitable arrangements based on 
the aircraft type, the aircraft ventila-
tion rates, the method of packing and 
stowing, whether animals will be car-
ried on the same flight and other fac-
tors. The operator must ensure that 
the ground staff is informed that the 
dry ice is being loaded or is on board 
the aircraft. For arrangements between 
the shipper and operator, see § 173.217 of 

this subchapter. Where dry ice is con-
tained in a unit load device (ULD) pre-
pared by a single shipper in accordance 
with § 173.217 of this subchapter and the 
operator after the acceptance adds ad-
ditional dry ice, the operator must en-
sure that the information provided to 
the pilot-in-command and the marking 
on the ULD when used as a packaging 
reflects that revised quantity of dry 
ice. 

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