Chapter 2.7
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Statutory Documents - IMO Publications and Documents - Resolutions - Maritime Safety Committee - Resolution MSC.205(81) - Adoption of Amendments to the International Maritime Dangerous Goods (IMDG) Code - (Adopted on 18 May 2006) - Annex - Amendments to the International Maritime Dangerous Goods (IMDG) Code (Resolution MSC.122(75)) - Part 2 - Chapter 2.7

Chapter 2.7

  2.7.1.2 (e) Replace "the values specified in 2.7.7.2." with "the values specified in 2.7.7.2.1 (b), or calculated in accordance with 2.7.7.2.2 to 2.7.7.2.6.".

  2.7.1.2 (f) Replace "defined" with "set out in the definition for 'contamination' ".

  2.7.2 In the definition of "Multilateral approval", amend the first sentence to read as follows:

  Multilateral approval means approval by the relevant competent authority of the country of origin of the design or shipment, as applicable and also, where the consignment is to be transported through or into any other country, approval by the competent authority of that country.".

 In the definition of "Freight container in the case of radioactive material transport", amend the end of the first sentence and the beginning of the current second sentence to read as follows: "…transport without intermediate reloading which is of a permanent enclosed character, …"."

 In the definition of "Specific activity of a radionuclide", delete: "or volume".

 In the definition of "Natural Uranium" (under "Uranium-natural, depleted, enriched") replace "chemically separated uranium" with "uranium (which may be chemically separated)".

  2.7.3.2 (a)(ii) Amend to read: "Natural uranium, depleted uranium, natural thorium or their compounds or mixtures, providing they are unirradiated and in solid or liquid form;".

  2.7.4.6 (a) Amend to read:

  "(a) The tests prescribed in 2.7.4.5 (a) and 2.7.4.5 (b) provided the mass of the special form radioactive material

  • (i) is less than 200 g and they are alternatively subjected to the class 4 impact test prescribed in ISO 2919:1990 "Radiation protection - Sealed radioactive sources - General requirements and classification"; or

  • (ii) is less than 500 g and they are alternatively subjected to the class 5 impact test prescribed in ISO 2919:1990: "Sealed Radioactive Sources – Classification"; and".

  2.7.7.1.7 Amend the beginning of the first sentence to read: "Unless excepted by 6.4.11.2, packages containing …".

  2.7.7.1.8 Amend to read as follows:

 "Packages containing uranium hexafluoride shall not contain:

  • (a) a mass of uranium hexafluoride different from that authorized for the package design;

  • (b) a mass of uranium hexafluoride greater than a value that would lead to an ullage smaller than 5% at the maximum temperature of the package as specified for the plant systems where the package shall be used; or

  • (c) uranium hexafluoride other than in solid form or at an internal pressure above atmospheric pressure when presented for transport.".

  2.7.7.2.1 In the table, amend the value in the last column for Te-121m to read "1 × 106" instead of "1 × 105".

 Amend (a) and (b) after the table as follows:

  "(a) A1 and/or A2 values for these parent radionuclides include contributions from daughter radionuclides with half-fives less than 10 days, as listed in the following:

  Mg-28 Al-28
  Ar-42 K-42
  Ca-47 Sc-47
  Ti-44 Sc-44
  Fe-52 Mn-52m
  Fe-60 Co-60m
  Zn-69m Zn-69
  Ge-68 Ga-68
  Rb-83 Kr-83m
  Sr-82 Rb-82
  Sr-90 Y-90
  Sr-91 Y-91m
  Sr-92 Y-92
  Y-87 Sr-87m
  Zr-95 Nb-95m
  Zr-97 Nb-97m, Nb-97
  Mo-99 Tc-99m
  Tc-95m Tc-95
  Tc-96m Tc-96
  Ru-103 Rh-103m
  Ru-106 Rh-106
  Pd-103 Rh-103m
  Ag-108m Ag-108
  Ag-110m Ag-110
  Cd-115 In-115m
  In-114m In-114
  Sn-113 In-113m
  Sn-121m Sn-121
  Sn-126 Sb-126m
  Te-118 Sb-118
  Te-127m Te-127
  Te-129m Te-129
  Te-131m Te-131
  Te-132 I-132
  I-135 Xe-135m
  Xe-122 I-122
  Cs-137 Ba-137m
  Ba-131 Cs-131
  Ba-140 La-140
  Ce-144 Pr-144m, Pr-144
  Pm-148m Pm-148
  Gd-146 Eu-146
  Dy-166 Ho-166
  Hf-172 Lu-172
  W-178 Ta-178
  W-188 Re-188
  Re-189 Os-189m
  Os-194 Ir-194
  Ir-189 Os-189m
  Pt-188 Ir-188
  Hg-194 Au-194
  Hg-195m Hg-195
  Pb-210 Bi-210
  Pb-212 Bi-212, Tl-208, Po-212
  Bi-210m Tl-206
  Bi-212 Tl-208, Po-212
  At-211 Po-211
  Rn-222 Po-218, Pb-214, At-218, Bi-214, Po-214
  Ra-223 Rn-219, Po-215, Pb-211, Bi-211, Po-211, Tl-207
  Ra-224 Rn-220, Po-216, Pb-212, Bi-212, Tl-208, Po-212
  Ra-225 Ac-225, Fr-221, At-217, Bi-213, Tl-209, Po-213, Pb-209
  Ra-226 Rn-222, Po-218, Pb-214, At-218, Bi-214, Po-214
  Ra-228 Ac-228
  Ac-225 Fr-221, At-217, Bi-213, Tl-209, Po-213, Pb-209
  Ac-227 Fr-223
  Th-228 Ra-224, Rn-220, Po-216, Pb-212, Bi-212, Tl-208, Po-212
  Th-234 Pa-234m, Pa-234
  Pa-230 Ac-226, Th-226, Fr-222, Ra-222, Rn-218, Po-214
  U-230 Th-226, Ra-222, Rn-218, Po-214
  U-235 Th-231
  Pu-241 U-237
  Pu-244 U-240, Np-240m
  Am-242m Am-242, Np-238
  Am-243 Np-239
  Cm-247 Pu-243
  Bk-249 Am-245
  Cf-253 Cm-249"

  (b) Insert "Ag-108m Ag-108" after: "Ru-106 Rh-106".

Delete: "Ce-134, La-134"; "Rn-220, Po-216"; "Th-226, Ra-222, Rn-218, Po-214"; and "U-240, Np-240m".

  2.7.7.2.2 In the first sentence, delete "competent authority approval, or for international transport," and amend the beginning of the second sentence to read as follows: "It is permissible to use an A2 value calculated using a dose coefficient for the appropriate lung absorption type as recommended by the International Commission on Radiological Protection, if the chemical forms of each radionuclide under both normal …".

 In the table:

 – Amend the second entry in the first column to read: "Alpha emitting nuclides but no neutron emitters are known to be present".

– Amend the third entry in the first column to read: "Neutron emitting nuclides are known to be present or no relevant data are available".

  2.7.8.4 (d) and (e) Add at the end: "except under the provisions of 2.7.8.5".

  2.7.8.5 Add a new 2.7.8.5 to read:

  "2.7.8.5 In case of international transport of packages requiring competent authority design or shipment approval, for which different approval types apply in the different countries concerned by the shipment, assignment to the category as required in 2.7.8.4 shall be in accordance with the certificate of the country of origin of design.".

  2.7.9.3 (b) In the first sentence, insert "manufactured" after "or" and before "article".


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