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FEH 3'97 16:36 FR NORDION INTERNtaTIONfiL 13 592 0440 TO 12016871476 P'. 12/19 enforcement agency. It is steel encased aad shielded by approximatel;• cm of lead. It weighs approximately 7700 kg. It is licensed co transport up eo 400,000 Ci of Cobalt-60. The cargo cavity measures 29.2 cm in diameter and is 44.5 em high. Bulk Cobalt bundles are inserted into the F-231 shipping container on Cobalt Buadla Trays shove fn Figure 3. Upon arrival at the Processing Facility, the bundles are rmovnd from the trays and disassembled for further psoesssfng which includes rigorous quality control. Finished Product Sh$poing Con iners A typical shipping container, the F-168, designed to transport finished, doubly-encapsulated Cobalt-60 sources, is shown in Figure 4. Similarly co the previously described container, the F-168 also conforms ce International Atmic Energy Agency 'type B(U) :pacification. Ic is certified by the Atomic Energy Control Board in Canada under CDN/2012/B(U)T. As the F231, it is a steel encased, lead filled container which weighs approximately 5000 kg and is licensed eo carry 200,000 Ci of Cobalt-60. It is shielded by approximately 27 m of lead. Its cargo cavity measures 16.2 cm in diameter and is 47.9 cm high. Cobalt-6U capsules are loaded into a Source Capsule Cage as shove 1n Figure 5 for insertion into ehe F-168 shipping container. 'This arrangement (capsule cage and container) is used for eransposting sources from the Processing Facility to customers" sites as well as for returning depleted sources from the customers back to the Processing Fsciliry. RECUTATORY REQUI&F24~TIS The current international regulatory requirements era defined by ehe International Atomic Energy Agency in its publication titled "Regulations for Safs Transport of Radioaecive Materials", Safety Series 6 (1985). ?hest regulations ors periodically revised by panels of experts and updated co continuously reflect ehe current state-of-the-art and the currcnc transportation situation, The regulations categorize the range of shipping packages (containers) into several basic types depsndiag on the nature and amount of radioactive material carried. Further, they specify the set of eondieionr that oath package must meet in order to De certified. These conditions range from adminiscrativa controls <labslling, I_D_ plats:, etc.) co the most scriagsnt structural requirsmeacs to ensure that a package meccs the specified ^normal^ and postulated voisc case accident conditions which could occur in tzanspoze_ The "normal" conditions of transport include minor incidents that iaay occur in ovary day operation, 'such as short drops, tip-avers, rough handling, exposure co rain, sea eater, and sun, ate. Assessment of a packages" - 3 -