[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 49, Volume 2]
[Revised as of October 1, 2002]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 49CFR173.426]

[Page 612]
 
                        TITLE 49--TRANSPORTATION
 
 CHAPTER I--RESEARCH AND SPECIAL PROGRAMS ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF 
                             TRANSPORTATION
 
PART 173--SHIPPERS--GENERAL REQUIREMENTS FOR SHIPMENTS AND PACKAGINGS--Table of Contents
 
               Subpart I--Class 7 (Radioactive) Materials
 
Sec. 173.426  Excepted packages for articles containing natural uranium or thorium.

    A manufactured article in which the sole Class 7 (radioactive) 
material content is natural or unirradiated depleted uranium or natural 
thorium and its packaging is excepted from the specification packaging, 
shipping paper and certification, marking, and labeling requirements of 
this subchapter and requirements of this subpart if:
    (a) Each package meets the general design requirements of 
Sec. 173.410;
    (b) The outer surface of the uranium or thorium is enclosed in an 
inactive sheath made of metal or other durable protective material;
    (c) The conditions specified in Sec. 173.421(a) (2), (3) and (4) are 
met; and
    (d) The article is otherwise prepared for shipment as specified in 
Sec. 173.422.

[Amdt. 173-244, 60 FR 50307, Sept. 28, 1995, as amended by Amdt. 173-
244, 61 FR 20752, May 8, 1996]