[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: 49CFR173.466]

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                        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. 173.466  Additional tests for Type A packagings designed for liquids and gases.

    (a) In addition to the tests prescribed in Sec. 173.465, Type A 
packagings designed for liquids and gases must be capable of 
withstanding the following tests:

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    (1) Free drop test. The packaging specimen must drop onto the target 
so as to suffer the maximum damage to its containment. The height of the 
drop measured from the lowest part of the packaging specimen to the 
upper surface of the target must be 9 m (30 feet) or greater. The target 
must be as specified in Sec. 173.465(c)(5).
    (2) Penetration test. The specimen must be subjected to the test 
specified in Sec. 173.465(e) except that the height of the drop must be 
1.7 m (5.5 feet).
    (b) [Reserved]

[Amdt. 173-244, 60 FR 50307, Sept. 28, 1995, as amended at 66 FR 45380, 
Aug. 28, 2001]