Transportation Package Information

The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) regulates the procedures and standards for approval of packaging and shipping procedures for fissile material and for licensed material in excess of a Type A quantity. NRC approved packages are listed below.

Content descriptions can be found by clicking the package type links below.
The Department of Energy's RAdioactive Materials PACkages (RAMPAC) websitewebsite has the most recent certificate of compliance and safety evaluation report issued by the NRC for the packages listed below.

On this page:

• Type B Waste Packages
• Type B (Normal Form) Packages
• Type B (Special Form) Packages
• Spent Fuel Packages
• Unirradiated Fissile Material Packages

Type B Waste Content Examples: Radioactive material in the form of solid byproduct, source, or limited quantities of special nuclear material, or solidified materials and wastes that are typically packaged in secondary containers. Examples include filters, resins and scrap metals which have been irradiated in a reactor.

Type B (Normal Form) Content Examples: Radioactive material which does not meet the requirements of special form radioactive material as defined in 10 CFR 71.4. Examples include liquids, solids and powders in secondary containers.

Type B (Special Form) Content Examples: Radioactive material in a sealed source which is either a single solid piece or is contained in a sealed capsule that can be opened only by destroying the capsule and has been tested and meets the qualification requirements in 10 CFR 71.75. Examples include radiography cameras and irradiators.

Spent Fuel Content Examples: Fuel assemblies irradiated in a nuclear reactor that have undergone at least one year of decay and that have not been chemically separated into their constituent elements.

Unirradiated Fissile Material Content Examples: Unirradiated uranium-233, uranium-235, plutonium-239, and plutonium-241, or any combination of these radionuclides. Examples include uranium metal, uranyl nitrate, uranium dioxide pellets and powder, and fuel assemblies prior to insertion into a nuclear reactor.