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Paragraph 14

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The following additional requirements shall apply to overpacks:

(a)

Packages of fissile material for which the transport index for nuclear criticality control is 0 and packages of non-fissile radioactive material may be combined together in an overpack for transport, provided that each package contained therein meets the applicable requirements of these Regulations.

(b)

No package of fissile material for which the transport index for nuclear criticality control exceeds 0 shall be carried in an overpack.

(c)

Only the original consignor of the packages contained within an overpack shall be permitted to use the method of direct measurement of radiation level to determine the Transport Index (TI) of a rigid overpack.