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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/radioactive-material-road-transport-great-britain-regulations-1996/schedule-7/paragraph-1",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/radioactive-material-road-transport-great-britain-regulations-1996/schedule-7/paragraph-1.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1996/1350",
  "legislation_title": "The Radioactive Material (Road Transport) (Great Britain) Regulations 1996",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/radioactive-material-road-transport-great-britain-regulations-1996",
  "path": "schedule/7/paragraph/1",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "1",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "Fissile material shall be packaged and shipped in such a manner that subcriticality is maintained under conditions likely to be encountered during normal and accident conditions of transport. The following contingencies shall be considered:\n(a) Water leaking into or out of packages;\n(b) The loss of efficiency of built-in neutron absorbers or moderators;\n(c) Possible rearrangement of the radioactive contents either within the package or as a result of loss from the package;\n(d) Reduction of spaces between packages or radioactive contents;\n(e) Packages becoming immersed in water or buried in snow; and\n(f) Possible effects of temperature changes.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1996/1350/schedule/7/paragraph/1",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T12:43:20.628336+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}