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must be handled and placed in the vehicle as prescribed in paragraphs 11-6 and 11-8.

11-13. Accident Procedures (49 CFR 177.861)

Accident and incident procedures are contained in chapter 7. Vehicles, buildings, areas, or equipment in which

radioactive materials have been spilled may not be returned to service or routinely occupied until the radiation dose rate

at any accessible surface is less than 0. 5 millirem per hour and there is no significant removable radioactive surface

contamination (para 3-9).

Section III. HIGHWAY MOVEMENT CHECKLIST

11-14. Use of Checklist

When a shipment of radioactive materials by highway is planned or accomplished the following checklist can be used as

an aid to assure that all required considerations are accomplished. The checklist consists of a series of questions, each

requiring a yes answer. Necessary actions to allow a yes answer to each question should be accomplished to assure that

a shipment meets the applicable criteria.

11-15. Highway Movement Checklist

a. Have packaging checklists been completed? (4-25)

b. Has marking and labeling checklist been completed? (5-29)

c. Has placarding checklist been completed? (5-30)

d. Has documentation checklist been completed? (5-31)

e. Has general planning checklist been completed? (6-18a)

f. If applicable, has receiving and unloading checklist been completed? (6-18b)

g. Have appropriate parts of general shipping checklist been completed? (6-18c)

h. Are safety requirements met? (chap 7)

i. If applicable, are security requirements met? (chap 8)

j. For exempt shipments, are all shipping paper requirements met? (11-3)

k. Are provisions adequate to assure that motor carrier safety regulations will be obeyed? (11-4)

l.. Have required vehicle inspections been accomplished? (11-5)

m. Are package separation requirements met? (11-6)

n. Are special vehicle loading and unloading requirements met? (11-8)

o. For shipments of fissile materials, are special requirements met? (11-9)

p. Have proper contamination surveys been accomplished? (11-10)

q. For movement by military vehicle, have all special requirements been met? (11-11)

r. Are requirements for passenger-carrying vehicles satisfied? (11-12)

s. If applicable, have accident procedures been accomplished? (11-13)

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