49 CFR § 173.419 - Authorized packages—oxidizing Class 7 (radioactive) materials.

---
identifier: "/us/cfr/t49/s173.419"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "49 CFR § 173.419 - Authorized packages—oxidizing Class 7 (radioactive) materials."
title_number: 49
title_name: "Transportation"
section_number: "173.419"
section_name: "Authorized packages—oxidizing Class 7 (radioactive) materials."
chapter_name: "PIPELINE AND HAZARDOUS MATERIALS SAFETY ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION"
subchapter_number: "C"
subchapter_name: "HAZARDOUS MATERIALS REGULATIONS"
part_number: "173"
part_name: "SHIPPERS—GENERAL REQUIREMENTS FOR SHIPMENTS AND PACKAGINGS"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-04-08"
last_updated: "2026-04-08"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "49 U.S.C. 5101-5128, 44701; 49 CFR 1.81, 1.96 and 1.97."
cfr_part: "173"
---


# 173.419 Authorized packages—oxidizing Class 7 (radioactive) materials.

(a) An oxidizing Class 7 (radioactive) material, as referenced in the § 172.101 table of this subchapter, is authorized in quantities not exceeding an A<sub>2</sub> per package, in a DOT Specification 7A package provided that—

(1) The contents are:

(i) Not fissile;

(ii) Packed in inside packagings of glass, metal or compatible plastic; and

(iii) Cushioned with a material that will not react with the contents; and

(2) The outside packaging is made of wood, metal, or plastic.

(b) The package must be capable of meeting the applicable test requirements of § 173.465 without leakage of contents.

(c) For shipment by air, the maximum quantity in any package may not exceed 11.3 kg (25 pounds).

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