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UN/NA 2978 · Radioactive material, uranium hexafluoride, non fissile or fissile-excepted
UN/NA 2978 · ERG 2024 · Guide 166
- UN/NA
- 2978
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- ERG 2024
ERG 2024 lists UN/NA 2978 (Radioactive material, uranium hexafluoride, non fissile or fissile-excepted) under Guide 166, titled “Radioactive Materials - Corrosive (Uranium Hexafluoride/Water-Reactive)”.
Material name
| Language | Material name | Guides |
|---|---|---|
| EN | Radioactive material, uranium hexafluoride, non fissile or fissile-excepted | Guide 166 |
| EN | Uranium hexafluoride, radioactive material, non fissile or fissile-excepted | Guide 166 |
| ES | Hexafluoruro de uranio, materiales radiactivos, no fisionable o fisionable exceptuado | Guide 166 |
| ES | Materiales radiactivos, hexafluoruro de uranio, no fisionable o fisionable exceptuado | Guide 166 |
| FR | Hexafluorure d'uranium, matières radioactives, non fissiles ou fissiles exceptées | Guide 166 |
| FR | Matières radioactives, hexafluorure d'uranium, non fissiles ou fissiles exceptées | Guide 166 |
2978 on a placard, orange panel or shipping paper
It can stand for either of two ERG 2024 entries: “Radioactive material, uranium hexafluoride, non fissile or fissile-excepted” and “Uranium hexafluoride, radioactive material, non fissile or fissile-excepted”. Both use Guide 166, so the number alone is enough to find the guide. On a numbered orange panel, 2978 is the lower number (how to read an orange panel).
ERG 2024 markings for 2978
2978 is highlighted in green, so ERG 2024 Table 1 (Initial Isolation and Protective Action Distances) has an entry for it: “Radioactive material, uranium hexafluoride, non fissile or fissile-excepted (when spilled in water)”. Hazora shows those distances in the app, not on this page. “When spilled in water” means the material produces large amounts of toxic inhalation hazard (TIH) gases when spilled in water. Table 2 (Water-Reactive Materials Which Produce Toxic Gases) lists the gas produced: HF (hydrogen fluoride). Its guide number 166 has no P.
Entries near 2978
By number (yellow pages): before 2978 come UN/NA 2968 Maneb, stabilized (Guide 135); UN/NA 2969 Castor beans, meal, pomace or flake (Guide 171) and UN/NA 2977 Radioactive material, uranium hexafluoride, fissile (Guide 166); after it, UN/NA 2983 Ethylene oxide and propylene oxide mixture, with not more than 30% ethylene oxide (Guide 131P); UN/NA 2984 Hydrogen peroxide, aqueous solution, with not less than 8% but less than 20% hydrogen peroxide (Guide 140) and UN/NA 2985 Chlorosilanes, flammable, corrosive, n.o.s. (Guide 155).
By name (blue pages): “Radioactive material, uranium hexafluoride, non fissile or fissile-excepted” comes after Radioactive material, Type C package, non fissile or fissile excepted (UN/NA 3323, Guide 163) and Radioactive material, uranium hexafluoride, fissile (UN/NA 2977, Guide 166) and before Rags, oily (UN/NA 1856, Guide 133) and Receptacles, small, containing gas (UN/NA 2037, Guide 115).
By name (blue pages): “Uranium hexafluoride, radioactive material, non fissile or fissile-excepted” comes after Uranium hexafluoride, radioactive material, excepted package, less than 0.1 kg per package, non-fissile or fissile-excepted (UN/NA 3507, Guide 166) and Uranium hexafluoride, radioactive material, fissile (UN/NA 2977, Guide 166) and before Urea hydrogen peroxide (UN/NA 1511, Guide 140) and Urea nitrate, wetted with not less than 10% water (UN/NA 3370, Guide 113).
Other names starting with “Radioactive”: Radioactive material, Type A package, special form, non fissile or fissile-excepted (UN/NA 3332, Guide 164); Radioactive material, Type B(M) package, fissile (UN/NA 3329, Guide 165); Radioactive material, Type B(M) package, non fissile or fissile-excepted (UN/NA 2917, Guide 163); Radioactive material, Type B(U) package, fissile (UN/NA 3328, Guide 165); Radioactive material, Type B(U) package, non fissile or fissile-excepted (UN/NA 2916, Guide 163) and Radioactive material, Type C package, fissile (UN/NA 3330, Guide 165).
Guide 166 · Library
Guide 166 covers 3 UN/NA numbers. The others: UN/NA 2977 Radioactive material, uranium hexafluoride, fissile; UN/NA 3507 Uranium hexafluoride, radioactive material, excepted package, less than 0.1 kg per package, non-fissile or fissile-excepted.
Source: ERG 2024 (U.S. DOT PHMSA, Transport Canada, SICT Mexico), for the initial phase of a transportation incident only. Hazora is not an official ERG publication and is not affiliated with or endorsed by these or any other government agencies.