Singapore legislation
Regulation 40
of Radiation Protection (Transport of Radioactive Materials) Regulations
Regulation 40
Requirements for special form radioactive material
Subregulation 1
Special form radioactive material shall have at least one dimension not less than 5 mm.
Subregulation 2
Special form radioactive material shall be of such a nature or shall be so designed that if it is subjected to the tests specified in section C of the Fourth Schedule, it shall meet the following requirements:
it would not break or shatter under the impact, percussion and bending tests in paragraph 2(1)(a), (1)(b), (1)(c) and (2)(a) of Section C of the Fourth Schedule, as applicable;
it would not melt or disperse in the heat test in regulation 2(1)(d) and (2)(b) of section C of the Fourth Schedule, as applicable; and
the activity in the water from the leaching tests specified in paragraph 3 of section C of the Fourth Schedule would not exceed 2 kBq, or, in the case of sealed sources, the leakage rate for the volumetric leakage assessment test specified in the provisions on “Radiation Protection — Sealed Radioactive Sources — Leak Test Methods” in the International Organisation for Standardisation Document ISO 9978 or, where there is any latest revision, that revision would not exceed the applicable acceptance threshold acceptable to the Chief Executive.
Subregulation 3
When a sealed capsule constitutes part of any special form radioactive material, the capsule shall be so constructed that it can be opened only by destroying it.