---
kind: "section"
citation: "10 C.F.R. § 71.19"
title: "10"
number: "71.19"
heading: "Previously approved package."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/10/71.19"
---

# §71.19. Previously approved package.

- (a) A Type B(U) package, a Type B(M) package, or a fissile material package, previously approved by the NRC but without the designation “-85” in the identification number of the NRC CoC, may be used under the general license of [§ 71.17](/cfr/10/71.17.md) with the following additional conditions:
  - (1) Fabrication of the package is satisfactorily completed by April 1, 1999, as demonstrated by application of its model number in accordance with [§ 71.85(c)](/cfr/10/71.85.md?p=c);
  - (2) A package used for a shipment to a location outside the United States is subject to multilateral approval as defined in DOT regulations at [49 CFR 173.403](/cfr/49/173.403.md); and
  - (3) A serial number which uniquely identifies each packaging which conforms to the approved design is assigned to and legibly and durably marked on the outside of each packaging.
- (b) A Type B(U) package, a Type B(M) package, or a fissile material package previously approved by the NRC with the designation “-85” in the identification number of the NRC CoC, may be used under the general license of [§ 71.17](/cfr/10/71.17.md) with the following additional conditions:
  - (1) Fabrication of the package must be satisfactorily completed by December 31, 2006, as demonstrated by application of its model number in accordance with [§ 71.85(c)](/cfr/10/71.85.md?p=c); and
  - (2) A package used for a shipment to a location outside the United States is subject to multilateral approval as defined in the DOT's regulations at [49 CFR 173.403](/cfr/49/173.403.md).
- (c) NRC will approve modifications to the design and authorized contents of a Type B package, or a fissile material package, previously approved by NRC, provided—
  - (1) The modifications of a Type B package are not significant with respect to the design, operating characteristics, or safe performance of the containment system, when the package is subjected to the tests specified in §§ [71.71](/cfr/10/71.71.md) and [71.73](/cfr/10/71.73.md);
  - (2) The modifications of a fissile material package are not significant, with respect to the prevention of criticality, when the package is subjected to the tests specified in §§ [71.71](/cfr/10/71.71.md) and [71.73](/cfr/10/71.73.md); and
  - (3) **The modifications to the package satisfy the requirements of this part.**
- (d) NRC will revise the package identification number to designate previously approved package designs as B, BF, AF, B(U), B(M), B(U)F, B(M)F, B(U)-85, B(U)F-85, B(M)-85, B(M)F-85, or AF-85 as appropriate, and with the identification number suffix “-96” after receipt of an application demonstrating that the design meets the requirements of this part.

## Notes

### Amendments

[69 FR 3786, Jan. 26, 2004; 69 FR 6139, Feb. 10, 2004, as amended at 80 FR 34012, June 12, 2015]

### Source

Source: 69 FR 3786, Jan. 26, 2004, unless otherwise noted.

### Authority

Authority: Atomic Energy Act of 1954, secs. 53, 57, 62, 63, 81, 161, 182, 183, 223, 234, 1701 (42 U.S.C. 2073, 2077, 2092, 2093, 2111, 2201, 2232, 2233, 2273, 2282, 2297f); Energy Reorganization Act of 1974, secs. 201, 202, 206, 211 (42 U.S.C. 5841, 5842, 5846, 5851); Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 1982, sec. 180 (42 U.S.C. 10175); 44 U.S.C. 3504 note. Section 71.97 also issued under Sec. 301, Pub. L. 96-295, 94 Stat. 789 (42 U.S.C. 5841 note).

### Source

Source: 60 FR 50264, Sept. 28, 1995, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[69 FR 3786, Jan. 26, 2004; 69 FR 6139, Feb. 10, 2004, as amended at 80 FR 34012, June 12, 2015]