---
kind: "section"
citation: "10 C.F.R. § 71.61"
title: "10"
number: "71.61"
heading: "Special requirements for Type B packages containing more than 10 5 A 2 ."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/10/71.61"
---

# §71.61. Special requirements for Type B packages containing more than 10 5 A 2 .


A Type B package containing more than 10 5A2 must be designed so that its undamaged containment system can withstand an external water pressure of 2 MPa (290 psi) for a period of not less than 1 hour without collapse, buckling, or inleakage of water.


## Notes

### Amendments

[69 FR 3795, Jan. 26, 2004]

### 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 3795, Jan. 26, 2004]