---
kind: "section"
citation: "49 C.F.R. § 175.704"
title: "49"
number: "175.704"
heading: "Plutonium shipments."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/49/175.704"
---

# §175.704. Plutonium shipments.


Shipments of plutonium which are subject to [10 CFR 71.88(a)(4)](/cfr/10/71.88.md?p=a-4) must comply with the following:

- (a) Each package containing plutonium must be secured and restrained to prevent shifting under normal conditions.
- (b) A package of plutonium having a gross mass less than 40 kg (88 pounds) and both its height and diameter less than 50 cm (19.7 inches)—
  - (1) May not be transported aboard an aircraft carrying other cargo required to bear a Division 1.1 label; and
  - (2) Must be stowed aboard the aircraft on the main deck or the lower cargo compartment in the aft-most location that is possible for cargo of its size and weight, and no other cargo may be stowed aft of packages containing plutonium.
- (c) **A package of plutonium exceeding the size and weight limitations in paragraph (b) of this section—**
  - (1) May not be transported aboard an aircraft carrying other cargo required to bear any of the following labels: Class 1 (all Divisions), Class 2 (all Divisions), Class 3, Class 4 (all Divisions), Class 5 (all Divisions), or Class 8; and
  - (2) Must be securely cradled and tied down to the main deck of the aircraft in a manner that restrains the package against the following internal forces acting separately relative to the deck of the aircraft; Upward, 2g; Forward, 9g; Sideward, 1.5g; Downward, 4.5g.

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 49 U.S.C. 5101-5128; 44701; 49 CFR 1.81 and 1.97.

### Source

Source: 71 FR 14604, Mar. 22, 2006, unless otherwise noted.