DOT Specification 7A Type A and 6M Documents

DOT 7A Type A Guidance Documents

• Guidance for 7A Type A Package Test Documentation (dated August 15, 2017)

• DOT 7A Type A and IP Packagings Currently in Service within the DOE Complex   (updated January 25, 2016)

Legacy DOT 7A Type A Documents

• MLM-3245 Add. 1,  DOE Evaluation Document for DOT 7A Type A Packaging, dated March 1987 [9-MB file]

• DOE/RL-96-57, Revision 0,  Test and Evaluation Document for DOT Specification 7A Type A Packaging,  Volumes 1 and 2, dated 1996 (known initially as the "Red Book," then "Blue Book" and most recently as the "White Book")

• HNF-SD-TP-TI-006, Revision 1,  Documentation and Verification Required for Type A Packaging Use, dated November 27, 2000

- Appendix A,  DOT-7A Type A Packaging Qualification Checklist

• HNF-8049, Revision 0,  Methodology for Identification of Testing to Conduct on Type A and Industrial Packagings, dated November 27, 2000

Legacy DOT 6M Documents

• DOE Certificate of Approval No. 0002, Revision 0, 

References:

1. Memorandum, McCormick, RFFO, to Wangler, EM-70, Request for Approval to Use the Department of Transportation 6M Container to Ship Scrub Alloy Metal, dated January 5, 1999

2. Memorandum, Hicks, RFFO, to Wangler, EM-70, Request for Approval to Use the DOT 6M Container for Shipment of Plutonium Metal, dated August 19, 1999

3. E-mail, Hicks, RFFO, to Wangler, EM-70, Approval of 6M Package for Metals and Metal Alloys, dated September 10, 1999

4. Final Report from the Container Weld Advisory Committee, dated May 1989 (weld integrity test characteristics are addressed in Appendix B)

• SAND88-3005,  A Review of the Safety Features of 6M Packagings for DOE Programs, dated December 1988 [6-MB file]