Ingangsdatum: 01-07-2004
1.1.1 For the purpose of this Code:
.1 Administration means the Government of the State whose flag the ship is entitled to fly.
.2 Convention means the International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea, 1974, as amended.
.3 INF cargo means packaged irradiated nuclear fuel, plutonium and high-level radioactive wastes carried as cargo in accordance with class 7 of the IMDG Code.
.4 Irradiated nuclear fuel means material containing uranium, thorium and/or plutonium isotopes which has been used to maintain a self-sustaining nuclear chain reaction.
.5 Plutonium means the resultant mixture of isotopes of that material extracted from irradiated nuclear fuel from reprocessing.
.6 High-Ievel radioactive wastes means liquid wastes resulting from the operation of the first stage extraction system or the concentrated wastes from subsequent extraction stage, in a facility for reprocessing irradiated nuclear fuel, or solids into which such liquid wastes have been converted.
.7 IMDG Code means the International Maritime Dangerous Goods Code defined in regulation VII/1.1 of the Convention.
.8 IBC Code means the International Code for the Construction and Equipment of Ships Carrying Dangerous Chemicals in Bulk, as defined in regulation VII/8.1 of the Convention.
.9 Incident means any occurrence or series of occurrences, including loss of container integrity, having the same origin which results or may result in a release, or probable cargo release of INF cargo.
.10 Release means the escape of INF cargo from its containment system or the loss of an INF cargo package.
1.1.2 For the purpose of this Code, ships carrying INF cargo are assigned to the following three classes, depending on the total activity of INF cargo which is carried on board:
Class INF I ship - Ships which are certified to carry INF cargo with an aggregate activity less than 4,000 TBq.
Class INF 2 ship - Ships which are certified to carry irradiated nuclear fuel or high-level radioactive wastes with an aggregate activity less than 2 x 106 TBq and ships which are certified to carry plutonium with an aggregate activity less than 2??105 TBq.
Class INF 3 ship - Ships which are certified to carry irradiated nuclear fuel or high-level radioactive wastes and ships which are certified to carry plutonium with no restriction of the maximum aggregate activity of the materials.