# Requirements for Shipping Packages Used To Transport Vitrified High-Level Waste
> **Nuclear Regulatory Commission** · Final rule. · Published 1998-06-15 · Effective 1998-07-15 · 63 FR 32600
## Document
- **Document number:** 98-14097
- **Category:** nuclear-waste
- **Sub-agency:** Nuclear Regulatory Commission
- **Federal Register citation:** 63 FR 32600
- **CFR reference:** 10 CFR 71
- **Publication date:** 1998-06-15
- **Effective date:** 1998-07-15
## Abstract

The Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is amending its regulations to add vitrified high-level waste (HLW) contained in a sealed canister designed to maintain waste containment during handling activities associated with transport to the forms of plutonium which are exempt from the double-containment packaging requirements for transportation of plutonium. This amendment responds to a petition for rulemaking submitted by the Department of Energy, Office of Civilian Radioactive Waste Management (DOE/OCRWM). This final rule grants the petition for rulemaking, with modifications, and completes NRC action on the petition. This final rule also will make a minor correction regarding the usage of metric and English units, to be consistent with existing NRC policy on such use.

## Source
- [Federal Register document](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/1998/06/15/98-14097/requirements-for-shipping-packages-used-to-transport-vitrified-high-level-waste)
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