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A boxed figure on a transport label.
Also known as: Transport index label, Package dose rate index
The marking on a transport package giving the measured dose rate at a fixed distance from it.
Gives the measured dose rate at a fixed distance from a transport package.
Contexts: Laboratory
Controls how many such packages may be carried together, so the figure governs loading rather than describing the contents.
Contexts: Laboratory
A figure written in a box on the package label, beneath the trefoil and the category markings.