# Radioactive materials — Postal shipping restrictions by item category

For Radioactive materials, carrier is Royal Mail Wholesale (Access customers); restriction type is prohibited; scope is UK; conditions is Materials classified as radioactive using Table 2-12 of the latest ICAO Technical Instructions, e.g. fissile material, radioactive waste, thorium or uranium ores and luminous aircraft dials, recorded from its source on 2026-08-10.

- **Item category:** Radioactive materials _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Carrier:** Royal Mail Wholesale (Access customers) _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **Restriction type:** prohibited _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **Scope:** UK _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **Conditions:** Materials classified as radioactive using Table 2-12 of the latest ICAO Technical Instructions, e.g. fissile material, radioactive waste, thorium or uranium ores and luminous aircraft dials. _(verified: appears in the quote below)_

## What the source says

> Radioactive materials and samples that are classified as radioactive using Table 2-12 of the latest edition of the International Civil Aviation Organization’s Technical Instructions e.g. fissile material (uranium 235, etc), radioactive waste material, thorium or uranium ores and luminous dials from aircraft.

## Source

- https://www.royalmailwholesale.com/mint-project/uploads/233157117.pdf

Last verified: 2026-08-10. Review by: 2027-08-10.
Part of [Postal shipping restrictions by item category](https://referencesource.org/shipping-restrictions-by-class/).