# Articles made from natural or depleted uranium or natural thorium (UN2909) — Postal shipping restrictions by item category

For Articles made from natural or depleted uranium or natural thorium (UN2909), carrier is USPS; restriction type is restricted; scope is domestic mail via surface transportation; conditions is Mailable if activity does not exceed limits in Exhibit 347.22; classified as excepted package per 49 CFR 172.101; must follow Packaging Instruction 7A, recorded from its source on 2026-08-04.

- **Item category:** Articles made from natural or depleted uranium or natural thorium (UN2909)
- **Carrier:** USPS _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **Restriction type:** restricted _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **Scope:** domestic mail via surface transportation _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **Conditions:** Mailable if activity does not exceed limits in Exhibit 347.22; classified as excepted package per 49 CFR 172.101; must follow Packaging Instruction 7A _(unconfirmed — we could not tie this to the quote below)_

## What the source says

> UN2909: Manufactured articles containing only natural or depleted uranium or thorium, categorized as excepted package-articles manufactured from uranium or depleted uranium or natural thorium under 49 CFR § 172.101.

## Source

- https://pe.usps.com/text/pub52/pub52c3_026.htm

Last verified: 2026-08-04. Review by: 2027-08-04.
Part of [Postal shipping restrictions by item category](https://referencesource.org/shipping-restrictions-by-class/).