Regulations for the safe transport of radioactive material

233 Pages·1996·1.12 MB·English

by  International Atomic Energy Agency

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SAFETY
STANDARDS
SERIES
Regulations for the
Safe Transport of
Radioactive Material
1996 Edition (As Amended 2003)
SAFETY REQUIREMENTS
No. TS-R-1
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REGULATIONS
FOR THE SAFE TRANSPORT
OF RADIOACTIVE MATERIAL
1996 Edition (As Amended 2003)
Safety Standards Series No.TS-R-1
The following States are Members of the International Atomic Energy Agency:
AFGHANISTAN GREECE PARAGUAY
ALBANIA GUATEMALA PERU
ALGERIA HAITI PHILIPPINES
ANGOLA HOLY SEE POLAND
ARGENTINA HONDURAS PORTUGAL
ARMENIA HUNGARY
QATAR
AUSTRALIA ICELAND
REPUBLIC OF MOLDOVA
AUSTRIA INDIA
ROMANIA
AZERBAIJAN INDONESIA
RUSSIAN FEDERATION
BANGLADESH IRAN,ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF
BELARUS IRAQ SAUDI ARABIA
BELGIUM IRELAND SENEGAL
BENIN ISRAEL SERBIA AND MONTENEGRO
BOLIVIA ITALY SEYCHELLES
BOSNIA AND JAMAICA SIERRA LEONE
HERZEGOVINA JAPAN SINGAPORE
BOTSWANA JORDAN SLOVAKIA
BRAZIL KAZAKHSTAN SLOVENIA
BULGARIA KENYA SOUTH AFRICA
BURKINA FASO KOREA,REPUBLIC OF SPAIN
CAMEROON KUWAIT
SRI LANKA
CANADA KYRGYZSTAN
SUDAN
CENTRAL AFRICAN LATVIA
SWEDEN
REPUBLIC LEBANON
SWITZERLAND
CHILE LIBERIA
CHINA LIBYAN ARAB JAMAHIRIYA SYRIAN ARAB REPUBLIC
COLOMBIA LIECHTENSTEIN TAJIKISTAN
COSTA RICA LITHUANIA THAILAND
CÔTE D’IVOIRE LUXEMBOURG THE FORMER YUGOSLAV
CROATIA MADAGASCAR REPUBLIC OF MACEDONIA
CUBA MALAYSIA TUNISIA
CYPRUS MALI TURKEY
CZECH REPUBLIC MALTA UGANDA
DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC MARSHALL ISLANDS UKRAINE
OF THE CONGO MAURITIUS UNITED ARAB EMIRATES
DENMARK MEXICO UNITED KINGDOM OF
DOMINICAN REPUBLIC MONACO GREAT BRITAIN AND
ECUADOR MONGOLIA NORTHERN IRELAND
EGYPT MOROCCO
UNITED REPUBLIC
EL SALVADOR MYANMAR
OF TANZANIA
ERITREA NAMIBIA
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
ESTONIA NETHERLANDS
URUGUAY
ETHIOPIA NEW ZEALAND
FINLAND NICARAGUA UZBEKISTAN
FRANCE NIGER VENEZUELA
GABON NIGERIA VIETNAM
GEORGIA NORWAY YEMEN
GERMANY PAKISTAN ZAMBIA
GHANA PANAMA ZIMBABWE
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REGULATIONS
FOR THE SAFE TRANSPORT
OF RADIOACTIVE MATERIAL
1996 Edition (As Amended 2003)
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FOREWORD
by Mohamed ElBaradei
Director General
One of the statutory functions of the IAEA is to establish or adopt
standards of safety for the protection of health, life and property in the
development and application of nuclear energy for peaceful purposes,and to
provide for the application of these standards to its own operations as well as
to assisted operations and,at the request of the parties,to operations under any
bilateral or multilateral arrangement,or,at the request of a State,to any of that
State’s activities in the field of nuclear energy.
The following bodies oversee the development of safety standards: the
Commission for Safety Standards (CSS); the Nuclear Safety Standards
Committee (NUSSC); the Radiation Safety Standards Committee (RASSC);
the Transport Safety Standards Committee (TRANSSC);and the Waste Safety
Standards Committee (WASSC). Member States are widely represented on
these committees.
In order to ensure the broadest international consensus,safety standards
are also submitted to all Member States for comment before approval by the
IAEA Board of Governors (for Safety Fundamentals and Safety
Requirements) or, on behalf of the Director General, by the Publications
Committee (for Safety Guides).
The IAEA’s safety standards are not legally binding on Member States
but may be adopted by them, at their own discretion, for use in national
regulations in respect of their own activities.The standards are binding on the
IAEA in relation to its own operations and on States in relation to operations
assisted by the IAEA.Any State wishing to enter into an agreement with the
IAEA for its assistance in connection with the siting, design, construction,
commissioning,operation or decommissioning of a nuclear facility or any other
activities will be required to follow those parts of the safety standards that
pertain to the activities to be covered by the agreement.However,it should be
recalled that the final decisions and legal responsibilities in any licensing
procedures rest with the States.
Although the safety standards establish an essential basis for safety,the
incorporation of more detailed requirements, in accordance with national
practice, may also be necessary. Moreover, there will generally be special
aspects that need to be assessed by experts on a case by case basis.
The physical protection of fissile and radioactive materials and of nuclear
power plants as a whole is mentioned where appropriate but is not treated in
detail;obligations of States in this respect should be addressed on the basis of
the relevant instruments and publications developed under the auspices of the
IAEA.
EDITORIAL NOTE
These Regulations generally use the form ‘shall’ in making statements about
requirements,duties and obligations.Use of the form ‘should’ is restricted to statements
that are a desired option.Use of the form ‘may’ is limited to statements that are pursuant
to an option provided by the Regulations.All terms which are defined in Section II are
shown throughout the text in italics when used in the defined sense to enhance recognition
of these terms.
Reference to standards of other organizations is not to be construed as an endorse-
ment on the part of the IAEA.
PREFACE
Director General to apply the Regulations to IAEAoperations and IAEAassist-
ed operations. The Director General was also authorized to recommend to Member
States and international organizations that the Regulations be taken as the basis for
corresponding national and international regulations. By 1969, the Regulations had
been adopted by almost all international organizations concerned with transport and
used by many Member States for their own regulations.
Through the worldwide adoption of the IAEA’s Regulations for all modes of
transport, a very high standard of safety in transport has been achieved. In the
revisions since the first edition, attempts have been made to find a balance between
the need to take account of technical advances and operational experience, and the
desirability of providing a stable framework of regulatory requirements. One of the
aims of this approach is to allow packages designed to previous versions of the
Regulations to continue to be used for a reasonable period of time. It is recognized
that not all regulatory changes can be implemented simultaneously; Member States
and international organizations are therefore invited, in adopting this revision, to
provide for use of both the ‘old’requirements and the ‘new’ones during a period of
transition that may last for a few years. It is further recommended that adoption of
these revised Regulations occur within a period of five years from publication to
achieve worldwide harmonization of their application. In implementing the provi-
sions of these Regulations, it may be necessary for Member States to issue comple-
mentary national regulations. Except as necessary for solely domestic purposes, such
national regulations should not conflict with these Regulations.
The IAEAhas previously published two companion documents to Safety Series
No. 6: one entitled ‘Advisory Material for the IAEA Regulations for the Safe
Transport of Radioactive Material’, Safety Series No. 37, and the other entitled
‘Explanatory Material for the IAEA Regulations for the Safe Transport of
Radioactive Material’, Safety Series No. 7. For the benefit of designers and manu-
facturers of packagings, consignors, carriers, competent authorities and others, Safety
Series No. 37 provided advisory information about the technical requirements of the
Regulations and about methods and technology that may be employed to fulfil them;
the so called ‘how’ of these provisions. Safety Series No. 7 provided explanatory
information on the intent and rationale of the regulatory requirements; the so called
‘why’of these provisions. Its purpose was to help comprehension of the regulatory
standards, to promote compliance, public acceptance and future development of the
Regulations. In support of the 1996 Edition (Revised) of the Regulations, the IAEA
published a companion document “Advisory Material for the IAEARegulations for
the Safe Transport of Radioactive Material, IAEASafety Standards Series No. TSG1”
in 2002, that combines both the advisory and explanatory material. Member States
and international organizations concerned are invited to take note of this companion
document and to bring it to the notice of persons and organizations affected by these
Regulations.
For convenience, the requirements to be met for the transport of specified types
of consignments are included in an abbreviated form as Schedules in this publication.
This publication is an amended version of the 1996 Edition of the Transport
Regulations. It includes the minor changes and corrigenda incorporated in the 1996
Edition published in 2000 and it further includes amendments arising from the first
cycle of a new biennial review and revision process, as agreed by the Transport Safety
Standards Committee (TRANSSC) at its 7th meeting in March 2002 and as endorsed
by the Committee on Safety Standards at its meeting in June 2002.