TECHNICAL COOPERATION EFFORTS: IMPROVING SAFETY IN TRANSPORT OF RADIOACTIVE MATERIALS

The IAEA, through its Technical Cooperation Programme (TCP), has provided assistance aimed to enhance the capabilities of its Member States to put in place comprehensive governmental and regulatory frameworks in the field of transport safety. In addition, the TCP has focused attention on the matter of delay and denial of radioactive material shipments. The next cycle of the TCP will include an interregional project specifically aimed at raising awareness about the problems surrounding delay and denial of shipments and to assist Member States in developing the appropriate mechanisms to make transport of radioactive material more viable and, as a result, granting greater access to the development and use of nuclear technology for countries that are currently not able to sustain the use of nuclear technology without assistance.