APPROACH FOR SAFE TRANSPORT OF SAMPLES INCLUDING NUCLEAR MATERIAL

Most samples including nuclear material, i.e. U, Pu and Th, is transported as Excepted Packages or Type A Packages with non-fissile material. For these types of shipments, the packages must conform to technical requirements of the transport regulations. However, since licensing or approval from the Competent Authorities is not necessary for this transport, the shipper must check its conformity to the technical requirements of transport regulations. Once verified, the package can be shipped. The checking of conformity to the technical requirements of transport regulations before shipment is very important. Therefore, the package, to be used for this transport, must also be checked for technical conformity to transport regulations, before the sample is packed into the package. The entire package is then checked for conformity by a radiation level survey, a verification of the label, markings, etc. In this paper, through our experience of sample transport, the procedure and method of checking will be introduced, and improvements for the safe transport of the sample will be discussed.