CHANGES IN THE TRANSPORT OF FISSILE MATERIAL RESULTING FROM THE LATEST PROPOSED REVISION OF THE IAEA TRANSPORT REGULATIONS

Currently the IAEA is reviewing and revising the Regulations for the Safe Transport of Radioactive Material (TS-R-1). A draft of the new revision has been published by IAEA for commenting by the member states. In this revision process important changes have been made to the classification and transport requirements for fissile material. In the paper at first the current alternatives for shipping material containing fissile nuclides are recalled. Then it is analyzed how these different types and quantities of materials could be transported under the provisions of the latest draft of the new revision of TS-R-1. The schemes for transition from the old to the new system are intended to provide some guidance for continuing the transport of fissile material under the proposed new provisions.