The IAEA's Information Service for Radioactive Material Transport

In carrying out its mission \"to accelerate and enlarge the contribution of atomic energy to peace, health and prosperity throughout the world\" the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) strives to foster the exchange of scientific and technical information concerning peaceful nuclear applications. In the transport safety area, this is achieved through the development and maintenance of Safety Series No. 6, the Regulations for the Safe Transport of Radioactive Material [IAEA a], the implementation of those Regulations and co-ordinated research programmes supporting the first two activities. Under the implementation aspect of its transport safety programme the IAEA takes advantage of the increased availability of mass storage media to use databases for information exchange. Being in a unique position to facilitate information exchange, the IAEA initiated data collection activities on the recommendation of Member States as represented at SAGSTRAM, the Standing Advisory Group on the Safe Transport of Radioactive Material.