Evolution of the WNTI Uranium Concentrate Transport Good Practice

The World Nuclear Transport Institute (WNTI) has a long-standing Uranium Concentrate Working Group. This group has developed a first good practice which provides some methods for loading drums inside ISO containers for shipment by rail, road and sea.A second good practice introduces and describes the checking of shipping containers from the consignor producer’s facility to the consignee receiver’s facility, and how they can be released into the open shipping world free of any contamination.Loading of uranium concentrate must conform to the IAEA standards and the Competent Authority regulation for the relevant countries.Both of these industry good practice documents have been in the nuclear transport domain for many years and have been updated throughout where necessary.The WNTI is in the process of consolidating the two good practice documents and other WNTI uranium concentrate guidance publications.This paper will provide detailed information regarding the consolidated good practice document and its applicability to the transport of uranium concentrate and how it is being used within the industry.