WNTI Working Group on UF6 Cylinder Identification

In May 2014, the World Nuclear Transport Institute (WNTI) formed an ad-hoc working group to focus on the identification of uranium hexafluoride (UF6) cylinders. WNTI was founded in 1998 to represent the collective interests of the nuclear transport industry, and those who rely upon the safe, secure, efficient, and reliable packaging and transport of radioactive materials. The working group scope, adopted by over 25 members, is to establish an industry-wide identification format that provide for uniquely identifying UF6 cylinders and to investigate methods for making the unique identifier (UID) machine-readable and independently verifiable by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA). The working group held multiple conference calls and two face-to-face meeting amongst its members in December 2014 and 2015, in conjunction with the WNTI semiannual meeting in London, England. The primary focuses for 2016 are to provide a set of consensus recommendations for a preferred identification format and technology for machine readability and to participate in field testing, as needed, of key functional features.