Year
2010
File Attachment
Abstract
\"Regulations for the Safe Transport of Radioactive Material,\" IAEA [1] establish safety requirements for shipments of radioactive materials (RM), which are currently used almost all countries without significant deviations. These requirements are detailed sufficiently, so that their interpretation and criteria of their implementation is not controversial and do not create much difficulty in the interaction of transport participants, including in international shipments. At the same time, the Regulation almost no define the subjects and conditions to monitor and confirm compliance. Rgulations and other documents of the IAEA, e.g. Safety Guide TS-G-1.5 «Compliance Assurance for the Safe Transport of Radioactive Material” [2] basically operates one control body - the competent authority, and mainly in the issuance of certificates of approval. However, in practice of the countries the various functions of safety control for shipments are carried by several state agencies and authorized organizations. Therefore, without a clear distribution of responsibility and control form and procedures, it is impossible to avoid duplication, time and documents inconsistency of such procedures that affects the efficiency of the organization and implementation of shipments, initiates delays and denials of shipments. If to take into account that the recent time requirements for security of transport and the requirements for the control of their performance are increased, the importance of optimization of compliance in this area is obvious. In Russia, the whole set of actions to monitor and validate compliance of danger activities is determined (in accordance with the Federal Law \"On technical regulation\" [3]) as a \"conformity assessment\" - \"a direct or indirect identification of compliance requirements for object. The law identified the various forms of conformity assessment, namely: state control (supervision); accreditation; testing, registration, certification, declaration, inspection and commissioning of the facility, etc. The law does not restrict the use of other forms of conformity assessment. This report presents the results of the analysis of conformity assessment in the transport of RM in Russia, including comparison with the recommendations of the IAEA and other countries' experiences, as well as the directions of modernization of the system. It seems that the information and conclusions contained in the report will be useful for professionals of transport related RM in Russia and/or from Russia, as well as international organizations, including the IAEA, as in regulating the shipments and as in the developments of Agency documents on RM safe transport.