EVALUATION DES EXPOSITIONS REÇUES PAR LES TRA V AILLEURS ET LE PUBLIC AU COURS DU TRANSPORT DES MATIERES RADIO ACTIVES

This work is the continuation of a study begun in 1982 to find out more about the doses received in France by workers involved in the transport of radioactive materials and doses received by the general public. It summarizes the doses received between 1983 and 1985 during the transport of radiopharmaceutical products, spent fuel, various radioactive materials and wastes. The doses received during the transport of radiopharmaceutical products are the best documented. Progress has been made in the investigation of the doses received during the transport of spent fuel and wastes, but the results are still incomplete. Little is known about the doses received during the transport of gammagraphic equipment. The increase in the doses resulting from the transport of radioactive radiopharmaceutical products is linked to the increase in the number of packages sent. Doses resulting from the transport of spent fuel, wastes and other materials remain relatively low. Transport accounts for less than I% of the exposure arising from the nuclear fuel cycle.