THE EXPLOSION-PROOF CONTAINER, SATISFYING THE IAEA NORMS ON SAFETY

fety of radioactive materials (RM) transportation is under strict control of the international norms of lAEA, aimed to ensure non-proliferation of hazardous materials in the environments. At the same time the nuclear countries use much more dangerous transportations of two types of hazardous materials. They include transportations of RM in combination (directly close in construction) with high explosives (HE), as it takes place. for example, in the nuclear weapons (Hansen,1988). According to the IAEA norms, safety of such transportations should be provided by national standards (lAEA norms,1985). Besides, the IAEA norms do not take into account possible terrorist devices, where explosives and radioactive materials can be also combined. Probability o f emergency explosion o f HE during transportation and storage o f such constructions is not equal to zero. HE explosion can be caused by: