OVERVIEW OF RECOMMENDATIONS FROM THE 2011 SAFE AND SECURE TRANSPORT CONFERENCE

An International Conference on the Safe and Secure Transport of Radioactive Material was held in October 2011, and a follow-up Technical Meeting was held in 2012, the president’s findings of the Conference were discussed during the follow-up meeting and a set of recommendations related to the Conference findings were developed. These recommendations were fully endorsed by the General Conference in 2012 Resolution GC(56)/L.4. This paper will briefly summarize the major findings of the transport conference held in 2011, including the findings and recommendations of the follow-up technical meeting. The paper will focus on the implementation of the recommendations by the IAEA Transport Safety Unit and the transport community.