Package performance evaluation: our latest 20-year experience

Packages for the transport of radioactive material have to comply with national and / or international regulations. These regulations are widely based on the requirements set forth by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) in the \"Regulations for the Safe Transport of Radioactive Material\". The packages designed to transport the most demanding contents are submitted to tests for demonstrating their ability to withstand accident conditions of transport. These tests are typically: ß a nine-meter drop onto a flat and unyielding surface, ß a one-meter drop onto a punch, ß a 800°C / 30 minutes fire, and ß an immersion under a head of water of either 0.9 m, or 15 m or 200 m (depending of the criteria to be considered).