Reflections Upon the Nuclear Transport Regulations as They Have Emerged Over the Past Several Decades

Prior to 1968, the nuclear transport regulations in the USA might have been characterized as not being very comprehensive. This all changed, however, in late 1968, when a major milestone was reached. Each of the two major regulatory a9encies, the USDOT and USAEC finalized very major amendments to 49CFR ll] and lOCFR [2), to incorporate the international standards as then existing in the 1967 edition of the International Atomic Energy Agency's {IAEA) Safety Series No. 6. Since 1968, one other major revision to U.S. regulations took place in 1983 when the DOT [3] and now NRC [4] each promulgated extensive amendments based now upon the 1973 IAEA Safety Series No . 6 standards. Another major revision by those two agencies is also expected in 1990 when amendments based on the 1985 version of the IAEA standards are scheduled to be finalized.