REGULATORY COMPLIANCE ASSURANCE: TWENTY -FIVE YEARS OF EXPERIENCE IN SHIPPING LARGE QUANTITY, LOW ACTIVITY RAM PRODUCTS

REGULATORY COMPLIANCE ASSURANCE: TWENTY-FIVE YEARS OF EXPERIENCE rN SHIPPING LARGE QUANTITY, LOW ACTIVITY RAM PRODUCTS. A brief outline of one company's interpretation of the IAEA Safety Series No. 6 Regulations for Type A and excepted quantity package designs is outlined. The design route for new product packagings for these ranges and the controls introduced to ensure safety, consistency and regulatory compliance throughout the packaging range are explained. An outline of past and present regulatory problems that have been encountered is given, to demonstrate why greater conformity within the Regulations and greater understanding of the differing types of radioactive materials movements should be pursued to simplify their transport throughout the world. Statistical data on safety are given and it is confirmed that the standards of packaging for Type A and excepted quantities are more than adequate for normal conditions of transport. Regulatory bodies are encouraged to increase their existing efforts to unify their requirements and to educate the transport industry in the high level of safety inherent in the movement of radioactive consignments.