Abstract
Abstract The safety record of the transport of radioactive material (RAM) is excellent. This level of safety has been achieved on a global scale principally through the adoption into national legislation of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Transport Regulations by all countries which participate in the movement of RAM. Over more than 30 years of operations, involving millions of shipments, the effectiveness of these regulations has been demonstrated by the continued low incident rate. In the UK there has been a notable absence of any transport accidents with serious radiological consequences since incident logging began in 1968. The IAEA Regulations are prescriptive in nature and they aim to achieve a uniform level of safety through controls graded to match the potential hazard of the radioactive cargo. The engineered and operational controls address containment of the RAM, radiation emitted from the package, dissipation of heat and prevention of criticality. The nuclear industry and its regu...
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