This updated version of IAEA Nuclear Security Series No. 9, Security of Radioactive Material in Transport, is intended to facilitate the establishment of an internationally consistent approach to security of radioactive material in transport. It builds on the relevant recommendations of various existing IAEA Nuclear Security Series publications and is applicable to the security of packages containing radioactive material that could cause unacceptable radiological consequences if used in a malicious act during international or domestic transport. It is also relevant to the security of some nuclear materials of category III and below during transport, due to the radioactive nature of the material. Guidance on protection against unauthorized removal and sabotage is also covered.

• 1. INTRODUCTION
  • Background
  • Objective
  • Scope
  • Structure
• 2. ELEMENTS OF A STATE’S NUCLEAR SECURITY REGIME RELATING TO TRANSPORT OF RADIOACTIVE MATERIAL
  • State responsibility
  • International transport
  • Legislative and regulatory framework
    • State
    • Regulatory body
    • Shipper, carrier and receiver
    • Subcontracting
    • Deficiencies
  • Assessment of transport security threats
  • Risk informed transport security systems and measures
    • Risk management
    • Graded approach
    • Defence in depth
    • Methods for specifying risk informed security provisions
    • Safety and security interface
  • Sustaining transport security
    • Security culture
    • Quality management programme
    • Information security
    • Sustainability management and planning
  • Planning and preparedness for and response to nuclear security events
• 3. CHARACTERIZATION OF RADIOACTIVE MATERIAL FOR TRANSPORT SECURITY
  • Radioactive material categorization
  • Assigning transport security levels
    • Assignment of transport security levels on a per package basis
  • Radioactive material aggregation
  • Potential radiological consequences of sabotage
  • Attractiveness of radioactive material in transport
• 4. ESTABLISHING A REGULATORY PROGRAMME FOR TRANSPORT SECURITY
  • Specifying and applying transport security requirements
    • The prescriptive approach
    • The performance based approach
    • The combined approach
    • Process for applying the selected approach
  • Functions of a transport security system
    • Detection
    • Delay
    • Response
    • Security management
  • Establishing graded security and corresponding goals
• 5. SECURITY MEASURES AGAINST UNAUTHORIZED REMOVAL AND SABOTAGE OF RADIOACTIVE MATERIAL IN TRANSPORT
  • Mode independent provisions
    • Prudent management practices
    • Basic transport security level
    • Enhanced transport security level
    • Additional security measures
  • Mode specific provisions
    • Provisions for road, rail and inland waterway transport
    • Provisions for road transport
    • Provisions for rail transport
  • Portable and mobile devices
  • Protection against sabotage
    • Threat assessment
    • Development of specific threat scenarios
    • Target identification and ranking
    • Estimating the consequences of sabotage considering the threat and the targets
    • Defining security measures for protecting against sabotage
    • Applicable security measures
    • Applicable organizational measures
• 6. MEASURES TO LOCATE AND RECOVER RADIOACTIVE MATERIAL MISSING OR STOLEN DURING TRANSPORT
  • State responsibilities
  • Carrier responsibilities
• Appendix I SETTING THE TRANSPORT SECURITY LEVELS
• Appendix II TRANSPORT SECURITY PLAN
• REFERENCES
• Annex I CONTENT AND ORGANIZATION OF THE TRANSPORT SECURITY PLAN
• Annex II TRANSPORT SECURITY VERIFICATION
• Annex III CROSS-REFERENCE OF MODE INDEPENDENT SECURITY MEASURES