The transport of radioactive material is an essential activity worldwide. To ensure the protection and safety of people, property and the environment, appropriate regulations for the safe transport of radioactive material, both at the national level and at the international level, are necessary. Competent authorities regulate the transport of radioactive material through the application of national regulations, which should be consistent with relevant international regulations. This Safety Guide provides recommendations on actions that competent authorities should take to ensure compliance with the applicable regulations for the safe transport of radioactive material.

• 1. INTRODUCTION
  • Background
  • Objective
  • Scope
  • Structure
• 2. RESPONSIBILITIES AND FUNCTIONS
  • Regulatory basis
  • Establishment of a framework for safety
  • List of national competent authorities
  • Interlinked responsibilities
  • Organization and management of the competent authority
  • Expertise available to the competent authority
  • Liaison by the competent authority with other government agencies
  • Interfaces of safety with nuclear security
• 3. REGULATIONS AND GUIDES
  • International agreements and guides
  • National regulations and guides
• 4. COMPLIANCE ASSURANCE
  • Development and implementation of a compliance assurance programme
  • Issuing of approvals by the competent authority
  • The management system of users of the transport regulations in support of compliance assurance
  • Training and distribution of information
  • Assessment of designs
  • Testing of packages and materials
  • Special form radioactive material and low dispersible radioactive material
  • Packages not requiring approval by the competent authority
  • Packages requiring competent authority approval
  • Identification of packages and serial numbers of packagings
  • Approval of shipments under special arrangement
  • Inspection of transport operations
  • Radiation protection
  • Inspection of manufacturing
  • Inspection of maintenance operations
  • Inspection of consignors
  • Inspection of carriers
  • Inspection of consignees
  • Contents of packages with other dangerous properties
  • Emergency preparedness and response
  • Enforcement actions and investigations of incidents
  • Maintenance of regulations and feedback to the competent authority
• 5. MULTILATERAL APPROVALS
• 6. INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION BETWEEN COMPETENT AUTHORITIES CONCERNING PACKAGES AND SHIPMENTS OF FOREIGN ORIGIN
  • International cooperation relating to compliance assurance
  • Packages and shipments of foreign origin that are subject to multilateral approval
  • Packages and shipments of foreign origin that do not require notification of the competent authority
• REFERENCES
• NOTE ON THE ANNEXES
• Annex I INFORMATION TO BE INCLUDED IN APPLICATIONS FOR APPROVALS
• Annex II EXAMPLE TEMPLATES FOR CERTIFICATES OF APPROVAL
• Annex III INSPECTIONS OF MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS AND RELATED INSPECTION ACTIVITIES PERFORMED BY THE COMPETENT AUTHORITY
• Annex IV EXAMPLE PROCEDURE FOR INSPECTING A MANAGEMENT SYSTEM
• Annex V EXAMPLE CHECKLIST FOR INSPECTING A MANAGEMENT SYSTEM
• Annex VI EXAMPLE CHECKLIST FOR INSPECTING CONSIGNORS
• Annex VII EXAMPLE CHECKLIST FOR INSPECTING CARRIERS
• Annex VIII EXAMPLE CHECKLIST FOR INSPECTING THE MANUFACTURING OF PACKAGINGS
• Annex IX EXAMPLE CHECKLIST FOR INSPECTING MAINTENANCE OPERATIONS
• CONTRIBUTORS TO DRAFTING AND REVIEW