RER9111 Establishing a Sustainable National Regulatory Infrastructure for
RER/9/111: Establishing a Sustainable National Regulatory Infrastructure for Nuclear and Radiation Safety Regional Workshop on Drafting Regulations on Radiation Safety Module 2. 3 International Transport Regulations 10 -14 November 2014 Vienna Earl P. Easton Transport Expert
Regulations – IAEA Safety Standards Hierarchy END Safety Fundamentals Safety Requirements Safety Guides September 2020 Contents
The IAEA Safety Standards END IAEA TS-G-1. 1 Advisory Material IAEA TS-G-1. 2 Emergency response IAEA TS-G-1. 3 Radiation protection programmes IAEA TS-G-1. 4 Management System IAEA TS-G-1. 5 Compliance assurance IAEA TS-G-1. 6 Schedules GSR Part 1 SSR 6 (2012) Guidance Documents GSR Part 3 September 2020 Contents
Regulations – The international regulatory framework END Mainly Package design approval Regulators / some Transport Regulators Some countries All 9 Dangerous Goods Classes - All modes SSR 6 (2012) Class 7 - All modes Road, Rail and Inland Waterway (Europe) Sea Air September 2020 Contents
Overview of regulatory framework – SSR-6 END • • • Prescriptive requirements - revised on biennial basis • No guidance for UN or modal provisions, so legal texts need to address everything • • Modes take Class 7 provisions from UN, not from SSR-6 Supported by Advisory Material – aids consistent interpretation Global, multi-modal but not mandatory All 151 IAEA Member States can participate Transposed into UN Model Regulations Text does not look like UN or modal texts Few UN national delegations include Class 7 experts September 2020 Contents
Regulations – UN Model Regulations END • UNITED NATIONS SUB-COMMITTEE OF EXPERTS on the transport of dangerous goods • A body established by ECOSOC (UN Economic and Social Council) in 1957 September 2020 Contents
Regulations – UN Model Regulations END • Was originally the UN Committee of Experts on the Transport of Dangerous Goods • Now a sub-committee of UN Committee of Experts on the Transport of Dangerous Goods and on the Globally Harmonized System of Classification and Labelling of Chemicals • Originally consisted of ‘experts’ drawn from countries with demonstrable expertise and interest in the transport of dangerous goods September 2020 Contents
Regulations – UN Model Regulations END • Draws up non-mandatory ‘Recommendations on the Transport of Dangerous Goods’ for all modes of transport throughout the world • Written in the form of ‘Model Regulations’ for international and national legislation • Known as the ‘Orange Book’ September 2020 Contents
Regulations – UN Model Regulations END • • Makes decisions by simple majority voting - not by consensus • Non-voting countries and inter-governmental organisations can attend as ‘observers’ • International trade associations in UN consultative status may also attend • Currently working on the 19 th - revised edition (18 th) taking effect from 1 January 2014 • • • Works on 2 year revision cycle Currently 27 voting countries, increasing geographical representation but European dominated Meets in Palais des Nations in Geneva each June and December Ad hoc Working Groups meet (inter-session) if required September 2020 Contents
Regulations – International framework END National Regulations State variations Modal Regulations UN Model Regulations IAEA SSR 6 (2012) September 2020 Contents
UN Orange Book and International Modal Regulations END Text taken from SSR-6 Substances and articles are assigned to one of nine classes according to the hazard and the most predominant hazard they present Each substance is assigned a UN number and ‘proper shipping name’ Apart from radioactive material in excepted packages (where other hazardous properties take precedence) radioactive material having other dangerous properties shall always be classified as Class 7 and the subsidiary risk shall also be identified Only some of the duties and responsibilities defined in the Orange Book are assigned in recognition that responsibility may vary according to laws and customs of different countries ADR, RID, ADN, the European regulations for road, rail and inland waterways, each define dutyholders and assign responsibilities This can be done because they have been written for the legal framework of the European Union September 2020 Contents
Dangerous Goods Classification END Nine (9) Classes of Dangerous Goods Class 1 - Explosives (Division 1. 1 – 1. 6) Class 2 – Gases (Divisions 2. 1 – 2. 3) Class 3 – Flammable liquids Class 4 – Flammable solids (Divisions 4. 1 – 4. 3) Class 5 - Oxidising substances and organic peroxides (Divisions 5. 1 – 5. 2) Class 6 – Toxic and infectious substances (Divisions 6. 1 – 6. 2) Class 7 – Radioactive material Class 8 – Corrosive substances Class 9 – Miscellaneous dangerous substances and articles September 2020 Contents
Class 7, UN numbers and Proper Shipping Names END UN number Proper shipping name Excepted package UN 2908 RADIOACTIVE MATERIAL, EXCEPTED PACKAGE – EMPTY PACKAGE UN 2909 RADIOACTIVE MATERIAL, EXCEPTED PACKAGE – ARTICLES MANUFACTURED FROM NATURAL URANIUM or DEPLETED URANIUM or NATURAL THORIUM UN 2910 RADIOACTIVE MATERIAL, EXCEPTED PACKAGE –LIMITED QUANTITY OF MATERIAL UN 2911 RADIOACTIVE MATERIAL, EXCEPTED PACKAGE – INSTRUMENTS or ARTICLES UN 3507 URANIUM HEXAFLUORIDE, RADIOACTIVE MATERIAL, EXCEPTED PACKAGE - less than 0. 1 kg per package, non-fissile or fissile excepted September 2020 Contents
Class 7, UN numbers and Proper Shipping Names END UN number Proper shipping name Low specific activity material (LSA-I, LSA-III) UN 2912 RADIOACTIVE MATERIAL, LOW SPECIFIC ACTIVITY (LSA-I), nonfissile or fissile excepted UN 3321 RADIOACTIVE MATERIAL, LOW SPECIFIC ACTIVITY (LSA-II), non -fissile or fissile excepted UN 3322 RADIOACTIVE MATERIAL, LOW SPECIFIC ACTIVITY (LSA-III), non-fissile or fissile excepted UN 3324 RADIOACTIVE MATERIAL, LOW SPECIFIC ACTIVITY (LSA-II), FISSILE UN 3325 RADIOACTIVE MATERIAL, LOW SPECIFIC ACTIVITY (LSA-III), FISSILE Surface contaminated objects (SCO-I, SCO-II) UN 2913 RADIOACTIVE MATERIAL, SURFACE CONTAMINATED OBJECTS (SCO-I or SCO-II), non-fissile or fissile excepted UN 3326 RADIOACTIVE MATERIAL, SURFACE CONTAMINATED OBJECTS (SCO-I or SCO-II), FISSILE September 2020 Contents
Class 7, UN numbers and Proper Shipping Names END UN number Proper shipping name Type A package UN 2915 RADIOACTIVE MATERIAL, TYPE A PACKAGE, non-special form, non-fissile or fissile excepted UN 3327 RADIOACTIVE MATERIAL, TYPE A PACKAGE, FISSILE, nonspecial form UN 3332 RADIOACTIVE MATERIAL, TYPE A PACKAGE, SPECIAL FORM, non-fissile or fissile excepted UN 3333 RADIOACTIVE MATERIAL, TYPE A PACKAGE, SPECIAL FORM, FISSILE Type B(U) package UN 2916 RADIOACTIVE MATERIAL, TYPE B(U) PACKAGE , non-fissile or fissile excepted UN 3328 RADIOACTIVE MATERIAL, TYPE B(U) PACKAGE, FISSILE September 2020 Contents
Class 7, UN numbers and Proper Shipping Names END UN number Proper shipping name Type B(M) package UN 2917 RADIOACTIVE MATERIAL, TYPE B(M) PACKAGE , non-fissile or fissile excepted UN 3329 RADIOACTIVE MATERIAL, TYPE B(M) PACKAGE, FISSILE Type C package UN 3323 RADIOACTIVE MATERIAL, TYPE C PACKAGE, non-fissile or fissile excepted UN 3329 RADIOACTIVE MATERIAL, TYPE C PACKAGE, FISSILE Uranium hexafluoride UN 2977 RADIOACTIVE MATERIAL, URANIUM HEXAFLUORIDE, FISSILE UN 2978 RADIOACTIVE MATERIAL, URANIUM HEXAFLUORIDE, non-fissile or fissile excepted September 2020 Contents
Class 7, UN numbers and Proper Shipping Names END UN number Proper shipping name Special arrangement UN 2919 RADIOACTIVE MATERIAL, TRANSPORTED UNDER SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT, non-fissile or fissile excepted UN 3331 RADIOACTIVE MATERIAL, TRANSPORTED UNDER SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT, FISSILE September 2020 Contents
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