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Session Title: Regulatory and
Institutional Issues: IAEA Regulations
from Past to Future
Presentation Title: Overview of Recommendations
from the 2011 Safe and Secure Transport Conference
Nancy Capadona
International Atomic Energy Agency,
Austria
Overview of Recommendations from the 2011
Safe and Secure Transport Conference
Nancy Capadona
Kasturi Varley
Department of Nuclear Safety and Security
International Atomic Energy Agency
Department of Nuclear Safety and Security
International Atomic Energy Agency
Christopher Bajwa
E. William Brach
Department of Nuclear Safety and Security
International Atomic Energy Agency
Chair
Transport Safety Standards Committee
Overview
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• 2011
– Conference on the Safe and Secure Transport of Radioactive
Material
• 2012
– Technical Meeting to produce a Follow-up report to the 2011
Conference on the Safe and Secure Transport of Radioactive
Material - TM-43650
• 2013
– Technical Meeting to Produce Consolidated Drafts of the IAEA’s
New Transport Safety Standards Taking into Account the Results of
the 2011 International Conference on the Safe and Secure
Transport of Radioactive Material – TM-44897
• 2014
– Technical Meeting to address additional topical areas
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2011 Conference
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• President’s findings
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Harmonization
Denial of shipments
The current scientific basis
The standard transport conditions assumptions
Safety requirements and security
recommendations
UN modal bodies
National implementation and industry compliance
Emergency Response
Liability
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Harmonization
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• There must be harmonization of the framework
at all levels, including at the IAEA fundamentals
level.
• The transport regulatory system (both safety
and security) needs to be harmonized globally
to avoid conflicts and varying requirements.
• Harmonization between safety and security
requirements should be maximized
• Harmonization between IAEA and other UN
organizations is important.
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Denial of shipments
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• Denial of shipments continues to be a
problem which must be addressed.
• Denial of shipments can adversely affect
security
• Efforts to reduce denials have both safety
and security benefits
• Denial of shipments hinder radioactive
source returns as well as beneficial uses
involving radioactive material.
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The current scientific basis
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• A risk based graded approach to safety and
security is important.
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The standard transport conditions
assumptions
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• Accidents can happen. The level of safety
provided by the regulations continues to be
high, but the regulations should be reviewed
and revised as necessary.
• Security is and will remain essential. There
are existing conflicts between safety and
security which need to be addressed and
resolved however, having regard to the
necessity of confidentiality to ensure
security
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Safety requirements and security
recommendations
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• Coherence between the different language
versions of the safety and security
requirements is important
• Safety and security requirements should be as
consistent as possible to facilitate
simultaneous application
• Failure to consider the cost and complexity of
implementation of regulations can lead to their
avoidance.
• Regulations should be changed when needed,
but only when needed.
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UN modal bodies
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• Consistency between IAEA, IMO and ICAO
regulations and thereafter IATA and national
regulations is important to helping avoid
denial of shipments and to fostering
increased compliance
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National implementation and industry
compliance
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• To raise regulatory capacity worldwide
• IAEA requirements are implemented by
Member States but in very different ways and
with different editions of the regulations
being used. This will continue to create
implementation problems
• Approvals should follow IAEA requirements
to facilitate international transport
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Emergency Response
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• International, multi-lateral, regional and bilateral cooperation
• Coastal States remain concerned about lack
of information
• States should consider using the IAEA's
services in emergency preparedness and
emergency response
• For maritime emergency, IMO leads
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Liability
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• Liability coverage in ways comparable to
non-nuclear liability conventions
– Nuclear liability conventions
– many States' national legislation
• Some States feel these conventions do not
provide an adequate liability regime for
transport of nuclear material
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2012 Follow Up Meeting (TM 43650)
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• Purpose:
– Review 2011Transport Conference President’s Findings
– Recommend actions for IAEA consideration
• Addressed both transport safety and security
• Well attended with representatives from 17 countries
and 2 non-governmental organizations
• Issues involving liability are addressed by the
International Expert Group on Nuclear Liability (INLEX)]
• TM concluded that seven overarching actions would
contribute to the safe, secure, and sustainable future
transport of radioactive material
– Eighty specific recommended actions were also identified
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Overarching Recommended Actions
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1. Improve UN Inter-Agency Coordination
2. Facilitate transport through training and communication
3. Improve Member State/regional coordination and
implementation of transport safety and security programs
4. Improve interface/coordination of transport safety/security at
all levels
5. Achieve harmonized regulations/guidance for transport
safety/security
6. Provide assistance to Member States and regional networks
to develop need-based capabilities
7. Engage Member States, non-governmental organizations and
industry to identify areas to be addressed to sustain safe and
secure transport
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Topical Areas/Recommended Actions
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• Recommended actions were grouped under the
eight topical areas identified in the Transport
Conference President’s Findings:
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Harmonization (8 actions)
Denial of Shipments (11 actions)
The Basis of the Provisions (11 actions)
Safety Requirements and Security Recommendations (9
actions)
National Implementation and Industry Compliance (10
actions)
Emergency Response (11 actions)
Communication (7 actions)
Regional Considerations (12 actions)
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Consideration of Recommended Actions
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• Some actions are replicated under the topical areas, for
example:
 Continue with transport safety work plan
 Continue with International Steering Committee action plan
– Some actions are process and organizationally focused, for
example:
 Learning from experience should be incorporated in training
 Enhance Inter‐Agency work, e.g. attend meetings at other UN bodies
 Closer cooperation with UN bodies covering all transport issues
• Some actions are focused on regulations and guidance, for
example:
 Harmonize transport regulations
 Consider risk analysis to guide priorities
 Provide guidance for customs to facilitate shipments
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2013 Follow Up Meeting (TM 44897)
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• The TM had several specific recommendations
and findings:
– Split of para. 417 in SSR-6
– Modify the definition of package by removing excepted
package from the list of “package types”
– Remove the term “confinement system” from Regulations
– NST022 could potentially impact delay and denial in a
positive manner
– To expand the subsection in Chapter 3 dealing with
“Training” to also address “Education”
– Difference of requirements for UN Packing groups and
IAEA types of packages (eg. Industrial Packages)
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2013 Follow Up Meeting (TM 44897) cont.
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– Limited quantity, Excepted quantity vs Excepted package
– Assessment of special provisions of UNOB, applicable for
radioactive material
– To use the Schedules as a basis to improve Class 7
requirements in the table of Chapter 3.2 in UNOB and the
modal agreements/regulations
– Simplification of regulations should be identified as an area
for further study.
– TS-G-1.2 should provide guidance on the radiological
impacts of an event and to recognize that most transport
events do not have any radiological impacts
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2014 – Follow up
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• TM will be scheduled to discuss:
– Denials of shipment
– Harmonization
– Communications
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Questions ?
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