Grading of the management system requirements to the safe transport of radioactive materials

الملخص EN

A graded approach is applicable in all stages of the lifetime of a research reactor.

During the lifetime of a research reactor, any grading that is performed should be such that safety functions and operational limits and conditions are preserved, so that there are no undue radiological hazards to workers, public or environment.

The grading of activities should be based on safety analyses, and regulatory requirements.

Other elements to be considered in grading are the complexity and the maturity of the technology, operating experience associated with the activities and the stage in the lifetime of the facility.

In this application, a graded approach is applied for the management system requirements to the safe transport of radioactive material in ETRR-2 research reactor facilities.

The Radioisotopes produced at the ETRR-2 facilities could be transported using one of the following packages; Cardboard box, Type A container, Type B(U) and B(M) containers.

This application, in such facilities, is involved in the design and manufacture of transport packages typically use a component based graded approach and qualitative expressions of risk based on the safety consequences of failure of the packaging component.

The main steps to apply the grading approach in this application are; identify the package type according to applicable transport regulations: classify the package by developing a list of the packaging components and the code used in the design, fabrication, use, inspection or testing and assign a quality grade to each items (systems, structures, or components); and specify the management controls required and assign a quality grade to each items.