Abstract
To protect the public and the environment, there are internationally agreed regulations for the safe transport of radioactive materials that prescribe technical requirements to limit the external radiation and contamination from packages, assure the containment of its radioactive content, and prevent criticality and excessive heat during transport.
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For transportation purposes, radioactive material is any material which activity concentration is greater than that of the exempted material established by the standards.
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Consignment is any package or packages, or radioactive material load, presented by a solely consignor for transport.
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A special form radioactive material:
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Should have at least one dimension of not less than 5 mm;
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Will not break or shatter under impact, percussion, and bending tests;
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Will not melt or disperse in heat test;
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The water activity from leaching tests will not exceed 2 kBq.
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A vehicle, vessel, hold, compartment, or defined deck area of a vessel, or aircraft.
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Non-fixed contamination is the contamination that can be removed from a surface during routine transport conditions.
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Domenech, H. (2017). Transport of Radioactive Materials. In: Radiation Safety. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-42671-6_15
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