Radiation Safety
Safe Transport of Radioactive Material
A programme for organisations that transport, receive or ship radioactive sources: package classification, packaging, marking and labelling, shipping documents, vehicle and driver requirements, and response to transport incidents, in accordance with the IAEA Regulations for the Safe Transport of Radioactive Material (SSR-6) and national requirements.
Overview
About the programme
A programme for organisations that transport, receive or ship radioactive sources: package classification, packaging, marking and labelling, shipping documents, vehicle and driver requirements, and response to transport incidents, in accordance with the IAEA Regulations for the Safe Transport of Radioactive Material (SSR-6) and national requirements.
Duration
2 days
Training hours
12 hours
Delivery
Training hall · Virtual · At your premises
Language
Arabic or English
Objectives
What trainees will gain
- Classify radioactive material and packages correctly — excepted, industrial, Type A and Type B — and understand the limits of each.
- Determine the package category, transport index, surface dose rate, and the required marking and labelling.
- Prepare shipping documents, the transport document and consignment notifications, and understand the responsibilities of the consignor, carrier and consignee.
- Apply the requirements for vehicles, segregation, stowage and physical security during transport and in-transit storage.
- Respond to transport incidents: cordoning off, surveying, reporting and coordinating with the competent authorities.
Content
What the programme covers
Day 1: Classification and packaging
- The regulatory framework for the transport of radioactive material: IAEA Regulations SSR-6, the modal agreements for road, air and sea transport, and national requirements.
- Material classification: low specific activity (LSA) material, surface contaminated objects (SCO), special form radioactive material and sealed sources.
- Package types and their requirements: excepted, industrial, Type A and Type B, package testing and approval certificates.
- Exercise: classifying actual shipments drawn from the participants' own work.
Day 2: Shipping and emergencies
- Marking and labelling: Categories I, II and III, the transport index, and vehicle placards.
- Documentation: the transport document, emergency instructions, the shipping certificate, and records and their retention.
- The vehicle and the driver: segregation from persons and photographic film, stowage and securing, physical security, and stops and in-transit storage.
- Transport incidents: assessing the situation, cordoning off, surveying, immediate reporting, dealing with responding agencies, and case studies.
- Final evaluation.
Who for
Target audience
Shipping and logistics coordinators in NDT, well logging, laboratory, hospital and industrial organisations that transport sources, the drivers involved, Radiation Safety Officers (RSOs), and warehouse and port-of-entry staff who receive radioactive packages.
Method
How it is delivered
Applied instruction with real document templates, and classification and labelling exercises on training packages. Delivered at your facility, in a venue arranged by the Center or virtually, in Arabic or English.
A programme tailored to your organisation
The duration and topics of the programme are adjusted to the organisation's needs, and it is delivered at its site, in a training hall arranged by the Center, or virtually.