Environmental impact of transporting radioactive materials

This paper gives the authors' perception of the environmental criteria that the transport of radioactive material operations have to satisfy in the United Kingdom. In building up this picture the basis of the regulations that have to be satisfied are described and the way these regulations are complied with discussed. A summary of transport operational experience is given. Finally, the range of risk studies that have been done to cover individual and collective dose possibilities, the loss of a flask at sea, accident frequency, and an example of risk evaluation for a specific movement is given. (author)