Safety of transportation: conformance evaluation improvements

The results of analysis of the existing system of conformance evaluation (CE) for radioactive materials (RM) transport are presented. It is shown that the system as a whole isn't harmonized, many forms of CE duplicate one another. Suggestions on the system modernization are made: reduction of the number of activities requiring licensing; substitution of licensing with registration or the notification of activity for the organizations transporting of low-level activity RM; exception of duplication of various forms of an evaluation for the same object of regulation; the maximum application of the CE forms accepted abroad and by IAEA; application of differentiated approach to use of this or that CE form, depending on the potential danger degree of RM cargo; harmonization with the CE forms in other areas. It is noted that modernization of system of CE requires practically no change of laws, there is enough change of the acts approved by the government