Published 1987 | Version v1
Book

Estimated annual worldwide shipments of radioactive material

  • 1. International Atomic Energy Agency, Vienna (Austria)
  • 2. Sandia National Labs., Albuquerque, NM (USA)

Description

Data on shipments within or from 35 Member States of the IAEA have been used to estimate the volume of radioactive material shipments worldwide. The data have been extrapolated on the basis of gross domestic product and population, and it is estimated that from 18 to 38 million package shipments were made annually in the early 1980s. (author)

Part of:
Packaging and transportation of radioactive materials (PATRAM '86)

Additional details

Publishing Information

Publisher
IAEA.
Imprint Place
Vienna (Austria)
ISBN
92-0-020087-7
Imprint Title
Packaging and transportation of radioactive materials (PATRAM '86)
Imprint Pagination
634 p.
Series
Proceedings series.
Journal Page Range
v. 1 p. 459-468.

Conference

Title
International symposium on the packaging and transportation of radioactive materials.
Dates
16-20 Jun 1986.
Place
Davos (Switzerland).

INIS

Country of Publication
Austria
Country of Input or Organization
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
INIS RN
18057198
Subject category
S42: ENGINEERING;
Resource subtype / Literary indicator
Conference, Numerical Data
Descriptors DEI
COMPILED DATA; DATA ACQUISITION; EVALUATED DATA; MEMBER STATES; RADIOACTIVE MATERIALS; TRANSPORT
Descriptors DEC
DATA; INFORMATION; MATERIALS; NUMERICAL DATA

Optional Information

Notes
5 tabs.
Secondary number(s)
IAEA-SM--286/6.