Severity of accidents during maritime transport of radioactive material

The results are described of an international Co-ordinated Research Project carried out by the International Atomic Energy Agency to determine whether the existing Transport Regulations take adequate account of accidents at sea, taking into account probability and consequences through; (i) assessing the severity of accidents on radioactive material packages and their expected frequencies of occurrence during sea transport; (ii) conducting and examining new studies on fire and impact environments on board ships; and (iii) considering additional research on sea transport. (author)