Regulations for the safe transport of radioactive material: Content and application

The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) provides a set of requirements for the packaging and transport of radioactive material, known as the Regulations for the Safe Transport of Radioactive Material. These serve as the model for other international organizations as they develop regulatory documents relating to dangerous goods, and for individual IAEA Member States for their domestic regulations. This paper briefly discusses the IAEA Transport Regulations and elaborates on how they are applied in Argentina, which both exports and imports radioactive material and which is coastal with some sections of society concerned about the transport of large amounts of such material. From a technical perspective, Argentina understands that the transport of radioactive material, done in compliance with the existing regulations, is safe. (author)