Published 1992 | Version v1
Report Restricted

Transportation accidents/incidents involving radioactive materials (1971--1991)

  • 1. Applied Physics, Inc., Albuquerque, NM (United States)
  • 2. Sandia National Labs., Albuquerque, NM (United States)

Description

The Radioactive Materials Incident Report (RMIR) database contains information on transportation-related accidents and incidents involving radioactive materials that have occurred in the United States. The RMIR was developed at Sandia National Laboratories (SNL) to support its research and development program efforts for the US Department of Energy (DOE). This paper will address the following topics: background information on the regulations and process for reporting a hazardous materials transportation incident, overview data of radioactive materials transportation accidents and incidents, and additional information and summary data on how packagings have performed in accident conditions

Availability note (English)

MF available from INIS under the Report Number; OSTI as DE93002304; NTIS; INIS; US Govt. Printing Office Dep.

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Additional details

Publishing Information

Imprint Pagination
7 p.
Report number
SAND--91-2672C

Conference

Title
PATRAM '92.
Acronym
10. international symposium on the packaging and transportation of radioactive materials
Dates
13-18 Sep 1992.
Place
Yokohama (Japan).

INIS

Country of Publication
United States
Country of Input or Organization
United States
INIS RN
24038415
Subject category
S42: ENGINEERING;
Resource subtype / Literary indicator
Conference
Descriptors DEI
ACCIDENTS; CONTAINERS; PACKAGING; RADIOACTIVE MATERIALS; REGULATIONS; TRANSPORT; US DOT; US NRC
Descriptors DEC
LAWS; MATERIALS; NATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS; US ORGANIZATIONS

Optional Information

Contract/Grant/Project number
Contract AC04-76DP00789
Funding organization
USDOE, Washington, DC (United States).
Secondary number(s)
TTC--1141; CONF-920905--48.