The NRC Publishes NPRM Amending Radioactive Material Packaging and Transportation Requirements

摘要

On May 16, 2013, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) published their long awaited Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) to update and amend the radioactive material packaging and transportation requirements in 10 CFR 71. This NPRM is in combination with the August 12, 2011, NPRM published by the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Administration (PHMSA) to generally harmonize the existing domestic Class 7 (radioactive) material packaging and transport regulations to the 2009 International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Regulations for the Safe Transport of Radioactive Material" (TS-R-1).