1. B.S.MANJUNATH BHABHA ATOMIC RESEARCH CENTRE MUMBAI – 400085, INDIA
TRANSSC-37, IAEA, VIENNA,
NOVEMBER 26-30, 2018
AGENDA ITEM – New Concept of ON-LINE USER’S MANUALS for EFFECTIVE APPLICATION OF IAEA TRANSPORT REGULATIONS
B.S.MANJUNATH BHABHA ATOMIC RESEARCH CENTRE MUMBAI – , INDIA

2. 85% 17 MILLION GLOBALLY PACKAGES TRANSPORTED /YEAR = 20 MILLION
ON-LINE USER’S MANUAL
FOR EFFECTIVE APPLICATION OF IAEA TRANSPORT REGULATIONS
GLOBALLY PACKAGES TRANSPORTED /YEAR = 20 MILLION
(Ref: 15, 2018)
10%
2 MILLION 5%
1 MILLION
FUEL RELATED
PACKAGES
NON-FUEL TYPE-B
PACKAGES
85%
17 MILLION
For Medicine, Agriculture, Research, Manufacturing, Non-Destructive Testing and in the Exploration of minerals
TRANSPORTED BY: LARGE INSTITUTIONS WITH EXPERTISE & RESOURCES
NON-FUEL RELATED PACKAGES
(NON-FISSILE AND FISSILE EXCEPTED)
TRANSPORTED BY: SMALL/ MEDIUM INSTITUTIONS WITH LIMITED EXPERTISE & RESOURCES
BETTER REGULATORY COMPLIANCE BY ’COMPACT, COMPREHENSIVE & PRECISE’ REGULATIONS

3. ON-LINE USER’S MANUAL
FOR EFFECTIVE APPLICATION OF IAEA TRANSPORT REGULATIONS
IAEA DOCUMENTS RELATED TO
‘TRANSPORTATION OF RADIOACTIVE MATERIALS’
MAIN DOCUMENTS 1. Regulatory Requirements, 2018 (SSR-6) 2. Schedules for SSR-6, 2015 (SSG-33) 3. Advisory for SSR-6, 2014 (SSG-26) 4. Compliance Assurance, 2009 (TS-G-1.5)
Documents integrated with Compliance Assurance, 2009
5.Radiation Protection (TS-G-1.3)
6.Emergency Response (TS-G-1.2)
7.Management Systems (TS-G-1.4)
Documents yet to be integrated with Compliance Assurance, 2009
8. Guide for Security, 26-G
9. Physical Protection, 27-G
10. Other publications like Guidance for Import/Export, Postal…

4. STRUCTURE OF PROPOSED MANUALS
ON-LINE USER’S MANUAL
FOR EFFECTIVE APPLICATION OF IAEA TRANSPORT REGULATIONS
STRUCTURE OF PROPOSED MANUALS
Each Manual is Specific to
ONE UN SHIPMENT NUMBER OF SSG-33
Adopting the ‘Sequence of Paragraph numbers mentioned in SSG-33 for the specific UN SHIPMENT NUMBER, Manual compiles applicable requirements/ guidance from SSR-6 and SSG-26
Any other Paragraphs not mentioned in SSG-3 but referred by ‘compiled paragraphs’ are also appended immediately to ensure continuity of the subject. Ensure ‘Integrity of Paragraphs’, so that referred IAEA docs need not be referred again
Also compile all Annexures, Appendices and References to the specific UN Shipment Number. This completes ‘gathering all relevant information’ specific to the UN Number in Manual’
Compile ‘perceived’ Applicable information of the Specific UN Number from Radiation Protection, Emergency Response & Management Systems

5. FOR EFFECTIVE APPLICATION OF IAEA TRANSPORT REGULATIONS
ON-LINE USER’S MANUAL
FOR EFFECTIVE APPLICATION OF IAEA TRANSPORT REGULATIONS
STRUCTURE OF PROPOSED MANUALS
For facilitating the Approval from Competent Authorities,
The Manual presents the gathered information in the sequence specified by Compliance Assurance

6. Proposed to be an ‘ON-LINE INFORMATION TOOL OF IAEA’
ON-LINE USER’S MANUAL
FOR EFFECTIVE APPLICATION OF IAEA TRANSPORT REGULATIONS
ADVANTAGES OF ON-LINE MANUALS SPECIFIC TO EACH UN SHIPMENT NUMBER
Proposed to be an ‘ON-LINE INFORMATION TOOL OF IAEA’
‘Stand Alone Document’ for each UN Shipment Number: 26 Nos
Comprehensive, Precise and Compact for Most Common Shipments (85% Shipments) or no need to refer 10 IAEA Documents
Harmonizes the Regulatory Standards/Documents published at different times, ‘to improve Interpretation’
Uniform implementation across the World
IAEA can communicate to users any other latest information regarding ‘Any UN shipment number’
‘No Modifications/ Changes in Text and Paragraph numbers’
of referred IAEA Standards. Can be prepared by only 3 of 14 Steps (or in TWO months) by a small IAEA Team.

7. SPECIFIC TO A UN SHIPMENT NUMBER
ON-LINE USER’S MANUAL
FOR EFFECTIVE APPLICATION OF IAEA TRANSPORT REGULATIONS
ADVANTAGES OF ON-LINE MANUALS
SPECIFIC TO A UN SHIPMENT NUMBER
14th Step
(1 Month) STD-1
12th Step
(4 Month) STD-3
10th Step
(6 Month) STD-2
9th Step
‘Manuals are Real Time IAEA Tools’,
to communicate revised Regulations/information

8. Experience gained/ Observations made
ON-LINE USER’S MANUAL
FOR EFFECTIVE APPLICATION OF IAEA TRANSPORT REGULATIONS
Experience gained/ Observations made
SAMPLE ONLINE USER’S MANUAL FOR
‘SHIPMENTS UNDER UN NO: 3332’
RADIOACTIVE MATERIAL, TYPE A PACKAGE SPECIAL FORM, non-fissile or fissile-excepted
Different types of Nucleonic gauge sources
Low activity sources used in intracavitary brachytherapy
3. Low activity sources used in interstitial brachytherapy
4. Calibration sources: Cs-137 of activities 1 TBq and 0.1 TBq 
5. Calibration sources: Co-60  of activities 50 GBq and 0.5 GBq 
6.  Calibration source: Sr-90 of activity 0.4 GBq or more
7. Am-Be well logging sources

9. FOR EFFECTIVE APPLICATION OF IAEA TRANSPORT REGULATIONS
ON-LINE USER’S MANUAL
FOR EFFECTIVE APPLICATION OF IAEA TRANSPORT REGULATIONS
Experience gained/ Observations made:
Considerations made for preparing
‘Sample Manual of UN NO: 3332’ for ‘Most Common Transportations’
Radioactive materials are Non-Fissile or Fissile Excepted & Solid
No Surface Contamination
Always meets Type A requirements
Supplementary to Sample Manual for less frequent shipments like:
When Radioactive Materials are Fissile Excepted, in Liquid or Gas Form and An Exempt Material/ Consignment
When Packages, Overpacks, freight containers and Conveyances have Surface Contamination
When Packages are transported as Special Arrangement Exclusive Use and by Postal arrangements

10. FOR EFFECTIVE APPLICATION OF IAEA TRANSPORT REGULATIONS
ON-LINE USER’S MANUAL
FOR EFFECTIVE APPLICATION OF IAEA TRANSPORT REGULATIONS
Experience gained/ Observations made:
Procedure followed during Preparation of Manual specific to UN:3332
Notations adopted to integrate paragraphs of referred Standards/ Documents in Manual
For Regulations, SSR : #C
(Mentioned at the beginning of Paragraph in Manual)
Notations for Other Standards/ Documents
(Mentioned at the end of Paragraph in Manual)
(b) For Advisory Material, SSG-26 : #A
(c) For Schedules, SSG-33 : #S
(d) For Compliance Assurance : #CA
(e) For Radiation Protection : #RP
(f) For Emergency Response : #ER
(g) For Management Systems : #MS

11. FOR EFFECTIVE APPLICATION OF IAEA TRANSPORT REGULATIONS
ON-LINE USER’S MANUAL
FOR EFFECTIVE APPLICATION OF IAEA TRANSPORT REGULATIONS
Experience gained/ Observations made:
Typical Page of Sample Manual
It is the consignor’s responsibility to comply with the requirements of marking, labelling and placarding. ( S#) 
C# 545. Except as otherwise provided in these Regulations, no person may offer radioactive material for transport unless it is properly marked, labelled, placarded, described and certified on a transport document, and otherwise in a condition for transport as required by these Regulations. ( S#)
The consignor should take appropriate actions according to its management system to ensure that compliance with the requirements can be demonstrated. This does not mean that actions such as placarding the vehicle have to be carried out by the consignor (A# 545.1).

12. FOR EFFECTIVE APPLICATION OF IAEA TRANSPORT REGULATIONS
ON-LINE USER’S MANUAL
FOR EFFECTIVE APPLICATION OF IAEA TRANSPORT REGULATIONS
Experience gained/ Observations made:
‘A portion from a Page’ of Compliance Assurance, as included in Manual
ANNEX-CA 
CA# Compliance Assurance for the Safe Transport of Radioactive Material,
Safety Guide No. TS-G-1.5, 2009
42. Proposed route : C# 108, C# 554, C# 576, C# 837, C# ANNEX I (c)
43. Type of conveyance : C# 524, C# 546(l), C# 554, C# 566, C# Table 10,
C# 607, C# 837(e)
44. Operational controls : C# 837(g)
during shipment
45. Storage in transit : C# 106, C# 562, C# 563, C# 564, C# 565, C# 566
46. Stowing, handling and :
lifting
47. Radiation protection : C# 802(d), C# 576(a)
programme for IAEA TS-G-1.3, 2007 (RPP)
special use vessels RP# Annex I, II, III, VIII, IX, X and XI

13. FOR EFFECTIVE APPLICATION OF IAEA TRANSPORT REGULATIONS
ON-LINE USER’S MANUAL
FOR EFFECTIVE APPLICATION OF IAEA TRANSPORT REGULATIONS
Experience gained/ Observations made:
Preliminary quantification of the ‘Effort Saved’ by referring to Manual
Total Pages in Sample Manual : 197
(Not considering other shipments under UN:3332,
Font sizes, Page Width, Line Spacing, etc
Estimated number of pages for ‘Other Conditions : 100
and Fissile-Excepted Shipments’
Total Number of Pages from Seven IAEA Documents, : 1211
referred by Manual (Without editorials, forewords,
Contributors, Bibliography and Index)
Less number of Pages referred by Users, : 1211 – 297
by adopting this Manual = 914 Pages
Pages in Manual is expected to increase by another 50 pages, when requirements from Standards published after 2009 are also included

14. PROPOSED FUTURE ACTIONS
ON-LINE USER’S MANUAL
FOR EFFECTIVE APPLICATION OF IAEA TRANSPORT REGULATIONS
PROPOSED FUTURE ACTIONS
1. IAEA is required to Develop a Software for
‘DETERMINATION OF THE UN SHIPMENT NUMBER’ which shall subsequently link the ‘User to Applicable Manuals’
Typical Inputs for Software of ‘Non-Fissile Shipments’ are:
Radio-Isotope: Single/ Mixture 8. Package Detail: If, empty
Total Activity Activity: Packaged/ Unpackaged
Physical Form: Solid/Liquid/Gas Article/ Instrument
Special Form : Yes/No If Surface Contamination
Mass of Radioactive Material a. Fixed/ Non-fixed
Mode of Transport b. Surface Area:
Conveyance Details
Fissile Materials need more exhaustive Inputs
2. Explore including in applicable Manuals:
‘Typical Package Configurations with Specifications’
which can meet all compiled requirements

15. FOR EFFECTIVE APPLICATION OF IAEA TRANSPORT REGULATIONS
ON-LINE USER’S MANUAL
FOR EFFECTIVE APPLICATION OF IAEA TRANSPORT REGULATIONS
Suggestions for Compact, Comprehensive & Widely Adoptable Manuals
Each UN Shipment Number may have
A MAIN MANUAL (b) A SUPPLEMENTARY MANUAL and
(c) A FISSILE RELATED ADDITIONAL MANUAL
a. Main Manual for the ‘Most Prevalent Conditions of Transport’
b. Fissile related Manual for ‘Fissile Excepted and Fissile Materials’
c. Supplementary Manual for ‘Conditions Excluded in both above Manuals’ like Liquids and Gases, Contaminated, Damaged and Leaking sources/Packages/Conveyances and for any other extra-ordinary situations
‘Segregating’ the requirements of Emergency Response, Security, Management Systems and Radiation Protection for packages other than Type-B, Type-C & Fissile-Excepted/Fissile packages,
Greatly Simplifies Documents and Procedures for
Demonstration of Regulatory Compliance for a Majority of Shipments.

16. FOR EFFECTIVE APPLICATION OF IAEA TRANSPORT REGULATIONS
ON-LINE USER’S MANUAL
FOR EFFECTIVE APPLICATION OF IAEA TRANSPORT REGULATIONS
Some of the Manuals on ‘Radioactive Material Transportation’
Manual of Training Course series no. 1 “Safe Transport of Radioactive Material”, Fourth Edition, IAEA, 2006
Reactor Concepts Manual for “Transportation of Radioactive Material” by USNRC Technical Training Center
“Radioactive Material Transportation Practices Manual” for Use with DOE O 460.2A, 2008
HazMat Team Emergency Response “Manual for Class 7 Transport Emergencies”, Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission, July 2009
Radioactive Materials Packaging and Transportation, “Basic Primer. Office of Science”, USDOE, 2009
“Radioactive Materials Packaging and Transportation”, DOE/Oak Ridge Office, 2013
Radiation Safety Manual 2016, Chapter 7-Transportation of Radioactive Material, Environmental Health and Safety Office

17. FOR EFFECTIVE APPLICATION OF IAEA TRANSPORT REGULATIONS
ON-LINE USER’S MANUAL
FOR EFFECTIVE APPLICATION OF IAEA TRANSPORT REGULATIONS
Requirement of
‘AN ASSESSMENT MANUAL FOR COMPETENT AUTHORITIES’
as discussed in an IAEA international conference titled “Safety of Transport of Radioactive Material” , in Vienna during 7–11 July 2003
After Technical Session-2 on Invited Paper “Experience with TranSAS, A key to compliance assurance” by L. BAEKELANDT, Federal Agency for Nuclear Control, Brussels, Belgium, following discussions occurred:
E.W.BRACH (USA): …the TranSAS team suggested that “the Radioactive Material Transport Division should prepare and implement a technical instruction document, i.e. An “assessment manual” that provides guidance for the review and approval of applications for package design, special form and low dispersible radioactive materials, special arrangements, shipments, and radiation protection programmes.” ….. I was wondering whether the IAEA’s Secretariat has considered preparing one.

18. FOR EFFECTIVE APPLICATION OF IAEA TRANSPORT REGULATIONS
ON-LINE USER’S MANUAL
FOR EFFECTIVE APPLICATION OF IAEA TRANSPORT REGULATIONS
Requirement of
‘AN ASSESSMENT MANUAL’ FOR COMPETENT AUTHORITIES
as discussed in an IAEA international conference titled “Safety of Transport of Radioactive Material” , in Vienna, 7–11 July 2003
G.J. DICKE (IAEA): As emphasized at Transport Safety Standards Committee (TRANSSC) meetings, there is a need for quite a few manuals in the radioactive material transport area. Unfortunately, the resources made available for work in this area through the IAEA budget are limited. At recent meetings, TRANSSC has discussed the possibility of IAEA Member States doing more to help the Secretariat with the preparation of manuals. From the good practices identified during TranSAS missions, it is clear that much relevant expertise exists in Member States.
Note: Proceedings of Transport Safety Standards Committee (TRANSSC) meetings held in 2003 are not available on-line

19. FOR EFFECTIVE APPLICATION OF IAEA TRANSPORT REGULATIONS
ON-LINE USER’S MANUAL
FOR EFFECTIVE APPLICATION OF IAEA TRANSPORT REGULATIONS
Requirement of
‘AN ASSESSMENT MANUAL’ FOR COMPETENT AUTHORITIES
as discussed in an IAEA international conference titled “Safety of Transport of Radioactive Material” , in Vienna, 7–11 July 2003
R.B.POPE (IAEA): The suggestion regarding the preparation and implementation of an “assessment manual” resulted from the fact that the TranSAS team had established that the Radioactive Materials Transport Division had been working on such a document for some time. Like Mr. Brach, I believe that the “assessment manual”, when finalized, could benefit competent authorities throughout the world. As indicated by Mr. Dicke, because the IAEA’s Secretariat is operating under severe resource constraints, it would like to make available what some competent authorities already have available in this area to the competent authorities of the other IAEA Member States so as to assist them in their work.

20. FOR EFFECTIVE APPLICATION OF IAEA TRANSPORT REGULATIONS
ON-LINE USER’S MANUAL
FOR EFFECTIVE APPLICATION OF IAEA TRANSPORT REGULATIONS
Requirement of
‘AN ASSESSMENT MANUAL’ FOR COMPETENT AUTHORITIES
as discussed in an IAEA international conference titled “Safety of Transport of Radioactive Material” , in Vienna, 7–11 July 2003
C. PECOVER (United Kingdom): That is clearly a matter that TRANSSC should focus on.
“SUMMARY BY THE CHAIRPERSON”
One of the five noteworthy points emerged from the Discussion after Technical Session-2:
A suggestion made during the UK TranSAS mission prompted a request for the IAEA Secretariat to consider developing an “assessors manual” for competent authorities, to assist in harmonizing the interpretation of regulatory requirements.

21. Words of The Director General, IAEA
ON-LINE USER’S MANUAL
FOR EFFECTIVE APPLICATION OF IAEA TRANSPORT REGULATIONS
Words of The Director General, IAEA
as mentioned in forewords of IAEA Publications
“Standards are only effective,
if they are properly applied in practice”
AKNOWLEDGEMENTS Mr. PAUL HINRICHSEN For encouraging to make this presentation and DR. A.N. NANDAKUMAR For Guidance during Preparation of Sample Manual

22. Summary of Presentation
ON-LINE USER’S MANUAL
FOR EFFECTIVE APPLICATION OF IAEA TRANSPORT REGULATIONS
Summary of Presentation
Online Manuals can be an ‘Effective Tool’ in implementing Regulations for Most Common Shipments to communicate ‘Latest, Precise and Comprehensive Requirements’ to Specific Users.
Manuals can be used to ‘Harmonize the IAEA Documents’ which are published in different time-scales.
The ‘Compliance Assurance’ shall include requirements from IAEA Standards published after 2009.
The ‘Sample Manual’ highlighted the ‘Effort saved by Users’ and suggested ‘Developing a Software to Determine the UN Shipment Numbers and other Applicable Manuals’.
The Online Manuals could facilitate ‘Application of Standards in Practice’ as desired by DG, IAEA and the observation of an IAEA Conference in 2003.

23. Thanks for
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