Regulations for the Safe Transport of Radioactive Material - 2005 Edition

101. These Regulations establish standards of safety which provide an
acceptable level of control of the radiation, criticality and thermal hazards to
persons, property and the environment that are associated with the transport of
radioactive material. These Regulations utilize the principles set forth in both
the “Radiation Protection and the Safety of Radiation Sources”, Safety Series
No. 120 [1] and the “International Basic Safety Standards for Protection
against Ionizing Radiation and for the Safety of Radiation Sources”, Safety
Series No. 115 [2], jointly sponsored by the Food and Agriculture Organization
of the United Nations, the IAEA, the International Labour Organization, the
OECD Nuclear Energy Agency, the Pan American Health Organization and
the World Health Organization. Thus, compliance with these Regulations is
deemed to satisfy the principles of the Basic Safety Standards in respect of
transport.
102. This Safety Standard is supplemented by a hierarchy of Safety Guides
including “Advisory Material for the IAEA Regulations for the Safe Transport
of Radioactive Material (1996 Edition)”, IAEA Safety Standards Series No.
TS-G-1.1 (ST-2) [3], “Planning and Preparing for Emergency Response to
Transport Accidents Involving Radioactive Material”, IAEA Safety Standards
Series No. TS-G-1.2 (ST-3) [4], “Compliance Assurance for the Safe Transport
of Radioactive Material”, IAEA Safety Standards Series No. TS-G-1.4 [5] and
“Quality Assurance for the Safe Transport of Radioactive Material”, IAEA
Safety Standards Series No. TS-G-1.3 [6].
103. In certain parts of these Regulations, a particular action is prescribed, but
the responsibility for carrying out the action is not specifically assigned to any
particular legal person. Such responsibility may vary according to the laws and
customs of different countries and the international conventions into which
these countries have entered. For the purpose of these Regulations, it is not
necessary to make this assignment, but only to identify the action itself. It
remains the prerogative of each government to assign this responsibility.