Comparison of U.S. Special Permit/Exemption/Authorization Processes for Licensing Type B Radioactive Material Packages - 17513
- Savannah River National Laboratory (United States)
- Savannah River Nuclear Solutions (United States)
In the United States, there are three regulators (agencies) associated with licensing Type B radioactive material packages for shipping. They are the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), the United States Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC), and the United States Department of Transportation (DOT). Each regulator has requirements and guidance which implement United States Code of Federal Regulations 10 CFR 71 - Packaging and Transportation of Radioactive Material and 49 CFR 171 through 180 - Hazardous Materials Regulations. Periodically, select packages may not clearly fit within the requirements or guidance. In such cases, the planned shipper can petition the applicable agency for a special permit/exemption/authorization approving the shipment with the specified deviations from the requirements or guidance. If equivalent safety is successfully demonstrated to the applicable regulator, such authorization may be obtained. This paper compares the: 1) DOE exemption process; 2) the NRC special package authorization process; and, 3) the DOT special permit process. (authors)
- Research Organization:
- WM Symposia, Inc., PO Box 27646, 85285-7646 Tempe, AZ (United States)
- OSTI ID:
- 22802485
- Report Number(s):
- INIS-US--19-WM-17513
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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