Assessment of Quality Management for Transport Packages Not Requiring Authority Design Approval - 18194
- Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung - BAM (Germany)
The majority of transports of radioactive materials are carried out in packages which don't need a package design approval of a competent authority. Low active radioactive materials are transported in such kind of packages e.g. in the medical and pharmaceutical industry and in the nuclear industry as well. In Germany the decision to phase out nuclear energy leads to a strong demand for packages to transport low and middle active radioactive waste due to the dismantling and decommissioning of nuclear power plants. According to IAEA regulations the 'non-competent authority approved package types' are the excepted packages and the industrial packages of Type IP-1, IP-2 and IP-3 and of Type A. For the packages of Type IP-2, IP-3 and Type A an assessment by the German competent authority is required for the quality management for the design, manufacture, testing, documentation, use, maintenance and inspection. In general a compliance audit of the manufacturer of the packaging is required during this assessment procedure. Their regulatory level in the IAEA regulations is not comparable with the regulatory density for packages requiring competent authority design approval. The countries apply different approaches within the assessment of the quality assurance measures in the management system as well as in the quality assurance program of a special package design. To use the package or packaging in a safe manner and in compliance with the regulations a management system for each phase of the life of the package or packaging is necessary. In order to help manufactures, which measurements and documents are needed for the assessment procedure, BAM developed a guideline. The guideline BAM-GGR 016 [5] describes the needed quality management for the design, manufacture, testing, documentation, use, maintenance and inspection of a packaging and the package. The poster to be presented will explain the different requirements of the quality assurance measures and give examples. (authors)
- Research Organization:
- WM Symposia, Inc., PO Box 27646, 85285-7646 Tempe, AZ (United States)
- OSTI ID:
- 22975371
- Report Number(s):
- INIS-US--20-WM-18194
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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