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Regulatory Challenges in Transporting Consumer Products with Radioactive Materials

This presentation discusses the implementation of transport regulations for consumer products containing radioactive materials. It covers the definition of consumer products, categories of consumer products, and the IAEA's approach to radiation safety. It also addresses the issues and challenges in transporting these products, including the need for harmonization of requirements and the impact of measured gamma radiation levels on export shipments.

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Regulatory Challenges in Transporting Consumer Products with Radioactive Materials

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  1. Session Title: Regulatory and Institutional Issues: Implementation of Transport Regulations II Presentation Title: Transport of Consumer Products Containing Radioactive Materials: Are Exemption Levels Exempted? Christopher Bajwa International Atomic Energy Agency, Austria

  2. Transport of Consumer Products Containing Radioactive Materials: Are Exemption Levels Exempted? Igor GusevDepartment of Nuclear Safety and Security International Atomic Energy Agency Chris BajwaDepartment of Nuclear Safety and Security International Atomic Energy Agency Tony ColganDepartment of Nuclear Safety and Security International Atomic Energy Agency

  3. Overview What is a “consumer product” in the radiation safety context? Categories of consumer product Some examples of consumer products IAEA approach to radiation safety of consumer products Transport of consumer products Issues to be addressed Questions?

  4. What is a “consumer product”? In the IAEA safety standard on Radiation Protection and Safety of Radiation Sources: International Basic Safety Standards, a consumer product is defined as: “A device or manufactured item into which radionuclides have deliberately been incorporated or produced by activation, or which generates ionizing radiation, and which can be sold or made available to members of the public without special surveillance or regulatory control after sale.” -P. 102, GSR Part 3 (Interim) Some may be supplied directly to the public through commercial outlets Others intended for specialist use by professionals but may still be purchased by members of the public.

  5. Categories for Consumer Products • Products to which small amounts of radioactive material have been added • either for functional reasons or because of its physical or chemical properties; • Equipment capable of generating ionizing radiation; • Products which, as a result of being intentionally exposed to ionizing radiation, contain activation products.

  6. Examples of Consumer Products Ionization chamber smoke detectors (ICSDs); Radioluminousproducts using luminous paint or containing gaseous tritium light sources (GTLSs);

  7. Examples of Consumer Products, cont. • Thorium, 85Kr, and Tritium used by lamp manufacturers: • to improve electrode metallurgical properties • to optimize the light spectrum • to provide a starter aid function either in high intensity lamps or in older fluorescent lamps; • Gas mantles containing thorium;

  8. Examples of Consumer Products, cont. Thoriated tungsten welding electrodes; Glassware and tableware that may contain uranium compounds incorporated into the glass for the purpose of fluorescence

  9. Examples of Consumer Products, cont. Static eliminators incorporating 210Po or 241Am Glass lenses containing uranium and thorium compounds; Irradiated gemstones; Neutron transmutation doping (NTD) of crystal silicon.

  10. IAEA APPROACH TO THE RADIATION SAFETY OF CONSUMER PRODUCTS

  11. Regulatory Control of Consumer Products

  12. Safety Assessment for Consumer Products

  13. Transport of Consumer Products • As stated in para. 107 (e), the IAEA Transport Regulations (SSR-6) do not apply to: “radioactive material in consumer products that have received regulatory approval, following their sale to the end user” • Consumer products are, therefore, outside the scope of the Transport Regulations only after supply to the end user. • All other transport of consumer products including: • the use of conveyances between manufacturers, distributors, and retailers • the transport of large quantities of individually “exempted” consumer products Must comply with IAEA Transport Regulations.

  14. Transport Issues to be Addressed Exemption from regulatory control requires consideration of: • Harmonization of national and international requirements for imported consumer products • smoke detectors, irradiated gemstones, etc. • Internet trade of consumer products • Denials of export shipment of consumer products due to measured gamma radiation levels at the package.

  15. Questions ? Thank you Igor Gusev I.Gusev@iaea.org Christopher S. Bajwa C.Bajwa@iaea.org

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