방사성물질 운반안전관리에 대한 고찰

Following the rapid growth of nuclear and radiation industries, the amount of radioactive material transports have been steeply increased. Like other dangerous goods, radioactive materials are transported according to Recommendations on the Transport of Dangerous Goods (Orange Book) which published the United Nations. The Orange Book includes the Regulations for the Safe Transport of Radioactive Material (TS-R-1) published by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA). Because transports of radioactive material are occurred internationally, technical standards and safety control system should be harmonized among relative nations and international organizations for transports. For the harmonization, IAEA collects opinions periodically from member states and relative organizations and revise TS-R-1 every two years. Korean government had been adapted TS-R-1 on the Atomic Energy Act (AEA) and supplementary decrees, regulations and notice. Because AEA includes all things about nuclear and radiation such as the Atomic Energy Committee, nuclear power plants, research reactors, fissile material facilities, radioisotopes, radiation generators, radioactive wastes, transport of radioactive material, etc., it has a lot of provisions. On the contrary, provisions about a certain category are dispersed and multiply entrusted to supplementary decrees, regulations and notices. Provisions for the safe transport of radioactive material are also dispersed in AEA, Enforcement Decree of AEA, Enforcement Regulations of AEA, Regulations of Technical Standards for Safe Control of Radiation, Notices of Ministry of Education, Science and Technology. That makes it difficult to understand meaning of provisions and revision process. So, it is need to assemble provisions in one regulations.