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ID (ISN) del documento30524
Número CIS 79-93
ISBN(s) 0-580-08557-0
Año 1976
Número de serie
Título Guide to the design, testing and use of packaging for the safe transport of radioactive materials.
Información bibliográfica BS 3895:1976, British Standards Institution, Publications Department, 101 Pentonville Road, London N1 9ND, United Kingdom, 1976. 66p. Illus. 26 ref. Price: £8.20.
Resumen This guide gives advice supplementing the recommendations made by the International Atomic Energy Agency for the safe transport of radioactive materials (IAEA Safety Series No.6, 1973) and the advisory material given in IAEA Safety Series No.37, 1973. Definitions are followed by sections devoted to: design study, design guide (shielding, containment, heat dissipation, pressure build-up, mechanical and thermal protection, vibration, etc.); design approval; application for approval and certification; manufacture and use of packaging, etc. A list of international and United Kingdom regulations, and guides to design calculation for mechanical protection, thermal testing, vibration testing, etc. are appended. Tables: insolation data; requirements for Type B(U) and B(M) designs; maximum package radiation levels; maximum permissible levels of non-fixed radioactive contamination, etc.
Descriptores (primarios) radioprotección; Reino Unido; transporte de mercancias; contenedores transportables; substancias radioactivas
Descriptores (secundarios) OIEA; pantallas de radioprotección; legislación; seguridad incorporada; pruebas del material; norma; aprobación
Tipo de documento F - Notas informativas, directrices prácticas, normas
Tema(s) Radiaciones
Broad subject area(s)
Navegación por categoria(s) Ionizing radiation
Transport of materials