QUALITY ASSURANCE IN THE SAFE TRANSPORT OF RADIOACTIVE MATERIAL

QUALITY ASSURANCE IN THE SAFE TRANSPORT OF RADIOACTIVE MATERIAL 

It is the aim of the Regulations to achieve, through the application of effective quality assurance and compliance assurance programmes, the safety of the public and workers in the transport of radioactive material. 

This appendix is based on the experience and requirements of a number of internationally accepted quality assurance standards and codes including the IAEA s Safety Series No. 50-C/SG-Q 1996 [IV.l] and ISO 9001 (1994) [IV.2], and more advice and supporting examples are contained in IAEA Safety Series No. 113 [IV3]. It is expected that the radioactive material induspy will use this appendix in die development of quality assurance programmes, as it is focused on their needs for relevant quality assurance. The previous version of this appendix, whilst not intended to be a quality assurance standard , was widely recognized and adopted by many Member States and industry as it specifically addressed the essential principles of quality assurance. 

The quality assurance principles described in this appendix may in many cases be implemented by one or more organizations, depending upon the arrangements within individual Member States. Such variations will be due to differing national regulatory 

In the review of the earlier edition of Appendix IV the section headed Control of Use and Care of Packages was removed, and more appropriate parts of the quality assurance programme elements were revised to cover the important issues. This significant change brings this edition of the appendix more into harmony with the accepted quality assurance standards in use worldwide. 

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