2.2

National regulations

The orders applicable to each mode of radioactive material transport are as follows:
- the order of 1 June 2001 as modified concerning the transport of dangerous goods by road (known as the "ADR order");
- the order of 5 June 2001 as modified, concerning the transportation of dangerous goods by rail (known as the "RID order");
- the order of 5 December 2002 as modified, concerning the transportation of dangerous goods by inland waterway (known as the "ADNR order");
- the order of 12 May 1997 as modified, concerning the technical conditions for the operation of aircraft by a public air transport operator (OPS1);
- the order of 23 November 1987 as modified, division 411 of the regulations for the safety of ships (RSN);
- the order of 18 July 2000 as modified, regulating the transport and handling of dangerous goods in sea ports.

These orders transpose in full the requirements of the international agreements and regulations in force.

The new orders, which were signed or co-signed by the DGSNR during the course of 2005 are recalled below in chronological order.

Transports

By delegation of the ministers for the Industry and for Ecology and Sustainable Development, the ASN co-signed the following:
- the order of 8 July 2005 modifying the order of 1 June 2001 as modified concerning the transport of dangerous goods by road (known as the "ADR order");
- the order of 8 July 2005 modifying the order of 5 June 2001 as modified, concerning the transport of dangerous goods by rail (known as the "RID order").
- the order of 8 July 2005 modifying the order of 5 December 2002 concerning the transport of dangerous goods by inland waterway (known as the "ADNR order");
- the order of 26 April 2005 modifying the order of 21 December 2004, concerning the transport of dangerous goods by rail (known as the "RID order").
- the order of 12 December 2005 modifying the order of 23 November 1987 concerning the safety of ships.

Certification of organisations

By delegation of the ministers for Industry and the Environment, the ASN co-signed the order of 8 July 2005 approving the Association of independent inspectors with regard to gas containers, tanks intended for the transport of dangerous goods and hoses.

Radiation protection in modal transport regulations

There are a large number of regulations applicable to transport (package approval, labelling, parking, etc.).
Worker and population radiological protection entails compliance with:
– specified levels of radiation in all places normally occupied by a vehicle;
– specified distances between packages, overpacks, containers and tankers and regularly occupied places and workstations; these distances are calculated considering an annual dose of 5 mSv for workers regularly employed in these zones and 1 mSv for the public and areas to which the public regularly has access;
– certain limits, such as the equivalent dose rates on the surface of and in the vicinity of packages, the fixed and smearable contamination limits on surfaces, etc.
All these requirements and limits are specified in the modal regulations for each mode of transport.
These requirements apply without prejudice to compliance with the Public Health Code.
The regulations also require drafting of a radiation protection programme applicable to radioactive material transports.
The purpose of the radiation protection programme is to define and document the supervisory framework to be applied by all parties involved in the transport of radioactive materials, to ensure compliance with the principles of radiation protection.
The nature and scale of the measures to be implemented in this programme should be proportional to the value and probability of exposure to radiation. Radiological protection and safety must be optimised so that the individual doses, the number of people exposed and the probability of being exposed are kept as low as is reasonably achievable (ALARA approach).
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