Joint Session: Nuclear Security Guidance Committee (NSGC), Radiation Safety Standards Committee (RASSC) and Transport Safety Standards Committee (TRANSSC) Denial of Shipment of Radioactive Material Historical Overview 12 June 2024 (Agenda
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Joint Session: Nuclear Security Guidance Committee (NSGC), Radiation Safety Standards Committee (RASSC) and Transport Safety Standards Committee (TRANSSC) Denial of Shipment of Radioactive Material – Historical Overview 12 June 2024
(Agenda Item No. NRT-4.1a) Shazia Fayyaz
UH-TSU/RIT/NSRW, Scientific Secretary TRANSSC<br>
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Background<br>
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GC Resolutions 2022: IAEA General Conference Resolution GC(66)/RES/6 paras 86 (re NFP) and 87 (re CoC)
Denial of Shipment Working Group (DoS WG) established for four-year period (2023–2026)
2023: IAEA General Conference Resolution GC(67)/RES/7 paras 94 (re NFP) and 95 (re CoC)
Secretariat to consider next steps on the draft Code of Conduct on the Facilitation of Safe and Secure Transport of Radioactive Materials prepared by the Working Group<br>
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Definitions “a (explicit or implicit) refusal to carry a shipment of radioactive material though it conforms to all the applicable Regulations.”
According to DoSWG,
definition is still relevant, some circumstances that are not covered by this definition warrant some updates to this definition. There are three situations that characterize a Denial or Delay of shipment, which are listed below:<br>
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IAEA Denial of Shipment Working Group 2023-2026 Membership: Member States, UN Organisations, Non-Governmental Organisations
Structure: Chair from a Member State, and Co-Chair may be from Industry
Sub-Working Groups (SWGs):
SWG-1: DoS Data Collection, Analysis and Metrics
SWG-2: Potential Solutions for DoS Problem
SWG-3: Communication, Training and Outreach<br>
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Proposed Code of Conduct on the Facilitation of the Safe and Secure Transport of Radioactive Material Recommended by the DoS WG
Reservations from Iran, Japan and Turkey
Voluntary nature, encouraging facilitation
Open-ended meeting of legal and technical experts is planned from 15-18 July 2024, Vienna on the draft Code of Conduct on the Facilitation of Safe and Secure Transport of Radioactive Material submitted by the Denial of Shipment Working Group<br>
