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Applicable international and Swedish regulations:
• IMDG Code – International Maritime Dangerous Goods Code.
• SJÖFS 2003:15 – The IMDG code. The competent authority is the Swedish Maritime Administration.
• ADR – Accord européen rélatif au transport internationel des marchandises dangereuses par route
(European Agreement concerning the International Carriage of Dangerous Goods by Road).
• ADR-S – The Swedish Rescue Services Agency’s regulations concerning the domestic transport of
dangerous goods on and off road.
• RID – Réglement concernant le transport internationel des marchandises dangereuses par chemin de fer
(Regulations concerning the international carriage of dangerous goods by rail).
• RID-S – The Swedish Rescue Services Agency’s regulations concerning the domestic transport of
dangerous goods by rail.
Transport casks
Due to its content of radioactive substances, spent nuclear fuel, whether encapsulated
or non-encapsulated, must be transported in Type B packages, according to the IAEA’s
recommendations.
A cask that has been approved according to the requirements for Type B packages has a very
great ability to withstand stresses even in connection with serious accidents without losing its
integrity or radiation-shielding capacity. This is verified both by calculations and by specified
tests performed with a prototype cask. The tests include a drop from nine metres onto an
unyielding surface, a drop onto a pointed test object, a heat test equivalent to a fire of 800°C
for 30 minutes, and a pressure test equivalent to the water pressure at a depth of 200 metres. In
general, transport casks for fuel more than meet these requirements, since the radiation shielding
makes the cask very strong.
The cask’s design is reviewed by the competent authority, which issues a cask licence specifying
what the cask may hold. A licence for use in Sweden is issued by the Swedish Nuclear Power
Inspectorate (SKI) or the Swedish Radiation Protection Authority (SSI).
9.4.2 Permits
The general Swedish provisions governing handling and transport of radioactive materials are to
be found in the Nuclear Activities Act, the Radiation Protection Act and Transport of Dangerous
Goods Act. The permit-issuing authorities are SKI and SSI.
The permits needed to transport nuclear material or nuclear waste are of two types:
• Permit to transport nuclear material or nuclear waste with a particular transportation system
(equipment and organization).
• Approval that a certain kind of goods, for example transport packages for a certain waste
type, may be transported.
The permits are subject to different conditions, such as:
• Transport regulations must be complied with.
• Pre-notification must be made of planned shipments.
• Data on the waste to be transported must lie within certain limits.
An application is made for a permit for the transport of a specific kind of goods. If another kind
of goods is then to be transported, a new permit must be applied for.
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