NRC to implement IAEA rules on radioactive materials
Washington (Platts)--13May2005
The U.S. will become the first country to implement the IAEA's Code of Conduct on the Safety and Security of Radioactive Sources. The NRC commissioners yesterday approved final changes to the agency's rules to provide greater oversight of export or import of radioactive materials that could be used in so-called "dirty bombs." The new rules will require specific licenses for radioactive materials (in sealed sources or in bulk) that have certain radioactivity levels. The levels in the NRC amendments to 10 CFR Part 110 are essentially equivalent to those in Category 1 and 2 of the IAEA's Code of Conduct. The new NRC regulations will be effective by Dec. 31. NRC said the U.S. played a key role in developing the code. The Group of Eight industrial nations at a 2004 summit agreed to implement the code's export-import provisions by December 2005.
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