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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