Transport Safety Appraisal Services (TranSAS)
- Integrated Review Service for Radioactive Waste and Spent Fuel Management, Decommissioning and Remediation (ARTEMIS)
- Construction Readiness Review (CORR)
- Disused Sealed Radioactive Sources Technical Centres Peer Review Service (DSRS-TeC)
- Education and Training Appraisal (EduTA)
- Emergency Preparedness Review (EPREV) Service
- Independent Engineering Review of I&C Systems (IERICS)
- Integrated mission of PACT (imPACT)
- Integrated Nuclear Education Advisory Services (INEAS)
- Integrated Nuclear Infrastructure Review (INIR)
- Integrated Nuclear Infrastructure Review for Research Reactors (INIR-RR)
- Integrated Research Reactor Utilization Review (IRRUR)
- Integrated Safety Assessment of Research Reactors (INSARR)
- International Nuclear Security Advisory Service (INSServ)
- International Physical Protection Advisory Service (IPPAS)
- Integrated Regulatory Review Service (IRRS)
- Integrated Uranium Production Cycle Review (IUPCR) mission
- Independent Safety Culture Assessment (ISCA)
- State Systems of Accounting for and Control of Nuclear Material mission (ISSAS)
- Knowledge Management Assist Visit (KMAV)
- Operation and Maintenance Assessment for Research Reactors (OMARR)
- Occupational Radiation Protection Appraisal Service (ORPAS)
- Operational Safety Review Team (OSART)
- Peer Review of Operational Safety Performance Experience (PROSPER)
- Quality Improvement Quality Assurance Audit for Diagnostic Radiology Improvement and Learning (QUAADRIL)
- Quality Management Audits in Nuclear Medicine Practices (QUANUM)
- Quality Improvement Quality Assurance Team for Radiation Oncology (QUATRO)
- Advisory Mission on Regulatory Infrastructure for Radiation Safety and Nuclear Security (RISS)
- Safety Aspects of Long Term Operation (SALTO)
- Safety Culture Continuous Improvement Process (SCCIP)
- Stakeholder Engagement Advisory Service for Nuclear Power Programmes (SEAS)
- Safety Evaluation of Fuel Cycle Facilities during Operation (SEDO)
- Site and External Events Design Review Service (SEED)
- Transport Safety Appraisal Services (TranSAS)
- Technical Safety Review (TSR)
The Transport Safety Appraisal Service (TranSAS) reviews the implementation of transport regulations to enable Member States to achieve a high level of safety in the transport of radioactive material. The Service provides recommendations for improvement where appropriate.
The TranSAS assists countries in their work to improve regulatory programmes and processes for transport safety.
The service is modular and may include:
- Legislative and governmental responsibilities;
- Regulatory body responsibilities and functions;
- Regulatory body organization;
- Regulatory body activities;
- Emergency preparedness for transport;
- Maritime transport; and
- Air transport.
The service results in a final report that contains recommendations and suggestions for improvement in areas where these would be beneficial. The report also notes good practices identified during the mission. It is confidential and shared only with host country authorities, unless they request a wider distribution. Host country authorities decide whether and how to implement any of the report’s recommendations.
The TranSAS is compatible with the transport module of the Integrated Regulatory Review Service, but extends beyond regulatory infrastructure and reviews the entire safety infrastructure related to transport. The TranSAS can be conducted as a follow-up to an IRRS, or as a stand-alone mission. It can be preceded by an assessment made using the IAEA tool Self-Assessment of Regulatory Infrastructure for Safety, which enables regulatory bodies to conduct a targeted review of national infrastructure with respect to transport.
The service takes into account the current status of development of the host country’s regulatory programme for transport safety and the complexity of its transport industry and transport regulations as well as the number of shipments of radioactive material.
Transporting radioactive material usually involves multiple regulators. Therefore requests for the TranSAS are made at governmental level to ensure that all regulatory bodies concur.