Singapore legislation

Regulation 60

of Radiation Protection (Transport of Radioactive Materials) Regulations

Regulation 60

Approval of shipments

Subregulation 1

Except as otherwise provided in paragraph (2), multilateral approval shall be required for —

(a)

the shipment of Type B(M) packages not conforming with the requirements of regulation 47(5) or designed to allow controlled intermittent venting;

(b)

the shipment of Type B(M) packages containing radioactive material with an activity greater than 3000 A1 or 3000 A2, as appropriate, or 1000 TBq, whichever is the lower;

(c)

the shipment of packages containing fissile materials if the sum of the criticality safety indexes of the individual packages exceeds 50; and

(d)

radiation protection programmes for shipments by special use vessels according to regulation 21(2)(a).

Subregulation 2

The Chief Executive may authorise transport of any package through or to Singapore without a certificate of approval in respect of its shipment if there is specific provision therefor in a certificate of approval issued in respect of its design.

Subregulation 3

An application to the Chief Executive for a certificate of approval of a shipment shall include —

(a)

the period of time, related to the shipment, for which the approval is sought;

(b)

the actual radioactive contents, the expected modes of transport, the type of conveyance, and the probable or proposed route; and

(c)

details of how the precautions and administrative or operational controls, referred to in the certificate of approval issued in respect of package design are to be put into effect.