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Transportation Security

The transport of radioactive materials may take place using multiple modes of transport (e.g. roads, rail, air, inland waterways or sea) and cross multiple national boundaries. This requires that a variety of laws and regulations be adhered to; it also involves numerous stakeholders, many of whom change as the transport proceeds.

Consequently, ensuring transport security of radioactive sources requires careful planning, effective communications among all stakeholders, and close coordination.

Transportation Security

International Best Practice Guide

This WINS International Best Practice Guide provides a set of best practices for industrial radiography and well-logging service companies to manage the security of their radioactive sources. Client companies could also benefit from the best practices found in this Guide to ensure the appropriate management of security by the service companies under contract.

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International Best Practice Guide

Past Webinars

Best Practices for the Secure Transport of Radioactive Material
WINS implemented a three-day online Workshop so that international experts could share best practices that support the secure transport of radioactive material.

Day 1, Day 2, and Day 3 are all available in the Knowledge Centre.

Security of Radioactive Sources During Transport

This webinar discusses the international security regime for radioactive materials during transport, analyses an example of a regulatory framework, and examines the implementation of security measures during transport from a carrier's perspective.

(The video from this event is in Spanish.)

Watch the video

Past Webinars

Workshops

Regional Training Course: Secure Transport of Radioactive Material
Bangkok, Thailand, May 2025

Thailand's Office of Atoms for Peace and WINS are holding Regional training course on the secure transport of radioactive material. The course is comprehensive, covering the fundamental technical material on the secure transport of radioactive sources as well as supporting topics such as the safety-security interface and security culture.

Train-the-Trainer: Secure Transport of Radioactive Material
Bangkok, Thailand, November 2024

The Office of Atoms for Peace in Thailand and WINS jointly held a national train-the-trainer course on the secure transport of radioactive material. This course included the fundamental technical material on the secure transport of radioactive sources and the soft skills required to run the technical course for others.

Training Course on the Security of Radioactive Sources During Transport

Toluca, Mexico, July 2019

The National Institute for Nuclear Research (ININ) and WINS jointly organised a regional training course on The security of radioactive sources during transport from 2-5 July 2019 in Mexico.

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Workshops

Other Publications

IAEA

Security of Radioactive Material in Transport (2020)

Security of Radioactive Sources (2009)

Identification of Radioactive Sources and Devices (2007)

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Other Publications