Regulations for the Transport of Radioactive Material in Italy: The Role of the Italian Competent Authority (ANPA)

Abstract

In Italy four Ministries, Industry, Transport, Marine Merchandise and Interior, have the legal responsibility to issue and apply the transport safety regulations for radioactive material. ANPA, the National Agency for Environmental Protection, has the technical duty to issue the approval certificates and to support the various Ministries in authorising carriers for all modes of transport, in updating the regulations and advising in the case of emergency conditions. ANP A is monitoring the quantity of radioactive material transported in Italy, the radiation doses of workers and public. and verifying the implementation of transport regulations through inspections of the carriers and during storage in transit and handling.