Environmental Impact Assessment of Radioactive Material Transport in the Nuclear Industry in China Over the Past 30 Years

Abstract

An outline is given of the transport of radioactive material in the nuclear industry in China over the past 30 years (1955–1985) (excluding Taiwan). During 1955–1985, the freight volume of packages of radioactive material was some 4.50 × 10⁶ items. The total activity was about 4.64 × 10⁵ TBq. The total transport distance was 2.10 × 10⁸ km. The available results show that annual individual doses to transport workers are rather low. Much attention has been paid to the safe transport of the radioactive material. Hence, no accident with serious radiological effects on transport workers and the public has ever happened during the past 30 years. The paper also discusses how to strengthen the surveillance and administration, and the radiation protection of radioactive material transport, etc.