[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 241 (Monday, December 16, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Pages 77126-77127]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-31595]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Research and Special Programs Administration


International Standards on the Transport of Radioactive 
Materials; Conference

AGENCY: Research and Special Programs Administration (RSPA), Department 
of Transportation.

ACTION: Notice of international conference.

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SUMMARY: This notice is to advise interested persons that the 
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), International Maritime 
Organization, and the Universal Postal Union are co-sponsoring an 
international conference on the safe transport of radioactive 
materials. The conference will take place at the Austria Centre, 
Vienna, Austria from July 7 through July 11, 2003. The objective of the 
conference is to exchange information on issues related to the safe 
transport of radioactive material and to formulate recommendations 
regarding further international co-operation in this area.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Richard Boyle, Radioactive Materials 
Branch, Office of Hazardous Materials Safety, Department of 
Transportation, Washington, DC 20590; Phone: (202) 366-2993, Facsimile: 
(202) 366-3753, email: [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The conference is directed to a broad 
spectrum of professionals dealing with the safe transport of 
radioactive material. The preliminary agenda includes topical sessions 
on: adequacy and effectiveness of the international transport 
regulations; effectiveness of radiation protection in transport; 
packaging and transport of nuclear fuel cycle material; packaging and 
transport of non-nuclear fuel cycle material; compliance and quality 
assurance programming; liability in the transport of radioactive 
material; and emergency response and preparedness. There is no

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registration fee for this conference but all individuals and parties 
interested in attending must forward a completed participation form to 
the Office of Hazardous Materials Safety point of contact listed above 
for transmission to the IAEA by June 1, 2003. Individuals interested in 
submitting a paper for this conference should prepare it in accordance 
with the IAEA conference guidelines and submit it to both IAEA and the 
Office of Hazardous Materials Safety point of contact listed above by 
February 1, 2003. Copies of the official conference announcement, the 
participation and paper submission forms, and instructions and due 
dates for completion of these forms may be downloaded from the IAEA 
Transport Division's Web site at: http://www.iaea.org/ns/rasanet/programme/radiationsafety/transportsafety/2_detailled_info_on_tsu_prog.htm.

    Issued in Washington, DC on December 4, 2002.
Robert A. McGuire,
Associate Administrator for Hazardous Materials Safety.
[FR Doc. 02-31595 Filed 12-13-02; 8:45 am]
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