Regulations for the
Safe Transport of Radioactive Material / IAEA Ed. 2025
ID 25860 | 27.03.2026 / News IAEA 24 March 2026 - Attached
This publication is the latest edition of IAEA Safety Standards Series No. SSR-6, Regulations for the Safe Transport of Radioactive Material. This publication is a revision of IAEA Safety Standards Series No. SSR‑6 (Rev. 1), Regulations for the Safe Transport of Radioactive Material, 2018 Edition.
It is supported by seven IAEA Safety Guides which provide recommendations for meeting the requirements in SSR-6 to facilitate worldwide implementation.
The regulations apply to the transport of radioactive material by all modes on land, water or in the air.
Transport comprises the design, manufacture, maintenance and repair of packaging, and the preparation, consigning, loading, carriage including in-transit storage, shipment after storage, unloading and receipt at the final destination of loads of radioactive material and packages.
These requirements form an integral part of regulations worldwide; therefore, SSR-6 and its associated Safety Guides are aimed at governments, competent authorities, and all organizations and individuals involved in the transport of radioactive material.
These requirements are transcribed into the UN Model Regulations, which are subsequently transcribed into the IMDG Code by the International Maritime Organisation for shipment by sea, and into the Technical Instructions for the Safe Transport of Dangerous Goods by Air by the International Civil Aviation Organization.
Both the IMDG Code and the ICAO Technical Instructions are globally implemented and mandatory.
Land transport is the responsibility of the national government of each Member State, hence the SSR-6 requirements are adopted for national transport safety regulations for shipments on land.
Every day, millions of shipments of nuclear and radioactive material move safely and securely within and across countries’ borders by road, rail, sea and air. For example, radiopharmaceuticals are delivered to hospitals for medical diagnosis and treatment, and sealed sources are transported for industrial use in tools and equipment such as gauges that measure the density, moisture, level and thickness of materials.
Such shipments operate within a robust global safety framework that in more than 60 years has not recorded a transport incident causing a significant radiological hazard to people or the environment.
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Ed. 2025
This publication is a revision of IAEA Safety Standards Series No. SSR‑6 (Rev. 1), Regulations for the Safe Transport of Radioactive Material, 2018 Edition.
The revision was undertaken by amending, adding or deleting specific paragraphs. Paragraph numbers for new paragraphs are generated by adding an uppercase letter or the next sequential uppercase letter, as appropriate, to the preceding paragraph number. This paragraph numbering practice is not meant to imply a link between existing and newly added paragraphs.
The following paragraphs have been added in the 2025 Edition: 229A, 229B, 544A, 546A, 572A, 604A, 821B.
Where a paragraph has been deleted, the paragraph number is retained together with an explanatory comment. The following paragraphs have been deleted in the 2025 Edition: 209, 524A, 567, 628, 656.
In addition, Table 2 has been deleted and its content has been incorporated in a new Appendix.
Amended paragraphs retain their original paragraph number.
A table of all the changes made is available upon request to the IAEA (safety-standards.contact-point@iaea.org).
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Regulations for the safe transport of Radioactivre Material 2018
Regolamentazione IAEA per il Trasporto in Sicurezza del Materiale Radioattivo - Traduzione ISPRA 2015
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