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DOE M 460.2-1A 6-4-08
11.0 INSPECTIONS
11.1 Introduction This section addresses inspections of DOE radioactive materials shipments , including both verifications of vehicle safety and radiological safety of containers loaded on the vehicles. 11.2 Highway Inspections 11.2.1 Non-Classified Shipments a. Spent Nuclear Fuel , High-Level Waste, Tritium-Bearing Reactor Components, and Transuranic Waste. The shipper and/or carrier will perform preshipment inspections to ensure conformity with regulatory standards. Prior to departure, shipments will also be made available for inspection by CVSA-certified State inspectors unless other arrangements have been made with the State. As required by DOT, inspections will be conducted in accordance with the CVSA 4 Enhanced (Level VI) North American Standard Inspection Procedures. The CVSA enhanced inspection procedure imposes more stringent criteria for placing a vehicle out-of-service, includes additional inspection and out-of-service criteria items compared to the CVSA Level I inspection, and adds a radiological survey. Shipments cannot proceed until any Level VI violation has been corrected consistent with Federal regulations. Shipments en route may be inspected using the Level VI inspection criteria at the discretion of the States and Tribes, or as required by State-specific regulations; however, not all en-route states would likely inspect every shipment. Post-shipment inspections will be conducted by the receiver, and by States and Tribes at their discretion (but not to impact unloading operations), in accordance with applicable regulations. Any post-shipment inspection that reveals a regulatory non-conformity will be handled in accordance with applicable requirements. Routinely, the package, its tie-downs, and associated transportation system hardware are visually inspected at the point of destination to ensure that no physical damage occurred during transit. b. Low-Level and Mixed Low-Level Waste and Isotopes preshipment inspections will be done by the shipper and/or carrier to ensure conformity with regulatory standards. Inspections may be done at the discretion of the States and Tribes, in accordance with CVSA North American Standard Inspection (Level I) criteria, or in accordance with individual State requirements.
4 CVSA is an organization that brings together Federal, State, and provincial government agencies and private industry in the United States, Canada, and Mexico, and is dedicated to improving commercial vehicle safety.
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