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Transportation of radioactive materials takes on international character today: many countries those producing electric power at NPPs, need foreign sources of materials and service to support the fuel cycle. Ukraine is a party of multilateral international agreements related to cooperation in movement of nuclear materials. These agreements set forth the main principles of cooperation in radioactive material transportation and civil liability for nuclear damage that can be caused to the environment in transportation, procedure for mitigation of accident consequences, etc. Accident prevention at transportation of radioactive materials is of prime importance since this process is the most vulnerable from the terroristic threat standpoint. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The transport of Radioactive Materials (RM) and Radioactive Wastes (RAW) involves a potential radiological hazard. To ensure the safety of people, property and the environment, appropriate transport regulations to both domestic and international are necessary. The approved Regulation, their principles and objectives, are in order to ensure that the transport of Radioactive Materials is in compliance with IAEA regulations for the Safe Transport of Radioactive Materials. Albanian Government on 27.05.1971 approved “The Regulation of “Safety Transport of Radioactive Materials and Radiation Protection by Ionising Radiation Sources” [1]. Already, this old regulation was abrogated and a new one so-called: “The Regulation of Safety Hazard Materials”; is in force since 18. 04. 1997 approved by Albanian authorities. In this Regulation exist some articles for the safety Transport of Radioactive Material. Since 2001, we have prepared the new Regulation of Safety Transport of RM & RAW in Albania Our Regulation establishes standards of safety, which provide an acceptable level of control of the radiation, criticality and thermal hazards persons, property and the environment that, are associated with the transport of Radioactive Materials. The total activity of radioactive substances transported in Albania (domestic and international) during 2006 has been some thousands Ci of unsealed & solid radioactive sources, mainly 99mTc; 131I, 60Co, 137Cs, 241Am etc., by import-export procedures, and approximately over 560 type A and Type B packages. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]