Overview of specification and organisation for transport of radioactive sources from CEA

AbstractThe Commissariat a l'Energie Atomique et aux Energies Alternatives (French Alternative Energies and Atomic Energy Commission; CEA) occupies a unique position in the French research landscape works, where it is now the major actor in conducting scientific research on low carbon energy technologies, in addition to the range of missions that had already been assigned to it in the past. The CEA constantly supports the French nuclear industry through its efforts to optimise existing nuclear reactors and fuel cycles. At the back end, it develops technical solutions for managing radioactive waste. The CEA is responsible for cleaning up and dismantling its own nuclear facilities. Since 2005, the CEA has initiated a strategy for recovery of radioactive sources located in its different sites in France. Part of this programme has focused on the possibility to return the old sources of plutonium–beryllium to the US supplier through the ‘Off Site Source Recovery Project’. This project has provided a solution t...