- HISTORY SUMMARY (WG1) [Ana Celia, Chris, Frank, Trevor]
- What is a Denial
- The 2003 Transport Conference
- The follow up to the 2003 conference
- The 2011 Transport Conference
- The 2012 follow up to the 2011 conference
- The Database on Denial
- The International Steering Committee
- Terms of Reference
- Meeting reports
- The National Focal Points, IAEA letter to appoint NFP
- Regional meetings
- Regional Coordinators
- Updated Management Structure
- The Action Plan
- The Technical Co-operation training programme
- THE ACTION PLAN AREAS OF FOCUS (WG2) [Akiko, Nancy, Rony, Sylvain,Ulric]
- Harmonisation of international requirements where industry should notify (in the form of a generic denials report) the UN Agency where differences of interpretation or additional requirements result in denial, with a view to encouraging discussion amongst member states
- Examples of actions
- Examples of achievements
- Removal of Class 7 restrictions in some ports
- Future actions:
- IAEA listing of Class 7 transport requirements for each country, for all modes (who to collect and set up, who to maintain, break down into small steps?)
2.2.Communication to educate service providers, developing communication tools based on communication strategy(see introduction in commsstrat)
2.2.1.Examples of actions
2.2.2.Examples of achievements
2.2.2.1.Developing brochure, fact sheets and video; setting up website
2.2.3.Future actions
2.3.Awareness, including a method of recording sustainability problems in transport of radioactive material to make International Organisations and Member States aware of the events, their consequences, the underlying issues and their resolution
2.3.1.Examples of actions
2.3.1.1.DOS presentations at conferences attended by regulators and industry, including APEC, INLA, IRPA, NORM, PATRAM and various industry events; updates at annual IAEA General Conference
2.3.2.Examples of achievements
2.3.2.1.Reversal of Class 7 refusal or restriction, using multi-stakeholder approach
2.3.3.Future actions
2.3.3.1.Continue with DOS updates
2.4.Training to improve the understanding of service providers and other major stakeholders so that they find it easier to comply with class 7 regulations and their concerns may be allayed
2.4.1.Examples of actions
2.4.1.1.Regional workshops, panel sessions at conferences
2.4.2.Examples of achievements
2.4.2.1.Technical Co-operation programme, IMO e-learning package, regional guidance documents (Latin America)
2.4.3.Future actions
2.4.3.1.Maintain the Technical Co-operation programme, apply targeted training at locations identified by denial reports
2.5.Lobbying for marketing, outreach and promotion of industries requiring transport of radioactive material and for promoting a positive image of use of radioactive material
2.5.1.Examples of actions
2.5.2.Examples of achievements
2.5.2.1.Demonstrating benefit of Class 7 transport to carriers and governments, denial brochure
2.5.3.Future actions
2.6.Economic to identify and reduce economic burdens causing sustainability problems
2.6.1.Examples of actions
2.6.1.1.Latin American study into economic impact
2.6.2.Examples of achievements
2.6.3.Future actions
- TECHNICAL RESPONSE TO DENIAL – WHAT HAVE WE LEARNT(WG3) [Aneta, Ankica, Bernard, Jim, Mario, Moslim]
- Analyses of Denial database for air and sea
- Root causes of Denial / peeling the onion
- Inter-relationship between Safety,Security and Denial (note 2011 conference and follow-up)
- Denying existence of denial, government disengagement, disagreement over what constitutes a denial
- Government involvement, NFP coordination
- Industry mistakes
- Confidential denial, new denial reporting form
- What responses are effective
- NFPs and regional co-ordinators; national and regional networks; regional conferences
- Communication between Management Team, RCs and NFPs
- High level IAEA involvement with specific countries
- What responses are ineffective
- Aggressive style, reports in the press, industry not reporting denials for fear of repercussions
- Recommendations going forward for dealing with denials
- Less intrusive reporting forms
- On-going maintenance and analysis of database
- Increase number of NFPs, IAEA to assist RCs (formalise appointment for RCs?); TRANSSC to encourage its members to appoint an NFP
- Maintenance of Denials Handbook, NFP Handbook
- Targeted training for authorities at port and national level
- FUTURE STRATEGY(WG4) [Bill, Katherine, Paul, Serge, Steve]
- End of ISCDOS, but not end of Denial
- Future Denials Leadership Team (DLT) structure, roles and responsibilities, to facilitate communication between DOS stakeholders
- continuing roles and responsibilities of NFPs and RCs
- process and funding of Secretariat support for on-going DOS activities, including but not limited to: communications; database; NFPs; regional networks; TC programme
- TRANSSC
- Proposal
- TRANSSC roles and responsibilities, establish a DOS sub-group from TRANSSC members, liaise with DLT
- changes to database management and reporting process
- Database analysis frequency, distribution of consolidated analysis, how this could be used (trending, hotspots, distributions, intermodal issues), suggestions for how IAEA, ICAO, IMO etc. could use the analysis information
- Reporting responsibilities and various reporting pathways, NFP responsibilities
- Report form issue and receipt
- protocol with supporting procedures (i.e. flowchart of responsibilities and actions) to be followed for managing actions to address denials in identified “hot spots” (i.e. root causes)
- Extended TOR
- Inter-Agency Group
- Proposal
- IACT roles and responsibilities
- communication plan for the short to medium term
- TOR
- CONCLUSION