Adequacy of Controls Placed on Radioactive Material Containers

Recommendations presented in a 1973 GAO report on nuclear regulatory activities have yet to be fully responded to by either the Atomic Commission (AEC) or its successor, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC). GAO recommended that the agency should: develop quality assurance requirements for licensees to follow in fabricating containers used to transport the more hazardous radioactive materials; review the designs of older-spent fuel containers to insure that they met current standards or that their use was appropriately restricted; and insure that licensees' transportation activities are appraised regularly.