A Comparison Between the 1973 Edition (As Amended) and the 1985 Edition of the Iaea Regulations For the Safe Transport of Radioactive Materials, Noting the Major Changes Made in the 1985 Edition (Incorporating Supplement 1988)

1990 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
pp. 71-90
Author(s):  
C. B. Taylor
Author(s):  
Christopher S. Bajwa ◽  
Earl P. Easton ◽  
Darrell S. Dunn

In 2007, a severe transportation accident occurred in Oakland, California in what is commonly known as the “MacArthur Maze” section of Interstate 580 (I-580). The accident involved a tractor trailer carrying gasoline that impacted an overpass support column and burst into flames. The subsequent fire burned for over 2 hours and led to the collapse of the overpass due to the loss of strength in the structural steel that supported the overpass. The US Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) studied this accident to examine any potential regulatory implications related to the safe transport of radioactive materials, including spent nuclear fuel. This paper will discuss the details of the NRC’s MacArthur Maze fire investigation.


Author(s):  
Baswaraju Swathi ◽  
Joshua Dani M ◽  
Sraddha Bhattacharjee ◽  
Zeeshan Yousuf

In today’s growing world where technology advancing into every aspect of our lives, it has changed the way we go about our life. With all this technology in hand, improvements can be made in various ways to help the society. Focusing on the transportation industry, it has seen an exponential technological growth with the introduction of Applications and services which provide the people with an easy option of travel by booking Cabs which will arrive at their doorstep. Some of the leading apps in this category are Ola, Uber and so many more. However, these apps cater only to the common demographic of people/users. India is a country with over 13 million visually impaired individuals out of which the state of Karnataka has 264,170 people according to the Karnataka Census of 2011. With all these apps and technologies being available to us, we can provide a means of easy and safe transport to these impaired individuals. E-Car Savegalu is an attempt at providing these transportation services to the visually impaired in the form of an application which is intuitive and easy use to book cabs. This concept has a significant role to play in the society by helping a good number of visually impaired people in terms of travel.


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