N14 Standards Committee
Packaging and Transportation of Radioactive and
Non-nuclear Hazardous Materials
N14 is an "Accredited Standards Committee" by the American National Standards Institute
(ANSI). ANSI facilitates the development of American National Standards by accrediting
the procedures of some 200 standards developers. This accreditation signifies the
procedures used by the standards developer in connection with American National
Standards meet ANSI’s essential requirements for openness, balance, consensus and
due process.
National voluntary consensus standards cover an immense variety of subjects. Standards
are recognized as "good business practice" under:
- National Technology Transfer and Advancement Act (P.L. 104-113)
- OMB Circular A119 (63 FR 8545)
- NIST (DOC)/ANSI Memorandum of Understanding, and
- ANSI National Standards Strategy
N14 develops standards in accordance with ANS approved procedures. ANSI ensures
fairness/completeness in the development process and publishes the standards.
ANSI N14 Management Tasks
The Office of Transportation supports N14 management through the Chair and Secretary
to ensure the continued functioning of N14. In addition, the Office of Transportation
also supports to the ANSI N14 Management Committee in its deliberations concerning
future actions/standards needed. Specifically, the Office of Transportation through
N14 Chair, N14 Secretary and N14 Management Committee continues to:
(a) Provide N14 secretariat functions for the ANSI N14 activities, including: maintaining
a balanced membership roster; ensuring proper initiation of new standards projects;
circulating standards for ballot; ensuring proper handling of voting results and
comment resolution; formal submission of approved standards to ANSI for final approval
and publication; maintaining the N14 approved procedures and ensuring compliance
with these procedures; and, performing other activities required to maintain N14’s
accredited status with ANSI;
(b) Organize and host the annual N14 Committee and N14 Management Committee meetings;
(c) Initiate the development of new standards or the revision of existing standards
that are of particular interest to the Office of Transportation;
In performing the above activities, the Office of Transportation places emphasis
on:
(a) Strengthening coordination between N14 and the appropriate ASME, ASTM and ISO
committees to ensure the most efficient development of standards (avoiding overlap
and gaps); and,
(b) Working with other DOE elements to identify those standards where DOE and/or
its contractors need to be involved in their development and determining the priority
of those standards;
ANSI N14 Technical Tasks
In addition to the management task identified above, the Office of Transportation
is instrumental in identifying and pursuing specific technical activities and to
support the successful development and approval of standards that are of particular
interest to EM and DOE.
N14 2002 Annual Meeting Minute Reports (see attached files)
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