Abstract: GB 11806—2004 is technically equivalent to the IAEA Regulations for the Safe Transport of Radioactive Material (2003 Edition). Since then IAEA has revised the regulations several times, and the technical contents of the revised editions of 2012 and 2018 had changed a lot. Some of changes have major impact on the implementation of transport in related industries. This article briefly described the important changes of the latest version of the regulation (2018 version), and analyzed the changes and its applicability in order to revise and understand GB 11806 better.

Key words: radioactive materials, safety transport, regulations