[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 40, Volume 22]
[Revised as of July 1, 2003]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 40CFR197.2]

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                   TITLE 40--PROTECTION OF ENVIRONMENT
 
         CHAPTER I--ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY (CONTINUED)
 
PART 197--PUBLIC HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENTAL RADIATION PROTECTION STANDARDS 
FOR YUCCA MOUNTAIN, NEVADA--Table of Contents
 
    Subpart A--Public Health and Environmental Standards for Storage
 
Sec. 197.2  What definitions apply in subpart A?

    Annual committed effective dose equivalent means the effective dose 
equivalent received by an individual in one year from radiation sources 
external to the individual plus the committed effective dose equivalent.
    Committed effective dose equivalent means the effective dose 
equivalent received over a period of time (e.g., 30 years,), as 
determined by NRC, by an individual from radionuclides internal to the 
individual following a one-year intake of those radionuclides.
    DOE means the Department of Energy.
    Effective dose equivalent means the sum of the products of the dose 
equivalent received by specified tissues following an exposure of, or an 
intake of radionuclides into, specified tissues of the body, multiplied 
by appropriate weighting factors.
    EPA means the Environmental Protection Agency.
    General environment means everywhere outside the Yucca Mountain 
site, the Nellis Air Force Range, and the Nevada Test Site.
    High-level radioactive waste means:
    (1) The highly radioactive material resulting from the reprocessing 
of spent nuclear fuel, including liquid waste produced directly in 
reprocessing and any solid material derived from such liquid waste that 
contains fission products in sufficient concentrations; and
    (2) Other highly radioactive material that the Commission, 
consistent with existing law, determines by rule requires permanent 
isolation.
    Member of the public means anyone who is not a radiation worker for 
purposes of worker protection.
    NRC means the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
    Radioactive material means matter composed of or containing 
radionuclides subject to the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended (42 
U.S.C. 2014 et seq.). Radioactive material includes, but is not limited 
to, high-level radioactive waste and spent nuclear fuel.
    Spent nuclear fuel means fuel that has been withdrawn from a nuclear 
reactor following irradiation, the constituent elements of which have 
not been separated by reprocessing.
    Storage means retention (and any associated activity, operation, or 
process necessary to carry out successful retention) of radioactive 
material with the intent or capability to readily access or retrieve 
such material.

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    Yucca Mountain repository means the excavated portion of the 
facility constructed underground within the Yucca Mountain site.
    Yucca Mountain site means:
    (1) The site recommended by the Secretary of DOE to the President 
under section 112(b)(1)(B) of the Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 1982 (42 
U.S.C. 10132(b)(1)(B)) on May 27, 1986; or
    (2) The area under the control of DOE for the use of Yucca Mountain 
activities at the time of licensing, if the site designated under the 
Nuclear Waste Policy Act is amended by Congress prior to the time of 
licensing.