[Code of Federal Regulations]

[Title 40, Volume 24]

[Revised as of July 1, 2006]

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



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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.

    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.