Document: 10 CFR Part 72
Document ID: 7f0e4fcb-5279-47e0-bb28-e7cea02a3a09
Document Type: cfr
Title: Definitions.
Source: 10 CFR Part 72
Source URL: https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-10/part-72/section-72.3
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Section ID: 72.3
CFR Part: 72
CFR Title: 10

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§ 72.3 Definitions. As used in this part: Act means the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 (68 Stat. 919) including any amendments thereto. Affected Indian Tribe means any Indian Tribe— ( 1 ) Within whose reservation boundaries a monitored retrievable storage facility is proposed to be located; ( 2 ) Whose federally defined possessory or usage rights to other lands outside of the reservation's boundaries arising out of congressionally ratified treaties may be substantially and adversely affected by the locating of such a facility: Provided, That the Secretary of the Interior finds, upon the petition of the appropriate governmental officials of the Tribe, that such effects are both substantial and adverse to the Tribe. Affected unit of local government means any unit of local government with jurisdiction over the site where an MRS is proposed to be located. AMP, for the purposes of this part, means a program for addressing aging effects that may include prevention, mitigation, condition monitoring, and performance monitoring. As low as is reasonably achievable (ALARA) means as low as is reasonably achievable taking into account the state of technology, and the economics of improvement in relation to— ( 1 ) Benefits to the public health and safety, ( 2 ) Other societal and socioeconomic considerations, and ( 3 ) The utilization of atomic energy in the public interest. Atomic energy means all forms of energy released in the course of nuclear fission or nuclear transformation. Byproduct material means— ( 1 ) Any radioactive material (except special nuclear material) yielded in, or made radioactive by, exposure to the radiation incident to the process of producing or using special nuclear material; ( 2 ) ( i ) Any discrete source of radium-226 that is produced, extracted, or converted after extraction, before, on, or after August 8, 2005, for use for a commercial, medical, or research activity; or ( ii ) Any material that— ( A ) Has been made radioactive by use of a