Document: 10 CFR Part 50
Document ID: 95bb6c95-4469-43d8-aa77-b4d3038159b8
Document Type: cfr
Title: Definitions.
Source: 10 CFR Part 50
Source URL: https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-10/part-50/section-50.2
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Section ID: 50.2
CFR Part: 50
CFR Title: 10

Content:
sessment means the identification of potential, likely, or known sources of radioactive material and radioactive contamination based on existing or derived information for the purpose of classifying a facility or site, or parts thereof, as impacted or non-impacted. Impacted areas mean the areas with some reasonable potential for residual radioactivity in excess of natural background or fallout levels. Incentive regulation means the system of rate regulation in which a rate regulatory authority establishes rates that an electric generator may charge its customers that are based on specified performance factors, in addition to cost-of-service factors. License means a license, including a construction permit or operating license under this part, an early site permit, combined license or manufacturing license under part 52 of this chapter , or a renewed license issued by the Commission under this part, part 52 , or part 54 of this chapter . Licensee means a person who is authorized to conduct activities under a license issued by the Commission. Low enriched uranium (LEU) fuel means fuel in which the weight percent of U-235 in the uranium is less than 20%. Low population zone means the area immediately surrounding the exclusion area which contains residents, the total number and density of which are such that there is a reasonable probability that appropriate protective measures could be taken in their behalf in the event of a serious accident. These guides do not specify a permissible population density or total population within this zone because the situation may vary from case to case. Whether a specific number of people can, for example, be evacuated from a specific area, or instructed to take shelter, on a timely basis will depend on many factors such as location, number and size of highways, scope and extent of advance planning, and actual distribution of residents within the area. Major decommissioning activity means, for a nuclear power reactor facility, any