Compilation of Rules and Regulations of the State of Georgia › Department 391 - RULES OF GEORGIA DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES › Chapter 391-3 - ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION › Subject 391-3-9 - RADIOACTIVE WASTE MATERIAL DISPOSAL › Rule 391-3-9-.03 - Definitions

Current through Rules and Regulations filed through June 27,
				2024
All terms used in these rules or regulations shall be
				  interpreted in accordance with the definitions set forth in the "Georgia
				  Radiation Control Act" as amended, or as herein defined:
(a) "Director" means the Director of the
				Division of the Environmental Protection Division of the Department of Natural
				Resources of the State of Georgia.
(b) "Division" means the Environmental
				Protection Division of the Department of Natural Resources of the State of
				Georgia.
(c) "Facility" or "Site"
				means a radioactive waste material burial, storage, or concentration
				facility.
(d) "Site of Facility
				Boundary" means the boundary of that area surrounding a burial, storage, or
				concentration facility in which the permittee must have the authority to
				control all activities including exclusion or removal of personnel or
				property.
(e) "Financial
				Protection" means the ability to respond in money damages for public liability
				for damage to property or person, and to meet the cost of investigating and
				defending claims and settling suits for such damages.
(f) "Georgia Radiation Control Act" or "Act"
				whenever referred to in these Rule and Regulations means Ga. Laws 1964, p. 499,
				p. 566, as amended, particularly as amended by Ga. Laws 1976, pp. 1567, 1570,
				all as amended.
(g) "Person" means
				the State or any agency or institution thereof, any municipality, political
				subdivision, public or private corporation, individual, partnership,
				association, or any other entity, including any agency, department, or
				subagency or entity of the Federal Government, and includes any officer or
				governing or managing body of any municipality, political subdivision, or
				public or private corporation.
(h)
				"Burial Facility" means a structure, facility, or site where radioactive waste
				materials are permanently disposed of by implacement below the surface of the
				ground in a manner which indicates that removal or retrieval is not
				contemplated.
(i) "Concentration
				Facility" means a structure, facility, or site where radioactive waste
				materials are consolidated in such a manner that the volume, radioactivity per
				unit volume (or weight), physical form, or chemical content may be or is
				intended to be altered. Generally excluded are systems, components or operation
				at NRC or state licensed facilities which result in concentration of processed
				material where such concentration is a routine part of a licensed activity or
				licensed operation and not a disposal operation. Specifically excluded are
				systems at nuclear power generating stations and research reactors such as
				radwaste, spent fuel pool cleanup, reactor water cleanup, steam generator
				blowdown treatment, or similar auxiliary systems.
(j) "Storage Facility" means a structure,
				facility, or site where radioactive waste materials are held or disposed of in
				a manner which indicates that removal or retrieval is contemplated and does not
				include burial facilities. Generally excluded are licensed or nonwaste
				materials which are temporarily stored while awaiting further processing or
				operations where such storage is not a waste disposal activity. Specifically
				excluded are:
(i) any radioactive wastes
				generated in the State of Georgia which are stored for a period of not more
				than one year at an NRC or state licensed facility where such stored wastes are
				awaiting transfer to an authorized or licensed disposal facility, and (ii) any
				operating nuclear power electric generating station and operating nuclear test
				and research reactor spent fuel and new fuel storage facilities, where such
				fuel at said has been or is awaiting utilization in the State of
				Georgia.