Illinois Administrative Code › Title 32 - ENERGY › Part 310 - GENERAL PROVISIONS FOR RADIATION PROTECTION › Section 310.20 - Definitions

Current through Register Vol. 48, No. 28, July 12, 2024
As used in 32 Ill. Adm. Code: Chapter II, Subchapters b and d,
				the following terms have the definitions set forth in this Section. Additional
				definitions used only in a certain Part will be found in that Part.
"Absorbed dose" means the energy imparted by ionizing radiation
				per unit mass of irradiated material. The units of absorbed dose are the gray
				(Gy) and the rad.
"Accelerator" or "particle accelerator" means any machine
				capable of accelerating electrons, protons, deuterons or other charged
				particles in a vacuum and of discharging the resultant particulate or other
				radiation into a medium at energies usually in excess of 1 million electron
				volts (MeV).
"Accelerator-produced material" means any material made
				radioactive by a particle accelerator.
"Act" means the Radiation Protection Act of 1990 [420 ILCS
				40].
"Activity" means the rate of disintegration (transformation) or
				decay of radioactive material. The units of activity are the bequerel (Bq) and
				the curie (Ci).
"Adult" means an individual 18 or more years of age.
"Agency" means the Illinois Emergency Management Agency.
"Agreement State" means any state with which the U.S. Nuclear
				Regulatory Commission or the U.S. Atomic Energy Commission has entered into an
				effective agreement under subsection 274b of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as
				amended (42 USC
				2021(b) et seq.).
"Airborne radioactive material" means any radioactive material
				dispersed in the air in the form of dusts, fumes, particulates, mists, vapors
				or gases.
"Airborne radioactivity area" means any room, enclosure or
				operating area in which airborne radioactive material, composed wholly or
				partly of licensed material, exists in concentrations:
in excess of the derived air concentrations (DACs) specified in
				appendix B to 10 CFR 20, published at 72 Fed. Reg. 55922, October 1, 2007,
				exclusive of subsequent amendments or editions; or
to such a degree that an individual present in the area without
				respiratory protective equipment could exceed, during the hours an individual
				is present in a week, an intake of 0.6 percent of the annual limit on intake
				(ALI) or 12 DAC-hours.
"Annually" means at intervals not to exceed 1 year or once per
				year, at about the same time each year (plus or minus 1 month).
"As low as is reasonably achievable" or "ALARA" means making
				every reasonable effort to maintain exposures to radiation as far below the
				dose limits in 32 Ill. Adm. Code: Chapter II, Subchapters b and d as is
				practical consistent with the purpose for which the licensed or registered
				activity is undertaken, taking into account the state of technology, the
				economics of improvements in relation to the state of technology, the economics
				of improvements in relation to benefits to the public health and safety and
				other societal and socioeconomic considerations, and in relation to utilization
				of nuclear energy and licensed or registered sources of radiation in the public
				interest.
"Background radiation" means radiation from cosmic sources,
				naturally occurring radioactive materials, including radon (except as a decay
				product of source or special nuclear material) and global fallout as it exists
				in the environment from the testing of nuclear explosive devices, or from past
				nuclear accidents such as Chernobyl that contribute to background radiation and
				are not under the control of the licensee. Background radiation does not
				include radiation from radioactive materials regulated by the Agency.
"Becquerel" or "Bq" means the SI unit of activity. One
				becquerel (Bq) is equal to 1 disintegration (transformation) per second (dps or
				tps).
"Bioassay" or "radiobioassay" means the determination of kinds,
				quantities or concentrations and, in some cases, the locations of radioactive
				material in the human body, whether by direct measurement (in vivo counting) or
				by analysis and evaluation of materials excreted or removed from the human
				body.
"Brachytherapy" means a method of radiation therapy in which
				sources are used to deliver a radiation dose at a distance of up to a few
				centimeters, by surface, intracavitary, intraluminal or interstitial
				application.
"Brachytherapy source" means a radioactive source, a
				manufacturer-assembled source train or a combination of these sources that is
				designed to deliver a therapeutic dose within a distance of a few
				centimeters.
"By-product material" means:
any radioactive material (except special nuclear
				material) yielded in or made radioactive by exposure to radiation incident to
				the process of producing or utilizing special nuclear material;
the tailings or wastes produced by the extraction or
				concentration of uranium or thorium from any ore processed primarily for its
				source material content, including discrete surface wastes resulting from
				underground solution extraction processes but not including underground ore
				bodies depleted by such solution extraction processes;
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;
any material that has been made radioactive by use of a
				particle accelerator and is produced, extracted, or converted after extraction
				before, on, or after August 8, 2005, for use for a commercial, medical, or
				research activity; and
any discrete source of naturally occurring radioactive
				material, other than source material, that is extracted or converted after
				extraction for use in commercial, medical, or research activity before, on, or
				after August 8, 2005, and which the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, in
				consultation with the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, the
				Secretary of Energy, the Secretary of Homeland Security, and the head of any
				other appropriate federal agency, determines would pose a threat to the public
				health and safety or the common defense and security similar to the threat
				posed by a discrete source or radium-226.
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				ILCS 40/4 (a-5)]
"Calendar quarter" means not less than 12 consecutive weeks nor
				more than 14 consecutive weeks. The first calendar quarter of each year shall
				begin in January and subsequent calendar quarters shall be so arranged such
				that no day is included in more than one calendar quarter and no day in any one
				year is omitted from inclusion within a calendar quarter. No licensee or
				registrant shall change the method observed by him for determining calendar
				quarters except at the beginning of a year.
"Calibration" means the determination of:
the response or reading of an instrument relative to a series
				of known radiation values over the range of the instrument; or
the strength of a source of radiation relative to a
				standard.
"CFR" means Code of Federal Regulations.
"Chelating agent" means amine polycarboxylic acids (e.g., EDTA,
				DTPA), hydroxy-carboxylic acids, and polycarboxylic acids (e.g., citric acid,
				carbolic acid, and glucinic acid).
"Collective dose" means the sum of the individual doses
				received in a given period of time by a specified population from exposure to a
				specified source of radiation.
"Commencement of construction" means, except as specified in 32
				Ill. Adm. Code
				601.20, taking any
				action defined as "construction" or any other activity at the site of a
				facility subject to this Part that has a reasonable nexus to radiological
				health and safety.
"Committed dose equivalent" or "HT,50"
				means the dose equivalent to organs or tissues of reference (T) that will be
				received from an intake of radioactive material by an individual during the
				50-year period following the intake.
"Committed effective dose equivalent" or
				HE,50 means the sum of the products of the weighting
				factors applicable to each of the body organs or tissues that are irradiated
				and the committed dose equivalent to each of these organs or tissues
				(HE,50 = [SIGMA]
				wTHT,50).
"Construction" means the installation of foundations or
				in-place assembly, erection, fabrication or testing for any structure, system,
				or component of a facility or activity subject to this Part that is related to
				radiological safety or security. The term "construction" does not
				include:
changes for temporary use of the land for public recreational
				purposes;
site exploration, including necessary borings to determine
				foundation conditions or other preconstruction monitoring to establish
				background information related to the suitability of the site, the
				environmental impacts of construction or operation, or the protection of
				environmental values;
preparation of the site for construction of the facility,
				including clearing of the site, grading, installation of drainage, erosion
				control and other environmental mitigation measures, and construction of
				temporary roads and borrow areas;
erection of fences and other access control measures that are
				not related to the safe use of, or security of, radiological materials subject
				to this Part;
excavation;
erection of support buildings (e.g., construction equipment
				storage sheds, warehouse and shop facilities, utilities, concrete mixing
				plants, docking and unloading facilities, and office buildings) for use in
				connection with the construction of the facility;
building of service facilities (e.g., paved roads, parking
				lots, railroad spurs, exterior utility and lighting systems, potable water
				systems, sanitary sewerage treatment facilities and transmission lines);
procurement or fabrication of components or portions of the
				proposed facility occurring at other than the final, in-place location at the
				facility; or
taking any other action that has no reasonable nexus to
				radiological health and safety.
"Critical group" means the group of individuals reasonably
				expected to receive the greatest exposure to residual radioactivity for any
				applicable set of circumstances.
"Curie" or "Ci" means a unit of quantity of radioactivity. One
				curie is that quantity of radioactive material that decays at the rate of 3.7 x
				1010 disintegrations (transformations) per second
				(dps or tps).
"Decommission" means to remove a facility or site safely from
				service and reduce residual radioactivity to a level that permits release of
				property for unrestricted use and termination of the license.
"Declared pregnant woman" means any woman who has voluntarily
				informed the licensee or registrant, in writing, of her pregnancy and the
				estimated date of conception. The declaration remains in effect until the
				declared pregnant woman withdraws the declaration in writing or is no longer
				pregnant.
"Dedicated check source" means a radioactive source that is
				used to assure the constant operation of a radiation detection or measurement
				device over several months or years.
"Deep dose equivalent" or "Hd" means the
				dose equivalent at a tissue depth of 1 centimeter (1000 milligrams per square
				centimeter) from external whole-body exposure.
"Densitometer" means a device that is used to provide a
				quantitative measurement of the optical density of x-ray film to determine the
				response of the film to exposure and development.
"Depleted uranium" means the source material uranium in which
				the isotope uranium-235 is less than 0.711 weight percent of the total uranium
				present. Depleted uranium does not include special nuclear material.
"Director" means the Director of the Illinois Emergency
				Management Agency
.
"Discrete source" means a radionuclide that has been processed
				so that its concentration within a material has been purposely increased for
				use for commercial, medical or research activities.
"Distinguishable from background" means the detectable
				radioactivity is statistically different from background in the vicinity of the
				site, or, in the case of structures, in similar materials using adequate
				measurement technology, survey and statistical techniques.
"Dose" or "radiation dose" means either absorbed dose, dose
				equivalent, effective dose equivalent, committed dose equivalent, committed
				effective dose equivalent, total organ dose equivalent or total effective dose
				equivalent.
"Dose equivalent" or"HT" means the
				product of the absorbed dose in tissue, quality factor and all other necessary
				modifying factors (e.g., a distribution factor for nonuniform deposition) at
				the location of interest. The units of dose equivalent are the sievert (Sv) and
				the rem.
"Dose limits" or "limits" means the permissible upper bounds of
				radiation doses established by, or in accordance with, 32 Ill. Adm. Code:
				Chapter II, Subchapters b and d.
"Dosimetry processor" means an individual or an organization
				that processes and evaluates individual monitoring devices in order to
				determine the radiation dose delivered to those devices. Dosimetry processing
				not only includes physical or chemical processing of dosimetry in a laboratory
				setting to extract absorbed dose information from a storage medium as is the
				case with film or thermoluminescent dosimetry (TLD), but also includes the
				process of digitally extracting absorbed dose information locally from storage
				medium using approved algorithms and computer applications as is the case with
				direct ion storage (DIS) technology.
"Effective dose equivalent" or "HE"
				means the sum of the products of the dose equivalent to each organ or tissue
				(HT) and the weighting factor
				(WT) applicable to each of the body organs or tissues
				that are irradiated (HE =
				[SIGMA]WTHT).
"Embryo/fetus" means the developing human organism from
				conception until the time of birth.
"Entrance or access point" means any opening through which an
				individual or extremity of an individual could gain access to radiation areas
				or to licensed radioactive materials. This includes entry or exit portals of
				sufficient size to permit human entry, irrespective of their intended
				use.
"Exposure" means:
the quotient of dQ divided by dm where "dQ" is the absolute
				value of the total charge of the ions of one sign produced in air when all the
				electrons (negatrons and positrons) liberated by photons in a volume element of
				air having mass "dm" are completely stopped in air. (See Section
				310.140
				for SI unit coulomb per kilogram (C/kg) and the special unit roentgen (R).);
				or
irradiation by ionizing radiation or radioactive
				material.
AGENCY NOTE: The context makes clear which is the appropriate
				definition.
"Exposure rate" means the exposure per unit of time, such as
				roentgen per minute (R/min) and milliroentgen per hour (mR/h).
"External dose" means that portion of the dose equivalent
				received from any source of radiation outside the body.
"Extremity" means a hand, elbow, arm below the elbow, foot,
				knee and leg below the knee.
"Former U.S. Atomic Energy Commission (AEC) or U.S. Nuclear
				Regulatory Commission (NRC) licensed facilities" means nuclear reactors,
				nuclear fuel reprocessing plants, uranium enrichment plants, or critical mass
				experimental facilities where AEC or NRC licenses have been terminated.
"Gray" or "Gy" means the SI unit of absorbed dose. One gray is
				equal to an absorbed dose of 1 joule per kilogram (J/kg) (100 rad).
"Healing arts" means the art or science or group of arts or
				sciences dealing with the prevention and cure or alleviation of human ailments,
				diseases or infirmities, and has the same meaning as "medicine" when the latter
				term is used in its comprehensive sense.
"High radiation area" means any area, accessible to
				individuals, in which radiation levels from radiation sources external to the
				body could result in an individual receiving a dose equivalent in excess of 0.1
				rem (1 mSv) in 1 hour at 30 centimeters from the radiation source or 30
				centimeters from any surface that the radiation penetrates.
"Human use" means the internal or external administration of
				radiation or radioactive materials to human beings.
"Individual" means any human being.
"Individual monitoring" means the assessment of:
Dose equivalent by the use of individual monitoring devices or
				by the use of survey data; or
Committed effective dose equivalent by bioassay or by
				determination of the time-weighted air concentrations to which an individual
				has been exposed (i.e., DAC-hours). (For the definition of DAC-hours, see 32
				Ill. Adm. Code
				340.30.)
"Individual monitoring devices" (personnel dosimeter or
				dosimeter) means devices designed to be worn by a single individual for the
				assessment of dose equivalent. Examples of individual monitoring devices are
				film badges, thermoluminescence dosimeters (TLDs), optically stimulated
				luminescence dosimeters (OSLs), pocket ionization chambers, personal air
				sampling devices and electronic dosimeters (e.g., silicon diode
				dosimeters).
"Inspection" means an official examination or observation
				including, but not limited to, tests, surveys, and monitoring to determine
				compliance with rules, regulations, orders, requirements, and conditions of the
				Agency.
"Interlock" means a device arranged or connected such that the
				occurrence of an event or condition is required before a second event or
				condition can occur or continue to occur.
"Internal dose" means that portion of the dose equivalent
				received from radioactive material taken into the body.
"License" means any license issued by the Agency in accordance
				with 32 Ill. Adm. Code: Chapter II, Subchapters b and d.
"Licensed material" means radioactive material received,
				possessed, used, transferred or disposed of under a general or specific license
				issued by the Agency.
"Licensee" means any person who is licensed by the Agency in
				accordance with 32 Ill. Adm. Code: Chapter II, Subchapters b and d.
"Lost or missing source of radiation" means any licensed or
				registered source of radiation whose location is unknown. This definition
				includes, but is not limited to, radioactive material that has been shipped but
				has not reached its planned destination and whose location cannot be readily
				traced in the transportation system.
"Major processor" means a person, other than medical programs,
				universities, industrial radiography services, or wireline service operations,
				who is licensed to process, handle, or manufacture radioactive material as
				unsealed sources in quantities exceeding the quantities specified in appendix C
				to 10 CFR 20, published at 60 Fed. Reg. 20186, April 25, 1995, exclusive of
				subsequent amendments or editions, by a factor of at least
				103, or radioactive material as sealed sources in
				quantities exceeding the quantities specified in appendix C to 10 CFR 20 by a
				factor of at least 1010.
"Member of the public" means any individual, except an
				individual who is performing assigned duties for the licensee or registrant
				involving exposure to sources of radiation.
"Minor" means an individual less than 18 years of age.
"Monitoring" or "radiation monitoring" or "radiation protection
				monitoring" means the measurement of radiation, radioactive material
				concentrations, surface area activities or quantities of radioactive material
				and the use of the results of these measurements to evaluate potential
				exposures and doses.
"NARM" means any naturally occurring or accelerator-produced
				radioactive material. It does not include byproduct, source or special nuclear
				material.
"Natural radioactivity" means radioactivity of naturally
				occurring nuclides.
"Nuclear Regulatory Commission" or "NRC" means the U.S. Nuclear
				Regulatory Commission or its duly authorized representatives.
"Occupational dose" means the dose received by an individual in
				the course of employment in which the individual's assigned duties for the
				licensee or registrant involve exposure to sources of radiation. Occupational
				dose does not include dose received from background radiation, from any medical
				administration the individual has received, from exposure to individuals
				administered radioactive material and released as authorized by the Agency,
				from voluntary participation in medical research programs, or as a member of
				the public.
"Operator" means an individual, group of individuals,
				partnership, firm, corporation, association, or other entity conducting the
				business or activities carried on within a radiation installation.
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				ILCS 40/4 (d-7)]
"Package" means the packaging, together with its radioactive
				contents, as presented for transport.
"Packaging" means the assembly of components necessary to
				ensure compliance with the packaging requirements of 32 Ill. Adm. Code 341. It
				may consist of one or more receptacles, absorbent materials, spacing
				structures, thermal insulation, radiation shielding and devices for cooling or
				absorbing mechanical shocks. The vehicle, tie down system and auxiliary
				equipment may be designated as part of the packaging.
"Particle accelerator" means any machine capable of
				accelerating electrons, protons, deuterons or other charged particles in a
				vacuum and of discharging the resultant particulate or other radiation into a
				medium at energies usually in excess of 1 million electron volts (MeV). For
				purposes of this definition, "accelerator" is an equivalent term.
"Person"
means any individual, corporation,
				partnership, firm, association, trust, estate, public or private institution,
				group, agency, political subdivision of this State, any other State or
				political subdivision or agency thereof, and any legal successor,
				representative, agent, or agency of the foregoing
,
other than
				the United States Nuclear Regulatory Commission, or any successor thereto, and
				other than federal government agencies licensed by the United States Nuclear
				Regulatory Commission, or any successor thereto.
"Person" also
				includes a federal entity (and its contractors) if the federal entity agrees to
				be regulated by the State or as otherwise allowed under federal law.
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				ILCS 40/4(e)]
"Personnel monitoring equipment" (see "Individual monitoring
				devices").
"PET" means positron emission tomography.
"Pharmacist" means an individual licensed by the State pursuant
				to the Pharmacy Practice Act [225 ILCS 85] to compound and dispense drugs,
				prescriptions, and poisons.
"Physician" means an individual licensed to practice a
				treatment of human ailments by virtue of the Medical Practice Act of 1987 [225
				ILCS 60], the Illinois Dental Practice Act [225 ILCS 25] or the Podiatric
				Medical Practice Act of 1987 [225 ILCS 100], who may use radiation for
				therapeutic, diagnostic or other medical purposes within the limits of the
				individual's licensure.
"Positron emission tomography radionuclide production facility"
				means a facility operating a particle accelerator for the purpose of producing
				PET radionuclides.
"Protective apron" means any apron made of radiation
				attenuating materials, at least 0.25 millimeter lead equivalent, that may be
				used to reduce exposure to radiation.
"Qualified engineering expert" means any person qualified under
				the Illinois Architecture Practice Act of 1989 [225 ILCS 305], the Structural
				Engineering Licensing Act of 1989 [225 ILCS 340] and/or any required
				combination thereof.
"Quality factor" or "Q" means the modifying factor (listed in
				Section 310.140, Tables 1 and 2) that is used to derive dose equivalent from
				absorbed dose.
"Quarterly" means at intervals not to exceed 3 months.
"Rad" means the special unit of absorbed dose. One rad is equal
				to an absorbed dose of 100 ergs per gram or 0.01 joule per kilogram (J/kg)
				(0.01 Gy).
"Radiation" or "ionizing radiation" means
gamma rays
				and x-rays, alpha and beta particles, high-speed electrons, neutrons, protons,
				and other nuclear particles, or electromagnetic radiations capable of producing
				ions directly or indirectly in their passage through matter; but does not
				include sound or radio waves, or visible infrared or ultraviolet
				light.
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				ILCS 40/4(f)]
"Radiation area" means an area, accessible to individuals, in
				which radiation levels could result in an individual receiving a dose
				equivalent in excess of 0.05 mSv (0.005 rem) in 1 hour at 30 centimeters from
				the source of radiation or from any surface that the radiation
				penetrates.
"Radiation dose" (see "Dose").
"Radiation emergency" means
the uncontrolled release of
				radioactive material from a radiation installation which poses a potential
				threat to the public health, welfare and safety.
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				ILCS 40/4 (f-5)]
"Radiation Installation"
is any location or facility
				where radiation machines are used or where radioactive material is produced,
				transported, stored, disposed or used for any purpose
[420
				ILCS 40/4(g)], except when the
				radioactive materials or facility are subject to regulation by the NRC.
"Radiation machine" means
any device that produces
				radiation when in use
[420
				ILCS 40/4(h)], except those that
				produce radiation only from radioactive materials.
"Radiation safety officer" means an individual who has the
				knowledge and responsibility to apply appropriate radiation protection
				regulations and has been assigned that responsibility by the licensee or
				registrant.
"Radioactive material" means
any solid, liquid, or
				gaseous substance which emits radiation spontaneously.
[420
				ILCS 40/4(i)] It includes material
				defined as "byproduct material" in the Act.
"Radioactivity" means the disintegration (transformation) of
				unstable atomic nuclei by the emission of radiation.
"Radiobioassay" (see "Bioassay").
"Registrant" means any person who is registered with the Agency
				and is legally obligated to register with the Agency pursuant to the Radiation
				Protection Act of 1990 [420 ILCS 40] and 32 Ill. Adm. Code
				320.10.
"Registration" means registration with the Agency in accordance
				with 32 Ill. Adm. Code 320.10.
"Regulations of the U.S. Department of Transportation" or
				"regulations of USDOT" means the regulations in 49 CFR 100-189, revised
				November 14, 2014, exclusive of subsequent amendments or editions.
"Rem" means the special unit of any of the quantities expressed
				as dose equivalent. The dose equivalent in rem is equal to the absorbed dose in
				rad multiplied by the quality factor (1 rem = 0.01 Sv).
"Research and development" means:
theoretical analysis, exploration, or experimentation;
				or
the extension of investigative findings and theories of a
				scientific or technical nature into practical application for experimental and
				demonstration purposes, including the experimental production and testing of
				models, devices, equipment, materials, and processes.
Research and development does not include the internal or
				external administration of radiation or radioactive material to human
				beings.
"Residual radioactivity" means radioactivity in structures,
				materials, soils, groundwater and other media at a site resulting from
				activities under the licensee's control. This includes radioactivity from all
				licensed and unlicensed sources used by the licensee, but excludes background
				radiation. It also includes radioactive materials remaining at the site as a
				result of routine or accidental releases of radioactive material at the site
				and previous burials at the site, even if those burials were made in accordance
				with the provisions of 32 Ill. Adm. Code 340 or the equivalent provisions of 10
				CFR 20.
"Restricted area" means any area access to which is limited by
				the licensee or registrant for purposes of protecting individuals against undue
				risks from exposure to sources of radiation. Restricted area shall not include
				areas used for residential quarters, but separate rooms in a residential
				building may be set apart as a restricted area.
"Roentgen" means the special unit of exposure. One roentgen (R)
				equals 2.58 x 10-4 coulombs per kilogram (C/kg).
				(See "Exposure" and Section 310.140.)
"Sealed source" means any device containing radioactive
				material to be used as a source of radiation which has been constructed in such
				a manner as to prevent the escape of any radioactive material.
"Sealed source and device registry" means the national registry
				that contains all the registration certificates generated by the Agency, U.S.
				Nuclear Regulatory Commission or an Agreement State that summarize the
				radiation safety information for the sealed sources and devices and describe
				the licensing and use conditions approved for the product.
"Sensitometer" means a device that is used to test the setup
				and stability of film processing procedures and equipment by providing a
				standard pattern of light exposure of x-ray film.
"Shallow dose equivalent" or "Hs", which
				applies to the external exposure of the skin or an extremity, means the dose
				equivalent at a tissue depth of 0.007 centimeter (7 milligrams per square
				centimeter).
"SI" means the abbreviation for the International System of
				Units.
"Sievert" or "Sv" means the SI unit of any of the quantities
				expressed as dose equivalent. The dose equivalent in sievert is equal to the
				absorbed dose in grays multiplied by the quality factor (1 Sv = 100
				rem).
"Source material" means:
uranium or thorium, or any combination thereof, in any physical
				or chemical form; or
ores that contain by weight one-twentieth of one percent (0.05
				percent) or more of uranium, thorium or any combination thereof.
Source material does not include special nuclear
				material.
"Source of radiation" means any radioactive material or any
				device or equipment emitting, or capable of producing, radiation.
"Special form radioactive material" means radioactive material
				that satisfies the following conditions:
It is either a single solid piece or is contained in a sealed
				capsule that can be opened only by destroying the capsule;
The piece or capsule has at least one dimension not less than 5
				millimeters (0.197 inch); and
It satisfies the test requirements specified in
				10 CFR
				71.75 and
				71.77,
				published at 60 Fed. Reg. 50264, September 28, 1995, exclusive of subsequent
				amendments or editions, except that special form radioactive material designed
				or constructed prior to July 1, 1985 need only meet the requirements of
				10 CFR
				71.75 and
				71.77
				in effect on June 30, 1983.
"Special nuclear material" means:
plutonium, uranium 233, uranium enriched in the isotope
				233 or in the isotope 235 and any other material which the Agency declares by
				order to be special nuclear material after the United States Nuclear Regulatory
				Commission, or any successor thereto, has determined the material to be such,
				but does not include source material; or
any material artificially enriched by any of the
				foregoing, but does not include source material.
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				ILCS 40/4(l)]
"Special nuclear material in quantities not sufficient to form
				a critical mass" means uranium enriched in the isotope U-235 in quantities not
				exceeding 350 grams of contained U-235; U-233 in quantities not exceeding 200
				grams; plutonium in quantities not exceeding 200 grams; or any combination of
				them, except source material, in accordance with the following formula: For
				each kind of special nuclear material, determine the ratio between the quantity
				of that special nuclear material and the quantity specified above for the same
				kind of special nuclear material. The sum of such ratios for all of the kinds
				of special nuclear material in combination shall not exceed one. For example,
				the following quantities in combination would not exceed the limitation and are
				within the formula:
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"Survey" means an evaluation of the radiological conditions and
				potential hazards incident to the production, use, transfer, release, disposal,
				or presence of sources of radiation. Such an evaluation includes, but is not
				limited to, measurements or calculations of levels of radiation, or
				concentrations or quantities of radioactive material present.
"Test" means the process of verifying compliance with an
				applicable regulation.
"Total effective dose equivalent" or "TEDE" means the sum of
				the deep dose equivalent for external exposures and the committed effective
				dose equivalent for internal exposures.
"Total organ dose equivalent" or "TODE" means the sum of the
				deep dose equivalent and the committed dose equivalent to the organ receiving
				the highest dose as described in 32 Ill. Adm. Code
				340.1160(a)(6).
"Unrefined and unprocessed ore" means ore in its natural form
				prior to any processing, such as grinding, roasting or beneficiating, or any
				refining. Processing does not include sieving or encapsulation of ore or
				preparation of samples for laboratory analysis.
"Unrestricted area" means any area access to which is not
				controlled by the licensee or registrant for purposes of protection of
				individuals from exposure to radiation and radioactive material, and any area
				used for residential quarters. AGENCY NOTE: Licensees or registrants may
				control access to certain areas for purposes other than radiation protection,
				but such action does not affect whether the areas are unrestricted areas as
				defined in this Part.
"Uranium fuel cycle" means the operations of milling of uranium
				ore, chemical conversion of uranium, isotopic enrichment of uranium,
				fabrication of uranium fuel, generation of electricity by a light-water-cooled
				nuclear power plant using uranium fuel and reprocessing of spent uranium fuel
				to the extent that these activities directly support the production of
				electrical power for public use. Uranium fuel cycle does not include mining
				operations, operations at waste disposal sites, transportation of radioactive
				material in support of these operations and the reuse of recovered non-uranium
				special nuclear and byproduct materials from the cycle.
"U.S. Department of Energy" means the agency created by the
				Department of Energy Organization Act (established by P.L. 95-91, 91 Stat. 565,
				42
				USC 7101 et seq.), to the extent that the
				Department of Energy, or its duly authorized representatives, exercises
				functions formerly vested in the U.S. Atomic Energy Commission, its Chairman,
				members, officers and components and transferred to the U.S. Energy Research
				and Development Administration and to the Administrator thereof pursuant to
				sections 104(b), (c) and (d) of the Energy Reorganization Act of 1974 (P.L.
				93-438, 88 Stat. 1233 at 1237,
				42 USC
				5814) and retransferred to the Secretary of
				Energy pursuant to section 301(a) of the Department of Energy Organization Act
				(P.L. 95-91, 91 Stat. 565 at 577-578,
				42 USC
				7151).
"Very high radiation area" means an area, accessible to
				individuals, in which radiation levels from radiation sources external to the
				body could result in an individual receiving an absorbed dose in excess of 500
				rads (5 grays) in 1 hour at 1 meter from a radiation source or 1 meter from any
				surface that the radiation penetrates.
AGENCY NOTE: For very high doses received at high dose rates,
				units of absorbed dose (e.g., gray and rad) are appropriate rather than units
				of dose equivalent (e.g., sievert and rem).
"Waste" means those low-level radioactive wastes containing
				source, special nuclear or byproduct material that are acceptable for disposal
				in a land disposal facility. For the purposes of this definition, low-level
				radioactive waste means radioactive waste not classified as high-level
				radioactive waste, transuranic waste, spent nuclear fuel, or byproduct material
				as defined in Section 4(a-5)(2) of the Act.
"Waste handling licensee" means a person licensed by the
				Agency, the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission or an Agreement State to receive
				radioactive wastes for storage or treatment, or both storage and treatment,
				prior to disposal as well as any person licensed to receive radioactive waste
				for disposal away from the point of generation.
"Week" means 7 consecutive days starting on Sunday.
"Whole body" means, for purposes of external exposure, head,
				trunk (including male gonads), arms above the elbow or legs above the
				knee.
"Worker" means any individual engaged in work under a license
				or registration issued by the Agency and controlled by a licensee or
				registrant, but does not include the licensee or registrant.
"Working level" or "WL" means any combination of short-lived
				radon daughters in 1 liter of air that will result in the ultimate emission of
				1.3 x
				105 MeV of potential alpha particle energy. The
				short-lived radon daughters are for:
radon-222: polonium-218, lead-214, bismuth-214 and
				polonium-214; and
radon-220: polonium-216, lead-212, bismuth-212 and
				polonium-212.
"Working level month" or "WLM" means an exposure to 1 working
				level (WL) for 170 hours. (2,000 working hours per year divided by 12 months
				per year is approximately equal to 170 hours per month.)
"Year" means the period of time beginning in January used to
				determine compliance with the provisions of 32 Ill. Adm. Code: Chapter II,
				Subchapters b and d. The licensee or registrant may change the starting date of
				the year used to determine compliance by the licensee or registrant provided
				that the decision to make the change is made not later than December 31 of the
				previous year. If a licensee or registrant changes a year, the licensee or
				registrant shall assure that no day is omitted or duplicated in consecutive
				years.