Nebraska Administrative Code › Topic - HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES SYSTEM › Title 180 - CONTROL OF RADIATION › Chapter 24 - PHYSICAL PROTECTION OF RADIOACTIVE MATERIAL › Section 180-24-002 - DEFINITIONS

Current through June 17, 2024
For purposes of 180 NAC 24 the following definitions apply:
002.01
ACCESS
  CONTROL.
A system for allowing only approved individuals to have
  unescorted access to the security zone and for ensuring that all other
  individuals are subject to escorted access.
002.02
AGGREGATED.
Accessible by the breach of a single physical barrier that would allow access
  to radioactive material in any form, including any devices that contain the
  radioactive material, when the total activity equals or exceeds a category 2
  quantity of radioactive material.
002.03
APPROVED
  INDIVIDUAL.
An individual whom the licensee has determined to be
  trustworthy and reliable for unescorted access in accordance with 180 NAC
  24-004 through
  24-010 and who has completed the
  training required by 180 NAC 24-012.03.
002.04
BACKGROUND
  INVESTIGATION.
An investigation conducted by a licensee or
  applicant to support the determination of trustworthiness and
  reliability.
002.05
CATEGORY 1 QUANTITY OF RADIOACTIVE MATERIAL.
The
  quantity of radioactive material meeting or exceeding the category 1 threshold
  in Table 1 of Appendix 24-A in 180 NAC 24. This is determined by calculating
  the ratio of the total activity of each radionuclide to the category 1
  threshold for that radionuclide and adding the ratios together. If the sum is
  equal to or exceeds 1, the quantity would be considered a category 1 quantity.
  Category 1 quantities of radioactive material do not include the radioactive
  material contained in any fuel assembly, subassembly, fuel rod, or fuel pellet.
002.06
CATEGORY 2
  QUANTITY OF RADIOACTIVE MATERIAL.
The quantity of radioactive
  material meeting or exceeding the category 2 threshold but less than the
  category 1 threshold in Table 1 of Appendix 24-A in 180 NAC 24. This is
  determined by calculating the ratio of the total activity of each radionuclide
  to the category 2 threshold for that radionuclide and adding the ratios
  together. If the sum is equal to or exceeds 1, the quantity would be considered
  a category 2 quantity. Category 2 quantities of radioactive material do not
  include the radioactive material contained in any fuel assembly, subassembly,
  fuel rod, or fuel pellet.
002.07
DIVERSION.
Unauthorized movement of radioactive
  material subject to 180 NAC 24 to a location different from the material's
  authorized destination inside or outside of the site at which the material is
  used or stored.
002.08
ESCORTED ACCESS.
Accompaniment while in a security
  zone by an approved individual who maintains continuous direct visual
  surveillance at all times over an individual who is not approved for unescorted
  access.
002.09
FINGERPRINT ORDERS.
Orders issued by the U.S. Nuclear
  Regulatory Commission (NRC) or the legally binding requirements issued by the
  Department or Agreement States that require fingerprints and criminal history
  records checks for individuals with unescorted access to category 1 and
  category 2 quantities of radioactive material or safeguards
  information-modified handling.
002.10
LICENSE ISSUING
  AUTHORITY.
A licensing agency that issued the license, such as the
  Department, the NRC or the appropriate agency of an Agreement State.
002.11
LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT
  AGENCY (LLEA).
A public or private organization that has been
  approved by a federal, state, or local government to carry firearms and make
  arrests, and is authorized and has the capability to provide an armed response
  in the jurisdiction where the licensed category 1 or category 2 quantity of
  radioactive material is used, stored, or transported.
002.12
MOBILE
  DEVICE.
A piece of equipment containing licensed radioactive
  material that is either mounted on wheels or casters, or otherwise equipped for
  moving without a need for disassembly or dismounting; or designed to be hand
  carried. Mobile devices do not include stationary equipment installed in a
  fixed location.
002.13
MOVEMENT CONTROL CENTER.
An operations center that is
  remote from transport activity and that maintains position information on the
  movement of radioactive material, receives reports of attempted attacks or
  thefts, provides a means for reporting these and other problems to appropriate
  agencies and can request and coordinate appropriate aid.
002.14
NO-LATER-THAN ARRIVAL
  TIME.
The date and time that the shipping licensee and receiving
  licensee have established as the time at which an investigation will be
  initiated if the shipment has not arrived at the receiving facility. The
  no-later-than arrival time may not be more than 6 hours after the estimated
  arrival time for shipments of category 2 quantities of radioactive
  material.
002.15
REVIEWING OFFICIAL.
An individual who must make the
  trustworthiness and reliability determination of an individual to determine
  whether the individual may have, or continue to have, unescorted access to the
  category 1 or category 2 quantities of radioactive materials that are possessed
  by the licensee.
002.16
SABOTAGE.
Deliberate damage, with malevolent intent,
  to a category 1 or category 2 quantity of radioactive material, a device that
  contains a category 1 or category 2 quantity of radioactive material, or the
  components of the security system.
002.17
SAFE HAVEN.
A
  readily recognizable and readily accessible site at which security is present
  or from which, in the event of an emergency, the transport crew can notify and
  wait for the local law enforcement authorities.
002.18
SECURITY
  ZONE.
Any temporary or permanent area determined and established
  by the licensee for the physical protection of category 1 or category 2
  quantities of radioactive material.
002.19
STATE.
A
  state of the United States, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of
  Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, and the Commonwealth of
  the Northern Mariana Islands.
002.20
TELEMETRIC POSITION
  MONITORING SYSTEM.
A data transfer system that captures
  information by instrumentation or measuring devices about the location and
  status of a transport vehicle or package between the departure and destination
  locations.
002.21
TRUSTWORTHINESS AND RELIABILITY.
Characteristics of an
  individual considered dependable in judgment, character, and performance, such
  that unescorted access to category 1 or category 2 quantities of radioactive
  material by that individual does not constitute an unreasonable risk to the
  public health and safety or security. A determination of trustworthiness and
  reliability for this purpose is based upon the results from a background
  investigation.
002.22
UNESCORTED ACCESS.
Solitary access to an aggregated
  category 1 or category 2 quantity of radioactive material or the devices that
  contain the material.
002.23
UNITED STATES.
The United States when used in a
  geographical sense, includes Puerto Rico and all territories and possessions of
  the United States.