Ohio Administrative Code › Title 3701:1 - Radiation Control › Chapter 3701:1-54 - Radiation Generator and Broker Reporting Requirements › Section 3701:1-54-01 - Definitions

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
As used in Chapter 3701:1-54 of the Administrative Code:
(A) "Above grade construction" for the
			 purposes of a disposal cell for radioactive waste, means the structural design
			 such that the bottom of the waste is at or above the elevation of the native
			 surface topography.
(B) "Active
			 maintenance" as used in reference to an AIF, means any improvements or repairs
			 to the physical features of an AIF that are intended to preserve the ability of
			 the facility to perform its function of isolating radioactive waste.
"Active maintenance" as used in reference to land disposal of
				radioactive waste, means any significant remedial activity needed during the
				period of institutional control to maintain a reasonable assurance that the
				performance objectives are met. Such active maintenance includes, but is not
				limited to, ongoing activities such as the pumping and treatment of water from
				a disposal unit or one-time measures such as replacement of a disposal unit
				cover. Active maintenance does not include custodial activities such as repair
				of fencing, repair or replacement of monitoring equipment, revegetation, minor
				additions to soil cover, minor repair of disposal unit covers, and general
				disposal site upkeep such as mowing grass.
(C) "Assured isolation" means an integrated
			 management system for isolating licensable radioactive waste for a period not
			 to exceed one hundred years, while preserving options for its long term
			 management through robust, accessible facilities, and planned preventative
			 maintenance. The time limit starts from the date that the radioactive waste is
			 received by the AIF.
(D) "Assured
			 isolation facility (AIF)" means the structures and land containing the
			 operational components of a site for the assured isolation of licensable
			 radioactive waste. This includes, but is not limited to, support and
			 administrative facilities, roads and staging areas.
(E) "Assured isolation site" means the entire
			 plot of land on which an AIF is located, including that portion of the earth
			 underlying the facility which is of significance to its structural stability,
			 or is related to the environmental monitoring of the facility.
(F) "Broker" means any person who takes
			 possession of radioactive waste solely for purposes of consolidation and
			 shipment.
(G) "Buffer Zone" means a
			 portion of a site that is controlled by the licensee and that lies under the
			 storage or disposal units and between the structure containing the radioactive
			 waste and the site boundary.
(H)
			 "Carrier" means a person who is engaged in the transportation of radioactive
			 waste by air, rail, road, highway, or water.
(I) "Disposal" or "dispose" means the
			 permanent isolation of radioactive waste in accordance with Chapter 3748. of
			 the Revised Code and the rules promulgated thereunder.
(J) "Disposal site" means that portion of a
			 facility that is used for the disposal of low level radioactive waste and that
			 consists of disposal units and a buffer zone.
(K) "Disposal unit" means a discrete portion
			 of the facility into which low level radioactive waste is placed for
			 disposal.
(L) "Engineered Barrier"
			 means a man made structure or device that us intended to improve a facility's
			 ability to meet the performance objectives.
(M) "Frequent earthquake activity" means more
			 than three earthquakes of greater than Richter magnitude of 4.5, within an
			 epicentral distance of less than 24.2 kilometers (fifteen miles), over a
			 projected interval of one hundred years, based on currently available
			 scientific analyses of the past one hundred years seismicity.
(N) "Generator" means a person who first
			 produces radioactive waste, including, without limitation, any person who does
			 so in the course of or incident to manufacturing, power generation, processing,
			 waste treatment, waste storage, medical diagnosis or treatment, research, or
			 other industrial or commercial activity. "Generator" does not include a patient
			 who may discharge radioactive material in body wastes or fluids as the result
			 of a medical procedure; however, the waste or fluids generated by such a
			 patient are low-level radioactive waste. If the person who first produced an
			 item or quantity of waste cannot be identified, "generator" means the person
			 first possessing the waste who can be identified.
(O) "Inadvertent intruder" means a person who
			 might occupy the disposal site after closure and engage in normal activities,
			 such as agriculture, dwelling, construction, or other pursuits in which the
			 person might be unknowingly exposed to radiation from the waste.
(P) "Inadvertent intrusion" means any
			 activity performed by a person that would unknowingly expose or release
			 radiation from the waste, or compromise barriers designed to meet the
			 performance objectives of the disposal site.
(Q) "Isolation" means the segregation and
			 impoundment of radioactive waste in a manner that protects the environment
			 inhabited by humans, including, but not limited to, the human food
			 chain.
(R) "Karst" means a terrain
			 with an assemblage of landforms such as sinkholes and caves that are due to
			 weathering of predominantly carbonate bedrock.
(S) "Land disposal" means disposal of
			 radioactive waste in a land disposal facility.
(T) "Land disposal facility" means the land,
			 buildings, and equipment that is intended to be used for the disposal of
			 radioactive waste.
(U) "Mixed
			 waste" is radioactive waste that contains a listed hazardous waste or exhibits
			 a hazardous waste characteristic identified in 40 C.F.R. 261, Subpart C
								(as in effect on the effective
			 date of this rule).
(V)
			 "Monitoring" means activities undertaken by the licensee in evaluating the
			 characteristics or performance of a facility or a site through systematic
			 measurement and analysis of specific parameters.
(W) "Processor" means a person who treats or
			 repackages radioactive material received from another person.
(X) "Quality assurance" (QA) or "quality
			 assurance program" means a program providing for verification by written
			 procedures such as testing, auditing, and inspection to ensure that
			 deficiencies, deviations, defective equipment, or unsafe practices, or a
			 combination thereof, relating to the use, disposal, management, or manufacture
			 or radiation sources are identified, promptly corrected, and reported to the
			 appropriate regulatory agencies.
(Y) "Recoverable" means the ability to
			 physically collect and remove the waste from its present location.
(Z) "Retrievable" means the ability to remove
			 a container and its contents as a single entity when used in reference to waste
			 storage.
(AA) "Stability" means
			 structural stability.
(BB)
			 "Storage" or "store" means the retention of radioactive waste, prior to
			 disposal in a manner that allows for surveillance, control, and subsequent
			 retrieval.
(CC) "Surveillance"
			 means activities undertaken by the licensee in monitoring and observation of a
			 site for purposes of visual detection of a need for maintenance, custodial
			 care, evidence of intrusion, and compliance with other license and regulatory
			 requirements.
(DD) "Treatment"
			 means any method, technique, or process, including storage for radioactive
			 decay, that changes the physical, chemical, or biological characteristics or
			 composition of any radioactive waste in order to render the waste safer for
			 transport or management, amenable to recovery, convertible to another usable
			 material, or reduced in volume.
(EE) "Waste management" means the storage,
			 treatment, or disposal of radioactive waste.
(FF) "Waste processing" is the act or process
			 of treating radioactive waste.