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Appendix D: Glossary
Appendix D: Glossary
Pages 45-52
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This regulation prescribes EPA environmental radiation protection standards that will apply to all sites (except Yucca Mountain) for the deep geologic disposal of highly radioactive waste.
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Acceptable knowledge includes information regarding the raw materials used in a process or operation, process description, products, and associated wastes. Acceptable knowledge documentation includes the site history and mission, sitespecific processes or operations administrative building controls, and all previous and current activities that generate a specific waste.
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: qualitative and quantitative statements that clarify program technical and quality objectives, define the appropriate type of clata, and specify tolerable levels of potential decision errors that will be used as the basis for establishing the quality and quantity of data needed to support decisions. Defense Waste ~~ radioactive waste from anv activity performed in whole or in cart in , .
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: Public law 102-579 withdraws the land at the WIPP site from "entry, appropriation, and disposal." It transfers jurisdiction of the land from the secretary of the interior to the secretary of energy and reserves the land for activities associated with the development and operation of the WIPP. It requires DOE to comply with the EPA's radioactive waste standards and final disposal regulations and to conduct studies to analyze the impact of RH-TRU wastes on repository performance.
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Radiography utilizes X rays to inspect the contents of the waste container in real time. It is used to examine and verify the physical form of the waste for certain waste forms, identify individual waste components, and verify the absence of certain non-compliant items.
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The same year, the Atomic Energy Commission determined that all TRU waste generated after ~ 970 must be segregated from low-level waste and placed in retrievable storage pending shipment to and disposal in an approved geologic repository. Federal facilities in Washington, Idaho, California, Colorado, New Mexico, Nevada, South Carolina, Ohio, Tennessee, and Illinois are currently storing TRU waste.
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The Waste Profile Form process provides generators with guidance to help make the determination of the waste's physical, chemical, and radiological characteristics with sufficient accuracy to permit proper segregation, treatment, and disposal according to the final treatmenVdisposal facility's waste acceptance criteria.
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52 Characterization of Remote-Handled TRU Waste for the WIPP Waste Stream: waste material generated from a single process or activity or as multiple containers with similar physical, chemical, or radiological characteristics.
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