Skip to main content

Improving the Regulation and Management of Low-Activity Radioactive Wastes Interim Report on Current Regulations, Inventories, and Practices (2003) / Chapter Skim
Currently Skimming:

1 Introduction
Pages 7-12

The Chapter Skim interface presents what we've algorithmically identified as the most significant single chunk of text within every page in the chapter.
Select key terms on the right to highlight them within pages of the chapter.


From page 7...
... WHAT ARE LOW-ACTIVITY RADIOACTIVE WASTES? ~ initiating this study, the Board used the term "low-activity waste" to denote a spectrum of radioactive materials declared as wastes from a variety of national defense and private sector activities.2 These low-activity wastes generally contain lower levels of radioactive material and present less of a hazard to public and environmental health than either spent nuclear fuel or high-level waste from chemical processing of spent fuel, both ~ The Committee on Improving Practices for Regulating and Managing Low-Activity Radioactive Waste is referred to as "the committee" throughout this report.
Read the entire page →
From page 8...
... bases for existing regulatory systems, and identify waste streams that are not being regulated or managed in a safe or cost effective manner; and 3. Provide an assessment of technical and policy options for improving practices for regulating and managing low-activity waste to enhance technical soundness, ensure continued protection of public and environmental health, and increase cost effectiveness.
Read the entire page →
From page 9...
... . Information Sources The main sources of information for this interim report inclucled: 6 For completeness, radium sources and accelerator-produced material can be included in this category although they do not meet the statutory definition of low-level waste (see Chapter 2~.
Read the entire page →
From page 10...
... C CQ .0 ~; ·~ C~ ~; ._, ~ ~ O a' U, C~ ·,< a ·= O g._ CO _, au ~ O · O .~ : 5 ~ V c ~ ~ ~ e 3 c: 5 ~^ 2 ~ E ~ 3 ~ ~ ~ ~ == ~ -° ·4, ~ ~ E ~ ~ E ~ m^ ~ ~ ~ == E 2 E ~ ~ 2^ 5 .5 ° ~ ~ o,5 .s ~ ~ o o ~ ~ ° ~ 3 ° c ~ o° ~t ~ E ~ ° ~ ' - - - - - - - - - Interim Report
Read the entire page →
From page 11...
... Joint Convention on the Safety of Spent Fuel Management and on the Safer of Radioactive Waste Management summarizes policies, practices, regulations, and inventory of all declared wastes in the United States. The report was preparer!
Read the entire page →
From page 12...
... The committee therefore felt it would be useful to begin this interim report by describing these statutes and regulations in Chapter 2. Chapter 3 summarizes low-activity waste inventories, hazards, and management and disposal practices according to the present regulatory system.
Read the entire page →

Key Terms

  • radioactive waste
  • radioactive materials
  • improving practices
  • enhanced naturally
  • spent fuel

  • waste management
  • solid materials
  • nuclear regulatory
  • joint convention
  • occurring radioactive

  • spent nuclear
  • published studies
  • waste containing
  • arise coinciclentally
  • current regulation

  • facility decommissioning
  • board intended
  • wastes arise
  • following published
  • ractioactive decay

  • hazardous chemical
  • geologic repositories
  • categories fall
  • racliological properties
  • contain lower

  • including risk
  • inclusive categorization
  • current policies
  • massive amount
  • specific definition


    • This material may be derived from roughly machine-read images, and so is provided only to facilitate research.
    More information on Chapter Skim is available.