Radiological Contamination in the United States: Hearing Before the Committee on Governmental Affairs, United States Senate, One Hundred Second Congress, Second Session, April 9, 1992 |
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activities Air Force BACA BLDG BUILDING byproduct Calif Chairman GLENN characterization clean cleanup CONGRESS THE LIBRARY Contaminated and Potentially Contaminated with Radioactivity contract for U.S.E.P.A. CRCPD currently decommissioning decontamination DEPLETED URANIUM Dept DERPHIS develop Environmental Restoration EPA REGION facilities Federal Sites DOD fuel groundwater hazardous Hospital/Medical Manufacturing Research identified included issues Laboratory landfill levels LIBRARY OF CONGRESS license located Manufacturing Research Labs mill tailings NFAP NORM NRC/Agreement Nuclear Regulatory Commission number of sites operations plutonium potentially contaminated sites Power Reactors problem radioactive contamination radioactive waste radiological contamination radionuclides radium Regulated Sites Hospital/Medical Report prepared Research Reactors responsibility RI/FS risk SAFSTOR sealed sources Senator LIEBERMAN Shallow Burial Non-NPL Sites Contaminated Sites DOD DOE Sites Hospital/Medical Manufacturing soil standards storage Superfund Test thorium Total Sites tritium TYPE uranium mill waste disposal Waste Management weapons Weldon Spring
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Page 212 - special nuclear material' means (1) plutonium, uranium enriched in the isotope 233 or in the isotope 235, and any other material which the Commission, pursuant to the provisions of section 51, determines to be special nuclear material, but does not include source material; or (2) any material artificially enriched by any of the foregoing, but does not include source material, "bb.
Page 211 - Agreement State means any State with which the Atomic Energy Commission or the Nuclear Regulatory Commission has entered into an effective agreement under subsection 274b. of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended.
Page 53 - The committee will stand in recess, subject to call of the Chair. (Whereupon, at 11...
Page 212 - High-level radioactive waste" means (1) the highly radioactive material resulting from the reprocessing of spent nuclear fuel, Including liquid waste produced directly In reprocessing and any solid material derived from such liquid waste that contains fission products In sufficient concentrations and (2) other highly radioactive material that the NRC. consistent with existing law. determines by rule requires permanent Isolation.
Page 1 - MAY 20, 1992 US SENATE, COMMITTEE ON GOVERNMENTAL AFFAIRS, Washington, DC. The committee met, pursuant to notice, at 9:14 am, in room SD342, Dirksen Senate Office Building, Hon.
Page 160 - Guidelines for Decontamination of Facilities and Equipment Prior to Release for Unrestricted Use or Termination of Licenses for Byproduct. Source, or Special Nuclear Material...
Page 212 - Source material" means (1) uranium or thorium, or any combination thereof, in any physical or chemical form; or (ii) ores which contain by weight one-twentieth of one percent (0.05%) or more of a.
Page 192 - ... states. Included are sites of the Maritime Administration, the Federal Highway Administration, and various US Coast Guard Cutters. Such sites utilize various research labs and measuring devices with sealed sources. Minimal residual radioactivity is expected due to the nature of the materials used. 4.1.10 Department of the Treasury The Department of the Treasury is responsible for 3 sites in 2 states and Washington, DC These sites include an office and laboratory of the US Customs Service and...
Page 211 - byproduct material' means (1) any radioactive material (except special nuclear material) yielded in or made radioactive by exposure to the radiation incident to the process of producing or utilizing special nuclear material...
Page 5 - Senator Lieberman? OPENING STATEMENT OF SENATOR LIEBERMAN Senator LIEBERMAN. Thank you, Mr. Chairman.