Radioactive waste (c. 1995 - )

Radioactive waste. For legal and regulatory purposes, radioactive waste may be defined as material that contains or is contaminated with, radionuclides at concentrations or activities greater than clearance levels as established by the regulatory body, and for which no use is foreseen. (It should be recognized that this definition is purely for regulatory purposes, and that material with activity concentrations equal to or less than clearance levels is radioactive from a physical viewpoint - although the associated radiological hazards are considered negligible.) Source: International Atomic Energy Agency, The Principles of Radioactive Waste Management, Safety Series No. 111-F, International Atomic Energy Agency, Vienna, Austria, 1995, p.20

Further defintions from: International Atomic Energy Agency, IAEA Safety Glossary: Terminology used in Nuclear, Radiation, Radioactive Waste and Transport Safety [Working Material Version 1.0], International Atomic Energy Agency, Vienna, Austria, April 2000

1. For legal and regulatory purposes, waste that contains or is contaminated with, radionuclides at concentrations or activities greater than clearance levels as established by the regulatory body. [It should be recognized that this definition is purely for regulatory purposes, and that material with activity concentrations equal to or less than clearance levels is radioactive from a physical viewpoint, although the associated radiological hazards are considered negligible.]

2. 'Radioactive material in gaseous, liquid or solid form for which no further use is foreseen by the Contracting Party or by a natural or legal person whose decision is accepted by the Contracting Party, and which is controlled as radioactive waste by a regulatory body under the legislative and regulatory framework of the Contracting Party. [7]'

3. Material, whatever its physical form, remaining from practices or interventions and for which no further use is foreseen (i) that contains or is contaminated with radioactive substances and has an activity or activity concentration higher than the level for clearance from regulatory requirements, and (ii) exposure to which is not excluded from the Standards. [1]

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September 1995	Source - International Atomic Energy Agency, The Principles of Radioactive Waste Management, Safety Series No. 111-F, International Atomic Energy Agency, Vienna, Austria, 1995, p.20
April 2000	International Atomic Energy Agency, IAEA Safety Glossary: Terminology used in Nuclear, Radiation, Radioactive Waste and Transport Safety [Working Material Version 1.0], International Atomic Energy Agency, Vienna, Austria, April 2000

• International Atomic Energy Agency, Safety Guide: Predisposal Management of High Level Radioactive Waste (No. WS-G-2.6), Vienna, Austria, 2000?, http://www-pub.iaea.org/MTCD/publications/PDF/Pub1151_scr.pdf. Details
• International Atomic Energy Agency, Safety Guide: Predisposal Management of Low and Intermediate Level Radioactive Waste (No. WS-G-2.5), Vienna, Austria, 2000?, http://www-pub.iaea.org/MTCD/publications/PDF/Pub1150_scr.pdf. Details
• International Atomic Energy Agency, Safety Guide: Regulatory Control of Radioactive Discharges to the Environment (No. WS-G-2.3), Vienna, Austria, 2000?, http://www-pub.iaea.org/MTCD/publications/PDF/P088_scr.pdf. Details
• International Atomic Energy Agency, Safety Guide: Management of Radioactive Waste from the Mining and Milling of Ores (No. WS-G-1.2), Vienna, Austria, 2000?, http://www-pub.iaea.org/MTCD/publications/PDF/Pub1134_scr.pdf. Details
• International Atomic Energy Agency, Safety Guide: Safety Assessment for Near Surface Disposal of Radioactive Waste (No. WS-G-1.1), Vienna, Austria, 2000?, http://www-pub.iaea.org/MTCD/publications/PDF/P075_scr.pdf. Details
• International Atomic Energy Agency, Safety Requirement: Near Surface Disposal of Radioactive Waste (No. WS-R-1), Vienna, Austria, 2000?, http://www-pub.iaea.org/MTCD/publications/PDF/P073_scr.pdf. Details
• International Atomic Energy Agency, Safety Requirement: Predisposal Management of Radioactive Waste, including Decommissioning (No. WS-R-2), Vienna, Austria, 2000?, http://www-pub.iaea.org/MTCD/publications/PDF/P089_scr.pdf. Details