105 CMR, § 120.893
As used in 105 CMR 120.890, the following definitions apply:
Board means the Low-level Radioactive Waste Management Board established in M.G.L. c. 111H, § 2.
Days means calendar days; provided that in computing time periods such periods shall exclude the day of the, event which starts the period running, and further provided that if the last day of a period falls on a Sunday, legal holiday or declared state of emergency day, such period shall be extended to the close of business on the next business day.
Department means the Department of Public Health.
Development means all activities undertaken with respect to a low-level radioactive waste facility during the period commencing with the selection of any superior site pursuant to M.G.L. c. 111H, § 23 and continuing until the commencement of facility operation pursuant to M.G.L. c. 111H, § 39.
Disposal means the isolation of low-level radioactive waste from the biosphere inhabited by human beings and their food chains.
Generator means a person, including a broker, who produces low-level radioactive waste.
Generator Guidance means the document titled Low-level Radioactive Waste Minimization Guidance compiled by the Department for the guidance of waste generators.
Half-life means the time in which half the atoms of a particular radioactive substance disintegrate to another nuclear form.
Licensee means a person holding a license issued pursuant to 105 CMR 120.100 by the Department of Public Health to transfer, acquire, own, possess or use quantities of, or devices or equipment utilizing, radioactive material.
Low-level Radioactive Waste means radioactive material that
(1) is neither high-level waste, nor spent nuclear fuel, nor by-product material as defined in section 11(e)(2) of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended, 42 U.S.C. §2014(e); and
(2) is classified by the Federal Government as low-level radioactive waste, but not including waste which remains a Federal responsibility, as designated in section 3(b) of the Low-Level Radioactive Waste Policy Act, as amended, 42 U.S.C. §2021c(b), as in effect as of December 8, 1987.
Management means the storage, packaging, treatment, transportation, or disposal, where applicable, of low-level radioactive waste.
Management Plan means the low-level radioactive waste management plan adopted by the board pursuant to M.G.L. c. 111H, § 12 to provide for the safe and efficient management of low-level radioactive waste.
Manifest means a detailed record of the characteristics and quantities of packaged waste as presented for transportation, treatment, storage, or disposal which usually accompanies waste transfers for these purposes.
Minimization Plan means the plan required by each generator which identifies actions to allow for "storage for decay" of short-lived radioisotopes, and actions to achieve source and volume minimization.
Mixed Waste means low-level radioactive waste containing material that either:
(1) is listed in 310 CMR 30.131 through 30.136; or
(2) causes the waste to exhibit any of the characteristics identified in 310 CMR 30.120.
Person means any agency or political subdivision of the federal government or the commonwealth, or of any state, any public or private corporation or authority, individual, firm, joint stock company, partnership, association, trust, estate, institution or other entity, and any officer, employee or agent of such person, and any group of such persons.
Radioactive Material means any solid, liquid, or gas which emits radiation spontaneously.
Radioactive Material User means any person who requires a license or registration with the Department of Public Health pursuant to 105 CMR 120.000 to use radioactive materials for any purpose.
Radioactivity means the transformation of unstable atomic nuclei with the emission of radiation.
Source Minimization means minimizing the volume of radioactivity of low-level radioactive waste prior to its generation by such methods as:
(1) avoiding unnecessary contamination of items during the use of radioactive materials;
(2) carefully segregating radioactive waste from non-radioactive trash; or
(3) substituting non-radioactive isotopes or radioisotopes with shorter half-lives where practicable.
Storage means the holding of low-level radioactive waste for treatment or disposal.
Storage for Decay means a procedure in which low-level radioactive waste with a relatively short half-life is held for natural radioactive decay in compliance with applicable federal and state regulations.
Treatment means any method, technique, or process including source minimization, volume minimization, and storage for decay, designed to change the physical, radioactive, chemical, or biological characteristics or composition of low-level radioactive waste in order to render such waste safer for management, amenable for recovery, convertible to another usable material or reduced in volume.
Volume Minimization means treatment of low-level radioactive waste after its generation in order to minimize the physical dimensions of the waste and the space required for disposal.
Waste means low-level radioactive waste.
Waste Facility means a facility that is licensed in Massachusetts for the purposes of treating, storing or disposing of low level radioactive waste.
105 CMR, § 120.893