R313-25-2. Definitions

  As used in Rule R313-25, the following definitions apply:

  "Active maintenance" means significant activity needed during the period of institutional control to maintain a reasonable assurance that the performance objectives in Sections R313-25-20 and R313-25-21 are met. Active maintenance may include the pumping and treatment of water from a disposal unit, the replacement of a disposal unit cover, or other episodic or continuous measures. Active maintenance does not include custodial activities like repair of fencing, repair or replacement of monitoring equipment, revegetation, minor additions to soil cover, minor repair of disposal unit covers, and general disposal site upkeep.

  "Approval application" means an application by a radioactive waste facility regulated under Title 19, Chapter 3 or Title 19, Chapter 5, for a permit, permit modification, license, license amendment, or other authorization.

  "Buffer zone" means a portion of the disposal site that is controlled by the licensee and that lies under the disposal units and between the disposal units and the boundary of the site.

  "Competitive site-specific estimate" means a market-based cost estimate identifying and calculating the reasonable closure costs of a land disposal facility, including the cost of each activity in the closure, post-closure and institutional care of such facility, and market-based overhead(s) provided in sufficient detail to allow the Director to review and approve the same.

  "Custodial agency" means an agency of the government designated to act on behalf of the government owner of the disposal site.

  "Day" for purposes of this Rule means calendar days.

  "Disposal" means the isolation of wastes from the biosphere by placing them in a land disposal facility.

  "Disposal site" means that portion of a land disposal facility which is used for disposal of waste. It consists of disposal units and a buffer zone.

  "Disposal unit" means a discrete portion of the disposal site into which waste is placed for disposal. For near-surface disposal, the disposal unit may be a trench.

  "Engineered barrier" means a man-made structure or device intended to improve the land disposal facility's performance under Rule R313-25.

  "Groundwater permit" means a groundwater quality discharge permit issued under the authority of Title 19, Chapter 5 and Rule R317-6.

  "Hydrogeologic unit" means a soil or rock unit or zone that has a distinct influence on the storage or movement of ground water.

  "Inadvertent intruder" means a person who may enter the disposal site after closure and engage in activities unrelated to post closure management, such as agriculture, dwelling construction, or other pursuits which could, by disturbing the site, expose individuals to radiation.

  "Intruder barrier" means a sufficient depth of cover over the waste that inhibits contact with waste and helps to ensure that radiation exposures to an inadvertent intruder will meet the performance objectives set forth in Rule R313-25, or engineered structures that provide equivalent protection to the inadvertent intruder.

  "Land disposal facility" means the land, buildings and structures, and equipment which are intended to be used for the disposal of radioactive waste. Land disposal facility also includes any land, buildings and structures, and equipment adjacent to such land disposal facility used for the receipt, storage, treatment, or processing of radioactive waste.

  "Monitoring" means observing and making measurements to provide data to evaluate the performance and characteristics of the disposal site.

  "Near-surface disposal facility" means a land disposal facility in which waste is disposed of within approximately the upper 30 meters of the earth's surface.

  "Site closure and stabilization" means those actions that are taken upon completion of operations that prepare the disposal site for custodial care, and that assure that the disposal site will remain stable and will not need ongoing active maintenance.

  "Stability" means structural stability.

  "Surveillance" means monitoring and observation of the disposal site to detect needs for maintenance or custodial care, to observe evidence of intrusion, and to ascertain compliance with other license and regulatory requirements.

  "Tolling period," for purposes of this Rule, means a period during which days are not counted toward the deadlines specified in Subsections R313-25-6(3)(c), (4)(c)(i), (5)(b)(i), and (6)(b)(i).

  "Treatment" means the stabilization or the reduction in volume of waste by a chemical or a physical process.

  "Unlicensed facility" means a structure, road, or property adjacent to, but outside of, a licensed or permitted area and that is not used for waste disposal or management.

  "Waste" means those low-level radioactive wastes containing radioactive material that are acceptable for disposal in a land disposal facility. For the purposes of this definition, low-level radioactive waste means radioactive waste not classified as high-level radioactive waste, transuranic waste, spent nuclear fuel, or byproduct material as defined in (b), (c), and (d) of the definition for byproduct material found in Section R313-12-3.