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Radioactive waste containing more than 100 nanocuries (3700 becquerels) of alpha-emitting transuranic isotopes per gram of waste, with half-lives greater than 20 years, except for: (1) high-level radioactive waste; (2) waste that the Secretary of Energy has determined, with the concurrence of the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, does not need the degree of isolation required by the 40 CFR Part 191 disposal regulations; or (3) waste that the Nuclear Regulatory Commission has approved for disposal on a case-by-case basis in accordance with 10 CFR Part 61.
Correspondence, reports, and recommendations related to facilities and sites that process, manage, or store transuranic waste, including laboratories, waste storage and waste processing facilities as well as reviews of DOE programs and safety related directives addressing transuranic waste operations.
An isotope of hydrogen, sometimes referred to as radioactive hydrogen, (1H3, or T) with an atomic mass of 3 having one proton and two neutrons in the nucleus.
Correspondence, reports, and recommendations related to the way facilities and sites process, manage or store tritium, including laboratories storage and processing facilities as well as reviews of DOE programs and safety related directives related to tritium activities.
A naturally occurring element 92 on the periodic table used in the production of nuclear weapons and uses as nuclear fuel. Isotopes U-238, U-235 and U-233 are most often found on DOE sites.
Correspondence, reports, and recommendations related to facilities and sites that process, manage or store uranium, including laboratories, nuclear weapon and weapon component facilities, uranium waste storage and waste processing facilities as well as reviews of DOE safety related directives addressing uranium operations.
Conduct of Operations is the formal documentation, practices, and actions implementing disciplined and structured operations that support mission success and ensure worker, public, and environmental protection. The goal is to minimize the likelihood and consequences of human fallibility or technical and organizational system failures.
Work planning is a process that records, at a minimum, the scope of an activity, the Responsible Manager, location, a list of activities or tasks, and the hazards and controls associated with the activity. The result is a work document that is used in the field to execute activity-level work. This may include technical procedures, work packages, test plans, and work instructions for use by contractor personnel to perform activities.
Correspondence, reports, and recommendations related to the implementation of work planning and conduct of operations at facilities and sites, review of specific documents as well as reviews of DOE programs and safety related directives addressing both work planning and conduct of operations.