Attachment 2
DOE M 460.2-1A
Page 2 6-4-08 Resource Conservation and Recovery Act . [Adapted from: Federal Facility Compliance Act of 1992 ] Prospective Shipments Module. A document which provides information on prospective DOE radioactive materials shipments, including spent nuclear fuel and highway route controlled quantity shipping campaigns, and other high-visibility radioactive materials shipments as designated by DOE. Radioactive Material. Any material containing radionuclides where both the activity concentration and the total activity in the consignment exceed the values specified in the table in §173.436 or values derived according to the instructions in §173.433. (See 49 CFR 173.403) Radioactive Waste. Material that contains radionuclides regulated under the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended, for which no further use is intended. Shipment Safeguards Information. An integrated system of physical protection, material accounting, and material control measures designed to deter, prevent, detect, and respond to unauthorized possession, use or sabotage of nuclear materials. Information that specifically identifies measures taken for the physical protection of special nuclear material, or measures taken for the physical protection of equipment vital to the safety of operations at fixed sites and in transit. Safeguards information includes the transportation physical security plan; schedules and itineraries for specific shipments; details of vehicle immobilization features, intrusion alarm devices, and communication systems; arrangements with, and capabilities of, local police response forces; locations of safe parking; details regarding limitations of radio-telephone communications; and procedures for response to safeguards emergencies. Shipper. The entity (or its agent) that tenders a shipment for transportation. The term includes persons who prepare packages for shipment, and offer packages to a carrier for transportation by signature on the shipping paper. When a contractor signs a shipping paper on behalf of DOE, DOE is considered to be the shipper of record. Special Train. A train that includes operating or handling requirements specified by the shipper and/or required by the rail carrier which are not typical of regular freight train service. Spent Nuclear Fuel. Nuclear reactor fuel previously used as part of a fuel assembly to sustain nuclear fission in a self-supporting chain reaction in excess of 100 grams in net weight, exclusive of cladding or other structural or packaging material and has a dose rate exceeding 100 rems per hour at a distance of 3 feet from any accessible surface without intervening shielding. Transuranic Waste. Waste contaminated with alpha-emitting transuranic radionuclides (elements above uranium in the periodic table; that is, with an atomic number greater than 92) with half-lives greater than 20 years and concentrations greater than 100 nanocuries per gram. (40 CFR 191.02) Tritium-bearing Reactor Components. Absorber rods that replace the normally used burnable absorber rods (nuclear reactor rods used to capture or absorb neutrons) for the purpose of producing tritium.
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