By-Product Material - sdmp-00330121

DOE-HDBK-XXXX-2005

06/30/2005

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BY-PRODUCT MATERIAL. Any radioactive material (except special nuclear material)

yielded in or made radioactive by exposure to the radiation incident to the process of producing

or utilizing special nuclear material, and the tailings or wastes produced by the extraction or

concentration of uranium or thorium from any ore processed primarily for its source material

content. [AEA]

Where relevant to a particular NEPA document, add:

By-product material is exempt from regulation under the Resource Conservation and Recovery

Act. However, the exemption applies only to the actual radionuclides dispersed or suspended

in the waste substance. Any nonradioactive hazardous waste component of the waste is subject

to regulation under the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act. [Derived from DOE

5820.2A, 10 CFR 962]

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CALCINE. To heat a solid to a high temperature below the melting point in order to drive off

volatile constituents, convert the material to a powder, or cause other changes, such as

oxidation or reduction. Originally referred specifically to the heating of calcium carbonate

(i.e., limestone) to drive off carbon dioxide gas and form calcium oxide (i.e., quicklime).

Note: Calcine may also be used as a noun, referring to the product of calcining. [Derived from

AHD, MW, and UW]

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CANDIDATE SPECIES. Plants and animals native to the United States for which the U.S.

Fish and Wildlife Service or the National Marine Fisheries Service has sufficient information

on biological vulnerability and threats to justify proposing to add them to the threatened and

endangered species list, but cannot do so immediately because other species have a higher

priority for listing. The Services determine the relative listing priority of candidate taxa in

accordance with general listing priority guidelines published in the Federal Register. (See

endangered species and threatened species.) [Derived from ESA WN, 62 FR 49398]

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CANISTER. A general term for a container, usually cylindrical, used in handling, storage,

transportation, or disposal of waste.

CANYON. A large heavily shielded concrete building containing a remotely operated

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plutonium or uranium processing facility.

CAPABLE FAULT. In general, "capable fault" means a geologic fault along which it is

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mechanically feasible for sudden slip (i.e., earth motion) to occur. [Derived from Bolt]

Nuclear Regulatory Commission reactor siting regulations define a capable fault as a fault

which has exhibited one or more of the following characteristics:

(1) Movement at or near the ground surface at least once within the past 35,000 years or

movement of a recurring nature within the past 500,000 years.

(2) Macro-seismicity instrumentally determined with records of sufficient precision to

demonstrate a direct relationship with the fault.

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