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EQUIVALENT (H) and EFFECTIVE DOSE EQUIVALENT (EDE) in the NEPA glossary

while "derived from" explain the term equivalent, whereas the definitions in main text pass that

question on to the definition of QUALITY FACTOR. The NEPA glossary definition of

HAZARD ANALYSIS, while a derivation, is organized more rationally than that in this

Glossary. The NEPA glossary definition for NUCLEAR FACILITY derived from obsolete

DOE O 6340.1A and DOE O 5480.30 is an interesting discussion. The NEPA definition for

RISK is stronger than that presented in this Glossary. The NEPA glossary definition for

SAFETY ANALYSIS REPORT (SAR), though a derivation from statute associated with the

U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, is more complete and uses better grammar than either of

the two definitions in the text of the DOE Glossary of Environment, Safety and Health Terms.

The composite definition for SPECIAL NUCLEAR MATERIAL (SNM) in the NEPA listing is

less complicated and less redundant than that cited in this Glossary (exact quote from 10 CFR

707.4).

NEPA definitions for ABSORBED DOSE (D), ACCIDENT, BASELINE, DESIGN BASIS

ACCIDENT, EFFECTIVE DOSE EQUIVALENT (HE), TOTAL EFFECTIVE DOSE

EQUIVALENT (TEDE), and TRU WASTE can coexist with the more authoritative definitions

in this Glossary. BASELINE as defined in this Glossary is in a Life Cycle Management context

while the NEPA definition is primarily for use in NEPA documents. A best definition for TRU

WASTE might be a combination of the definition in the DOE Glossary of Environment, Safety

and Health Terms with the appendix NEPA presentation.

An additional 368 page "Glossary of Terms Related to CERCLA, EPCRA, PPA, RCRA, and

TSCA" resides on the Internet Website of the Office of Environmental Policy and Assistance,

EH-41, http://www.eh.doe.gov/oepa. This glossary is nearly four times the size of the DOE

Glossary of Environment, Safety and Health Terms and not feasible as a second appendix. The

reader is directed to the cited Web page without further discussion.

The current version of this handbook incorporates comments generated during two 60-day

coordinations on the DOE Technical Standards Home Page, one that concluded on January 28,

2000, and another that concluded on May 25, 2001. Also incorporated are salient terms from

the latest version of 10 CFR 830 and 10 CFR 850, "Chronic Beryllium Disease Prevention

Program; Final Rule," environmental terms from DOE G 450.1-1, and transportation and

packaging terms primarily from 49 CFR 171.8.

This Glossary was compiled by M. Norman Schwartz and is currently maintained by EH-22,

the Office of Nuclear and Facility Safety Policy. Please direct additions, revisions, comments or

questions to Mr. Schwartz at norm.schwartz.@eh.doe.gov.