Code of Maine Rules
10 - DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
144 - DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES - GENERAL
Chapter 222 - RULES RE:PUBLIC NOTIFICATION OF RADIOACTIVE EMISSIONS FROM NUCLEAR POWER PLANT
Section 144-222-2 - Definitions

A. "Act" means 35-A MRSA Sections4331 through 4334.

B. "Agency" means the Department of Human Services

C. "Batch Release" means the release of gaseous or liquid effluent of a discrete volume.

D. "Continuous Release" Means the discharge of gaseous or liquid effluent of a non-discrete volume which is essentially uninterrupted for extended periods during normal operation of the facility.

E. "Curie," Ci, is a measurement of radioactivity. One curie is that quantity of radioactive material which decays at the rate of 37 billion nuclear disintegrations per second. Commonly used fractions of the curie are the millicurie, 0.001 Ci and the microcurie, 0.000001 Ci.

F. "Day" means a 24-hour period beginning at midnight.

G. "Department" means the Maine Department of Human Services, its Commissioner, his or her designee, or the staff of that Department's Bureau of Health, Division of Health Engineering.

H. "Determined" (or a determination) means a qualitative and quantitative evaluation of the radioactive effluents by monitoring and measurement techniques to detect radionuclides at sensitivity levels as specified by the Maine Yankee operating license.

I. "Dose" means the effective dose equivalent.

J. "Effective Dose Equivalent" means the product of absorbed dose, quality factor and all other necessary modifying factors found in biological tissue at the location of interest . The units of dose equivalent are the rem, r; and Sievert, Sv.

K. "MEMA" means the Maine Emergency Management Agency, its Director or his or her designee.

L. "Notification" means making information readily accessible to the public and other designated agencies through any common and usually accepted means of conveyance of information, such as newspaper, radio, television, and/or toll-free telephone communication.

M. "Release" means the gaseous or liquid emission into the environment of any radioactive material generated in or attributable to the operation of Maine Yankee nuclear power facility. The term release also applies to gaseous releases arising from samples of primary systems and components.

N. "Scheduled Release" means the planned or anticipated deliberate release of radioactive material into the environment for which a 24-hour public. pre-notification is given. A scheduled release may be batch or continuous.

O. "Unscheduled Release" means the unanticipated release of radioactive material into the environment for which a 24-hour public pre-notification is not given.