Nebraska Administrative Code
Topic - HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES SYSTEM
Title 180 - CONTROL OF RADIATION
Chapter 3 - LICENSING OF RADIOACTIVE MATERIAL
Section 180-3-002 - DEFINITIONS

002.01 ALERT. An alert is an event that may occur, is in progress, or has occurred that could lead to a release of radioactive material but that the release is not expected to require a response by offsite response organizations to protect persons offsite.

002.02 CONSORTIUM. A consortium is an association of medical use licensees and a positron emission tomography (PET) radionuclide production facility in the same geographical area that jointly own or share in the operation and maintenance cost of the positron emission tomography (PET) radionuclide production facility that produces positron emission tomography (PET) radionuclides for use in producing radioactive drugs within the consortium for noncommercial distributions among its associated members for medical use. The positron emission tomography (PET) radionuclide production facility within the consortium must be located at an educational institution or a Federal facility or a medical facility.

002.03 SITE AREA EMERGENCY. A site area emergency is an event that may occur, is in progress, or has occurred that could lead to a significant release of radioactive material and that could require a response by offsite response organizations to protect persons offsite.

002.04 PRINCIPAL ACTIVITIES. Principal activities are activities authorized by the license which are essential to achieving the purpose or purposes for which the license was issued or amended. Storage during which no license material is accessed for use or disposal and activities incidental to decontamination or decommissioning are not principal activities.

002.05 TECHNOLOGICALLY ENHANCED NATURALLY OCCURRING RADIOACTIVE MATERIAL (TENORM). Technologically enhanced naturally occurring radioactive material (TENORM) is naturally occurring radioactive material whose radionuclide concentration are increased by or as a result of past or present human practices. Technologically enhanced naturally occurring radioactive material (TENORM) does not include background radiation or the natural radioactivity of rocks or soils. Technologically enhanced naturally occurring radioactive material (TENORM) does not include "source material" and "byproduct material."

002.06 UNREFINED AND UNPROCESSED ORE. Unrefined and unprocessed ore is ore in its natural form prior to any processing, such as grinding, roasting or beneficiating, or refining. Processing does not include sieving or encapsulation of ore or preparation of samples for laboratory analysis.