South Carolina Code of Regulations
Chapter 61 - DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROL
Subchapter 61-63 - Radioactive Materials (Title A)
Part IX - LICENSING OF NATURALLY OCCURRING RADIOACTIVE MATERIAL (NORM)
Section 61-63.IX.RHA 9.2 - Definitions
Current through Register Vol. 48, No. 9, September 27, 2024
As used in these regulations:
9.2.1 "Beneficiating" means the processing of materials for the purpose of altering chemical or physical properties to improve the quality, purity, or assay grade.
9.2.2 "Naturally occurring radioactive material (NORM)" means any nuclide that is radioactive in its natural physical state (i.e., not man made), but does not include source, byproduct, or special nuclear material. Examples include, but are not limited to, pipe scale containing radium; pipes and other equipment plated with radon daughters; phosphate overburden or waste; phosphogypsum; phosphate slag; waste, overburden, and residue associated with the extraction of metals or rare earths; water treatment filters containing radium; and zircon sands.
9.2.3 "Product" means something produced, made, manufactured, refined, or beneficiated.
9.2.4 "Recycling" means a process by which materials that have served their intended purpose are collected, separated, or processed and returned to use in the form of raw materials in the production of new products. Recycling shall not include the use of a material that constitutes disposal.
9.2.5 "Technologically enhanced natural radiation" (TENR) means radiation from naturally occurring isotopes to which exposure would not occur by (or would be increased by) some technological activity not expressly designed to produce radiation.
