Appendix CRF - Part 3 - Northamptonshire County Council

waste generator. The operating organization of a facility or activity that generates waste. See
also operator.
waste inventory. Quantity, radionuclides, activity and waste form characteristics of wastes for
which an operator is responsible.
waste management, radioactive. All activities, administrative and operational, that are involved
in the handling, pretreatment, treatment, conditioning, transport, storage and disposal of
radioactive waste.
water table. The upper surface of a zone of groundwater saturation.
zone, saturated. A subsurface zone in which all the interstices are filled with water. This zone is
separated from the unsaturated zone, i.e. the zone of aeration, by the water table. See also zone,
unsaturated.
zone, unsaturated. A subsurface zone in which at least some interstices contain air or water
vapour, rather than liquid water. Also referred to as the ‘zone of aeration’. See also zone,
saturated.
Application for disposal of LLW including HV-VLLW under RSA 1993,
for the East Northants Resource Management Facility:
Supporting Information
July 2009
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WS010001/ENRMF/CONSAPPCRF 456