Strategic Guidance on the Management of LLW and ILW / LLW ...

LLW Repository LtdNational Waste ProgrammeNWP/REP/011Issue 2.1 – Jan 2013Page 5 of 58DefinitionsTermActivated itemLLW / ILW cross boundary wastePond furnitureSurface contaminated itemVolumetrically contaminated itemDefinitionA solid object which has become radiologically contaminatedby activation products resulting from neutron radiation.Those wastes with radiological characteristics either side ofthe LLW radiological classification boundary that couldpracticably be managed either as LLW or else as ILW.For the purposes of this document, this is defined as themetallic architecture used for, and associated with, thestorage and handling of irradiated fuel in cooling pondswhich has been or is currently stored under water, and whichis classified as either low level waste (LLW) or else isintermediate level waste (ILW) where there is believed to bea practicable chance of using treatment or conditioning torender it LLW.A solid object which is not in itself radioactive but which hasfixed and / or loose radioactive contamination distributed onany of its surfaces (including internal surfaces).A solid object for which radioactive contamination isdistributed, to some degree, throughout the volume of theobject and not just contained on the surfaces of the object.A company owned by UK Nuclear Waste Management LtdNOT PROTECTIVELY MARKED