§ 237.2. Definitions.
The following words and terms, when used in this chapter, have the following meanings, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise:
ActThe Low-Level Radioactive Waste Disposal Act (35 P. S. § § 7130.1017130.905).
Contributes to the damageA causal connection between the damage to a person or property and regional facility operations.
DamagesA pecuniary compensation or indemnity which may be recovered under the act in a court of competent jurisdiction by a person who has actually sustained a loss, detriment or injury, whether to ones person or property, real or personal, associated with exposure to radioactive material.
OperatorA person who operates a regional facility.
PersonAn individual, corporation, partnership, association, public or private institution, cooperative enterprise, municipal authority, public utility, trust, estate, group, Federal Government or agency, State institution or agency or another legal entity which is recognized by law as the subject of rights and duties. The term also includes officers and directors of a corporation or another legal entity having officers and directors.
Preoperational surveyThe results of sampling, monitoring and data analysis to assess the presence of radioactive material in air, soil, surface water, groundwater, drinking water supply, buildings or other structures, performed by the operator-licensee designate prior to the acceptance of waste at the regional facility. The term also includes other appropriate measures performed by the operator of the regional facility to assess environmental radiation, birth defects, cancer and other disease rates within 5 miles of the regional facility prior to the acceptance of waste.
Radioactive contaminationThe deposition of radioactive material into the air, soil, surface water, groundwater, drinking water supply, equipment, buildings or other structures, or on a person in concentrations or mixtures, or both, that exceed background radiation measurements established during preoperational environmental or health surveys.
Radioactive materialA material which spontaneously emits alpha, beta or gamma radiation, X-rays, neutrons, protons, high energy electrons or other atomic particles.
Rebuttable presumptionA presumption that can be overcome upon an affirmative showing of clear and convincing evidence.
Regional facilityA facility which has been approved by the Appalachian States Low-Level Radioactive Waste Commission and licensed under the act. The term includes disposal facility and facility site as defined in § 236.2 (relating to definitions).
Regional facility boundaryThe outer limits of the licensed disposal site established by land survey.
Regional facility operationsActivities, operations or processes conducted within the regional facility boundary which are attributable to the receipt, handling, management, storage or disposal of low-level radioactive waste.
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