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Contact-handled transuranic waste

Term · Environment · MLC-T-ENV-006307

Legal definition from the WIPP Land Withdrawal Act. Transuranic waste whose radioactive dose rate is less than or equal to 200 mrem per hour. Workers may directly handle drums of this waste.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-ENV-006307
FieldEnvironment
SubjectEnvironmental events
ReferencesRadiation Protection Radiation Glossary
Record as JSON 
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  "id": "MLC-T-ENV-006307",
  "term": "Contact-handled transuranic waste",
  "field": "Environment",
  "term_source": "Contact-Handled Transuranic Waste",
  "definition": "Legal definition from the WIPP Land Withdrawal Act. Transuranic waste whose radioactive dose rate is less than or equal to 200 mrem per hour. Workers may directly handle drums of this waste.",
  "subject": "Environmental events",
  "references": [
    "Radiation Protection Radiation Glossary"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/environment/contact-handled-transuranic-waste/"
}

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