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nreo:canonicalLabel "facilities and activities9" (en)
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skos:definition "A general term encompassing 'nuclear facilities', uses of all 'sources' of <br/>
'ionizing radiation', all 'radioactive waste management' 'activities', 'transport' of <br/>'radioactive material' and any other 'practice' or circumstances in which people <br/>may be exposed to 'radiation' from naturally occurring or artificial 'sources'.<br/>
<i><b>Facilities</b></i> includes: 'nuclear facilities'; 'irradiation installations'; some mining and <br/>raw material processing 'facilities' such as uranium mines; <i>radioactive waste <br/>management</i> 'facilities'; and any other places where 'radioactive material' is <br/>produced, processed, used, handled, stored or disposed of — or where <br/>'radiation generators' are installed — on such a scale that consideration of <br/>'protection and safety' is 'required'.<br/><i><b>Activities</b></i> includes: the production, use, import and export of <i>radiation <br/>sources</i> for industrial, research and medical purposes; the 'transport' of <br/>'radioactive material'; the 'decommissioning' of 'facilities'; <i>radioactive waste <br/>management</i> 'activities' such as the 'discharge' of effluents; and some aspects of <br/>the 'remediation' of sites affected by residues from past 'activities'.<br/>This term is intended to provide an alternative to the terminology of <i>sources<br/></i>and 'practices' (or 'intervention') to refer to general categories of situations. For <br/>example, a 'practice' may involve many different 'facilities and/or activities', <br/>whereas the general definition (1) of 'source' is too broad in some cases: a <br/>'facility or activity' might constitute a 'source', or might involve the use of many <br/>'sources', depending upon the interpretation used.<br/>The term 'facilities and activities' is very general, and includes those for which <br/>little or no 'regulatory control' may be necessary or achievable: the more <br/>specific terms <i><b>authorized facility</b></i> and <i><b>authorized activity</b></i> should be used to <br/>distinguish those 'facilities and activities' for which any form of <i>authorization<br/></i>has been given.<br/>In the Fundamental Safety Principles (Safety Fundamentals), the term <br/>‘'facilities and activities' — existing and new — utilized for peaceful purposes’ is <br/>abbreviated for convenience to 'facilities and activities' as a general term <br/>encompassing any human activity that may cause people to be exposed to <br/>'radiation risks' arising from naturally occurring or artificial 'sources' (see <br/>Ref. [22], para. 1.9).<br/>
9 A small number of ‘catch-all’ terms — namely: 'facilities and activities'; '[mining '<br/>
'and milling]'; 'protection and safety'; and 'structures, systems and components' — are <br/>defined in the Safety Glossary. These terms may be used in exactly the form listed to <br/>describe a whole group of things without cumbersome repetition, or slight variations of <br/>the terms may be used to refer to particular subgroups. Although the definitions include <br/>an indication of the meanings of the separate elements of the terms, these are not <br/>intended to be applied rigidly: if precise reference is needed to particular items covered <br/>by the catch-all term, more precise terms should be used.<br/>" (en)
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