Re: Waste Classifications

["David Scherer" <DAVID@speedy.ehs.uiuc.edu>]

The classification scheme for low level waste is prescribed in 10 CFR 
61, Section 61.55.  This, and the definitions of high level waste and 
transuranic waste are the only classification schemes used for final 
disposal of licensed materials.  Many scheme are used internally for 
managent of waste.  For example, many licensees are allowed to hold 
short lived nuclides for deacy in storage, and they segregate or 
"classify" their waste accordingly.

Dave Scherer
scherer@uiuc.edu