Wis. Admin. Code Department of Health Services DHS 158.03 - Definitions

In this chapter:

(1) "Decommissioned facility" means a nuclear power facility that has been retired from service by following a Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) approved process to reduce residual radioactivity so that the site can be safely released for other use.

Note: An independent spent fuel storage installation may still be located at or near a decommissioned facility.

(2) "Decommissioning nuclear power plant" means a facility licensed by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission that has ceased operation and is in the process of safely closing to retire it from service. Decommissioning begins after the nuclear fuel, coolant and radioactive waste are removed from the reactor.

(3) "Department" means the Wisconsin department of health services.

(4) "Nuclear power plant" means a facility licensed by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission that utilizes or utilized a nuclear power reactor to generate electricity, and includes an operating nuclear power plant and a decommissioning nuclear power plant, but excludes a decommissioned facility.

(5) "Operating nuclear power plant" means a facility licensed by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission that utilizes a nuclear power reactor to make electricity by the continuous splitting of atoms. An operating nuclear power plant may shut down temporarily for refueling or maintenance activities, which does not alter its operating status.

(6) "Radiation monitoring" means the determination of the amount of radioactive materials present in the environment, including ambient radiation levels, by laboratory analysis of selected samples of fish, food, milk, air, water, vegetation, soil and ambient radiation readings taken from the area around a nuclear power plant.

(7) "State fiscal year" means the 12-month period beginning July 1.

Notes

Wis. Admin. Code Department of Health Services DHS 158.03

Cr. Register, July, 1991, No. 427, eff. 8-1-91; correction in (1) made under s. 13.92(4) (b) 6, Stats., Register January 2009 No. 637. Amended by, CR 18-083: r. and recr. Register July 2019 No. 763, eff. 8-1-19; corrections in (1) made under s. 35.17, Stats., correction in numbering made under s. 13.92(4) (b) 1., Stats., corrections in (2) and (5) made under s. 13.92(4) (b) 12., Stats., Register July 2019 No. 763, eff. 8/1/2019