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notable difference is time; for example, a project by definition has a beginning and an end
(or at least one hopes so!); certain programs, while having a beginning may not have an end
(Dictionary of Project Management Terms).
Property Component parts of the cultural and/or natural heritage (United Nations Educational,
Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO), Convention Concerning the Protection of
the World Cultural and Natural Heritage, Paris 1972 https://whc.unesco.org/archive/con
vention-en.pdf).
Public*** Of, concerning, done, acting, etc. for people as a whole.
Record(s) Information created, received, and maintained as evidence and as an asset by
an organization or person, in pursuit of legal obligations or in the transaction of busi-
ness [International Organization for Standardization (ISO), Information and
Documentation—Management Systems for Records—Fundamentals and Vocabulary,
ISO-30300 (2011)].
Redevelopment* Planning, development, replanning, redesign, clearance, reconstruction, or
rehabilitation of all or part of a project area.
Redevelopment plan** Any new construction on a site that has preexisting uses on the site,
such as the redevelopment of an industrial site into a mixed use development, or the
redevelopment of a block of townhouses into a large apartment building.
Regeneration A synonym of revitalization.
Regulatory body An authority or a system of authorities designated by the government of a
State as having legal authority for conducting the regulatory process, including issuing
authorizations, thereby regulating the safety of nuclear installations, radiation safety, the
safety of radioactive waste management, and safety in the transport of radioactive material.
Note: The above definition refers only to nuclear safety and radiation protection. This book
recognizes that other regulatory bodies can be involved in a decommissioning or rede-
velopment project.
Rehabilitation The process of returning something to a good condition (Cambridge
Dictionary).
Release The action or process of setting free or being set free, or of allowing or being allowed
to move or flow freely. Release is used in both a physical “scientific” sense (discharge) and
a “regulatory” sense (clearance).
Remediation Any measures that may be carried out to reduce the exposure due to existing con-
tamination of land areas through actions applied to the contamination itself (the source) or
to the exposure pathways to people (note by the author: this book extends the scope of
radiation exposure to exposure from toxic or chemical contamination). Complete removal
of the contamination is not implied. The use of the term restoration is discouraged. Such
terms may be taken to imply that the conditions that prevailed before the contamination can
be achieved again and unconditional use of the land areas can be restored, which is not
usually the case (e.g., owing to the effects of the remedial action itself). Often remediation
is used to restore land areas to conditions suitable for limited use under institutional
control.
Repair*** Work beyond the scope of maintenance, to remedy defects caused by decay, dam-
age, or use, including minor adaptation to achieve a sustainable outcome, but not involving
restoration or alteration.
Restoration A restoration is when you bring something back to what it was (vocabulary.com).
See comment under Remediation.
Revitalization The process of making something grow, develop, or become successful again
(Cambridge Dictionary).