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Restricted use (or release) The use of an area or of materials subject to restrictions imposed
for reasons of radiation protection and safety. Restrictions would typically be expressed in
the form of prohibition of particular activities (e.g., house building, growing, or harvesting
particular foods) or prescription of particular procedures (e.g., materials may only be
recycled or reused within a facility).
Reuse** The use of a facility or building for a purpose other than that for which it was orig-
inally intended and/or used, following the termination/cessation of its original use.
Ruination (industrial) A concept emerging in recent discussions of postindustrial decline.
Ruins refer to the actual material remains of a past era, whereas ruination incorporates
such traces with processes, experiences, and perceptions that continue into the present.
Ruination tends to focus on modern ruins, that is, those resulting from the processes of
deindustrialization (Granzow, M., Review Essay: Industrial Ruins and Ruination,
December 2, 2014 https://www.spaceandculture.com/2014/12/02/michael-granzow-
review-essay-industrial-ruins-and-ruination/).
Safe enclosure (during decommissioning) A condition of a nuclear facility during the
decommissioning process in which only surveillance and maintenance of the facility
take place (IAEA, Radioactive Waste Management Glossary, Vienna 2003).
Service life The period from initial operation to final withdrawal from service of a structure,
system, or component.
Setback (land use) The minimum distance to which a building must be set back from a street,
road, or natural feature (Arch Daily, 2018).
Setting*** The surroundings in which a place is experienced, its local context, embracing pre-
sent and past relationships to the adjacent landscape.
Significance (of a place)*** The sum of the cultural and natural heritage values of a place,
often set out in a statement of significance.
Site** The area containing, or under investigation for its suitability for, a facility (e.g., a repos-
itory). It is defined by a boundary and is under effective control of the operating
organization.
Smart growth Development that supports economic growth, strong communities, and envi-
ronmental health. “Smart growth” covers a range of development and conservation
strategies that help protect our health and natural environment and make our communities
more attractive, economically stronger, and more socially diverse (https://smartgrowth.
org/what-is-smart-growth/ March 16, 2015).
Spent fuel Nuclear fuel removed from a reactor following irradiation that is no longer usable in
its present form because of depletion of fissile material, poison buildup, or radiation
damage.
Stakeholder (interested party) A person, company, etc., with a concern or interest in the
activities and performance of an organization, business, system, etc.
Stewardship The physical controls, institutions, information, and other mechanisms needed to
ensure protection of people and the environment at sites where the responsible party has
completed or plans to complete “cleanup” (e.g., landfill closures, remedial actions,
removal actions, and facility stabilization). Long-term stewardship includes, inter alia,
land-use controls, monitoring, maintenance, and information management (adapted from
DOE, Long Term Stewardship Study, October 2001 https://www.energy.gov/sites/prod/
files/em/DOELongTermStewardshipStudy-VolumeI-FinalOctober2001.pdf).
Storage The holding of radioactive sources, radioactive material, spent fuel, or radioactive
waste in a facility that provides for their/its containment, with the intention of retrieval.