engineered barriers
Defined in 1 place of the United States Code.
The term “engineered barriers” means manmade components of a disposal system designed to prevent the release of radionuclides into the geologic medium involved. Such term includes the high-level radioactive waste form, high-level radioactive waste canisters, and other materials placed over and around such canisters.
Source
- 1994–present42 U.S.C. § 10101The Public Health and Welfare · Definitions · for purposes of this chapter