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Transuranic Waste

Waste that is contaminated with alpha-emitting transuranic nuclides with half-lives greater than 20 years and concentrations greater than 100 nanocuries per gram of waste. Contact-handled TRU waste does not require shielding and has a surface dose rate of less than 200 millirem per hour. Remote-handled TRU waste has a surface dose rate greater than 200 millirem per hour and requires additional shielding because it presents an exposure hazard. the dose rates at the surface or remote-handled TRU waste packages fall within the 200 millirem to 1,000 rem per hour range. Some TRU waste was buried before these ranges were established. This is known as pre-1970 buried TRU waste.
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