Sources of Glossary Entries

These definitions are from the United States Department of Energy (DOE) Oak Ridge Operations Office (ORO) Environmental Restoration/Waste Management Risk Assessment Program staff and affiliates and the following active web sources:

The Society for Risk Analysis

The Environmental Protection Agency

The United States Nuclear Regulatory Commission

North Carolina State University

Ames National Laboratory

The Uranium Institute

If identical terms were identified from multiple sources, the definition from ORO was given priority then the definition that best suited the ORO was used. Not all terms were included from each of the above www sites. Some definitions from the www sites have been altered to better suit the ORO.

The sources above involve hyperlinks that are no longer accessible.