Glossary

Polonium

A radioactive element that occurs in pitchblende and other uraniumcontaining ores.

Absorbed Dose

Absorption

Acceptable intake (for subchronic and chronic exposure)

Accident

Accident Site

Acclimatization

Accumulation of Waste

Acute Hazardous Waste

Adverse health effects

Airborne Particulates

American Conference of Governmental Industrial Hygienists (ACGIH)

Applicable or Relevant and Appropriate Requirements (ARARs)

Automated Vacuum Waste Collection System

Best Demonstrated Available Technology (BDAT)

Boiler (Wheelabrator)

Boiling Point

Brackish Water

Brownfield Development

Chemical Oxygen Demand (COD)

Chemical Waste

Chemical Waste Management (CWM)

Closed Site (Landfill)

Construction and Demolition (C&D)

Controlled Environment

Coronavirus (COVID-19)

Corrective Action Program

Drop-Off Box Or Center

Electronic Waste Recycling Act Of 2003

Emission

Emission Control Equipment (Wheelabrator)

Empirical

Encapsulation

Environmental Exposure

Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)

Extremely Hazardous Substance (EHS)

Extremely Hazardous Waste

Fluorescent Lamps And Tubes

Greenfield Development

Hazard Communication Standard

Hazard Evaluation

Hazard Identification

Hazardous Chemical

Hazardous Material

Hazardous Ranking System

Hazardous Substance

Hazardous Waste

Hazardous Waste Operations and Emergency Response (HAZWOPER)

Hazards Analysis

Hazards Identification

Household Waste (Domestic Waste)

Human Equivalent Dose

Incident Command Post

Incident Command System (ICS)

Integrated Waste Management

Irradiation

Irritant

Isotope

No result found.

Kinetic EnergyKinetic Energy

Landfill

Landfill Footprint

Landfill, Construction & Demolition (C&D)

Landfill, Hazardous Waste

Landfill, Municipal Solid Waste (Msw)

Life-Cycle Assessment (LCA)

Material Safety Data Sheet (MSDS)

Materials Recovery Facility (Mrf)

Mercury Added Novelties

Microwave Disinfection System

Minimal Risk Level (MRL)

Mixed Waste (MW)

Modification

Molecular Weight

Municipal Solid Waste (MSW)

Mutagen/ Mutagenicity

N95 Mask

National Fire Protection Association (NEPA)

Nitrogen Dioxide (NO2)

Nitrogen Oxide (NOx)

Non-Empty Aerosol Cans That Contain Hazardous Materials

Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA)

Oil Spill

Opacity

Operation and Maintenance

Permissible Exposure Limits (PEL)

Physical and Chemical Treatment

Postmanufacture Content

Public Health Advisory

No result found.

Reasonable Maximum Exposure

Recycle America Alliance (RAA)

Recycling

Regulated Medical Waste (RMW)

SB 14 (Senate Bill 14)

Stoker (Wheelabrator)

Threshold Limit Value (TLV)

Toxicity Characteristic Leaching Procedure (TCLP)

Toxicology

Transfer Station

Transformation

Transportation of Hazardous Waste

Treatability Group

Treatment

Treatment, Storage, and Disposal Facilities (TSDF)

Turbine Generator (Wheelabrator)

Transportation & Disposal

Remediation & Construction

Technical
Services

High Hazard
Services

Bulk Solids Disposal

TSDF

Recycling

Operations & Maintenance

Vacuum Truck Services

Parts Washer Service

Emergency Response

Household Hazardous Waste

Retail
Services

Industrial
Services

Microwave Disinfection
System

National
Services

Environmental Engineering

Environmental Management

Environmental Consulting

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Polonium