N.Y. Comp. Codes R. & Regs. tit. 9 § 500.3

Current through Register Vol. 46, No. 36, September 4, 2024

Section 500.3 - Definitions

(a) Fallout shelter. A building, structure or other real property, or an area or portion thereof, so constructed, altered or improved as to provide protection against harmful radiation resulting from radioactive fallout in accordance with the plan, regulations or orders of the commission pertaining thereto, including such plumbing, heating, electrical, ventilating, conditioning, filtrating and refrigerating equipment and other mechanical additions or installations, if any, as may be an integral part thereof.

(b) Facilities. Buildings, shelters, utilities and land.

(c) Protection factor. The relative reduction in the amount of radiation that would be received by a person in a shelter compared with the amount which he would receive if unprotected. For example, an unprotected person would receive 100 times more radiation than a person in a shelter having a protection factor of 100.

N.Y. Comp. Codes R. & Regs. Tit. 9 § 500.3