Contact-Handled Waste
Contact-Handled Waste : Radioactive waste or waste packages whose external dose rate is low enough to permit contact handling by humans during normal waste management activities. [DOE glossary] DOE-HDBK-1188-2006 A-11 "Contact-handled transuranic waste" means transuranic waste with a surface dose rate not greater than 200 millirem per hour. [WIPP LWA] See: remote-handled waste