Current with changes from the 2024 Legislative Session
Section 8-401 - Definitions(a) In this subtitle the following words have the meanings indicated.(b) "High-level nuclear waste" means:(1) Spent nuclear reactor fuel;(2) Liquid waste that results from the operation, in a facility for reprocessing spent nuclear reactor fuel, of a first cycle solvent extraction system or an equivalent system;(3) Concentrated waste from the operation, in a facility for reprocessing spent nuclear reactor fuel, of a subsequent cycle solvent extraction system or an equivalent system; or(4) Any solid into which any waste that is described in item (2) or (3) of this subsection has been converted.(c) "Low-level nuclear waste" means waste that: (1) Contains or is contaminated with radioactive material emitting primarily beta or gamma radiation; and(2) Is neither high-level nuclear waste nor transuranic waste.(d) "Transuranic waste" means waste material that is measured or assumed to contain at least 10 nanocuries of transuranic activity per gram of waste.