§ 8-401
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§8–401.
(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.