75-20-206. Legislative approval of siting of uranium conversion and enrichment facilities -- conditions.
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75-20-206 . Legislative approval of siting of uranium conversion and enrichment facilities -- conditions.
(1)The legislature hereby authorizes the siting of uranium conversion and enrichment facilities within Montana. A facility is authorized if:
(a)it is operated on the site of and to convert and enrich mined and milled uranium within the state or transported from a location mined and milled not within the boundaries of the state;
(b)the facility has received a state recommendation from the department of environmental quality, pursuant to 75-20-204 ; and
(c)the facility has received a license to convert and enrich mined and milled uranium from the federal nuclear regulatory commission.
(2)For the purposes of this section:
(a)"uranium conversion" means the process used to convert natural uranium oxide into uranium hexafluoride; and
(b)"uranium enrichment" means the process used to enrich uranium through gaseous diffusion, gas centrifuges, or laser isotope separation.