Sec. 2. DEFINITIONS
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## SEC. 2 DEFINITIONS For purposes of this Act: ####
(1)Agreement state The term “**agreement State**” means a State that— #####
(A)has entered into an agreement with the Nuclear Regulatory Commission under section 274 of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 (42 U.S.C. 2021); and #####
(B)has authority to regulate the disposal of low-level radioactive waste under such agreement. ####
(2)Allocation The term “**allocation**” means the assignment of a specific amount of low-level radioactive waste disposal capacity to a commercial nuclear power reactor for which access is required to be provided by sited States subject to the conditions specified under this Act. ####
(3)Commercial nuclear power reactor The term “**commercial nuclear power reactor**” means any unit of a civilian light-water moderated utilization facility required to be licensed under section 103 or 104b. of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 (42 U.S.C. 2133 or 2134(b)). ####
(4)Compact The term “**compact**” means a compact entered into by two or more States pursuant to this Act. ####
(5)Compact commission The term “**compact commission**” means the regional commission, committee, or board established in a compact to administer such compact. ####
(6)Compact region The term “**compact region**” means the area consisting of all States that are members of a compact. ####
(7)Disposal The term “**disposal**” means the permanent isolation of low-level radioactive waste pursuant to the requirements established by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission under applicable laws, or by an agreement State if such isolation occurs in such agreement State. ####
(8)Generate The term “**generate**”, when used in relation to low-level radioactive waste, means to produce low-level radioactive waste. ####
(9)Low-level radioactive waste #####
(A)In general The term “**low-level radioactive waste**” means radioactive material that— ######
(i)is not high-level radioactive waste, spent nuclear fuel, or byproduct material (as defined in section 11e.(2)2 of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 (42 U.S.C. 2014(e)(2))); and 2So in original. Probably should be “**11 e. (2)**”. ######
(ii)the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, consistent with existing law and in accordance with paragraph (A),3 classifies as low-level radioactive waste. 3So in original. Probably should be “**subparagraph (A)**”. #####
(B)Exclusion The term “**low-level radioactive waste**” does not include byproduct material (as defined in paragraphs
(3)and
(4)of section 11 e. of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 (42 U.S.C. 2014(e)). ####
(10)Non-sited compact region The term “**non-sited compact region**” means any compact region that is not a sited compact region. ####
(11)Regional disposal facility The term “**regional disposal facility**” means a non-Federal low-level radioactive waste disposal facility in operation on January 1, 1985, or subsequently established and operated under a compact. ####
(12)Secretary The term “**Secretary**” means the Secretary of Energy. ####
(13)Sited compact region The term “**sited compact region**” means a compact region in which there is located one of the regional disposal facilities at Barnwell, in the State of South Carolina; Richland, in the State of Washington; or Beatty, in the State of Nevada. ####
(14)State The term “**State**” means any State of the United States, the District of Columbia, and the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico. **[**[42 U.S.C. 2021b](/us/usc/t42/s2021b)**]**
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