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§ 8-401. Definitions

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West's Annotated Code of Maryland
Environment
Title 8. Radiation
Subtitle 4. Low-Level Nuclear Waste Disposal
MD Code, Environment, § 8-401
§ 8-401. Definitions
In general
(a) In this subtitle the following words have the meanings indicated.
High-level nuclear waste
(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.
Low-level nuclear waste
(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.
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.

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Added by Acts 1982, c. 240, § 2.
Formerly Art. 43, § 689E.
MD Code, Environment, § 8-401, MD ENVIR § 8-401
Current with all legislation from the 2023 Regular Session of the General Assembly. Some statute sections may be more current, see credits for details.
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