Section 8-401 - Definitions.
§ 8-401. Definitions.
(a) In general.- In this subtitle the following words have the meanings indicated.
(b) High-level nuclear waste.- "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.- "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.- "Transuranic waste" means waste material that is measured or assumed to contain at least 10 nanocuries of transuranic activity per gram of waste.
[An. Code 1957, art. 43, § 689E; 1982, ch. 240, § 2.]