17-17-51 - Facilities licensed by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
§ 17-17-51. Facilities licensed by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Nothing in Sections 17-17-48 through 17-17-51 or in Chapter 49 of Title 57, Mississippi Code of 1972 prohibits or is intended to prohibit the shipment, receipt, use or on-site storage of nuclear fuel assemblies to a facility licensed by the nuclear regulatory commission, or the transportation from the facility of spent nuclear fuel assemblies to a licensed reprocessing plant or to a licensed away-from-reactor storage facility.
Provided further, that nothing in Sections 17-17-48 through 17-17-51 or in Chapter 49 of Title 57, Mississippi Code of 1972 prohibits or is intended to prohibit the on-site storage of low-level radioactive waste that is generated at a facility licensed by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Sources: Laws, 1980, ch. 480, § 3; Laws, 1982, ch. 474, § 25, eff from and after passage (approved April 21, 1982).