Colorado Revised Statutes Title 42. Vehicles and Traffic § 42-20-402. Definitions

(c)(I) “Nuclear materials” includes radioactive materials being transported to the waste isolation pilot plant in New Mexico and radioactive materials being transported to any facility provided pursuant to section 135 of the federal “Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 1982”, 42 U.S.C. sec. 10101 et seq., or any repository licensed by the United States nuclear regulatory commission that is used for the permanent deep geologic disposal of high-level radioactive waste and spent nuclear fuel.

(II) Except as provided in subparagraph (I) of this paragraph (c), “nuclear materials” does not include radioactive materials utilized in national security activities under the direct control of the United States department of defense, nor does it include radioactive materials under the direct control of the United States department of energy which are utilized in carrying out atomic energy defense activities, as defined in the federal “Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 1982”, 42 U.S.C. sec. 10101 et seq., or wastes from mining, milling, smelting, or similar processing of ores and mineral-bearing material.

(III) Notwithstanding the provisions of subparagraph (I) of this paragraph (c), “nuclear materials” does not include ores or products from mining, milling, smelting, or similar processing of ores, or the transportation thereof.