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Current as of January 01, 2025 | Updated by Findlaw Staff
(a) In this subtitle the following words have the meanings indicated.
(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.
(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.
(d) “Transuranic waste” means waste material that is measured or assumed to contain at least 10 nanocuries of transuranic activity per gram of waste.
Cite this article: FindLaw.com - Maryland Code, Environment § 8-401 - last updated January 01, 2025 | https://codes.findlaw.com/md/environment/md-code-envir-sect-8-401/
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