Nuclear waste definition

Nuclear waste means a quantity of source, byproduct or special nuclear material (the definition of nuclear waste in this chapter is used in the same way as in 49 CFR 173.403) required to be in NRC-approved specification packaging while transported to, through or across a state boundary to a disposal site, or to a collection point for transport to a disposal site.

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Nuclear waste means a quantity of source, byproduct or special nuclear material required to be in NRC−approved speci- fication packaging while transported to, through or across a state boundary to a disposal site, or to a collection point for transport to a disposal site.

Nuclear waste means any highway route controlled quantity (defined in 49 CFR 173.403, revised October 1, 2012, incorpo- rated by reference, and available under R9-7-101; this incorporated material contains no future editions or amendments) of source, byproduct, or special nuclear material required to be in NRC-approved packaging while transported to, through, or across state boundaries to a disposal site, or to a collection point for transport to a disposal site. Additional requirements associ- ated with transportation of radioactive material can be found in Article 15.

Examples of Nuclear waste in a sentence

• Nuclear waste does have value, in my opinion, but history is not very kind about this.

• This Agreement describes the EPA-funded activities carried out by Ecology programs that address: • Water quality • Air quality • Hazardous1 waste • Nuclear waste This Agreement covers July 1, 2017, to June 30, 2019, and does not restrict the EPA or Ecology’s legal oversight or enforcement authority.

• Posiva, (2012) Nuclear waste management of the Olkiluoto and Loviisa nuclear power plants Summary of operations in 2012.

• This Agreement describes EPA-funded activities carried out by Ecology programs that address: • Water quality • Air quality • Hazardous waste2 • Nuclear waste This Agreement covers July 1, 2021 to June 30, 2023, and does not restrict EPA’s or Ecology’s legal oversight or enforcement authority.

• The MIND project (Microbiology In Nuclear waste Disposal) is a multidisciplinary project addressing key technical issues that must be tackled to support the implementation of planned geological disposal projects for higher-level radioactive wastes across the EU.

More Definitions of Nuclear waste

Nuclear waste means a quantity of source, byproduct or special nuclear material required to be in US Nuclear Regulatory Commission-approved specification packaging while transported to, through or across a state boundary to a disposal site, or to a collection point for transport to a disposal site.

Nuclear waste as used in WAC 246-231-140 means any quantity of radioactive material (not including radiography sources being returned to the manufacturer) required to be in Type B packaging while transported to, through, or across state boundaries to a disposal site, or to a collection point for transport to a disposal site. Nuclear waste, as used in these regulations, is a special classification of radioactive waste.

Nuclear waste means any waste material:

Nuclear waste means any waste material (a) containing "by-product material" other than the tailings or wastes produced by the extraction or concentration of uranium or thorium from any ore processed primarily for its "source material" content, and (b) resulting from the operation by any person or organization of any "nuclear facility" included under the first two paragraphs of the definition of "nuclear facility."

Nuclear waste means any waste material: (1) containing by-product material other than the tailings or wastes produced by the extraction or concentration of uranium or thorium from any ore process primarily for its source material content, and (2) resulting from the operation by any person or organization of any nuclear facility included under the first two paragraphs of the definition of nuclear facility.

Nuclear waste means waste from any nuclear reactor or nuclear plant or other nuclear energy system, whether or not such waste is radioactive;

Nuclear waste means, for the purposes of Part 17, a quantity of source, byproduct or special nuclear material required to be in NRC-approved specification packaging while transported to, through or across a state boundary to a disposal site, or to a collection point for transport to a disposal site.