Radioactive Waste Law and Legal Definition
According to 10 CFR 20.1003 [Title 10 – Energy; Chapter I -- Nuclear Regulatory Commission; Part 20 -- Standards for Protection Against Radiation; Subpart A -- General Provisions], the term radioactive waste means “those low-level radioactive wastes containing source, special nuclear, or byproduct material that are acceptable for disposal in a land disposal facility. For the purposes of this definition, low-level radioactive waste means radioactive waste not classified as high-level radioactive waste, transuranic waste, spent nuclear fuel, or byproduct material as defined in paragraphs (2), (3), and (4) of the definition of Byproduct material set forth in this section.”
Legal Definition list
Related Legal Terms
- Accountable Sealed Radioactive Source
- Agricultural Solid Waste
- Airborne Radioactive Material
- Ameliorative Waste
- Asbestos-Containing Waste Materials [National Emission Standard for Asbestos]
- Basel Convention on the Control of Transboundary Movements of Hazardous Wastes and Their Disposal
- Cargo Associated Wastes [Maritime Law]
- Commissive Waste
- Corrosion Expert [Hazardous Waste Management]
- Double Waste
