Alabama § 22-14-1 - Definitions.

§ 22-14-1. Definitions.

For the purposes of this article, the following terms shall have the meanings respectively ascribed to them by this section:

(1) BY-PRODUCT MATERIAL. Any radioactive material, except special nuclear material, yielded in, or made radioactive by, exposure to the radiation incident to the process of producing or utilizing special nuclear material.

(2) IONIZING RADIATION. Gamma rays and X rays; alpha and beta particles, high-speed electrons, neutrons, protons and other nuclear particles; but not sound or radio waves or visible, infrared or ultraviolet light.

(3) LICENSE - GENERAL AND SPECIFIC:

a. General License. A license effective, pursuant to regulations promulgated by the State Radiation Control Agency, without the filing of an application, to transfer, acquire, own, possess or use radiation producing machines or quantities of, or devices or equipment utilizing by-product, source, special nuclear materials or other radioactive material occurring naturally or produced artificially.

b. Specific License. A license, issued after application, to use, manufacture, produce, transfer, receive, acquire, own or possess radiation producing machines or quantities of, or devices or equipment utilizing by-product, source, special nuclear materials or other radioactive material occurring naturally or produced artificially.

(4) PERSON. Any individual, corporation, partnership, firm, association, trust, estate, public or private institution, group, agency, political subdivision of this state, any other state or political subdivision or agency thereof and any legal successor, representative, agent or agency of the foregoing, other than the United States Nuclear Regulatory Commission, or any successor thereto, and other than federal government agencies licensed by the United States Nuclear Regulatory Commission, or any successor thereto.

(5) SOURCE MATERIAL.

a. Uranium, thorium or any other material which the Governor declares by order to be source material after the United States Nuclear Regulatory Commission, or any successor thereto, has determined the material to be such; or

b. Ores containing one or more of the foregoing materials in such concentration as the Governor declares by order to be source material after the United States Nuclear Regulatory Commission, or any successor thereto, has determined the material in such concentration to be source material.

(6) SPECIAL NUCLEAR MATERIAL.

a. Plutonium, uranium 233, uranium enriched in the isotope 233 or in the isotope 235 and any other material which the Governor declares by order to be special nuclear material after the United States Nuclear Regulatory Commission, or any successor thereto, has determined the material to be such, but does not include source material; or

b. Any material artificially enriched by any of the foregoing, but does not include source material.