Maryland § 8-401

§ 8-401.

    (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.