§ 24-60-2204 — Definitions

As used in sections 24-60-2205 to 24-60-2212,
unless the context otherwise requires:

(1) Department means the department of public health and environment.

(2) Facility means a low-level radioactive waste facility capable of serving
as a regional disposal or management site for low-level radioactive waste and
which complies with the provisions of the Rocky Mountain Low-level Radioactive
Waste Compact set forth in section 24-60-2202.

(3) Low-level radioactive waste means radioactive waste, other than:

(a) Waste generated as a result of defense activities of the federal
government or federal research and development activities;

(b) High-level waste such as irradiated reactor fuel, liquid waste from
reprocessing irradiated reactor fuel, or solids into which any such liquid waste has
been converted;

(c) Waste material containing transuranic elements with contamination
levels greater than ten nanocuries per gram of waste material;

(d) Byproduct material as defined in Section 11 e. (2) of the Atomic Energy
Act of 1954, as amended on November 8, 1978; or

(e) Wastes from mining, milling, smelting, or similar processing of ores and
mineral-bearing material primarily for minerals other than radium.

Legislative History

Source: L. 82: Entire part added, p. 403, � 1, effective July 1. L. 94: (1) amended, p. 2740, � 376, effective July 1.