§ 7-225

Maryland § 7-225

• Jurisdiction: Maryland
• Article gen: Environment
• Title: 7

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(a) In this section, “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 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.

(b) This section does not apply to the federal government, this State, any county, municipal corporation, or other political subdivision of this State, or any of their units.

(c) Except as expressly otherwise required by federal law, a person may not establish or operate a high-level nuclear waste facility for the treatment, permanent storage, or disposal of any high-level nuclear waste or transuranic waste.