Nuclear waste definition

Nuclear waste means a quantity of source, byproduct or special nuclear material required to be in NRC−approved speci- fication packaging while transported to, through or across a state boundary to a disposal site, or to a collection point for transport to a disposal site.
Nuclear waste means a quantity of source, byproduct or special nuclear material (the definition of nuclear waste in this chapter is used in the same way as in 49 CFR 173.403) required to be in NRC-approved specification packaging while transported to, through or across a state boundary to a disposal site, or to a collection point for transport to a disposal site.
Nuclear waste means any highway route controlled quantity (defined in 49 CFR 173.403, revised October 1, 2012, incorpo- rated by reference, and available under R9-7-101; this incorporated material contains no future editions or amendments) of source, byproduct, or special nuclear material required to be in NRC-approved packaging while transported to, through, or across state boundaries to a disposal site, or to a collection point for transport to a disposal site. Additional requirements associ- ated with transportation of radioactive material can be found in Article 15.

Examples of Nuclear waste in a sentence

  • Nuclear waste fees and guarantees are normally updated every three years by governmental decision after a proposal from the Swedish Radiation Safety Authority (SSM).

  • Nuclear waste fees paid by licensees with a unit/units that are still in operation are currently based on future costs with the assumed lifetime of 50 years for each unit of a nuclear power plant.

  • Return from Nuclear Funds include interest income from the Finnish Nuclear waste fund and changes in fair values in the Swedish Nuclear waste fund.

  • The directly enforceable guarantees relating to Nuclear waste management given by the shareholders of Teollisuuden Voima Oyj cover the uncovered portion of nuclear waste management liability as well as a liability for any unforeseen expenses of nuclear waste management in accordance with the Nuclear Energy Act.

  • Basic idea of nuclear fission and chain reaction, Operating principle of NPP, Details of plant equipments, Fuel of NPP, Types of nuclear reactor, Uranium enrichment, Nuclear waste management, Site selection, Advantages and Disadvantages.


More Definitions of Nuclear waste

Nuclear waste means any waste material:
Nuclear waste means waste from any nuclear reactor or nuclear plant or other nuclear energy system, whether or not such waste is radioactive;
Nuclear waste means any waste material (a) containing "by-product material" other than the tailings or wastes produced by the extraction or concentration of uranium or thorium from any ore processed primarily for its "source material" content, and (b) resulting from the operation by any person or organization of any "nuclear facility" included under the first two paragraphs of the definition of "nuclear facility."
Nuclear waste as used in WAC 246-231-140 means any quantity of radioactive material (not including radiography sources being returned to the manufacturer) required to be in Type B packaging while transported to, through, or across state boundaries to a disposal site, or to a collection point for transport to a disposal site. Nuclear waste, as used in these regulations, is a special classification of radioactive waste.
Nuclear waste means any waste material: (1) containing by-product material other than the tailings or wastes produced by the extraction or concentration of uranium or thorium from any ore process primarily for its source material content, and (2) resulting from the operation by any person or organization of any nuclear facility included under the first two paragraphs of the definition of nuclear facility.
Nuclear waste means a quantity of source, byproduct or special nuclear material5 required to be in Nuclear Regulatory Commission-approved specification packaging while transported to, through or across a state boundary to a disposal site, or to a collection point for transport to a disposal site.
Nuclear waste means, for the purposes of Part 17, a quantity of source, byproduct or special nuclear material required to be in NRC-approved specification packaging while transported to, through or across a state boundary to a disposal site, or to a collection point for transport to a disposal site.