Agreement State
Allocation
The term “allocation” means the assignment of a specific amount of low-level radioactive waste disposal capacity to a commercial nuclear power reactor for which access is required to be provided by sited States subject to the conditions specified under sections 2021b to 2021j of this title.
Commercial nuclear power reactor
The term “commercial nuclear power reactor” means any unit of a civilian light-water moderated utilization facility required to be licensed under section 2133 or 2134(b) of this title.
Compact
The term “compact” means a compact entered into by two or more States pursuant to sections 2021b to 2021j of this title.
Compact commission
The term “compact commission” means the regional commission, committee, or board established in a compact to administer such compact.
Compact region
The term “compact region” means the area consisting of all States that are members of a compact.
Disposal
The term “disposal” means the permanent isolation of low-level radioactive waste pursuant to the requirements established by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission under applicable laws, or by an agreement State if such isolation occurs in such agreement State.
Generate
The term “generate”, when used in relation to low-level radioactive waste, means to produce low-level radioactive waste.
Low-level radioactive waste
In general
Exclusion
section 2014(e) of this titleThe term “low-level radioactive waste” does not include byproduct material (as defined in paragraphs (3) and (4) of ).
Non-sited compact region
The term “non-sited compact region” means any compact region that is not a sited compact region.
Regional disposal facility
The term “regional disposal facility” means a non-Federal low-level radioactive waste disposal facility in operation on , or subsequently established and operated under a compact.
Secretary
The term “Secretary” means the Secretary of Energy.
Sited compact region
The term “sited compact region” means a compact region in which there is located one of the regional disposal facilities at Barnwell, in the State of South Carolina; Richland, in the State of Washington; or Beatty, in the State of Nevada.
State
The term “State” means any State of the United States, the District of Columbia, and the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico.
Pub. L. 96–573, § 2Pub. L. 99–240, title I, § 10299 Stat. 1842Pub. L. 109–58, title VI, § 651(e)(3)(B)119 Stat. 808(, as added , , ; amended , , .)
Editorial Notes
Codification
Section was enacted as part of the Low-Level Radioactive Waste Policy Act, and not as part of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 which comprises this chapter.
Constitutionality
For information regarding the constitutionality of certain provisions of Low-Level Radioactive Waste Policy Act (sections 2021b to 2021j of this title), see the Table of Laws Held Unconstitutional in Whole or in Part by the Supreme Court on the Constitution Annotated website, constitution.congress.gov.
Prior Provisions
Pub. L. 96–573, § 294 Stat. 3347Pub. L. 99–240, § 102A prior section 2021b, , , , related to definitions respecting low-level radioactive waste policy as used in former sections 2021b to 2021d of this title, prior to repeal by .
Amendments
Pub. L. 109–582005—Par. (9). designated existing provisions as subpar. (A), inserted heading, redesignated former subpars. (A) and (B) as cls. (i) and (ii), respectively, and added subpar. (B).
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Short Title of 1986 Amendment
Pub. L. 99–240, title I, § 10199 Stat. 1842
Short Title
Pub. L. 96–573, § 1Pub. L. 99–240, title I, § 10299 Stat. 1842
section 1 of Pub. L. 96–573Pub. L. 96–573Pub. L. 99–240, title I, § 10299 Stat. 1842A prior , which provided that [enacting former sections 2021b to 2021d of this title] could be cited as the “Low-Level Radioactive Waste Policy Act”, was repealed by , , .