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§ 2021b. Definitions
For purposes of sections 2021b to 2021j of this title:
(1) Agreement State
The term “agreement State” means a State that—
(A) has entered into an agreement with the Nuclear Regulatory Commission under section 2021 of this title; and
(B) has authority to regulate the disposal of low-level radioactive waste under such agreement.
(2) Allocation
(3) Commercial nuclear power reactor
(4) Compact
(5) Compact commission
(6) Compact region
(7) Disposal
(8) Generate
(9) Low-level radioactive waste
(A) In general
The term “low-level radioactive waste” means radioactive material that—
(i) is not high-level radioactive waste, spent nuclear fuel, or byproduct material (as defined in section 2014(e)(2) of this title); and
(ii) the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, consistent with existing law and in accordance with paragraph (A), classifies as low-level radioactive waste.
(B) Exclusion
(10) Non-sited compact region
(11) Regional disposal facility
(12) Secretary
(13) Sited compact region
(14) State
(Pub. L. 96–573, § 2, as added Pub. L. 99–240, title I, § 102, Jan. 15, 1986, 99 Stat. 1842; amended Pub. L. 109–58, title VI, § 651(e)(3)(B), Aug. 8, 2005, 119 Stat. 808.)