Terms Used In Maine Revised Statutes > Title 38 > Chapter 14-A > Subchapter 2 - High-Level Radioactive Waste

• Environmental impact statement: means any document prepared pursuant to or in compliance with the requirements of the United States National Environmental Policy Act of 1969, Section 102(2)(c), 83 Stat. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 38 Sec. 1451
• High-level radioactive waste: means the highly radioactive material resulting from the reprocessing of spent nuclear fuel, including liquid waste produced directly in reprocessing and any solid material derived from that liquid waste that contains fission products in sufficient concentrations; and other highly radioactive material that the United States Nuclear Regulatory Commission, consistent with existing law, determines by rule to require permanent isolation. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 38 Sec. 1451
• High-level radioactive waste disposal: means the emplacement in a repository of high-level radioactive waste, spent nuclear fuel or other highly radioactive material with no foreseeable intent of recovery, whether or not that emplacement permits the recovery of that waste. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 38 Sec. 1451
• License: means a federal or state license, issued to a named person upon application to use, manufacture, produce, transfer, receive, acquire or possess quantities of, or devices or equipment utilizing, radioactive material. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 38 Sec. 1451
• Oversight: Committee review of the activities of a Federal agency or program.
• Public law: A public bill or joint resolution that has passed both chambers and been enacted into law. Public laws have general applicability nationwide.
• repository: means any system licensed by the United States Nuclear Regulatory Commission that is intended to be used for, or may be used for, the permanent deep geologic disposal of high-level radioactive waste and spent nuclear fuel, whether or not the system is designed to permit the recovery, for a limited period during initial operation, of any materials placed in the system. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 38 Sec. 1451
• United States: includes territories and the District of Columbia. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 1 Sec. 72