Montana Code 10-3-1305. Responsibilities of owner
10-3-1305. Responsibilities of owner. (1) Prior to shipping high-level radioactive waste or transuranic waste through the state, an owner and the originating shipper if not the owner shall provide to the transporter and to the disaster and emergency services division, within limits set by the regulating federal authority:
Terms Used In Montana Code 10-3-1305
- High-level radioactive waste: means :
(a)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 the liquid waste that contains fission products in sufficient concentrations;
(b)irradiated reactor fuel; or
(c)other highly radioactive waste material that the U. See Montana Code 10-3-1303
- State: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the territories. See Montana Code 1-1-201
- Transuranic waste: means material contaminated with elements that have an atomic number greater than 92, including neptunium, plutonium, americium, and curium, and that are in concentrations greater than 10 nanocuries per gram or in other concentrations that the U. See Montana Code 10-3-1303
(a)a shipment description, including type of waste;
(b)a safety plan, which must be submitted to the disaster and emergency services division and which must include:
(i)the specifications of casks being used to transport the radioactive waste, including how the casks have been tested and certified;
(ii)proof of training of an owner’s escorts for emergency situations, including accidents;
(iii)the intended route;
(iv)all safety precautions to be taken to prevent an accident; and
(v)emergency plans for threats to safety;
(c)proof of insurance or an indemnity bond. If the owner and the originating shipper if not the owner is covered by a federal insurance program for the transport of radioactive material, proof of coverage by that program is sufficient. If a federal insurance program does not cover the owner, the owner shall provide proof of a bond or indemnity insurance coverage as required by the regulating federal authority.
(d)proof of a radiotelephone or other working, two-way voice communications device approved by the nuclear regulatory commission for the main transporter and for each escort vehicle.
(2)An owner or the originating shipper if not the owner may not transport through the state any high-level radioactive waste or transuranic waste that is not properly sealed in a cask approved by the regulating federal authority.