Montana Code 10-3-1304. Radioactive waste transportation monitoring, emergency response, and training account — purpose — disbursement
10-3-1304. Radioactive waste transportation monitoring, emergency response, and training account — purpose — disbursement. (1) There is an account in the state special revenue fund to be known as the radioactive waste transportation monitoring, emergency response, and training account administered by the disaster and emergency services division of the department of military affairs.
Terms Used In Montana Code 10-3-1304
- 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
(2)The money deposited into this account by the department of transportation pursuant to 10-3-1307 may be used only for the following purposes:
(a)to reimburse the highway patrol for expenses incurred in monitoring or providing escorts for motor carriers transporting high-level radioactive waste or transuranic waste through the state;
(b)to provide funding for training local emergency response personnel in handling radioactive waste accidents, spills, and other related emergencies; and
(c)to reimburse local emergency response entities for costs incurred in the event that an accident, spill, or other related emergency occurs.
(3)Money in the account is statutorily appropriated, as provided in 17-7-502, to the department of military affairs for the purposes described in subsection (2). (Subsection (3) terminates September 30, 2025–sec. 4, Ch. 122, L. 2017.)