Montana Code 10-3-1310. Penalty
10-3-1310. Penalty. An owner found to be in violation of the provisions of 10-3-1305 through 10-3-1309 shall be fined an amount of not more than $100,000 for each violation. In the case of an accidental spill of a cask containing transuranic waste or leakage of high-level radioactive waste, the penalty is in addition to any other liability. The department of justice is responsible for imposing and determining the amount of a fine.
Terms Used In Montana Code 10-3-1310
- 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
- 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