Spent nuclear fuel shall mean irradiated nuclear fuel that has undergone at least one year of decay since being used as a source of energy in a power reactor. Spent fuel shall include the special nuclear material, byproduct material, source material, and other radioactive material associated with fuel assemblies.

Terms Used In Nebraska Statutes 81-1596

  • Byproduct material: shall mean (1) any radioactive material, except special nuclear material, yielded in or made radioactive by exposure to the radiation incident to the process of producing or utilizing special nuclear material and (2) the tailings or wastes produced by the extraction or concentration of uranium or thorium from any ore processed primarily for its source material content. See Nebraska Statutes 81-1582
  • Radioactive material: shall mean any material, solid, liquid, or gas, which emits ionizing radiation spontaneously. See Nebraska Statutes 81-1593
  • Source material: shall mean (1) uranium or thorium or any combination thereof in any chemical or physical form or (2) ores which contain by weight one-twentieth of one percent or more of uranium or thorium or any combination thereof. See Nebraska Statutes 81-1594
  • Special nuclear material: shall mean (1) plutonium, uranium 233, and uranium enriched in the isotope 233 or in the isotope 235 but does not include source material or (2) any material artificially enriched by any of the foregoing, but shall not include source material. See Nebraska Statutes 81-1595
  • Spent nuclear fuel: shall mean irradiated nuclear fuel that has undergone at least one year of decay since being used as a source of energy in a power reactor. See Nebraska Statutes 81-1596
  • Year: shall mean calendar year. See Nebraska Statutes 49-801
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