Terms Used In New Hampshire Revised Statutes 125:77-b

  • Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
  • person: may extend and be applied to bodies corporate and politic as well as to individuals. See New Hampshire Revised Statutes 21:9
  • state: when applied to different parts of the United States, may extend to and include the District of Columbia and the several territories, so called; and the words "United States" shall include said district and territories. See New Hampshire Revised Statutes 21:4
  • United States: shall include said district and territories. See New Hampshire Revised Statutes 21:4
No person shall receive, store, or dispose of radioactive waste or spent nuclear fuel in the state or within the coastal jurisdiction of the state. Nothing in this subdivision shall be construed to prohibit the use or interim on-site storage of nuclear fuel or spent fuel, or in any way to abrogate or amend an agreement entered into between the state and the United States Atomic Energy Commission, or its successor, pursuant to section 274 of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 as amended. Under no circumstances shall spent nuclear fuel, originating from any location other than Seabrook Station, be received for on-site storage within the state.