Terms Used In West Virginia Code > Chapter 16 > Article 27 - Storage and Disposal of Radioactive Waste Materials

• Byproduct material: means (i) 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 (ii) 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 West Virginia Code 16-27-1
• Conviction: A judgement of guilt against a criminal defendant.
• director of health: means the state health officer. See West Virginia Code 16-1-2
• disposal: means the discharge, deposit, injection, dumping, spilling, leaking or placing of a substance into or on any land, water or air. See West Virginia Code 16-27-1
• Low-level waste: means radioactive waste that:

  (A) Is neither high-level waste or transuranic, nor spent nuclear fuel, nor by-product material as defined in section 11 (e)(2) of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended. See West Virginia Code 16-27-1

• Radioactive waste material: means any discarded radioactive material in the form of, or resulting from the use of, any byproduct material, source material or special nuclear material and includes low-level waste. See West Virginia Code 16-27-1
• Source material: means (i) uranium or thorium, or any combination thereof, in any physical or chemical form. See West Virginia Code 16-27-1
• Special nuclear material: means (i) plutonium, uranium 233, uranium enriched in the isotope 233 or in the isotope 235. See West Virginia Code 16-27-1
• State: when applied to a part of the United States and not restricted by the context, includes the District of Columbia and the several territories, and the words "United States" also include the said district and territories. See West Virginia Code 2-2-10
• storage: means the containment of a substance, either on a temporary basis or for a period of years, in such a manner as not to constitute disposal or transportation. See West Virginia Code 16-27-1
• transportation: means any movement of a substance and any loading, unloading or storage incidental thereto. See West Virginia Code 16-27-1