42 U.S.C. § 2297
Section 2297 · 2297, 2297a. Repealed. Pub. L. 104134, title III, 3116(a)(1), Apr. 26, 1996, 110 Stat. 1321349
Amended 2 times on record
Applied in 8 court decisions — leading case Walburn v. Lockheed Martin Corp. (2005)
Most recently applied in Walburn v. Lockheed Martin Corp. (December 2005)
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For purposes of this division:
(1) The term “alternative technologies for uranium enrichment” means technologies to enrich uranium by methods other than the gaseous diffusion process.
(2) The term “AVLIS” means atomic vapor laser isotope separation technology.
(3) The term “Board” means the Board of Directors of the Corporation established under section 2297b–3 of this title.
(4) The term “Corporation” means the United States Enrichment Corporation.
(5) The term “corrective actions” has the meaning given such term by the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency under section 6924(u) of this title.
(6) The term “decontamination and decommissioning” means those activities, other than response actions or corrective actions, undertaken to decontaminate and decommission inactive uranium enrichment facilities that have residual radioactive or mixed radioactive and hazardous chemical contamination, including depleted tailings.
(7) The term “Department” means the Department of Energy.
(8) The term “highly enriched uranium” means uranium enriched to 20 percent or more of the uranium-235 isotope.
(9) The term “low-enriched uranium” means uranium enriched to less than 20 percent of the uranium-235 isotope.
(10) The term “releases” has the meaning given the term “release” in section 9601(22) of this title.
(11) The term “remedial action” has the meaning given such term in section 9601(24) of this title.
(12) The term “response actions” has the meaning given the term “response” in section 9601(25) of this title.
(13) The term “Secretary” means the Secretary of Energy.
(14) The term “uranium enrichment” means the separation of uranium of a given isotopic content into 2 components, 1 having a higher percentage of a fissile isotope and 1 having a lower percentage.
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