Byproduct material
Defined in 2 dictionaries — Case Law, U.S. Code
Definitions from Case Law
United States Supreme Court
the tailings or wastes produced by the extraction or concentration of uranium or thorium from any ore processed primarily for its source material content.
Defined by the Supreme Court in El Paso Natural Gas Company v. Laura Neztsosie, 526 U.S. 473.
United States Code
42 U.S.C. § 16041 — in this section (4 versions over time)
In this paragraph, the term “byproduct material” has the meaning given the term in paragraphs (3) and (4) of section 2014(e) of this title.
42 U.S.C. § 2014 — in this section (3 versions over time)
The term “byproduct material” means—
(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;
(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;
(3)
(A) any discrete source of radium-226 that is produced, extracted, or converted after extraction, before, on, or after August 8, 2005, for use for a commercial, medical, or research activity; or
(B) any material that—
(i) has been made radioactive by use of a particle accelerator, including by use of a fusion machine; and
(ii) if made radioactive by use of a particle accelerator that is not a fusion machine, is produced, extracted, or converted after extraction, before, on, or after August 8, 2005, for use for a commercial, medical, or research activity; and
(4) any discrete source of naturally occurring radioactive material, other than source material, that—
(A) the Commission, in consultation with the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, the Secretary of Energy, the Secretary of Homeland Security, and the head of any other appropriate Federal agency, determines would pose a threat similar to the threat posed by a discrete source of radium-226 to the public health and safety or the common defense and security; and
(B) before, on, or after August 8, 2005, is extracted or converted after extraction for use in a commercial, medical, or research activity.
42 U.S.C. § 2296A — for purposes of this part (4 versions over time)
The term “byproduct material” has the meaning given such term in section 11 e. (2) of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954,1 (42 U.S.C. 2014(e)(2)); and
42 U.S.C. § 7922 — under this subchapter (6 versions over time)
For purposes of this subsection, the term "byproduct material" has the meaning given that term in section 2014(e)(2) of this title.