transuranic waste
Defined in 1 place of the United States Code.
The term “transuranic waste” means material contaminated with elements that have an atomic number greater than 92, including neptunium, plutonium, americium, and curium, and that are in concentrations greater than 10 nanocuries per gram, or in such other concentrations as the Nuclear Regulatory Commission may prescribe to protect the public health and safety.
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- 1994–present42 U.S.C. § 2014The Public Health and Welfare · Definitions · under this chapter
Transuranic Waste.—The term "transuranic waste" means material contaminated with elements that have an atomic number greater than 92, including neptunium, plutonium, americium, and curium, and that are in concentrations greater than 10 nanocuries per gram, or in such other concentrations as the Nuclear Regulatory Commission may prescribe to protect the public health and safety.
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- 2024–202642 U.S.C. § 2014The Public Health and Welfare · Definitions · under this chapter