Maryland Statutes
Subtitle 4 - Low-Level Nuclear Waste Disposal
Section 8-401 - Definitions

(a)    In this subtitle the following words have the meanings indicated.
    (b)    “High-level nuclear waste” means:
        (1)    Spent nuclear reactor fuel;
        (2)    Liquid waste that results from the operation, in a facility for reprocessing spent nuclear reactor fuel, of a first cycle solvent extraction system or an equivalent system;
        (3)    Concentrated waste from the operation, in a facility for reprocessing spent nuclear reactor fuel, of a subsequent cycle solvent extraction system or an equivalent system; or
        (4)    Any solid into which any waste that is described in item (2) or (3) of this subsection has been converted.
    (c)    “Low-level nuclear waste” means waste that:
        (1)    Contains or is contaminated with radioactive material emitting primarily beta or gamma radiation; and
        (2)    Is neither high-level nuclear waste nor transuranic waste.
    (d)    “Transuranic waste” means waste material that is measured or assumed to contain at least 10 nanocuries of transuranic activity per gram of waste.