{"data":{"id":"us-md/md.-code-environment-8-401","jurisdiction":"us-md","citation":"Md. Code, Environment § 8–401","heading":"","body":"(a) In this subtitle the following words have the meanings indicated.\n(b) “High-level nuclear waste” means:\n(1) Spent nuclear reactor fuel;\n(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;\n(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\n(4) Any solid into which any waste that is described in item (2) or (3) of this subsection has been converted.\n(c) “Low-level nuclear waste” means waste that:\n(1) Contains or is contaminated with radioactive material emitting primarily beta or gamma radiation; and\n(2) Is neither high-level nuclear waste nor transuranic waste.\n(d) “Transuranic waste” means waste material that is measured or assumed to contain at least 10 nanocuries of transuranic activity per gram of waste.","path":["Article - Environment"],"source_url":"https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Laws/StatuteText?article=gen\u0026section=8-401","current_through":"2026-01-01","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T19:57:58Z","sha256":"6b696c147c7fc5cc429cd0060d79fb82de427482657366e6a52de527826c09d8","source_id":"us-md","stale":false,"prev":"us-md/md.-code-environment-8-306","next":"us-md/md.-code-environment-8-402"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}