- Administrator
means the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency.
- affected Indian tribe
means any Indian tribe—
- affected Tribal Council
means the governing body of any Indian tribe within whose reservation boundaries there is located a potentially acceptable site for interim storage capacity of spent nuclear fuel from civilian nuclear power reactors, or within whose boundaries a site for such capacity is selected by the Secretary, or whose federally defined possessory or usage rights to other lands outside of the reservation’s boundaries arising out of congressionally ratified treaties, as determined by the Secretary of the Interior pursuant to a petition filed with him by the appropriate governmental officials of such tribe, may be substantially and adversely affected by the establishment of any such storage capacity.
- affected unit of local government
means the unit of local government with jurisdiction over the site of a repository or a monitored retrievable storage facility.
- atomic energy defense activity
means any activity of the Secretary performed in whole or in part in carrying out any of the following functions:
- Board
means the Nuclear Waste Technical Review Board established under section 10262 of this title.
- candidate site
means an area, within a geologic and hydrologic system, that is recommended by the Secretary under section 10132 of this title for site characterization, approved by the President under section 10132 of this title for site characterization, or undergoing site characterization under section 10133 of this title.
- Chairman
means the Chairman of the Nuclear Waste Technical Review Board.
- civilian nuclear activity
means any atomic energy activity other than an atomic energy defense activity.
- civilian nuclear power reactor
means a civilian nuclear powerplant required to be licensed under section 2133 or 2134(b) of this title.
- Commission
means the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
- Department
means the Department of Energy.
- disposal
means the emplacement in a repository of high-level radioactive waste, spent nuclear fuel, or other highly radioactive material with no foreseeable intent of recovery, whether or not such emplacement permits the recovery of such waste.
- engineered barriers
means manmade components of a disposal system designed to prevent the release of radionuclides into the geologic medium involved.
- facility
means any building or structure.
- Federal agency
means any Executive agency, as defined in section 105 of title 5.
- Governor
means the chief executive officer of a State.
- high-level radioactive waste
has the meaning given the term in section 2 of the Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 1982 (42 U.S.C. 10101).
- Indian tribe
means any Indian tribe, band, nation, or other organized group or community of Indians recognized as eligible for the services provided to Indians by the Secretary of the Interior because of their status as Indians, including any Alaska Native village, as defined in section 3(c) of the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act (43 U.S.C. 1602(c)).
- low-level radioactive waste
means radioactive material that—
- monitored retrievable storage facility
means the storage facility described in section 10161(b)(1) of this title.
- MRS
means a monitored retrievable storage facility,
- Negotiator
means the Nuclear Waste Negotiator.
- Office
means the Office of Civilian Radioactive Waste Management established in section 10224 2 of this title.
- potentially acceptable site
means any site at which, after geologic studies and field mapping but before detailed geologic data gathering, the Department undertakes preliminary drilling and geophysical testing for the definition of site location.
- process of consultation and cooperation
means a methodology by which the Secretary (A) keeps the State and eligible Tribal Council fully and currently informed about the aspects of the project related to any potential impact on the public health and safety and environment;
- repository
means any system licensed by the Commission that is intended to be used for, or may be used for, the permanent deep geologic disposal of high-level radioactive waste and spent nuclear fuel, whether or not such system is designed to permit the recovery, for a limited period during initial operation, of any materials placed in such system.
- reservation
means—
- resolution
means a joint resolution of either House of the Congress, the matter after the resolving clause of which is as follows: “That there hereby is approved the provision of 300 or more metric tons of spent nuclear fuel storage capacity at the site located at _______, with respect to which a notice of disapproval was submitted by _______ on _______.”.
- resolution of repository siting approval
means a joint resolution of the Congress, the matter after the resolving clause of which is as follows: “That there hereby is approved the site at.......... for a repository, with respect to which a notice of disapproval was submitted by.......... on...........”.
- Secretary
means the Secretary of Energy.
- site characterization
means—
- siting research
means activities, including borings, surface excavations, shaft excavations, subsurface lateral excavations and borings, and in situ testing, to determine the suitability of a site for a test and evaluation facility.
- spent fuel
means high-level radioactive waste or spent nuclear fuel, and
- spent nuclear fuel
has the meaning given the term in section 2 of the Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 1982 (42 U.S.C. 10101).
- standard contract
has the meaning given the term “contract” in section 961.3 of title 10, Code of Federal Regulations (or any successor regulation).
- State
means each of the several States and the District of Columbia.
- storage
means retention of high-level radioactive waste, spent nuclear fuel, or transuranic waste with the intent to recover such waste or fuel for subsequent use, processing, or disposal.
- Storage Fund
means the Interim Storage Fund established in section 10156(c) 2 of this title.
- test and evaluation facility
means an at-depth, prototypic, underground cavity with subsurface lateral excavations extending from a central shaft that is used for research and development purposes, including the development of data and experience for the safe handling and disposal of solidified high-level radioactive waste, transuranic waste, or spent nuclear fuel.
- unit of general local government
means any borough, city, county, parish, town, township, village, or other general purpose political subdivision of a State.
- unit of local government
means a county, parish, township, municipality, and shall include a borough existing in the State of Alaska on January 7, 1983, and any other unit of government below the State level which is a unit of general government as determined by the Secretary.
- Waste Fund
means the Nuclear Waste Fund established in section 10222(c) of this title.
- Yucca Mountain site
means the candidate site in the State of Nevada recommended by the Secretary to the President under section 10132(b)(1)(B) of this title on May 27, 1986.