71-3524 Terms, defined. - Nebraska Statutes

71-3524. Terms, defined.For purposes of sections 71-3523 to 71-3528:(1) Department means the Department of Health and Human Services;(2) High-level radioactive waste has the definition found in section 81-1589; and(3) Transuranic waste means radioactive waste material containing alpha-emitting radioactive elements, with radioactive half-lives greater than five years, having an atomic number greater than 92 in concentrations in excess of one hundred nanocuries per gram. SourceLaws 2003, LB 165, § 2; Laws 2005, LB 301, § 43; Laws 2007, LB296, § 574.