WAC 173-326-020   Definitions.  (1) For the purposes of chapter 173-326 WAC, "low-level radioactive waste" means any radioactive waste which is acceptable for disposal at the Hanford commercial radioactive waste disposal facility.

     (2) "Broker" means a person who performs one or more of the following functions for a low-level radioactive waste generator, provided it shall not mean a carrier whose sole function is to transport such low-level radioactive waste:

     (a) Arranges for transportation of the low-level radioactive waste;

     (b) Collects and/or consolidates shipments of such low-level radioactive waste;

     (c) Processes such low-level radioactive waste in some manner.

     (3) "Department" means the department of ecology.

     (4) "Generator" means the last person who puts radioactive material to practical use, and who then declares it to be no longer of use or value.

     (5) "Shipment" means the total low-level radioactive waste material transported in one vehicle.

     (6) "Packager" means broker for the purposes of chapter 173-326 WAC.

     (7) "Nuclear utility" means any operating or inactive nuclear utility.



[Statutory Authority: Chapter 43.200 RCW. 92-24-101 (Order 91-52), § 173-326-020, filed 12/2/92, effective 3/1/93. Statutory Authority: RCW 43.200.080. 87-14-078 (Order 87-11), § 173-326-020, filed 7/1/87.]