Transuranic Radioactive Waste

{
  "id": "MLC-T-ENV-028636",
  "term": "Transuranic Radioactive Waste",
  "field": "Environment",
  "definition": "As used in this part, means waste containing more than 100 nanocuries of alpha-emitting transuranic isotopes, with half-lives greater than twenty years, per gram of waste, except for: (1) High-level radioactive wastes; (2) wastes that the Department has determined, with the concurrence of the Administrator, do not need the degree of isolation required by this part; or (3) wastes that the Commission has approved for disposal on a case-by-case basis in accordance with 10 CFR Part 61.",
  "references": [
    "40 CFR 191.02 (CFR 2018)"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/environment/transuranic-radioactive-waste/"
}