(1) "Byproduct material" means any radioactive
material (except special nuclear material) yielded in or made radioactive by
exposure to the radiation incident to the process of producing or utilizing
special nuclear material.
(2) "Electronic product" means any manufactured product or device or
component part of such a product or device that has an electronic circuit
which during operation can generate or emit a physical field of radiation.
(3) (a) "General license" means a license effective pursuant to rules
promulgated by the state radiation control agency, without the filing of
an application, to transfer, acquire, own, possess, or use quantities of,
or devices or equipment utilizing, byproduct, source, special nuclear
materials, or other radioactive material occurring naturally or produced
artificially.
(b) "Specific license" means a license, issued after application to use,
manufacture, produce, transfer, receive, acquire, own, or possess
quantities of, or devices or equipment utilizing byproduct, source,
special nuclear materials, or other radioactive materials occurring
naturally or produced artificially.
(4) "Person" means any individual, corporation, partnership, firm,
association, trust, estate, public or private institution, group, agency,
political subdivision of this state, any other state or political subdivision
or agency thereof, and any legal successor, representative, agent, or agency
of the foregoing, other than the United States atomic energy commission, or
any successor thereto.
(5) "Source material" means: (a) uranium, thorium, or any other material
which the governor declares by order to be source material after the United
States atomic energy commission, or any successor thereto, has determined the
material to be such; or (b) ores containing one (1) or more of the foregoing
materials, in such concentration as the governor declares by order to be
source material after the United States atomic energy commission, or any
successor thereto, has determined the material in such concentration to be
source material.
(6) "Special nuclear material" means: (a) plutonium, uranium 233, uranium
enriched in the isotope 233 or in the isotope 235, and any other material
which the governor declares by order to be special nuclear material after the
United States atomic energy commission, or any successor thereto, has
determined the material to be such, but does not include source material; or
(b) any material artificially enriched by any of the foregoing, but does not
include source material.
(7) "Registration" means registration with the state board of
environmental quality by any person possessing a source of radiation in
accordance with rules and standards adopted by the state board of
environmental quality.
(8) "Radiation" means:
(a) Ionizing radiation including gamma rays, X-rays, alpha and beta
particles, and other atomic or nuclear particles or rays.
(b) Any electromagnetic radiation which can be generated during the
operation of electronic products.
(c) Any sonic, ultrasonic, or infrasonic waves which are emitted from an
electronic product as a result of the operation of an electronic circuit
in such product.
(9) "Radiation source" means any type of device or substance which is
capable of producing or emitting radiation. |
