For purposes of this Act:“(1) The term ‘Secretary’ means the Secretary of Energy.
“(2) The term ‘Commission’ means the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
“(3) The term ‘State’ means the State of New York.
“(4) The term ‘high level radioactive waste’ means the high level radioactive waste which was produced by the reprocessing at the Center of spent nuclear fuel. Such term includes both liquid wastes which are produced directly in reprocessing, dry solid material derived from such liquid waste, and such other material as the Commission designates as high level radioactive waste for purposes of protecting the public health and safety.
“(5) The term ‘transuranic waste’ means material contaminated with elements which have an atomic number greater than 92, including neptunium, plutonium, americium, and curium, and which are in concentrations greater than 10 nanocuries per gram, or in such other concentrations as the Commission may prescribe to protect the public health and safety.
“(6) The term ‘low level radioactive waste’ means radioactive waste not classified as high level radioactive waste, transuranic waste, or byproduct material as defined in section 11e. (2) of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 [section 2014(e)(2) of this title].
“(7) The term ‘project’ means the project prescribed by section 2(a).
“(8) The term ‘Center’ means the Western New York Service Center in West Valley, New York.”
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