10 CFR § 961.3 - Definitions.

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title: "10 CFR § 961.3 - Definitions."
title_number: 10
title_name: "Energy"
section_number: "961.3"
section_name: "Definitions."
chapter_name: "DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY"
part_number: "961"
part_name: "STANDARD CONTRACT FOR DISPOSAL OF SPENT NUCLEAR FUEL AND/OR HIGH-LEVEL RADIOACTIVE WASTE"
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currency: "2026-03-24"
last_updated: "2026-03-24"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "Sec. 644, Pub. L. 95-91, 91 Stat. 599 (42 U.S.C. 7254) and sec. 302, Pub. L. 97-425, 96 Stat. 2257 (42 U.S.C. 10222)."
regulatory_source: "48 FR 16599, Apr. 18, 1983, unless otherwise noted."
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# 961.3 Definitions.

For purposes of this part—

*Act* means the Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 1982, Public Law 97-425, 96 Stat. 2201 *et seq.,* 42 U.S.C. 10101 *et seq.*

*Contract* means the agreement set forth in § 961.11 of this part and any duly executed amendment or modification thereto.

*Generator* means any person who is licensed by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission to use a utilization or production facility under the authority of section 103 or 104 of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 (42 U.S.C. 2133, 2134).

*Owner* means any person who has title to spent nuclear fuel or high-level radioactive waste.

*Purchaser* means any person, other than a Federal agency, who is licensed by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission to use a utilization or production facility under the authority of sections 103 or 104 of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 (42 U.S.C. 2133, 2134) or who has title to spent nuclear fuel or high level radioactive waste and who has executed a contract with DOE.

*Secretary* means the Secretary of Energy of his designee.

Other definitions relating to the subject matter of this rule are set forth in Article II of the contract which is contained in § 961.11, Text of the contract, of this part.