40 CFR § 227.30 - High-level radioactive waste.
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identifier: "/us/cfr/t40/s227.30"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "40 CFR § 227.30 - High-level radioactive waste."
title_number: 40
title_name: "Protection of Environment"
section_number: "227.30"
section_name: "High-level radioactive waste."
chapter_name: "ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY"
subchapter_number: "H"
subchapter_name: "OCEAN DUMPING"
part_number: "227"
part_name: "CRITERIA FOR THE EVALUATION OF PERMIT APPLICATIONS FOR OCEAN DUMPING OF MATERIALS"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-04-05"
last_updated: "2026-04-05"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "33 U.S.C. 1412 and 1418."
regulatory_source: "42 FR 2476, Jan. 11, 1977, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "227"
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# 227.30 High-level radioactive waste.
High-level radioactive waste means the aqueous waste resulting from the operation of the first cycle solvent extraction system, or equivalent, and the concentrated waste from subsequent extraction cycles, or equivalent, in a facility for reprocessing irradiated reactor fuels or irradiated fuel from nuclear power reactors.