42 USC § 10261 - Definitions

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identifier: "/us/usc/t42/s10261"
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legal_status: "official_prima_facie"
title: "42 USC § 10261 - Definitions"
title_number: 42
title_name: "THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE"
section_number: "10261"
section_name: "Definitions"
chapter_number: 108
chapter_name: "NUCLEAR WASTE POLICY"
subchapter_number: "V"
subchapter_name: "NUCLEAR WASTE TECHNICAL REVIEW BOARD"
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currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
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generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(Pub. L. 97–425, title V, § 501, as added Pub. L. 100–202, § 101(d) [title III], Dec. 22, 1987, 101 Stat. 1329–104, 1329–121; Pub. L. 100–203, title V, § 5051, Dec. 22, 1987, 101 Stat. 1330–248.)"
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# § 10261. Definitions

As used in this subchapter:

**(1)** The term “Chairman” means the Chairman of the Nuclear Waste Technical Review Board.

**(2)** The term “Board” means the Nuclear Waste Technical Review Board established under section 10262 of this title.

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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 97–425, title V, § 501, as added Pub. L. 100–202, § 101(d) [title III], Dec. 22, 1987, 101 Stat. 1329–104, 1329–121; Pub. L. 100–203, title V, § 5051, Dec. 22, 1987, 101 Stat. 1330–248.)

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