Sec.19-409d-53. Definitions

Application — Any written or verbal request to the Commissioner for a permit.

Carrier — See motor carrier.

Commissioner — Means the Commissioner of the Department of Transportation appointed pursuant to title 13b of the Connecticut General Statutes as amended.

Confirmation of Permit — A permit shall be deemed valid when the operator of the vehicle, upon request, can produce the permit, any reproduction of the permit, or an authorized telegram, telex, or twx sent by the Commissioner.

Large Quantity — When used in this section refers to the Nuclear Regulatory Commission definition contained in Title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations, Part 71, entitled "Packaging of Radioactive Material for Transport," a copy of which is on file with the Commissioner of Transportation.

Motor Carrier — The term "Motor Carrier" or "Carrier" includes a common carrier by motor vehicle, a contract carrier by motor vehicle and a private carrier of property by motor vehicle.

Nuclear Fuel Cycle — The series of steps involved in supplying fuel for nuclear power reactors. It includes mining, refining, the original fabrication of fuel elements, their use in a reactor, chemical processing to recover the fissionable material remaining in the spent fuel or other disposition of spent fuel, or reenrichment or reuse of the fuel material and refabrication into new fuel elements.

Permit — A written document allowing the use of certain specified Connecticut highways for the transport of radioactive material issued by the Commissioner to a permittee.

Permittee — Any person who has applied for and has been issued a permit to transport radioactive material over certain Connecticut highways.

Person — 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.

Radiation — Ionizing radiation which includes any or all of the following: alpha rays, beta rays, gamma rays, X-rays, neutrons and other atomic particles but not sound or radiowaves or visible, infrared or ultraviolet light.

Radioactive Material — "Any object, material or combination thereof which spontaneously emits ionizing radiation and either (1) is considered a "Large Quantity," as defined in this Section 13(b)-17-53 or (2) consists of radioactive waste which has been produced as part of the nuclear fuel cycle."

Radioactive Waste — Any radioactive material that has served its primary purpose.

Shipper — Any person, with a federal license, authorized to possess, use or transfer radioactive material.

Waste Disposal Site or Facility — Any site or facility to which radioactive waste is transported for permanent disposal or reprocessing.

(Effective August 25, 1977)