Sec. 22a-151. (Formerly Sec. 19-25b). Ionizing radiation: Definitions.

As used in sections 22a-151 to 22a-158, inclusive:

(1) “By-product material” means radioactive material as defined in Section 11e of Public Law 85-256 (Act of September 2, 1957) and Public Law 89-645 (Act of October 13, 1966), as amended or as interpreted or modified by duly promulgated regulations of the United States Atomic Energy Commission pursuant thereto;

(2) “Ionizing radiation” means gamma rays and x-rays, alpha and beta particles, high speed electrons, neutrons, protons and other nuclear particles, but not sound or radio waves, or visible, infrared or ultra violet light. The Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection shall be empowered to make regulations amending or modifying this definition;

(3) “General license” means a license effective pursuant to regulations promulgated by the Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection without the filing of an application for, or issuance of a licensing document for, the transfer, transport, acquisition, ownership, possession or use of quantities of, or devices or equipment utilizing by-product, source, special nuclear materials or other radioactive material occurring naturally or produced artificially;

(4) “Specific license” means a license, issued after application, to use, manufacture, produce, transfer, transport, receive, acquire, own, or possess quantities of, or devices or equipment utilizing by-product, source, special nuclear materials or other radioactive material occurring naturally or produced artificially;

(5) “Person” means any individual, corporation, limited liability company, 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 any of the foregoing, other than the United States Atomic Energy Commission or any successor thereto, and other than agencies of the government of the United States licensed by the United States Atomic Energy Commission or any successor thereto;

(6) “Registration” means registration in conformance with the requirements of section 22a-148. The issuance of a specific license pursuant to sections 22a-151 to 22a-158, inclusive, shall be deemed to satisfy fully any registration requirements set forth in said section;

(7) “Source material” means material as defined in Section 11z of Public Law 85-256 (Act of September 2, 1957) and Public Law 89-645 (Act of October 13, 1966), as amended or as interpreted or modified by duly promulgated regulations of the United States Atomic Energy Commission pursuant thereto;

(8) “Special nuclear material” means material as defined in Section 11aa of Public Law 85-256 (Act of September 2, 1957) and Public Law 89-645 (Act of October 13, 1966), as amended or as interpreted or modified by duly promulgated regulations of the United States Atomic Energy Commission pursuant thereto.

(1967, P.A. 550, S. 1; 1971, P.A. 872, S. 415, 416; P.A. 95-79, S. 95, 189; P.A. 11-80, S. 1.)

History: 1971 act replaced public health council with commissioner of environmental protection in Subdivs. (2) and (3); Sec. 19-25b transferred to Sec. 22a-151 in 1983; P.A. 95-79 redefined “person” to include a limited liability company, effective May 31, 1995; pursuant to P.A. 11-80, “Commissioner of Environmental Protection” was changed editorially by the Revisors to “Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection” in Subdivs. (2) and (3), effective July 1, 2011.