HF 4000

as introduced - 92nd Legislature (2021 - 2022) Posted on 03/03/2022 02:05pm

A bill for an act
relating to health; modifying a radiation hazard definition; amending Minnesota
Statutes 2020, section 144.1201, subdivision 2.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

Section 1.

Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 144.1201, subdivision 2, is amended to read:

Subd. 2.

deleted text begin By-product nuclear deleted text end new text begin Byproduct new text end material.

" deleted text begin By-product nuclear deleted text end new text begin Byproduct new text end
material" means deleted text begin a radioactive material, other than special nuclear material, yielded in or
made radioactive by exposure to radiation created incident to the process of producing or
utilizing special nuclear material. deleted text end new text begin :
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new text begin (1) any radioactive material, except special nuclear material, yielded in or made
radioactive by exposure to the radiation incident to the process of producing or using special
nuclear material;
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new text begin (2) the tailings or wastes produced by the extraction or concentration of uranium or
thorium from ore processed primarily for its source material content, including discrete
surface wastes resulting from uranium solution extraction processes. Underground ore
bodies depleted by these solution extraction operations do not constitute byproduct material
within this definition;
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new text begin (3) any discrete source of radium-226 that is produced, extracted, or converted after
extraction for commercial, medical, or research activity, or any material that:
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new text begin (i) has been made radioactive by use of a particle accelerator; and
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new text begin (ii) is produced, extracted, or converted after extraction for commercial, medical, or
research activity; and
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new text begin (4) any discrete source of naturally occurring radioactive material, other than source
material, that:
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new text begin (i) the United States Nuclear Regulatory Commission, in consultation with the
Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, the Secretary of Energy, the Secretary
of Homeland Security, and the head of any other appropriate federal agency determines
would pose a threat similar to the threat posed by a discrete source of radium-226 to the
public health and safety or the common defense and security; and
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new text begin (ii) is extracted or converted after extraction for use in a commercial, medical, or research
activity.
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