Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 106 Part 4.djvu/188

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106 STAT. 2924 PUBLIC LAW 102-486—OCT. 24, 1992 ^TITLE II—UNITED STATES ENRICHMENT CORPORATION "CHAPTER 22—GENERAL PROVISIONS 42 USC 2297. 'SEC. 1201. DEFINITIONS. "For purposes of this title: (1) The term 'alternative technologies for uranium enrichment' means technologies to enrich uranium by methods other than the gaseous diffusion process. "(2) The term 'AVLIS' means atomic vapor laser isotope separation technology. "(3) The term 'Board* means the Board of Directors of the Corporation established under section 1304. "(4) The term 'Corporation' means the United States Enrichment Corporation. "(5) The term 'corrective actions' has the meaning given such term by the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency under section 3004(u) of the Solid Waste Disposal Act (42 U.S.C. 6924(u)). "(6) The term 'decontamination and decommissioning* means those activities, other than response actions or corrective actions, luidertaken to decontaminate and decommission inactive uranium enrichment facilities that have residual radioactive or mixed radioactive and hazardous chemical contamination, including depleted tailings. "(7) The term 'Department' means the Department of Energy. "(8) The term highly enriched uranium' means uranium enriched to 20 percent or more of the uranium-235 isotope. "(9) The term low-enriched uranium' means uranium enriched to less than 20 percent of the uranium-235 isotope. "(10) The term 'releases' has the meaning given the term 'release' in section 101(22) of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (42 U.S.C. 9601(22)). "(11) The term 'remedial action' has the meaning given such term in section 101(24) of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (42 U.S.C. 9601(24)). "(12) The term 'response actions' has the meaning given the term 'response' in section 101(25) of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (42 U.S.C. 9601(25)). "(13) The term 'Secretary means the Secretary of Energy. "(14) The term 'uranium enrichment' means the separation of uranium of a given isotopic content into 2 components, 1 having a higher percentage of a fissile isotope and 1 having a lower percentage. 42 USC 2297a. "SEC. 1202. PURPOSES. "The Corporation is created for the following purposes: "(1) To operate as a business enterprise on a profitable and efficient basis. "(2) To maximize the long-term value of the Corporation to the Treasury of the United States.