# The Nuclear Decommissioning and Waste Handling (Designated Technical Matters) Order 2010, Article 2: Interpretation


In this Order—
“interim store” means a store which is used for the storage of intermediate level waste or spent fuel from a nuclear installation on the site where the store is located and where the store is built during the operation of a nuclear installation on the site;
“intermediate level waste” means radioactive waste—
(a) which has a level of radioactivity above four gigabecquerels per tonne (GBq/te) of alpha activity or twelve GBq/te of beta or gamma activity; and
(b) where the heat generated by the waste does not need to be taken into account in the design of an interim store;
“spent fuel” means nuclear fuel that has been irradiated in and permanently removed from a reactor core.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2010/9780111502877/article/2 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/draft-nuclear-decommissioning-and-waste-handling-designated-technical-matters-order-2010/article-2
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