### Question
How is the "regional disposal facility" defined?


### Answer
The term **regional disposal facility** is defined in *42 U.S.C. § 2021b* as follows -

> a non-Federal low-level radioactive waste disposal facility in operation on January 1, 1985, or subsequently established and operated under a compact

#### Citation:
  - *42 U.S.C. § 2021b*
  - Heading: **CHAPTER 23-DEVELOPMENT AND CONTROL OF ATOMIC ENERGY > Division A-Atomic Energy > SUBCHAPTER I-GENERAL PROVISIONS**

