For the purpose of this article, the following definitions apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning. When not inconsistent with the context, words used in present tense include the future, words used in the plural number include the singular. The word “shall” is always mandatory.
CURIE. An expression of the quantity of radiation in terms of the number of atoms which disintegrate per second; a CURIE is that quantity of radioactive materials which decays such that 37,000,000,000 atoms disintegrate per second.
LARGE QUANTITY RADIOACTIVE MATERIALS. A quantity the aggregate radioactivity of which exceeds that specified in 10 C.F.R. part 71, entitled “Packaging of Radioactive Material for Transport”, § 71.4(f).
MILLICURIE. One-thousandth of a curie.
MOTOR VEHICLE. Any vehicle defined as such in § 5-101 of this municipal code.
PERSON. Any individual, partnership or corporation engaged in the transportation of passengers or property, as common, contract or private carrier, or freight forwarder, as those terms are used in the Interstate Commerce Act, amended.
RADIOACTIVE MATERIAL. Any material, or combination of materials, which spontaneously emits ionizing radiation. Materials in which the estimated specific activity is not greater than 0.002 microcuries per gram of material, and in which the radioactivity is essentially uniformly distributed, are not considered to be RADIOACTIVE MATERIALS.
(2005 Code, § 8-602)