It is purpose of this chapter to deny land use to nuclear reactors, nuclear weapons, and all research and testing facilities connected therewith in all districts of the county and its archipelagic waters, whether currently regulated under interim zoning provisions or comprehensive zoning provisions. (Ord. 1377 § 1 (part), 1984)

Whenever used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires:

A. “Nuclear reactor” means a device for initiating and maintaining a controlled nuclear chain reaction in a fissionable fuel for the production of energy or additional fissionable material.

B. “Nuclear weapons” includes any explosive device that generates its energy by nuclear fission or fusion.

C. “Radioactive materials” means materials giving off, or capable of giving off, radiant energy in the form of particles or rays, as alpha, beta and gamma rays, by the spontaneous disintegration of atomic nuclei, including accelerator-produced isotopes and byproduct materials. (Ord. 1377 § 1 (part), 1984)

This chapter shall not apply to the use of radioactive materials in diagnostic and therapeutic radiology, biomedical research, educational programs, medical devices for individual application, agricultural programs, and commercial equipment, processes, or facilities where such use poses no known public health hazard and is approved by federal and state licensing and regulatory agencies; provided that all radioactive waste or abandoned radioactive material resulting from the foregoing exception shall be transported by the user to a licensed disposal facility outside the State at the earliest practicable date. (Ord. 1377 § 1 (part), 1984)

Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, no land or building shall be used and no building or off-shore structure shall be erected or structurally altered or maintained within the county or its archipelagic waters for any of the following purposes:

A. Nuclear reactors or nuclear fission power plants;

B. Storage of radioactive materials or radioactive wastes;

C. Disposal sites for radioactive materials or radioactive wastes;

D. Manufacture of nuclear weapons;

E. Testing or research facilities for nuclear weapons. (Ord. 1377 § 1 (part), 1984)

Any person violating any provision of this chapter may be enjoined by the circuit court of the State by temporary or permanent restraining order necessary or proper to effectuate the purposes of this chapter in a suit brought by any person or agency. (Ord. 1377 § 1 (part), 1984)

Any person who violates this chapter shall be fined not more than ten thousand dollars for each separate offense. Each date of violation shall constitute a separate offense. Any action taken to impose or collect the penalty provided for in this subsection shall be considered a civil action. (Ord. 1377 § 1 (part), 1984)