(a) In this title the following words have the meanings indicated.

(b) “Board” means the Radiation Control Advisory Board.

(c) “Emergency” means a sudden and unforeseen condition of such public gravity and urgency that it requires immediate response to protect the public health and welfare.

(d) “Emergency planning zone” means a plume exposure pathway emergency planning zone, as described in 10 C.F.R. § 50.47(c)(2).

(e) “General license” means a license that, under the rules and regulations adopted by the Department under this title, is effective without the filing of an application by the licensee.

(f) “Nuclear incident” means any occurrence, including an extraordinary nuclear occurrence, or series of occurrences at a nuclear power plant with the potential for causing bodily injury, sickness, disease, death, loss of or damage to property, or loss of use of property resulting from the radioactive, toxic, explosive, or other hazardous properties of the radioactive material used by a nuclear power plant or stored on its property.

(h) “Nuclear Regulatory Commission” means the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission or any successor entity responsible for federal regulation of nuclear energy.

(i) “Off-site response organization” means a state, local, or tribal governmental organization responsible for carrying out emergency response functions during a nuclear incident.

(j) “Person” includes any public or municipal corporation and any agency, bureau, department, or instrumentality of State or local government and, to the extent authorized by federal law, federal government.

(k) “Radiation” means:

(l) “Specific license” means a license that, under the rules and regulations adopted by the Department under this title, is effective only after the applicant files an application and the Department approves the application.