S.L. 585.3 Art. 4Interpretation. Cap. 585. Cap. 585.

For the purpose of these regulations, unless the context otherwise:

"Act" means the Nuclear Safety and Radiation Protection

Act;

"closure" means the completion of all operations at some time after the emplacement of radioactive waste in a disposal facility, including the final engineering or other work required to bring the facility to a condition that will be safe in the long term;

"Commission" means the Commission for the Protection from Ionising and Non-Ionising Radiation, as established by article 10 of the Act which acts as the regulatory authority in the field of nuclear safety and radiation protection and has the legal authority for the purpose of these regulations;

"disposal" means the emplacement of radioactive waste in a facility without the intention of retrieval;

"disposal facility" means any facility or installation the primary purpose of which is radioactive waste disposal;

"licence" means a legal document issued by the Commission related to the management of radioactive waste, or to confer responsibility for siting, design, construction, commissioning, operation, decommissioning or closure of a radioactive waste management facility;

"licence holder" means a legal or natural person having overall responsibility for any activity or facility related to the management of radioactive waste as specified in a licence; "Minister" means the minister responsible for the Act;

"radioactive waste" means radioactive material in gaseous, liquid or solid form for which no further use is foreseen or considered by the Commission;

"radioactive waste management" means all activities that relate to handling, pre-treatment, treatment, conditioning, storage, or disposal of radioactive waste, excluding off-site transportation;

"radioactive waste management facility" means any facility or installation the primary purpose of which is radioactive waste management;

"Secretariat" means the Secretariat to the Commission, as established by article 12 of the Nuclear Safety and Radiation Protection Act.

"storage" means the holding of radioactive waste in a facility with the intention of retrieval.