law: Civil Liability for Nuclear Damage Act, 2010 
  2. Definitions. – 
  In this Act, unless
  
  the context otherwise requires,--
  a.     
  
    "Chairperson"
  
  means the Chairperson of the Commission appointed under sub-section (1) of
  
  section 20;
  b.    
  
    "Claims
  
  Commissioner" means the Claims Commissioner appointed under sub-section (2)
  
  of section 9;
  c.     
  
    "Commission"
  
  means the Nuclear Damage Claims Commission established under section 19;
  d.    
  
    "environment"
  
  shall have the same meaning as assigned to it in clause (a) of section 2 of the
  
  Environment (Protection) Act, 1986;
  e.     
  
    "Member"
  
  means a Member of the Commission appointed under sub-section (1) of section 20;
  f.     
  
    "notification"
  
  means a notification published in the Official Gazette and the term
  
  "notify" shall be construed accordingly;
  g.    
  
    "nuclear
  
  damage'' means--
               
  
   i.        
  
    loss
  
  of life or personal injury (including immediate and long term health impact) to
  
  a person; or
              
  
   ii.        
  
    loss
  
  of, or damage to, property, caused by or arising out of a nuclear incident, and
  
  includes each of the following to the extent notified by the Central
  
  Government;
             
  
   iii.        
  
    any
  
  economic loss, arising from the loss or damage referred to in sub-clauses (i)
  
  or (ii) and not included in the claims made under those sub-clauses, if
  
  incurred by a person entitled to claim such loss or damage;
             
  
   iv.        
  
    costs
  
  of measures of reinstatement of impaired environment caused by a nuclear
  
  incident, unless such impairment is insignificant, if such measures are
  
  actually taken or to be taken and not included in the claims made under
  
  sub-clause (ii);
              
  
   v.        
  
    loss
  
  of income derived from an economic interest in any use or enjoyment of the
  
  environment, incurred as a result of a significant impairment of that
  
  environment caused by a nuclear incident, and not included in the claims under
  
  sub-clause (ii);
             
  
   vi.        
  
    the
  
  costs of preventive measures, and further loss or damage caused by such
  
  measures;
            
  
   vii.        
  
    any
  
  other economic loss, other than the one caused by impairment of the environment
  
  referred to in sub-clauses (iv) and (v), in so far as it is permitted by the
  
  general law on civil liability in force in India and not claimed under any such
  
  law, in the case of sub-clauses (i) to (v) and (vii) above, to the extent the
  
  loss or damage arises out of, or results from, ionizing radiation emitted by
  
  any source of radiation inside a nuclear installation, or emitted from nuclear
  
  fuel or radioactive products or waste in, or of, nuclear material coming from,
  
  originating in, or sent to, a nuclear installation, whether so arising from the
  
  radioactive properties of such matter, or from a combination of radioactive
  
  properties with toxic, explosive or other hazardous properties of such matter;
  a.     
  
  
  b.     
  
  
  c.     
  
  
  d.     
  
  
  e.     
  
  
  f.     
  
  
  g.     
  
  
  h.     
  
    "nuclear
  
  fuel" means any material which is capable of producing energy by a
  
  self-sustaining chain process of nuclear fission;
  i.      
  
    "nuclear
  
  incident" means any occurrence or series of occurrences having the same
  
  origin which causes nuclear damage or, but only with respect to preventive
  
  measures, creates a grave and imminent threat of causing such damage;
  j.      
  
    "nuclear
  
  installation" means--
  A.    
  
    any
  
  nuclear reactor other than one with which a means of transport is equipped for
  
  use as a source of power, whether for propulsion thereof or for any other
  
  purpose;
  B.    
  
    any
  
  facility using nuclear fuel for the production of nuclear material, or any
  
  facility for the processing of nuclear material, including re-processing of
  
  irradiated nuclear fuel; and
  C.    
  
    any
  
  facility where nuclear material is stored (other than storage incidental to the
  
  carriage of such material).
  Explanation.--For the purpose of this clause,
  
  several nuclear installations of one operator which are located at the same
  
  site shall be considered as a single nuclear installation;
  a.     
  
  
  b.     
  
  
  c.     
  
  
  d.     
  
  
  e.     
  
  
  f.     
  
  
  g.     
  
  
  h.     
  
  
  i.     
  
  
  j.     
  
  
  k.     
  
    "nuclear
  
  material" means and includes--
               
  
   i.        
  
    nuclear
  
  fuel (other than natural uranium or depleted uranium) capable of producing
  
  energy by a self-sustaining chain process of nuclear fission outside a nuclear
  
  reactor, either by itself or in combination with some other material; and
              
  
   ii.        
  
    radioactive
  
  products or waste;
  a.      
  
  
  b.      
  
  
  c.      
  
  
  d.      
  
  
  e.      
  
  
  f.      
  
  
  g.      
  
  
  h.      
  
  
  i.      
  
  
  j.      
  
  
  k.      
  
  
  l.      
  
    "nuclear
  
  reactor" means any structure containing nuclear fuel in such an
  
  arrangement that a self-sustaining chain process of nuclear fission can occur
  
  therein without an additional source of neutrons;
  m.   
  
    "operator",
  
  in relation to a nuclear installation, means the Central Government or any
  
  authority or corporation established by it or a Government company who has been
  
  granted a licence pursuant to the Atomic Energy Act, 1962 for the operation of
  
  that installation;
  n.     
  
    "prescribed"
  
  means prescribed by rules made under this Act;
  o.    
  
    "preventive
  
  measures" means any reasonable measures taken by a person after a nuclear
  
  incident has occurred to prevent or minimise damage referred to in sub-clauses
  
  (i) to (v) and (vii) of clause (g), subject to the approval of the Central
  
  Government;
  p.    
  
    "radioactive
  
  products or waste" means any radioactive material produced in, or any
  
  material made radioactive by exposure to, the radiation incidental to the
  
  production or utilisation of nuclear fuel, but does not include radioisotopes
  
  which have reached the final stage of fabrication so as to be usable for any
  
  scientific, medical, agricultural, commercial or industrial purpose;
  q.    
  
    "Special
  
  Drawing Rights" means Special Drawing Rights as determined by the
  
  International Monetary Fund.