Radiation

In nuclear energy: a radiation generator, or a radioactive source or other radioactive material outside the nuclear fuel cycles of research and power reactors [Section 5(jj), Philippine National Nuclear Energy Safety Act of 2025]

Radioactive material

In nuclear energy: material designated by the PhilATOM as being subject to regulatory control because of its radioactivity, such as, but not limited to: (1) a radioactive source; (2) nuclear material; (3) a substance that is capable of releasing nuclear energy or is...

Practice

In nuclear energy: any human activity that introduces additional sources of exposure or additional exposure pathways, or that modifies the network of exposure pathways from existing sources, so as to increase the exposure or the likelihood of exposure of people or the...

Physical protection

In nuclear energy: the protection of nuclear material or authorized facilities, designed to prevent unauthorized access to or removal of fissile material or sabotage with regard to safeguards [Section 5(gg), Philippine National Nuclear Energy Safety Act of 2025]

Orphan source

In nuclear energy: a radioactive source which is not under regulatory control, either because it has never been under regulatory control or because it has been abandoned, lost, misplaced, stole, or transferred without proper authorization [Section 5(ee), Philippine...

Nuclear emergency

In nuclear energy: an emergency in which there is, or is perceived to be, a hazard due to: (1) the energy resulting from a nuclear chain reaction or from the decay of the products of a chain reaction; or (2) radiation exposure [Section 5(dd), Philippine National...

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