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...

Nuclear material

In nuclear energy: any material that is either special fissionable material or source material as defined in Article XX of the IAEA Statute [Section 5(cc), Philippine National Nuclear Energy Safety Act of 2025]

Nuclear installation

In nuclear energy: any nuclear facility subject to authorization that is part of the nuclear fuel cycle, except facilities for the mining or processing of uranium ores or thorium ores and disposal facilities for radioactive waste [Section 5(bb), Philippine National...

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