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Current as of January 01, 2025 | Updated by Findlaw Staff
As used in this act:
(a) “Emergency planning zone” means an area surrounding a nuclear facility for which planning is needed to assure that prompt and effective actions can be taken to protect the public in the event of an accident at the facility. Each nuclear facility shall have, as a minimum a plume exposure pathway planning zone consisting of an area of approximately 10 miles radius surrounding the facility and an ingestion exposure pathway planning zone consisting of an area approximately 50 miles in radius surrounding the facility.
(b) “Emergency management” has the meaning ascribed thereto by K.S.A. 48-904, and amendments thereto.
(c) “Nuclear facility” means any facility which utilizes nuclear energy to produce electricity and which has all or any part of an emergency planning zone within Kansas.
(d) “Person” means any individual, corporation, partnership, firm, association, trust, estate, public or private institution, group, agency, political subdivision of this state, or any other state or political subdivision or agency thereof, and any legal successor, representative, agent, or agency of the foregoing.
Cite this article: FindLaw.com - Kansas Statutes Chapter 48. Militia, Defense and Public Safety § 48-941. Definitions - last updated January 01, 2025 | https://codes.findlaw.com/ks/chapter-48-militia-defense-and-public-safety/ks-st-sect-48-941/
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