Terms Used In Kansas Statutes 48-941

  • Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
  • 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. See Kansas Statutes 48-941
  • 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. See Kansas Statutes 48-941
  • Partnership: A voluntary contract between two or more persons to pool some or all of their assets into a business, with the agreement that there will be a proportional sharing of profits and losses.
  • State: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the territories. See Kansas Statutes 77-201

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 Kan. Stat. Ann. § 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.