In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires,

"chairman" means the chairman of the Commission;

"Commission" means the Commission established under section 1;

"financial year" means as respects the first financial year of the Commission, the period from the commencement of this Act to the end of the financial year as determined by the Government;

"functions" includes powers and duties;

"Institute" includes a Centre, Unit and a Project of the Commission;

"member" means a member of the Commission;

"Minister" means the Minister responsible for nuclear energy;

"nuclear damage" means the death of, or injury to, a person or loss of or damage to property which results from the radioactive properties, or from a combination of those properties with toxic, explosive or other hazardous properties, or nuclear fuel or radioactive products or waste;

"nuclear energy" means energy released during transformation of nuclide;

"nuclear fuel" means material which is capable of producing energy by self-sustaining process of nuclear fission;

"nuclear installation means

(a) an installation, other than a nuclear reactor installed in a means of transport as a source of power, which contains nuclear fuel so arranged that a self-sustained chain process of nuclear fission can occur in the installation without an additional source of neutrons;

(b) any other installation in which nuclear fuel, other than natural or depleted uranium or a radioactive product or waste, is produced, used, processed or stored;

"radioactive product" means a material produced in, or a material made radioactive by exposure to the radiation incidental to, the process of producing or utilising nuclear fuel;

"University" includes the University of Ghana, the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, the University of Cape Coast and any other University established by law;

"waste" means radioactive products that constitute scrap materials or an effluent or other unwanted surplus substance.