- Administrator
means the Administrator of the Western Area Power Administration.
- agency
means the United States Department of Energy.
- applicable integrated resource plan
means the integrated resource plan approved by the Administrator under sections 7275 to 7276c of this title for that customer.
- atomic weapon
has the meaning given that term in section 2014(d) of this title.
- atomic weapons employee
means any of the following:
- atomic weapons employer
means an entity, other than the United States, that—
- atomic weapons employer facility
means a facility, owned by an atomic weapons employer, that is or was used to process or produce, for use by the United States, material that emitted radiation and was used in the production of an atomic weapon, excluding uranium mining or milling.
- beryllium vendor
means any of the following:
- child
includes a recognized natural child, a stepchild who lived with an individual in a regular parent-child relationship, and an adopted child.
- chronic silicosis
means a nonmalignant lung disease if—
- community college
means—
- covered beryllium employee
means the following, if and only if the employee is determined to have been exposed to beryllium in the performance of duty in accordance with section 7384n(a) of this title:
- covered beryllium illness
means any of the following:
- covered child
means a child of the employee who, as of the employee’s death—
- covered DOE contractor employee
means any Department of Energy contractor employee determined under section 7385s–4 of this title to have contracted a covered illness through exposure at a Department of Energy facility.
- covered employee
means any of the following:
- covered employee with cancer
means any of the following:
- covered employee with chronic silicosis
means a Department of Energy employee, or a Department of Energy contractor employee, with chronic silicosis who was exposed to silica in the performance of duty as determined under subsection (c).
- covered illness
means an illness or death resulting from exposure to a toxic substance.
- covered spouse
means a spouse of the employee who was married to the employee for at least one year immediately before the employee’s death.
- customers
means any entity or entities purchasing firm capacity with or without energy, from the Western Area Power Administration under a long-term firm power service contract.
- Department
means the Department of Energy.
- Department of Energy
includes the predecessor agencies of the Department of Energy, including the Manhattan Engineering District.
- Department of Energy contractor employee
means any of the following:
- Department of Energy facility
means any building, structure, or premise, including the grounds upon which such building, structure, or premise is located—
- Department research and development facilities
means all Department of Energy single-purpose and multipurpose National Laboratories and research and development facilities and programs, and any other facility or program operated by a contractor funded by the Department of Energy.
- Director
means the Director of Science, Engineering, and Mathematics Education.
- dislocated worker
has the meaning given the term in section 3102 of title 29.
- elementary school
has the meaning provided by section 7801 of title 20;
- eligible employee
means any employee of the agency who—
- eligible partner
means—
- energy industry
means all energy-producing companies;
- energy-producing company
means a person engaged in:
- established chronic beryllium disease
means chronic beryllium disease as established by the following:
- Federal lease
means an agreement which, for any consideration, including but not limited to, bonuses, rents, or royalties conferred and covenants to be observed, authorizes a person to explore for, or develop, or produce (or to do any or all of these) oil and gas, coal, oil shale, tar sands, and geothermal resources on lands or interests in lands under Federal jurisdiction.
- function
includes reference to any duty, obligation, power, authority, responsibility, right, privilege, and activity, or the plural thereof, as the case may be;
- geographic area within a State
means a special purpose district or other region recognized for governmental purposes within such State which is not a unit of local government.
- high-need public secondary school
means a secondary school—
- Hispanic-serving institution
has the meaning given the term in section 1101a(a) of title 20.
- Historically Black College or University
has the meaning given the term “part B institution” in section 1061 of title 20.
- institution in an eligible jurisdiction
means an institution of higher education (as defined in section 1001 of title 20) that is located in an eligible jurisdiction (as defined in section 13503(b)(3)(A) of this title).
- integrated resource planning
means a planning process for new energy resources that evaluates the full range of alternatives, including new generating capacity, power purchases, energy conservation and efficiency, cogeneration and district heating and cooling applications, and renewable energy resources, in order to provide adequate and reliable service to its electric customers at the lowest system cost.
- least cost option
means an option for providing reliable electric services to electric customers which will, to the extent practicable, minimize life-cycle system costs, including adverse environmental effects, of providing such service.
- local educational agency
has the meaning provided by section 7801 of title 20;
- long-term firm power service contract
means any contract for the sale by Western Area Power Administration of firm capacity, with or without energy, which is to be delivered over a period of more than one year.
- member of the Special Exposure Cohort
means a Department of Energy employee, Department of Energy contractor employee, or atomic weapons employee who meets any of the following requirements:
- minority
means any individual who is a citizen of the United States and who is Asian American, Native Hawaiian, a Pacific Islander, African American, Hispanic, Puerto Rican, Native American, or an Alaska Native;
- minority business enterprise
means a firm, corporation, association, or partnership which is at least 50 percent owned or controlled by a minority or group of minorities;
- minority educational institution
means an educational institution with an enrollment in which a substantial proportion (as determined by the Secretary) of the students are minorities.
- minority-serving institution
includes the entities described in any of paragraphs (1) through (7) of section 1067q(a) of title 20.
- Museum
means the museum operated by the Secretary of Energy and located at 300 South Tulane Avenue in Oak Ridge, Tennessee.
- National Laboratory
has the meaning given the term in section 15801 of this title.
- nontraditional Government contractor
has the meaning given the term “nontraditional defense contractor” in section 845(f) 1 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1994 (Public Law 103–160;
- nuclear weapons production facility
means any of the following:
- occupational illness
means a covered beryllium illness, cancer referred to in paragraph (9)(B), specified cancer, or chronic silicosis, as the case may be.
- parent
includes fathers and mothers through adoption;
- person
has the meaning as set forth in section 796 of title 15.
- radiation
means ionizing radiation in the form of—
- renewable energy resource
means any energy resource which has recently originated in the sun, including direct and indirect solar radiation and intermediate solar energy forms such as wind, ocean thermal gradients, ocean currents and waves, hydropower, photovoltaic energy, products of photosynthetic processes, organic wastes, and others.
- renewable energy resources
includes energy derived from solar thermal, geothermal, biomass, wind, and photovoltaic resources.
- Restricted Data
has the meaning given that term in section 2014(y) of this title.
- science facility
has the meaning given the term “single-purpose research facility” in section 16182 of this title.
- secondary school
has the meaning provided by section 7801 of title 20;
- Secretary
means the Secretary of Energy.
- section 5 mine or mill
means the mine or mill to which an individual’s status as a section 5 uranium worker relates.
- section 5 payment recipient
means an individual who receives, or has received, $100,000 under section 5 of the Radiation Exposure Compensation Act (42 U.S.C. 2210 note) for a claim made under that Act.
- section 5 uranium worker
means an individual to whom subsection (a)(1)(A)(i) of section 5 of the Radiation Exposure Compensation Act applies (whether directly or by reason of subsection (a)(2)).
- site profile
means an exposure assessment of a facility that identifies the toxic substances or processes that were commonly used in each building or process of the facility, and the time frame during which the potential for exposure to toxic substances existed.
- small business
means a business concern that meets the applicable size standards prescribed pursuant to section 632(a) of title 15.
- specified cancer
means any of the following:
- STEM
means the subjects listed in section 2 of the STEM Education Act of 2015 (42 U.S.C. 6621 note;
- summer institute
means an institute, operated during the summer, that—
- tribal college
has the meaning given the term “tribally controlled college or university” in section 1801(a) of title 25.
- Tribal College or University
has the meaning given the term in section 1059c(b) of title 20.
- unit of local government
means a county, municipality, town, township, village, or other unit of general government below the State level;