§ 140.3 Definitions. As used in this part, (a) Act means the
Atomic Energy Act of 1954 (68 Stat. 919) including any
amendments thereto. (b) Commission means the Nuclear Regulatory
Commission or its duly authorized representatives. (c) Federal
agency means a Government agency such that any liability in tort
based on the activities of such agency would be satisfied by
funds appropriated by the Congress and paid out of the United
States Treasury. (d) Financial protection means the ability to
respond in damages for public liability and to meet the cost of
investigating and defending claims and settling suits for such
damages. (e) Government agency means any executive department,
commission, independent establishment, corporation, wholly or
partly owned by the United States of America which is an
instrumentality of the United States, or any board, bureau,
division, service, office, officer, authority, administration,
or other establishment in the executive branch of the
Government. (f) Nuclear reactor means any ap