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ACC hulls and end-pieces compaction facility AIEA IAEA International Atomic Energy Agency ( NC – La Hague) ALARA As Low As Reasonably Achievable (radiation ACN Aarhus Convention and Nuclear (ANCCLI protection principle also called “optimisation initiative) principle”)

ACO Orsay collider ring (LURE – CNRS – Orsay) ALLEGRO experimental low-power, non-electricity generating, gas-cooled fast reactor (GFR) ACR resins conditioning facility (AREVA NC – project La Hague) ALQA Lorraine Air Quality Association ACRO Association for the Control of Radioactivity in the West ALS Saclay linear accelerator (CEA)

AD2 technological waste packaging facility AMDE French equivalent of FMEA (Failure Modes (AREVA NC – La Hague) and Effects Analysis)

ADEME French Environment and Energy AMI irradiated material facility (EDF – Chinon) Management Agency ANCCLI National Association of Local Information ADF Assembly of départements of France Commissions and Committees (since 2009)

ADN French acronym for DeoxyriboNucleic Acid ANCLI National Association of Local Information (DNA) Committees (until 2009)

ADNR Agreement on the transport of dangerous ANDRA French National Agency for Radioactive substances on the Rhine Waste Management

ADR European Agreement concerning the ANR French Reasearch Agency International Carriage of Dangerous Goods ANRE Agency for Natural Resources and Energy by Road (Japan)

ADS Accelerator Driven System ( ANSES National Agency responsible for Health and driven by a particle accelerator) Safety of Food, the Environment and Work AEN NEA Nuclear Energy Agency (OECD) (since July 2010)

AERB Atomic Energy Regulatory Board (Indian ANSN NNSA National Nuclear Security regulatory body) Administration (China) ANSTO Australian Nuclear Science and Technology AFCEN French Association for NSSS Equipment Construction Rules Organisation AP 1000 Pressurised Water Reactor designed by AFCN Federal Agency for Nuclear Control Westinghouse (Belgium) AP 913 maintenance doctrine (EDF) AFPPE French Association of Electroradiology Paramedical Staff APE state-based approach (principle governing incident or accident situation operating AFSSA French Agency for Food Safety (incorporated strategies) into the National Agency responsible for food, environment and occupational health APEC fuel evacuation facility (EDF – Creys-Malville safety in 2010) – Isère département )

AFSSAPS French Health Product Safety Agency AP-HP Public Health Service – Paris Hospitals

AFSSET French Agency for Environmental and ARCCAD renovated conditioning facility, Occupational Health Safety (created in (CEA) September 2005, incorporated into the AREVA industrial group active in the National Agency responsible for food, cycle and construction of nuclear installations environment and occupational health safety in 2010) AREVA NC fuel cycle licensee (AREVA group)

AFTMN French Association fo AREVA NP designer and builder of plants Technologists (AREVA group)

AGATE effluent advanced management and ARH Regional Hospitalisation Agency (integrated processing facility (CEA – Cadarache) in the ARS in 2010)

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ARN RNA RiboNucleic Acid BASOL French database of polluted sites and soils requiring action by the public authorities ARS Regional Health Agency (since 2010) BCI spent fuel building ASF systematic training approach BCOT Tricastin operational hot unit (nuclear ASG steam generator auxiliary feedwater system maintenance installation – EDF – Bollène) (PWR) BEA French Aircraft Accident Investigation Bureau ASN Autorité de Sûreté Nucléaire (French nuclear regulatory body) BEAD-air French Defence Air Accident Investigation Bureau ASND Defence Nuclear Safety Authority (structure responsible for regulating nuclear safety and BEA-mer French Marine Accident Investigation bureau radiation protection with regard to defence- BEA-TT French Land transport accident investigation related nuclear activities and installations. It bureau is placed under the authority of DSND) BECQUEREL unit of radioactivity / name of a nuclear ASQA air quality monitoring association exercise held in 1996 in Saclay

ASR simple refuelling outage (PWR) BEIR Committee on the Biological Effects of Ionizing Radiations (United States Academy ASSET Assessment of Safety Significant Events Team of Science Committee) (IAEA expertise) BERD EBRD European Bank for Reconstruction and ASTRID prototype sodium-cooled fast reactor (SFR) Development projet (CEA) Bel V Technical Safety Organisation and subsidiary AT1 former pilot reprocessing plant for spent fuel of FANC (since 2008) from fast neutron reactors (CEA – La Hague) BK BK fuel building ATALANTE Alpha facility and laboratory for transuranian elements analysis and reprocessing studies BMU German Federal Ministry of the Environment, (CEA – Marcoule) Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety

ATENA former project for a contaminated sodium BNFL British Nuclear Fuels Limited waste treatment installation (CEA) BNI Basic Nuclear Installation ATEX EXplosive ATmospheres (ATEX regulations) BO Official Bulletin joint venture between AREVA and MHI Bq Becquerel responsible for the development, commercialisation, certification and sale of BRGM French Geological and Mining Research ATMEA 1, a new 1,100 MWe reactor Office

ATPu technology facility (AREVA NC – BSF drum storage building (EDF – Chooz) Cadarache) BSS Basic Safety Standards ATSR French Association for Technical and BTE effluent treatment building Scientific Radiation Protection BWR ATUE enriched processing facility (CEA – Cadarache) CABRI research reactor (CEA – Cadarache)

AZF former name of the company operating the CADA Committee of Access to Administrative fertiliser plant destroyed in the 21 September Documents 2001 accident in Toulouse CANR CNRA Committee on Nuclear Regulatory BAC waste auxiliary buildings Activities

BAG glovebox CAPRA increased consumption of plutonium in fast neutron reactors (plutonium burnup research BAM German Federal Institute for Materials programme – CEA) Research and Testing CARES underwater storage facility (CEA – BAN nuclear auxiliary buildings Cadarache)

BASIAS French former industrial sites and CASCAD Cadarache bunker research reactor spent fuel departments activity database storage facility (CEA)

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CCAP French Central Committee for Pressure CFU Colony Forming Unit (the CFU per litre is Vessels the unit used to measure the concentration of legionella bacteria) CCINB BNI Consultative Committee (until 2010) CGEDD French Departmental Council for the CCSN CNSC Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission Environment and Sustainable Development CDE definitive cessation of operational activity (Ministry of Ecology, Sustainable (notion qualifying a phase in the life of a BNI, Development, Transport and Housing) used before the 2006 reform) CGIET General Council for Industry, Energy and Technologies (Ministry of the Economy, CE European Community – “CE mark” - Finance and Industry) mandatory and regulatory conformity mark for some products in the European Union to CH Hospital Centre ensure that the product conforms with the CHICADE Chemistry, waste characterization (CEA “essential requirements” defined by a Cadarache) European directive CHRU Regional university hospital CEA French Atomic Energy Commission (now the Atomic Energy and Alternative Energy CHSCT Committee for Health, Safety and Working Commission) Conditions

CEDAI Internal Authorisations Assessment CHU University hospital Committee CIA incident or accident response procedure CEDRA packaging and interim (PWR) storage unit (CEA – Cadarache) CIC French Inter-ministerial Crisis Committee

CEE European Economic Community CICNR Inter-ministerial Committee for Nuclear or Radiological Emergencies CEE-NU UNECE United Nations Economic Commission for Europe CIDEN Nuclear Environmental and Decommissioning Engineering Centre (EDF) CEI International Electrotechnical Commission CIPN Nuclear Equipment Engineering Department CEIDRE Construction and Operation Expert Appraisal (EDF) and Inspection Centre (EDF) CIPR International Commission on Radiological CELIMENE former unit used to examine EL3 reactor fuel Protection (ICRP) (CEA – Saclay) CIRC International Agency for Research on Cancer CENAL National Alarm Centre (division of the Swiss (part of the WHO - Lyon ) Federal Office for the protection of the population: the Confederation's technical CIRCE transfer packaging containing radioactive organic waste (CEA – Fontenay-aux Roses) organ for extraordinary events such as increases in radioactivity or various other CIREA Interministerial Commission for Artificial technological accidents) Radioelements

CENTRACO low-level waste processing and packaging CIRIL Interdisciplinary ion laser research centre centre (CEA – Marcoule) (CNRS & CEA – Caen)

CEPN Nuclear Protection Evaluation Centre CIS bio Company specialising in international biomedical technologies, especially CERCA Company for the Design and Fabrication of radiopharmaceuticals Atomic Fuel CISSCT Inter-firm Health, Safety and Working CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research Conditions Committee (for EDF power plants) CESE EESC European Economic and Social Committee CITMD French Interministerial Commission for the Carriage of Hazardous Goods CETIM French Mechanical Engineering Industries Technical Centre CL Lethal Concentration (CL X% = Concentration for a case fatality rate of X%) CFCa Cadarache fabrication complex (COGEMA –

MOX facility) ClF 3 chlorine trifluoride

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CLI Local Information Committee CODIRPA Steering committee for managing the post- accident phase of a nuclear accident or CLIGEET Tricastin major energy facility local radiological emergency situation information committee (name of the CLI on the Tricastin site since 2008) CODIS-CTA Departmental Fire and Emergency Operational Centre – Alert Processing Centre CLIO free electron laser (LURE – CNRS – Orsay) COFRAC French Accreditation Committee CLIS – Local Committee for Information and Follow-up – name of the CLI for COFREND French Non-Destructive Testing underground laboratories Confederation

– Local Committee for Information and COGEMA Compagnie générale des matières nucléaires Monitoring (name of the CLI at the (AREVA group, now known as AREVA-NC) Fessenheim plant since 2009) COGEMA nuclear materials packaging and logistics CMIR mobile radiological intervention unit transport compagy (COGEMA subsidiary)

CMS maximum design flood level (flood COGIC French Government Emergency Management protection) Operational Centre

CNA Ardennes first French PWR – Chooz A COLEN standing committee on nuclear pressure reactor – EDF equipment

CNA-D Equipment storage facility during COLTI operational committee for the prevention of decommissioning of the Chooz A reactor illegal labour (EDF – Chooz) COMURHEX Société pour la conversion de l’uranium en CNAM French National Health Insurance Fund métal et en hexafluorure (Company for the conversion of uranium into metal and CNAR French National Funding Commission for hexafluoride) (AREVA group) Radioactive Matters CONCERT Concertation on European Regulatory Tasks CNDP French National Public Debates Commission (grouping of the nuclear regulatory bodies CNE National Review Board (concerning progress from eastern and western European made in research into and studies on the countries) management of radioactive materials and COPAT Plant Unit Shutdown Steering Committee waste) (EDF) CNE2 Second National Review Board (commission CORE COperation for REhabilitation of living set up after the “Waste” Act of 28 June 2006) conditions in the contaminated Belarus CNEN National Centre for Nuclear Equipment – territories EDF COREX Follow-up to the CORE programme; analysis CNEPE National Electricity Generating Equipment of experience feedback from actions taken in Centre – EDF Belarus by the French teams

CNPE Nuclear Power Generation Site – EDF CoRWM Committee on Radioactive Waste Management (high-level group of British CNRA Committee on Nuclear Regulatory Activities experts on radioactive waste management) (NEA) COSRAC Committee for the Monitoring of Research on CNRS French National Centre for Scientific the Cycle Back-End Research COWAM Community Waste Management (“concerted Co Cobalt action” by the European Union’s 5th COD Departmental Operations Centre framework R&D programme concerning local decision-making with regard to nuclear CODERST Departmental Council for the Environment waste) and for Health and Technological Risks (since 2006) CO 2 carbon dioxyde

Codex collection of food health safety and consumer CP0 first series of 900 MWe PWRs (EDF) protection standards produced by a CP1 1st subdivision of the CPY series Alimentarius commission set up by the FAO and the WHO CP2 2nd subdivision of the CPY series

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CPA special authorisation conditions – radiation CTC Technical Emergency Centre sources CTCAE Common Terminology Criteria for Adverse CPE special utilisation conditions – radiation Events (criteria used to rate the side-effects of sources cancer treatments)

CPP main primary (cooling) system (PWR) D/E EB unit of the AREVA NC plant at La Hague

CPY second series of 900 MWe PWRs (EDF) D/E EDS solid waste storage/storage removal CRAM Regional Health Insurance Fund (AREVA NC – La Hague)

CRIIRAD Committee for Independent Research and DAC authorisation decree (BNI procedure) Information on Radioactivity DAPE operation extension approval dossier for BNIs CRPPH Committee on Radiation Protection and DCI Communication and Public Information Public Health (NEA) Department (ASN) CSA - Aube waste repository (ANDRA) (former DCN – Nuclear Power Plants Department (ASN) name of the CSFMA), – Nuclear Fuels Division (EDF) - Complementary Safety Assessment DDAC Community law adaptations bill CSD-B standard bituminised waste package DDASS Departmental Health and Social Action CSD-C standard compacted waste package Directorate (until 2010)

CSD-V standard vitrified waste package DDTEFP Departmental Labour, Employment and CSFMA low and intermediate level waste disposal Professional Training Directorate (until 2010) facility (ANDRA) DEM decommissioning CSG irradiated graphite disposal centre DEP Nuclear Pressure Equipment Department CSIC High Council for Classified Installations (ASN) (replaced by the CSPRT in 2010) DEU Environment and Emergency Department CSIN Committee on the Safety of Nuclear (ASN) Installations (NEA) DFD Franco-German Steering Committee for CSLUD Laboratories and Plants Safety Commission Nuclear Safety Issues (reporting to the DSND, having competence for defence-related nuclear laboratories and DfT Department for Transport (United Kingdom) plants) DFK Franco-German Committee for Nuclear Plant CSM Manche waste repository (ANDRA) Safety Issues

CSN – Consejo de Seguridad Nuclear (Spanish DGAC General Directorate for Civil Aviation – regulatory body) Ministry of Ecology, Sustainable Development, Transport and Housing – Nuclear Safety Convention DGCCRF General Directorate for Competition Policy, CSP – main secondary cooling system (PWR) Consumer Affairs and Fraud Control – – French Public Health Code Ministry of the Economy, Finance and Industry CSPRT High Council for the Prevention of Technological Risks (since 2010) DGDDI General Directorate of Customs and Excise CSS Commission on Safety Standards (IAEA) (Ministry of the Budget, Public Accounts and Administrative Reform) CST Scientific and Technical Committee (Euratom) DGEC General Directorate for Energy and Climate (Ministry of Ecology, Sustainable CSTB Building Industry Scientific and Technical Development, Transport and Housing) Centre DGITM General Directorate for Infrastructure, CSTFA VLL waste repository (ANDRA – Morvilliers – Transport and the Sea (Ministry of Ecology, Aube département ) Sustainable Development, Transport and CT Labour Code Housing)

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DGOS General Directorate for Health Care (Ministry DRASS Regional Health and Social Action Directorate of Labour, Employment and Health ) (since (until 2010) 2010) DRC Nuclear Waste, Research Facilities, and Cycle DGPR General Directorate for Risk Prevention Department (ASN – since beginning of 2011) (Ministry of Ecology, Sustainable DRD Research Facilities and Waste Department Development, Transport and Housing) (ASN – until end of 2010) DGS General Directorate for Health – Ministry of DREAL Regional Directorate for the Environment, Labour, Employment and Health Planning and Housing DGSCGC General Directorate for Civil Protection and DRI International Relations Department (ASN) Crisis management (Ministry of the Interior) DRIEE Inter-Departemental Regional Directorate for DGSNR General Directorate for Nuclear Safety and Environement and Energy (Ile-de-France Radiation Protection (ASN central structure region) until the November 2006 reform) DRIRE Regional Directorate for Industry, Research DGT General Directorate for Labour (Ministry of and the Environment (until 2010) Labour, Employment and Health) DRL Diagnostic Reference Level DG/TREN Directorate-General for Energy and Transport (European Commission) DRTEFP Regional Labour, Employment and Professional Training Directorate (until 2010) DHOS Directorate for Hospitalisation and Health Care Organisation – Ministry of Health, and DRYPAC sludge drying process Sport (until 2010) DSC Directorate for Civil Security (Ministry of the Interior, Overseas France, Local Authorities DHUP Directorate of Housing, Planning and and Immigration) Landscape (Ministry of Ecology, Sustainable Development, Transport and Housing) DSND Delegate for Nuclear Safety and Radiation Protection for National Defence Installations DIADEM irradiating or alpha waste from and Activities (see ASND) decommissioning DTS Transport and Sources Department (ASN – DIN Division – EDF since beginning of 2011) DIRECCTE Regional Directorate for Businesses DTI Total Indicative Dose Competition Policy Consumer Affairs Labour and Employment DTPA diethylene-triamine-penta-acetate (substance used in nuclear medicine) DIS Ionising Radiation and Health Department (ASN) DUP declaration of public interest procedure

DIT Industrial Activities and Transport EAN European ALARA Network (the aim of which Department (ASN – until end of 2010) is to promote implementation of the ALARA principle) DNA DeoxyriboNucleic Acid EACA European Association of Competent DOE Department of Energy (United States) Authorities on the transport of radioactive DOR review orientation file material

DOS safety options file (for BNIs) EAS reactor building containment spray system (PWR) DOT Department of Transportation (USA) EBR relative biological efficiency (RBE) DPI Production and Engineering Directorate ECS complementary safety assessment (EDF) ECURIE European Community Urgent Radiological DPAEP Directorate for Personnel Management and Information Exchange system Adaptation of the Professional Environment (Ministry of Economy, Finance and Industry) EDE containment annulus ventilation system (PWR) DPN Nuclear Operation Division (EDF) EDF Électricité De France DQPRM Medical and Radiological Physics qualifying diploma EDS solid waste interim storage area

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EEVSE glass storage building (AREVA NC – EPRD revenue and spending forecast (public La Hague) establishment “budget”)

EEVLH glass storage building extension on the EPRUS health emergency preparedness and response (AREVA NC – La Hague) organisation

EFOMP European Federation of Organisations in EPS probabilistic safety study Medical Physics ERNET Emergency Response NETwork (IAEA) EGRA Expert Group on Regulatory Authorisation ERP establishment open to the public (sub-group of the NEA’s CRPPH) ERPAN European Radiation Protection Authorities EGRPM Expert Group on the Radiological Aspects of Network the Fukushima Accident ERR European Radiation Research society EIL interlaboratory tests ESE significant environmental event EIS safety-related equipment ESP pressure vessel ELAN II B former sealed source fabrication installation (CEA – La Hague) ESPN nuclear pressure vessel

EL3 heavy water reactor No. 3 (former ESR significant radiation protection event experimental reactor – CEA – Saclay) ESRF European Synchrotron Radiation Facility EL4 heavy water reactor No. 4 (former Monts (Grenoble) d’Arrée – EDF – ESS significant safety event Brennilis) EST significant transport event EL4-D equipment interim storage installation for decommissioning of the Monts d’Arrée ESWS Essential Service Water System nuclear power plant ETARE establishments listed for emergency response ENEF European Nuclear Energy Forum purposes

ENS European Nuclear Society ETPT Full-Time Equivalent (FTE)

ENSI Eidgenössisches EURANOS EURopean Approach to Nuclear and Nuklearsicherheitsinspektorat (Swiss radiological emergency management and regulatory body since 1st January 2009) rehabilitation Strategies

ENSREG European Nuclear Safety Regulators Group Euratom EURopean ATOMic energy community treaty (high-level group set up by the European Commission to deal with nuclear safety and EUROCLI European Association of Local Information waste management – former HLG) and European dialogue forums European gaseous diffusion enrichment plant EOLE research reactor (CEA – Cadarache) EUROFAB Fabrication in Europe (experimental E.ON Electricity and gas production and programme to produce MOX fuel from distribution company (Germany, various military plutonium under the terms of the European contries and United States) American-Russian agreement to reduce EP public inquiry plutonium stocks)

EPA Environmental Protection Agency (United EUTERP European Training and Education on States) Radiation Protection Platform

EPAL Emergency Preparedness and Action Levels EVEREST French acronym for “evolving towards entry (population protection measures without standard suit” (entry into a harmonisation group – HERCA) controlled area in working overalls – initiative implemented by EDF) EPEES security protection and evaluation exercises FA-MA low activity - medium activity wastes EPFIF public establishment for land management of the Ile-de-France region FANR Federal Authority for Nuclear regulation (UAE) EPR Evolutionary Pressurized Water Reactor (new type of nuclear reactor developed by FAO Food and Agriculture Organization of the AREVA NP) united nations

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FAVL low activity and long life radioactive waste future nuclear reactors, known as 4th generation (see. GEN IV) FBFC Franco-Belgian Fuel Fabrication Company (Pierrelatte and Romans-sur-Isère) GIMELEC French industry association for electrical equipment, automation and related services FDG fluorodeoxyglucose (substance used in nuclear medicine) GPE Advisory Committee of experts (reporting to ASN) FISA Fission Safety (biennial conferences on nuclear reactor safety organised by the GPD Advisory Committee for waste (reporting to European Union) ASN)

FLS local safety organisation GPESPN Advisory Committee for nuclear pressure equipment (reporting to ASN) FMA low and medium activity wastes (LMW) GPMED Advisory Committee for medical exposure FMA-VC Low or medium activity and short-lived waste (reporting to ASN) FOD Field Operations Directorate (HSE GPMDR “Radioactive Materials and Waste” Advisory Directorate) Committee (ANCCLI)

FOH organisational and human factors GPPA “Territories – Post-nuclear-accident FOSSEA CEA project for recovering waste stored in management” Advisory Committee (ANCCLI) old pits GPR Advisory Committee for nuclear reactors FP Fission Products (reporting to ASN)

FRAMATOME French NSSS builder (now known as GPRAD Advisory Committee for radiation protection AREVA NP) (non-medical) (reporting to ASN)

FRAMATOME - Framatome – Advanced Nuclear Power GPT Advisory Committee for transport (reporting ANP (company set up by AREVA and to to ASN) develop the new EPR reactor type – now GPU Advisory Committee for nuclear laboratories known as AREVA NP) and plants (reporting to ASN)

FRAREG Framatome Regulators (Association of GQA Atomic Questions Group (AQG) (European regulatory bodies in countries operating Council) power plants of French design) GRNC Nord Cotentin Radioecology Group GALICE nuclear fuel management method (EDF) (pluralistic experts group set up by ASN and GAMMATEC ionisation installation (ISOTRON France the ministries concerned, to examine the company in Marcoule) issue of the radiological impact of nuclear activities in the Nord Cotentin region) GANIL Large National Heavy Ion Accelerator (Caen) GRS Gesellschaft für Anlagen und Reaktorsicherheit GB I Georges Besse Plant I – EURODIF (technical support organisation for the German regulatory body) GB II Georges Besse Plant II GSS Moisture Separator-Reheater System (PWR) GBq GigaBecquerel (thousand million Becquerels) GV steam generator GEN IV International “Forum” of ten countries and the European Union to develop future GWj gigawatt day (energy unit) nuclear reactors, known as 4th generation (GEN IV) GWj/t gigawatt day per ton (volume energy unit) Gy gray (unit of absorbed dose) GEP pluralistic expert group G8 Group of the 8 leading industrial nations GESI French group of Electronic Fire Safety (Germany, Canada, United States, France, industries Italy, Japan, United Kingdom and Russia) GFR Gas-cooled Fast Reactor (see RNR-G) HA high activity GIAG severe accident action guide HAO oxide high activity facility (AREVA NC – GIE economic interest grouping La Hague)

GIF Generation IV International Forum of ten HARMONIE former fast neutron source reactor (CEA – countries and the European Union to develop Cadarache)

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HAS French National Authority for Health – since ICRU International Commission on Radiation Units 2005 and measurements

HA-LL high-activity long-lived waste ICSI Institut for an Industrial Safety Culture

HCSP French High Public Health Council ICSN Nuclear Safety Cooperation Instrument HCTISN French High Committee for Transparency (NSCI) (European Union) and Information on Nuclear Security (created IDSP weighted scanner dose index by the 13 June 2006 Act) IDT Uncoupling and transit installation HERCA Head of European Radiation Control Authorities IFSN Swiss Federal Nuclear Safety Inspectorate (since 1 January 2009) HFD Defence High Official IGAS General Inspectorate of Social Affairs HFDS Defence and Security High Official ILE ITER Legal Entity (international body to be HFR High Flux Reactor (Joint Research Centre of created to operate ITER) the European Union – Petten – Netherlands) ILL Laue-Langevin Institute – Grenoble HPST law 2009-879 of 21 July 2009, reforming the hospital and relative to patients, health and IMDG International Maritime Dangerous Goods the territories code

HSE Health and Safety Executive (UK organisation IN Nuclear Inspection (EDF) responsible for the prevention of technological risks) INB Basic Nuclear Installation (BNI)

HSE/ND Health and Safety Executive/Nuclear INBS Secret Basic Nuclear Installation Directorate (UK regulatory body within the INCa French National Cancer Institute HSE)

HSK Hauptabteilung für die Sicherheit der INERIS French National Institute for the Study of Kernanlagen - Swiss Federal Nuclear Safety Industrial Environments and Risks Inspectorate (Swiss regulatory body) INES International Nuclear Event Scale HT tritium gas INEX International Nuclear Emergency eXercise HTO tritiated water (conducted by the NEA in particular)

HTR High Temperature Reactor (thermal neutron INF international code for the safe carriage of high temperature reactor) packaged Irradiated Nuclear Fuel, plutonium and high-level radioactive wastes on board Hydrotéléray network for continuous measurement of ships radioactivity in major rivers (IRSN) INPO Institute of Nuclear Power Operations ICAO International Civil Aviation Organisation (United States) ICCRB International Consultative Committee of Regulatory Bodies (group comprising INRA – International Nuclear Regulators’ representatives from the Regulatory Association (grouping the German, Canadian, authorities of Canada, Finland, France, Spanish, US, French, Japanese, UK and Germany, Italy, Spain, Switzerland, United Swedish nuclear regulators) Kingdom and United States for the purpose – French National Institute for Agricultural of advising the Ukrainian regulatory body Research with respect to the Chernobyl site) INSAG International Nuclear Safety Advisory Group ICEDA activated waste packaging and interim storage (IAEA) installation (EDF interim storage project) INSERM French National Health and Medical Research ICL Loire Cancerology Institute Institute ICPE installation classified on environmental protection grounds (owing to its potential INSTN French National Institute for Nuclear Science impact on the public and the environment, and Technology – CEA installation subject to the regulations defined InVS French Health Monitoring Institute in part I of book V of the French Environment Code) IONISOS company operating irradiation installations

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IPA Instrument for Pre-Accession Assistance KEY experimental sealing of drifts by pouring an (European Union) “anchoring key” (ANDRA – Bure)

IPN French Nuclear Physics Institute – Orsay KEPCO Kansai Electric Power Company (Japanese electricity production utility) IRE National Radioelements Institute, Fleurus – Belgium KINS Korea Institute of Nuclear Safety (technical support organisation for the South Korean IRCA Cadarache irradiator (CEA) regulatory body) IRM MRI magnetic resonance imaging KKU Kernkraftwerk Unterweser (nuclear power IRPA International Radiation Protection Association plant in Germany)

IRRS Integrated Regulatory Review Service kW kiloWatt (regulatory body organisation audit LAMA active materials analysis laboratory (CEA – performed by the IAEA) Grenoble)

IRSN French Institute for Radiation Protection and LCC central product quality control laboratory Nuclear Safety – since 2002 (AREVA NC – La Hague)

ISIS research reactor (CEA – Saclay) LCIE electrical certification and testing entity for IS Ouest West France welding institute Bureau Veritas

ISO International Standard Organisation LCPu plutonium chemistry laboratory (CEA – Fontenay-aux-Roses) ISOE Information System on Occupational Exposure (OECD) LDAC fuel assembly shearing laboratory (CEA – Cadarache) ISOTRON company operating ionisation installations LECA active fuel examination laboratory (CEA – IT conventional safety inspection/conventional Cadarache) safety inspectorate LECI spent fuel testing laboratory (CEA – Saclay) ITER International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor ( reactor to be installed LEFCA laboratory for research and experimental at Cadarache) fabrication of advanced nuclear fuels (CEA – Cadarache) JAA Joint Aviation Authorities (Association of the national civil aviation authorities of the LEP Large Electron Positron Collider (CERN – Geneva) European countries, attached to the European Civil Aviation Conference. It sets guidelines LFR Lead-cooled Fast Reactor for civil aviation certification, operations, maintenance and licensing) LHA high activity laboratory (CEA – Saclay) LHC Large Hadron Collider (CERN – Geneva) JAIF Japan Atomic Industrial Forum LI indicative limit (set by the Codex JAR Joint Aviation Requirements (rules drafted by Alimentarius for the presence of the JAA) radionuclides in foodstuffs) JAR-OPS Joint Aviation Requirements-Operations LOLF French constitutional by law on budget acts (rules drafted by the JAA concerning aircraft operations) LPC Chemical Purification Laboratory (AREVA NC – Cadarache) JEPP equivalent full power day LUDD Laboratories, Plants, Waste and JFR French radiology days (annual conference Decommissioning organised by SFR) LURE Electromagnetic Radiation Laboratory (CNRS JHR (irradiation reactor: – Orsay) CEA – Cadarache) M5 name of a zirconium and niobium based alloy JNES Japan Nuclear Energy Safety Organization (technical support organisation for the MAD final shutdown Japanese regulatory body) MAD/DEM final shutdown and decommissioning (BNI JO Journal Officiel – French official journal procedure)

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MAGENTA cellular nuclear materials storage facility MHI Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd (Japanese project (CEA – Cadarache) company working in the nuclear power plant sector, among others) MAPu medium level plutonium (MAPu facility: AREVA NC – La Hague) MIMAUSA History and impact of uranium mines: summary and archives – Programme for an MARN Nuclear Risk Management Support Team – inventory of uranium mining sites Ministry of the Interior/DDSC MINEFI Ministry of Economy, Finance and Industry MAS alpha special intermediate level alpha effluent (since November 2010)

MASURCA Cadarache fast-breeder mockup (research MINERVE research reactor (CEA – Cadarache) reactor – CEA – Cadarache) MIR inter-regional fuel stores (EDF – Bugey and MAU medium level uranium activity (MAU facility: Chinon) AREVA NC – La Hague) MMS mobile emergency equipment MA-LL medium-activity long-lived waste MoO 3 Molybdenum trioxide MBq megabecquerel (million of becquerels) MOST Ministry of Science and Technology (South MCMF central warehouse (CEA – Korean nuclear regulatory body) Cadarache) MOX mixed oxide fuel (mix of uranium and MDB river authority plutonium oxides)

MDEP Multinational Design Evaluation Program MPL Maximum Permissible Levels (for radioactive (multinational initiative in which contamination of foodstuffs or livestock feed) secretaryship is ensured by the NEA, and MSNR nuclear safety and radiation protection which aims at pooling the knowledge of the mission (MEDDTL/DGPR) safety authorities who will be responsible for the regulatory evaluatio of new reactors) MSR

MDG large components cutting unit (EDF – Creys- mSv millisievert (a thousandth of Sievert) Malville – Isère département ) MTI temporary modifications of nuclear facilities MDS organic solvent mineralisation facility MTMD hazardous materials transport mission (AREVA NC – La Hague) MWe Megawatt electric (electric power unit) MDSB solvents mineralisation facility (AREVA NC – La Hague) N4 1,450 MWe nuclear power plant built by EDF

M€ million of euros NATURA 2000 group of natural sites protected in application of the European directives for the protection MEA management and appraisal mission (ASN) of birds and “natural habitats”

MEAH national mission for hospital appraisal and NCACG National Competent Authority Coordination audit Group (IAEA)

MEDDTL Ministry of Ecology, Sustainable NEA Nuclear Energy Agency (OECD) development, Transport and Housing (since November 2010) NECSA Nuclear Energy Corporation of South Africa (South-African public entity carrying out MELOX MOX fuel fabrication plant (Marcoule) R&D in the nuclear power field)

MELUSINE research reactor (CEA – Grenoble) NERSA société “centrale nucléaire européenne à neutrons rapides SA” (former operator of MERM medical radiation technologist, radiation SUPERPHÉNIX ) therapy technician NF – Naeglaria Fowleri (species of amoeba) METI Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (Japan) – French standard

MeV mega electron volt nGy nanogray (thousand millionth of a gray)

MEXT Ministry of Education, Cculture, Sports, NII Nuclear Installations Inspectorate (HSE – Science and Technology (Japan) United Kingdom)

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NISA Nuclear and Industrial Safety Agency (METI OIT ILO International Labour Organisation – Japon) OMS WHO Word Health Organisation (United NMA Maximum Permissible Level (MPL) (for Nations) radioactive contamination of foodstuffs or ONR Office for Nuclear Regulation livestock feed) ONU United Nations Organiation (UNO) NNEMA National Nuclear Emergency Management Administration (China) OPECST Parliamentary Office for the Evaluation of Scientific and Technological Choices NNR National Nuclear Regulator (South African regulatory body since 1999) OPERA permanent environmental radioactivity observatories NNSA National Nuclear Safety Administration (Chinese regulatory body) OPPBTP Occupational Risk Prevention Organisation for the Building and Civil Engineering NORM Naturally Occurring Radioactive Materials Industries NOx nitrogen oxides OPS see JAR-OPS NPH spent fuel element unloading and interim ORCADE Project set up by AREVA NC for the storage facility (plant UP2 800 – AREVA NC decommissioning of the La Hague – La Hague) installations NRBC Nuclear Radiological Biological Chemical ORL French acronym for “Ear, Nose and Throat” NRC Nuclear Regulatory Commission (American ORPHEE research reactor (CEA – Saclay) regulatory body) ORSEC general plan organising the emergency NRD French acronym for Diagnostic Reference services at departmental, defense zone, or Level (DRL) maritime prefecture level, should a disaster NRPA Norwegian Radiation Protection Authority be declared by the State

NRR Nuclear Reactor Regulation (NRC office in OSART Operational SAfety Review Team (IAEA) charge of reactor safety) OSIRIS research reactor (CEA – Saclay) NRU National Research Universal reactor (Chalk OSPAR Convention for the Protection of the Marine River – Canada) Environment of the North-East Atlantic NSC Nuclear Safety Commission (Japanese (signed in 1992 and combining and updating regulatory body) the Oslo 1972 and Paris 1974 conventions)

NSSG Nuclear Safety and Security Group (G8) OSRDE Safety Radiation Protection Availability Environment Observatory (EDF) nSv nanosievert (thousand millionth of a sievert) P4 first series of 1,300 MWe nuclear reactors NSWG Nuclear Safety Working Group (G7) (EDF) NUSSC Nuclear Safety Standards Committee (IAEA) P’4 second series of 1,300 MWe nuclear reactors NuPEER Nuclear Pressure Equipment Expertise & (EDF) Regulation (nuclear pressure vessel PACA Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur (region) symposium) PAHO Pan American Health Organization OA approved organisation for supervision PAI fire-fighting action plan OACI French acronym for the International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO) PAP annual performance plan (within the framework of the LOLF – document OBT Organically Bound Tritium appended to the budget bill and for a given OCDE OECD Organisation for Economic programme, presenting in particular the Cooperation and Development objectives and the expected results of the various programme actions) OEEI EDF project to “Obtain Instalations in Exemplary Condition ” PAREX post-accident experience feedback

OFSP Federal Public Health Office (Swiss radiation PASEPRI action plan for monitoring patient exposure protection inspection agency) to ionising radiation

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PBMR Pebble Bed Modular Reactor (4th generation POPM organisational plan in medical radiation reactor project – South Africa) physics

PC Command post POSÉIDON irradiation facility (CEA – Saclay)

PCC Command and Control Post (evaluation of PPI off-site emergency plan (specific emergency consequences and measures) plan drawn up by the State addressing risks associated with the existence and operation of PCD strategic management command post specific installations or structures) PCL local command post (installation operation) PRECIS Programme for recovery of spent fuel PCM resources command post (logistics) elements stored in a fuel assembly block

PCR Person Competent in Radiation protection PRER Radiation Protection, Environment and Risks Centre PCRD research and development framework programme PRI integrated radiological protection

PCS communal disaster contingency plan PRISME EURODIF project for intensive rinsing followed by venting PDD development plan (ANDRA) PROCEDE decommissioning research installation (CEA – PEGASE spent fuel and radioactive susbtances interim Fontenay-aux-Roses) storage installation (CEA – Cadarache) PROSPER Peer Review of Operational Safety PET Positron Emission Tomography Performance Experience (organised by IAEA) PETSCAN Positron Emission Tomography camera PSP multi-year strategic plan coupled with a CT scanner PSRPM medical radiation physicist PF fission products PSS specialised emergency plan PHARE Poland and Hungary Assistance for Reconstruction of Economy (programme of PSS-TMR specialised emergency plan for the transport Community aid to contries of Central and of radioactive materials Easter Europe) PTB low operating range (PWR) PHÉBUS research reactor (CEA – Cadarache) PTD technical documentation series PHÉNIX fast neutron reactor (CEA – Marcoule) PTR reactor cavity and spent fuel pit cooling and PHIL linear electron accelerator (CNRS – Orsay) treatment system (PWR)

PIRATE response plans that are integrated in an PUI on-site emergency plan (crisis management overall heightened security, prevention, plan drawn up by a BNI licensee) protection and counter-terrorism approach PuO 2 plutonium oxide PIRATOME defense plan designed to counter the PU-TMR emergency plan for the transport of malicious use or threatened malicious use of radioactive materials radioactive or nuclear materials against people, the environment or property PV report, minutes of a meeting/statement of offence PLU local urban planning scheme R7 vitrification facility (AREVA NC – La Hague) PMSI Medicalised Programme for Information Systems RADWASS Radioactive Waste Safety Standards (IAEA)

PNGMDR French National Radioactive Material and RAMG Regulatory Assistance Management Group Waste Management Plan (instituted by the (group set up by the European Commission 28 June 2006 Programme Act on the to advise it on technical assistance requests sustainable management of radioactive from the nuclear regulators of Eastern materials and waste) European states)

PNSE French National Health Environment Plan (to RANET Response Assistance NETwork (response reduce the effects of environmental damage network to requests for assistance in the case on the health of the population) of a radiological emergency – IAEA)

POES equipment maintenance and monitoring former fast neutron experimental reactor programmes (CEA – Cadarache)

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RASSC Radiation Safety Standards Committee (IAEA) RNR fast neutron reactor

RaSSIA Radiation Safety and Security Infrastructure RNR-G gas-cooled fast neutron reactor Appraisal (IAEA) RNR-Na sodium-cooled fast neutron reactror RCC design and construction rules ROI industrial tool renewal RCC-E design and construction rules for electrical equipment ROTONDE (la) solid waste management installation project (CEA – Cadarache) RCC-G design and construction rules for civil engineering RPE Radiation Protection Expert

RCC-M design and construction rules for mechanical RPO Radiation Protection Officer equipment RPII Radiological Protection Institute of Ireland

RCD waste recovery and packaging RPS preliminary safety report (BNI procedure )

RCV chemical and volume control system (PWR) RRA residual heat removal system (PWR)

REB French acronym for Boiling Water Reactor RRI component cooling system (PWR) (BWR) RSE-M rules for in-service monitoring of mechanical REC II Reception, Shipment and Monitoring unit for equipment uranium hexafluoride containers (Georges Besse II plant) RSN regulation concerning the safety of ships

REDT study and technological development reactor RTE French Transmission System Operator

REP French acronym for Pressurised Water RTN Rostekhnadzor (Russion nuclear safety Reactor (PWR) authority, attached to the Federal Service of Industrial, Environmental and Nuclear RESERVOIR aqueous radiaoctive effluent storage Regulation) installation (CEA – Saclay) RTSG Radioactive Transport Study Group (IAEA REX operating experience feedback working group) RFS basic safety rule RTGV steam generator tube rupture RGE general operating rules RTR Research and Test Reactors (fuel assemblies RGSE general surveillance and maintenance rules known as “aluminides” used in research reactors) RHF high flux reactor (Institut Laue-Langevin – Grenoble) RTV main steam rupture

RIA Radio Immunology Assay RUS Louis Pasteur University reactor (Strasbourg)

RIC Regulatory Information Conference (annual RWMC Radioactive Waste Management Committee public conference held by the United States (NEA) regulatory body) RX X-ray RID Regulations concerning the International Carriage of Dangerous Goods by Rail R & D R&D research and development

RIFE Radioactivity in Food and the Environment SCR Radiation Protection Department (British report on radioactivity in the food SAPPRE Reflex Phase Population Alert System chain and the environment) SAMU French Emergency Medical Service RIS safety injection system (PWR) SARnet European Severe Accident Research network RIV internal vectorised radiotherapy SATURNE former particle accelerator (CEA – Saclay) RIVM Dutch National Institute for Public Health and the Environment SCHAPI Central Hydrometeorology and Flood Prediction Support Department RJH Jules Horowitz reactor (irradiation reactor: (MEDDTL/DGPR) CEA – Cadarache) SCWR SuperCritical Water Reactor RM2 former radiometallurgy laboratory No. 2 (CEA – Fontenay-aux-Roses) SDIS Departmental Fire and Emergency Service

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SEC Essential Service Water System (ESWS) SIRCOM Communication Department (Ministry of (PWR) Economy, Finance and Industry)

SEI irreversible effects threshold SIRLaF International society of radiation biology in French language SEIVA Valduc information exchange structure (Association created around the CEA centre SISE-Habitat Environment – Habitat health information at Valduc) system

SEL lethal effects threshold SISERI exposure monitoring information system SEPTEN Design Department for Thermal and Nuclear Projects (EDF/DIN) SISE-Eau Environment – Water health information system SET Société d’Enrichissement du Tricastin SITA FD “ultimate” waste and polluted earth SEVESO – “Seveso II” directive: name given to Council processing and disposal company (SITA Directive 96/82/EC of 9 December 1996 on group) the control of major-accident hazards involving dangerous substances (with SITOP Site Optimisation (SITOP project about reference to the site of a 1976 accident in a organisation change at AREVA NC La Hague) chemical plant) SKI Statens KärnkraftInsspektion (Swedish regulatory body until 1 July 2008) – “Seveso ” installation: installation subject to the “Seveso II” directive SMHV maximum historically likely earthquake

SFBMN French Society for Biophysics and Nuclear SMP MOx Plant (MOx fuel production Medicine plant operated by the company BNFL in Sellafield) SFEN French Nuclear Energy Society SMQ quality management system SFMN French Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging Society SMS French acronym for Safe Shutdown Earthquake (SSE) SFPM French Society of Medical Physics SNCS Société Normande de Conserve et de Stérilisation SFR French Society of Radiology (Normandy preserves and sterilisation SFRO French Society for Radiation Oncology company situated in Osmanville – Calvados)

SFRP French Radiation Protection Society SNM military nuclear system (either a weapon system designed or adapted to deploy a SG Office of Administration (ASN) , or a military vessel propelled by nuclear power) SGDN French General Secretariat for National Defence (until 2009) SNR Société Nouvelle du Radium (former radium mining company which left polluted sites SGDSN General Secretariat for Defence and National after it closed) Security (since 2010) SNRCU State Nuclear Regulatory Committee of SHFJ Service hospitalier Frédéric Joliot (CEA hospital Ukraine (Ukrainian regulatory body) service located in Orsay hospital – Essonne) SOC Organised disposal of hulls (AREVA NC – SI-ASN ASN Information system La Hague) SICN Société Industrielle de Combustible Nucléaire SOCATRI Société auxiliaire du Tricastin (company (Industrial Nuclear Fuel Company) operating an AREVA owned clean-up and SIEVERT – equivalent dose and effective dose unit (Sv) uranium recovery installation at Bollène – Vaucluse département ) – Computerized system for assessing the exposure to cosmic radiation during air SOCODEI Société pour le Conditionnement des Déchets et transportation Effluents Industriels (Company for industrial effluent and waste treatment – EDF group) SIGIS source inventory management information system SOH socio-organizational and human (analysis) SOLEIL LURE Optimized Source of Intermediary SILOE research reactor (CEA – Grenoble) Energy Light (synchrotron located in Saint SILOETTE research reactor (CEA – Grenoble) Aubin, Essonne département )

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SOMANU Société de Maintenance Nucléaire (Nuclear SUPERPHÉNIX Fast under decommissioning Maintenance Company - AREVA group - (Creys-Malville – Isère département ) Maubeuge) SUPPORT Facility effluent treatment and waste storage SOx sulphur oxides facility under dismantling (CEA – Fontenay- aux-Roses) SPECT Single Photon Emission Computed Tomography Sv sievert (equivalent dose unit and effective dose unit) SPF fission products repository SPF facilities (AREVA NC – La Hague) T7 vitrification facility (AREVA NC – La Hague) TACIS Technical Assistance to the Commonwealth of SPIN in-pile separation and incineration (Actinides Independent States (European Union aid Incineration Research Programme – CEA) programme for the former URSS countries) SPIRAL radioactive accelerated ion beam production TAR cooling tower source (GANIL – Caen) TBq terabecquerel (one trillion becquerels) SPPPI Permanent Secretariat for the Prevention of Industrial Pollution and Hazards (multipartite TDM TomoDensitoMeter (computed tomography local discussion structures for industrial scanner) pollution and hazards) TE Transfer and Sampling unit (AREVA NC – SPRA French Army Radiological Protection Service Tricastin)

SPF fission products storage (SPF units – TELEHYDRO network for continuous monitoring of waste AREVA NC – La Hague) water radioactivity in major cities (IRSN)

SPS Super Proton Synchrotron (super synchrotron TELERAY ambient radioactivity measurement network à protons – CERN – Geneva) TEMP French acronym for Single Photon Emission Computed Tomography (SPECT) SSI StatensSträlskyddsInstitut (Swedish nuclear safety and radiation protection authority TEMP-TDM French acronym for Single Photon Emission since 1 July 2008) Computed Tomography (SPECT) coupled with a CT scanner SSM Sträl säkerhets myndigheten (Swedusg nuclear safety and radiation protection authority TENORM Technologically Enhanced Naturally since 1 July 2008) Occurring Radioactive Materials (raw materials whose radionuclide content has STA Science and Technology Agency (Japan) been increased by an industrial process but STAR treatment, clean-out and reconditioning which are not used for their fissile, fusible or station (CEA – Cadarache) fertile properties) TEP French acronym for Positron Emission STD waste treatment station Tomography (PET) STE – technical operating specifications TEP-TDM Positron Emission Tomography associated – effluent treatment station with a computed tomography scanner

STED effluent and waste treatment station TEPCO Tokyo Electric Power Company (Japanese electric utility) STEDS radioactive effluent and solid waste treatment station TEPSCAN PET camera coupled with a computed tomography scanner STEG Tunisian Company of Electricity and Gas TFA French acronym for Very Low Activity (VLA STEL liquid effluent treatment station waste)

STELLA active liquid effluent treatment station project TGAP General Tax on Polluting Activities (CEA – Saclay) THA French acronym for Very High Activity (VHA STUK Säteilyturvakeskus (Radiation and Nuclear waste) Safety Authority - Finnish regulatory body) TMD Transport of Dangerous Goods SÚJB Státní U rˇad pro Jadernou Bezpe cˇnost (State TMP Treatment of plutonium-bearing materials Office for Nuclear Safety - Czech regulatory body) TMR Transport of Radioactive Materials

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TN International International subsidiary of AREVA NC UP2-800 spent fuel reprocessing plant (AREVA NC – specialising in the packaging, transport and La Hague) interim storage of nuclear materials UP3 spent fuel reprocessing plant (AREVA NC – TNA sodium treatment installation (Na) (EDF – La Hague) Creys-Malville – Isère département ) URE enriched reprocessing uranium (fuel TRANSAS TRANsport Safety Appraisal Service (mission assemblies) organised by the IAEA to evalute the USIE Unified System for Information Exchange in organisation relative to the transport of Incidents and Emergencies – (IAEA tool radioactive materials and application of the proposed to member countries for the international regulations in this area) notification of nuclear events occurring on TRANSSC TRANsport Safety Standards Committee their territory) (IAEA committee on radioactive materials USNRC see NRC transport safety standards) UTE Technical Union for Electricity and TSN TSN Act: Act of 13 June 2006 on communication (French electro-technical transparency and security in the nuclear field standardisation body) TSR Transport of radioactive substances UTM Monazite treatment unit TU5 fuel cycle installation (AREVA NC – UTO central technical department (EDF) Pierrelatte) UO2 uranium dioxyde TVO Teollisuuden Voima Oy (Finnish electricity

utility) UO 2(NO3) 2 uranyl nitrate

UAlx mixture of uranium and aluminium U3O8 triuranium octoxide

UCD Alpha Waste Conditionning Central Unit VATESI Valstybiné ATominés Energetikos Saugos (AREVA NC – La Hague) Inspekcija (Lithuanian regulatory body)

UE EU European Union VC French acronym for short life

UF 4 uranium tetrafluoride VD ten-yearly outage

UF 6 uranium hexafluoride VD1 1st ten-yearly outage

UFC French acronym for Colony Forming Unit VD2 2nd ten-yearly outage (CFU) (the CFU per litre is the unit used to VD3 3rd ten-yearly outage measure the concentration of legionella bacteria) VD4 4th ten-yearly outage

ÚJD Úrad Jadrového Dozoru (Nuclear Regulatory VDS Surveillance inspection visit Authority of the Slovak Republic) VHTR Very High Temperature Reactor UKEA United Kingdom Environment Agency VP partial inspection outage (England and Wales) VVP main steam system ULYSSE “teaching” reactor (CEA – Saclay) W fuel cycle plant (AREVA NC – Pierrelatte) UMo uranium-molybdenum alloy WANO World Association of Nuclear Operators UMoSnAl uranium-molybdenum-tinaluminium alloy WASSC Waste Safety Standards Committee (IAEA) UNGG Uranium Natural Graphite Gas (old- generation nuclear reactor process) WATRP Waste management Assessment and Technical Review Programme (AIEA appraisal) UNIE Operation Engineering Unit (EDF) WENRA Western European Nuclear Regulators’ UNSCEAR United Nations Scientific Committee on the Association (extended in 2003 to all “nuclear” Effects of Atomic Radiation States that are members of the European UOX uranium oxide based fuel Union or currently negociating membership)

UP2-400 1st spent fuel reprocessing plant (AREVA NC WGIP Working Group on Inspection Practices – La Hague) (NEA)

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WGWD Working Group on Waste and ZGEL liquid radioactive waste management zone Decommissioning (WENRA) (CEA – Saclay)

WNA World Nuclear Association ZIIS surface installation zone (for waste disposal in deep geological formations) WNTI World Nuclear Transport Institute ZIRA zone of interest for in-depth studies (for WPAQ Working Party on Atomic Questions (Council waste disposal in deep geological formations) of the European Union) ZPP population protection zone WPNEM Working Party on Nuclear Emergency Matters ZS products and foodstuffs surveillance zone ZEP population clearing zone (following a nuclear accident) ZGDS solid waste management zone (CEA – Saclay) ZSR tightened surveillance zone

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