AFCN |
Agence Fédérale de Contrôle Nucléaire |
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ALARA |
As Low As Reasonably Achievable |
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ANDRA |
Agence Nationale pour la Gestion Des Déchets Radioactifs |
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ANSTO |
Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation |
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ASN |
Autorité de Sûreté Nucléaire |
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AUDR |
Soviet All-Union Dose Registry |
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AVN |
Association Vinçotte Nucléaire |
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BMU |
Das Bundesministerium für Umwelt, Naturschutz und Reaktorsicherheit |
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BSC |
1963 Brussels Convention Supplementary |
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BSS |
Basic Safety Standards Directive |
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BWR |
Boiling water reactor (nuclear) |
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CANDU |
Canadian Deuterium-Uranium Reactor |
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CCF |
Common-cause failure |
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CEA |
Commissariat à l'énergie nucléaire |
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CEN |
Centre d'étude de l'énergie nucléaire |
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CERN |
Organisation Européenne pour la Recherche Nucléaire |
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CINDA |
Computer Index of Nuclear Data |
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CNRA |
NEA Committee on Nuclear Regulatory Activities |
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CNRS |
Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (France) |
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CNSC |
Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission |
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CNSNS |
Comisión Nacional de Seguridad Nuclear y Salvaguardias |
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COMPSIS |
Computer-based Systems Important to Safety |
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CoRWM |
Committee on Radioactive Waste Management |
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CPD |
International Co-operative Programme for the Exchange of Scientific and Technical Information Concerning Nuclear Installation Decommissioning Projects |
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CPPC |
Contracting Parties to the 1960 Paris Convention |
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CRPPH |
NEA Committee on Radiation Protection and Public Health |
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CSC |
1997 Convention on Supplementary Compensation for Nuclear Damage |
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CSN |
Consejo de Seguridad Nuclear |
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CSNI |
NEA Committee on the Safety of Nuclear Installations |
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CSO |
Civil Society Organisation |
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css |
Commission on Safety Standards |
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DCEG |
Decommissioning Cost Estimation Group |
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DCH |
Direct Containment Heating |
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DICE |
Database for the International Handbook of Evaluated Criticality Safety Benchmark Experiment |
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DIDELSYS |
Task Group on Defence in Depth of Electrical Systems and Grid Interaction |
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DNA |
desoxyribonucleic acid |
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DOE |
United States Department of Energy (government) |
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EAF |
European Activation Files |
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EC |
European Commission |
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ECCS |
Emergency Core Cooling System |
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EFF |
European Fusion Files |
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EGCO |
NEA Expert Group on the CRPPH Collective Opinion |
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EGIR |
NEA Expert Group on the Implications of ICRP Recommendations |
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EGIS |
NEA Expert Group on the Implications of Radiological Protection Science |
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EGOE |
NEA Expert Group on Occupational Exposure |
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EGRA |
NEA Expert Group on the Regulatory Application of Authorisation |
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EGSS |
NEA Expert Group on Radiological Protection Science at the Service of Stakeholders |
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ENENA |
European Nuclear Education Network Association |
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ENSDF |
Evaluated Nuclear Structure Data File |
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EPA |
Environmental Protection Agency (US) |
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EPR |
Evolutionary Power Reactor |
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EPR |
European Pressurised Water Reactor |
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EU |
European Union (1994; formerly referred to as the EEC or EC) |
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EVA |
Evaluated Nuclear Data Retrievals |
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EXFOR |
Experimental Nuclear Reaction Data Retrievals |
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FAO |
United Nations Food and Agriculture Organisation |
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FNPP |
NDC Ad hoc Expert Group on the Financing of Nuclear Power Plants |
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FSC |
NEA Forum on Stakeholder Confidence |
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GAMA |
NEA Working Group on Accident Management and Analysis |
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GEOTRAP |
NEA Expert Group on Radionuclide Migration in Geologic Media |
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gfr |
Gas-Cooled Fast Reactors |
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GIF |
Generation IV International Forum |
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GSF |
GSF-Forschungszentrum für Umwelt und Gesundheit mbH |
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HAEA |
Hungarian Atomic Energy Authority |
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HLW |
high-level waste |
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HPRL |
High Priority Nuclear Data Request List |
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HSE |
Health and Safety Executive |
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HSK |
Hauptabteilung für Die Sicherheit der Kernanlagen |
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IAEA |
International Atomic Energy Agency |
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IAGE |
NEA Working Group on the Integrity of Components and Structures |
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IARC |
International Agency for Research on Cancer |
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ICDE |
International Common-cause Data Exchange |
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ICRP |
International Commission on Radiological Protection |
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ICSBEP |
International Criticality Safety Benchmark Evaluation Project |
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IEA |
International Energy Agency (Paris) |
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IFE |
Institutt For Energiteknikk |
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IFNEC |
International Framework For Nuclear Energy Cooperation |
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ILW |
Intermediate-level waste |
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INES |
International Nuclear Event Scale |
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INEX |
International Nuclear Emergency Exercises Programme |
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INLEX |
International Expert Group on Nuclear Liability |
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INPRO |
International Project on Innovative Nuclear Reactors and Fuel Cycles |
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INRA |
International Nuclear Regulators Association |
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INSAG |
International Nuclear Safety Advisory Group |
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IPAG |
NEA Expert Group on Integrated Performance Assessment |
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IPHECA |
International Programme on the Health Effects of the Chernobyl Accident |
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IRPA |
International Radiation Protection Association |
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IRSN |
Institut de Radioprotection et de Sûreté Nucléaire |
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ISNL |
International School of Nuclear Law |
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ISOE |
Information System on Occupational Exposure |
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ISPRA |
Istituto Superiore per la Protezione e la Ricerca Ambientale |
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JAEA |
Japan Atomic Energy Agency |
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JEFF |
Joint evaluated fission and fusion project |
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KAERI |
Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute |
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KINS |
Korea Institute of Nuclear Safety |
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LFR |
Lead-Cooled Fast Reactor |
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LLW |
low-level waste |
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LWR |
Light Water Reactor |
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MCCI |
Melt Coolability and Concrete Interaction |
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mdep |
Multinational Design Evaluation Programme |
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METI |
Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry |
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MEXT |
Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology |
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MNEPR |
Multilateral Nuclear Environmental Programme in the Russian Federation |
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MOX |
Mixed-oxide fuel |
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MSIP |
Ministry of Science, ICT and Future Planning |
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Msr |
Molten-Salt Reactor |
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MW |
Megawatt (one million watts) |
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NAGRA |
Nationale Genossenschaft für die Lagerung Radioaktiver Abfälle |
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NAZ |
Nationale Alarmzentrale |
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NCRP |
National Committee on Radiation Protection |
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NDC |
NEA Nuclear Development Committee |
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NEA |
Nuclear Energy Agency (OECD) |
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NGO |
Non-governmental Organisation |
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NIRAS |
Nationale Einrichtung für radioactive Abfäille und angericherte Spaltmaterialien |
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NLC |
NEA Nuclear Law Committee |
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NRC |
Nuclear Regulatory Commission (US) |
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NRDC |
Network of Nuclear Reaction Data Centres |
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NRPA |
Statens strålevern |
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NSC |
NEA Nuclear Science Committee |
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NSG |
Nuclear Suppliers Group |
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NSR |
Nuclear Science References Database |
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NSSG |
G8 Nuclear Safety and Security Group |
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NUDAT |
Nuclear Data Database |
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NUSSC |
Nuclear Safety Standards Committee |
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OCRWM |
Office of Civilian Radioactive Waste Management |
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OECD |
Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development |
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ONDRAF |
Organisme national des déchets radioactifs et des matières fissiles enrichies |
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ONR |
Office for Nuclear Regulation |
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OPDE |
OECD Piping Failure Data Exchange |
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P&T |
Partitioning & Transmutation |
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PCMI |
Pellet-clad mechanical interaction |
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PRISME |
Propagation d'un incendie pour des scénarios multi-locaux élémentaires (Fire propagation in elementary multi-room scenarios |
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PRWG |
Peer Review Working Group of the G8-EU |
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PSA |
Probabilistic Safety Assessment |
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PSI |
Paul Scherrer Institute (Switzerland, Joint Institute of ETH) |
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PWR |
Pressurised Water Reactor |
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RAR |
Reasonably assured resources |
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RBMK |
Soviet-designed graphite-moderated pressure tube type reactor |
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RNMDR |
Russian National Medical Dosimetry Registry |
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RWMC |
NEA Radioactive Waste Management Committee |
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SAFIR |
Finnish national research programme on the safety of nuclear power plants |
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SAFIR |
Belgian safety assessment and feasibility interim reports on the deep underground disposal of radioactive waste |
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SCK |
Studiecentrum voor Kernenergie |
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SCWR |
Supercritical-water-cooled reactor |
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SDR |
Special Drawing Rights |
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SETH |
SESAR Thermal-hydraulics |
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SFR |
Sodium-cooled fast reactor |
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SM2A |
Task Group on Safety Margin Applications and Assessment |
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SNF |
Spent Nuclear Fuel |
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SOS |
NDC Ad hoc Expert Group on Nuclear Energy and Security of Supply |
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SR |
Speculative resources For example, regarding uranium deposits. (nuclear) |
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SSM |
Strålsäkerhetsmyndigheten |
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STUK |
Säteilyturvakeskus |
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SUJB |
Státní úrad pro jadernou bezpecnost |
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TAEK |
Türkiye Atom Enerjisi Kurumu |
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TAREF |
Task Group on Advanced Reactor Experiment Facilities |
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TDB |
Thermochemical Database Project |
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TRANSSC |
Transport Safety Standards Committee |
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UKAEA |
United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority |
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UNSCEAR |
United Nations Scientific Committee on the Effects of Atomic Radiations |
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VC |
1963 Vienna Convention on Civil Liability for Nuclear Damage |
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VHTR |
Very-High-Temperature Reactor |
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VVER |
Voda Voda Energo Reactor |
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WASSC |
Waste Safety Standards Committee |
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WGFCS |
NEA Working Group on Fuel Cycle Safety |
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WGFSM |
NEA Working Group on Fuel Safety Margins |
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WGHOF |
NEA Working Group on Human and Organisational Factors |
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WGIP |
NEA Working Group on Inspection Practices |
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WGOE |
NEA Working Group on Operating Experience |
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WGPC |
Working Group on Public Communication |
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WGRISK |
NEA Working Group on Risk Assessment |
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WGRNR |
Working Group on the Regulation of New Reactors |
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WHO |
World Health Organisation |
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WIPP |
Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (for Nuclear Wastes) |
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WNU |
World Nuclear University |
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WPDD |
NEA Working Party on Decommissioning and Dismantling |
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WPEC |
NEA Working Party on International Nuclear Data Evaluation Co-operation |
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WPFC |
NEA Working Party on Scientific Issues of the Fuel Cycle |
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WPNCS |
NEA Working Party on Nuclear Criticality Safety |
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WPNE |
NEA Working Party on Nuclear Energy Economics |
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WPNEM |
NEA Working Party on Nuclear Emergency Matters |
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WPRS |
NEA Working Party on Scientific Issues of Reactor Systems |
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WWER |
Voda Voda Energo Reactor |
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