| ACR |
Advanced CANDU Reactor |
| ACS |
Advisory Committee on Standards |
| AECA |
Atomic Energy Control Act |
| AECB |
Atomic Energy Control Board |
| AECL |
Atomic Energy of Canada Limited |
| AGTMF |
Above-Ground Tailings Management Facility |
| ALARA |
As Low As Reasonably Achievable |
| ALI |
Annual Limit on Intake |
| APM |
Adaptive Phased Management |
| AREVA |
AREVA Resources Canada Inc. |
| ASDR |
L'aire de stockage des déchets radioactifs |
| ASME |
American Society of Mechanical Engineers |
| BLW |
Boiling Light Water |
| BNPD |
Bruce Power Nuclear Power Development |
| CAMECO |
Cameco Corporation |
| CANDU |
Canadian Deuterium Uranium |
| CANSTOR |
CANDU Storage |
| CCP |
CNSC Compliance Program |
| CEA Act |
Canadian Environmental Assessment Act |
| CEA Agency |
Canadian Environmental Assessment Agency |
| CEPA |
Canadian Environmental Protection Act |
| CLEAN |
Contaminated Lands Evaluation and Assessment Network |
| CMD |
Commission Member Document |
| CNEN |
Brazilian Nuclear Energy Commission |
| CNSC |
Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission |
| CRAG |
Cost Recovery Advisory Group |
| CRL |
Chalk River Laboratories |
| CSA |
Canadian Standards Association |
| CURE |
Canadian Uranium Regulatory Examination |
| DELs |
Derived Emission Limits |
| DGR |
Deep Geologic Repository |
| DJX |
Dominique-Janine Extension |
| DNJ |
Dominique-Janine North |
| DO |
Designated Officer |
| DPNGS |
Douglas Point Nuclear Generating Station |
| DPWMF |
Douglas Point Waste Management Facility |
| DRLs |
Derived Release Limits |
| DSM |
Dry Storage Modules |
| EA |
Environmental Assessment |
| EASR |
EA Study Report |
| EC |
Environment Canada |
| EMS |
Environmental Management System |
| EOC |
Emergency Operations Centre |
| EP |
Emergency Preparedness |
| EQC |
Environmental Quality Committee |
| FA |
Federal Authority |
| FA |
Fisheries Act |
| FISST |
Fissile Solution Storage Tank |
| FNEP |
Federal Nuclear Emergency Plan |
| FPS |
Fuel Packaging and Storage |
| G1WMF |
Gentilly-1 Waste Management Facility |
| GNSCR |
General Nuclear Safety and Control Regulations |
| HADD |
Harmful Alteration, Disruption or Destruction |
| HC |
Health Canada |
| HEPA |
High-Efficiency Particulate Air |
| HEU |
Highly Enriched Uranium |
| HLW |
High-Level Radioactive Waste |
| HQ |
Hydro-Québec |
| HWUP |
Heavy Water Upgrade Plant |
| IAEA |
International Atomic Energy Agency |
| IAEA BSS |
International Basic Safety Standards for Protection against Ionizing Radiation and for the Safety of
Radiation Sources
|
| IAS |
Independent Assessment Study |
| ICMS |
Informal Conflict Management System |
| ICP |
Institutional Control Program |
| ICRP |
International Commission on Radiological Protection |
| ICWP |
Institutional Control Working Group |
| ILW |
Intermediate-Level Radioactive Waste |
| ILW-LL |
Long-Lived Intermediate-Level Radioactive Waste |
| ILW-SL |
Short-Lived Intermediate-Level Radioactive Waste |
| INAC |
Indian and Northern Affairs Canada |
| IRRS |
Integrated Regulatory Review Services |
| ITC |
International Trade Canada |
| JEB |
John Everett Bates |
| JRG |
Joint Regulatory Group |
| JRPA |
Joint Review Panel Agreement |
| L&ILW |
Low- and Intermediate-Level Radioactive Waste |
| LEU |
Low-Enriched Uranium |
| LLRWMO |
Low-Level Radioactive Waste Management Office |
| LLW |
Low-Level Radioactive Waste |
| LWE |
Liquid Waste Evaporator |
| LWTS |
Liquid Waste Transfer and Storage |
| MACSTOR |
Modular Air-Cooled Storage |
| MAGS |
Modular Above-Ground Storage |
| MAPLE |
Multipurpose Applied Physics Lattice Experiment |
| MNR |
McMaster Nuclear Reactor |
| MPMO |
Major Projects Management Office |
| NB EMO |
New Brunswick Emergency Measures Organization |
| NB Power |
New Brunswick Power Corporation |
| NCA |
Nuclear Cooperation Agreement |
| NEA |
Nuclear Energy Act |
| NEM |
Nuclear Emergency Management |
| NFWA |
Nuclear Fuel Waste Act |
| NGO |
Non-Governmental Organization |
| NGS |
Nuclear Generating Station |
| NLA |
Nuclear Liability Act |
| NLLP |
Nuclear Legacy Liabilities Program |
| NPD |
Nuclear Power Development |
| NPP |
Nuclear Power Plant |
| NRCan |
Natural Resources Canada |
| NRU |
National Research Universal |
| NRX |
National Research Experimental |
| NS EMO |
Nova Scotia Emergency Measures Organization |
| NSCA |
Nuclear Safety and Control Act |
| NSERC |
Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council |
| NSR |
Nuclear Security Regulations |
| NSRDR |
Nuclear Substances and Radiation Devices Regulations |
| NSSR |
National Sealed Source Registry |
| Ntr |
Northern Transportation Route |
| NWMO |
Nuclear Waste Management Organization |
| OMOE |
Ontario Ministry of the Environment |
| OP&P |
Operating Policies and Principles |
| OPG |
Ontario Power Generation |
| ORC |
Ontario Realty Corporation |
| OSCQ |
L'Organisation de la sécurité civile du Québec |
| PCB |
Polychlorinated Biphenyl |
| PGLTWMF |
Port Granby Long-Term Waste Management Facility |
| PHAI |
Port Hope Area Initiative |
| PHLTWMF |
Port Hope Long-Term Waste Management Facility |
| PTNSR |
Packaging and Transport of Nuclear Substances Regulations |
| Ptr |
Pool Test Reactor |
| PWQO |
Ontario Provincial Water Quality Objectives |
| R&T |
Retrieval and Transfer |
| RA |
Responsible Authority |
| RCSA |
Re-tube Components Storage Area |
| RMC |
Royal Military College |
| RPR |
Radiation Protection Regulations |
| RWOS1 |
Radioactive Waste Operations Site 1 |
| SART |
Self-Assessment Review Team |
| SaskEMO |
Saskatchewan Emergency Management Organization |
| SLHHERA |
Screening Level Human Health and Ecological Risk Assessment |
| SMAGS |
Shielded Above-Ground Storage |
| SRECC |
Serpent River Region Environmental Committee |
| SRWMF |
Solid Radioactive Waste Management Facility |
| SSAC |
Canada's State System of Accounting for and Control of Nuclear Materials |
| SSTS |
Sealed Source Tracking System |
| TC |
Transport Canada |
| The Code |
Code of Conduct on the Safety and Security of Radioactive Sources |
| The IAEA |
Guidance on the Import and Export of Radioactive Sources Guidance |
| TLD |
Thermoluminescent Dosimeter |
| TMA |
Tailings Management Area |
| TMF |
Tailings Management Facility |
| trCA |
Toronto Regional Conservation Authority |
| trIUMF |
TriUniversity Meson Facility |
| UMMR |
Uranium Mines and Mills Regulations |
| UNENE |
University Network of Excellence in Nuclear Engineering |
| URL |
Underground Research Laboratory |
| VLLW |
Very-Low-Level Radioactive Waste |
| VSLLW |
Very-Short-Lived Low-Level Radioactive Waste |
| WAF |
Waste Analysis Facility |
| WFOL |
Waste Facility Operating Licence |
| WL |
Whiteshell Laboratories |
| WMF |
Waste Management Facility |
| WR-1 |
Whiteshell Reactor-1 |
| WSS |
Waste Storage System |
| WTC |
Waste Treatment Centre |
| WVRB |
Waste Volume Reduction Building |
| WWMF |
Western Waste Management Facility |
| XRF |
X-Ray Fluorescence |
| ZED-2 |
Zero Energy Deuterium-2 |
