Guidance
Acronyms and abbreviations in radioactive waste management
Published 17 May 2018
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The radioactive waste management industry uses many acronyms and abbreviations. This list provides definitions of the most commonly used.
List of acronyms and abbreviations
A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
A
| AGR | Advanced gas cooled reactor (A type of reactor with a graphite core, and Uranium oxide fuel in steel cladding with a graphite sleeve). |
| AoS | Appraisal of Sustainability |
B
| BEIS | Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy |
| BSS | Basic Safety Standards Directive (2013/59/EURATOM) |
C
| CEO | Chief Executive Officer |
| CNS | Capenhurst Nuclear Services |
| CoRWM | Committee on Radioactive Waste Management |
| CRWG | Community Representation Working Group |
D
| DCA | Delivery Confidence Assessment |
| DECC | Department of Energy and Climate Change |
| DESY | Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron |
| DFR | Dounreay Fast Reactor |
| DNLEU | Depleted, natural and low-enrichment uranium |
| DRP | Direct Research Portfolio |
E
| EA | Environment Agency (England’s Environmental Regulator) |
| EIA | Environmental Impact Assessment |
F
| FHP | Fuel Handling Plant |
G
| GDPB | Geological Disposal Programme Board |
| GDF | Geological disposal facility |
| GDS | Government Decontamination Service |
| gDSSC | generic Disposal System Safety Case |
H
| HASS | High-Activity Sealed Radioactive Sources Directive (2003/122/EURATOM) |
| HAW | Higher Activity Waste |
| HAW-IS | HAW Implementation Strategy |
| HEU | Highly Enriched Uranium |
| HM | Heavy metals |
| HMT | His Majesty’s Treasury |
| HRA | Habitats Regulations Assessment |
I
| IAEA | International Atomic Energy Agency |
| IEA | Institute of Environmental Assessment |
| IEMA | Institute of Environmental Management and Assessment |
| IGD | Implementing Geological Disposal |
| IPA | Infrastructure Projects Authority |
| ILW | Intermediate level waste |
| INLA | International Nuclear Law Association |
J
| JAEA | Japan Atomic Energy Agency |
L
| LoC | Letter of Compliance (previously Letter of Comfort) |
| LLW | Low Level Waste |
| LTP | Life Time Plan |
| LWR | Light Water Reactor |
M
| MDU | Magnox Depleted Uranium |
| MOD | Ministry of Defence |
| MOP | Magnox Operating Programme |
| MOX | Mixed Oxide Fuel |
N
| NDA | Nuclear Decommissioning Authority |
| NDARB | NDA Research Board |
| NEA | Nuclear Energy Agency of OECD |
| NERC | Natural Environment Research Council |
| NGS | National Geological Screening |
| NIEA | Northern Ireland Environment Agency |
| NIRAB | Nuclear Innovation and Research Advisory Board |
| NIRO | Nuclear Innovation and Research Office |
| NPS | National Policy Statement (particularly BEIS’s National Policy Statement on geological disposal infrastructure) |
| NSD | Near Surface Disposal |
| NSNS | Near Site Near Surface Storage policy in Scotland |
| NRW | Natural Resources Wales (Welsh Environmental Regulator) |
| NWDRF | Nuclear Waste and Decommissioning Research Forum (a group convened by NDA) |
O
| OECD | Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development |
| ONR | Office for Nuclear Regulation (the regulator of safety, security and safeguards at nuclear facilities and transport of radioactive materials) |
| ORR | Organisational Readiness Review |
P
| PBC | Programme Business Case |
| PCM | Plutonium Contaminated Material |
| PSE | Public and stakeholder engagement |
| Pu | Plutonium |
R
| RATE | Radioactivity and the Environment (a NERC research programme) |
| R&D | Research and development |
| RRP | Readiness Review Panel |
| RW | Radioactive Waste |
| RWM | Radioactive Waste Management Limited, a wholly owned subsidiary of the NDA charged with delivering Geological Disposal, created on 1 April 2014. |
S
| SEPA | Scottish Environment Protection Agency |
| SGHWR | Steam Generating Heavy Water Reactor |
| SKB | Svensk Kärnbränslehantering AB (Swedish Nuclear Fuel and Waste Management Company) |
| SLC | Site licence company (a company that runs an NDA site, under contract to the NDA, and holds the nuclear site licence) |
| SNS | Scottish Nuclear Sites meetings, hosted and chaired by Scottish Government |
| SNSC | Scottish Nuclear Supply Chain |
| SPRS | Sellafield Product and Residues Store |
| SRO | Senior Responsible Owner or Officer |
T
| TAP | Technical Advisory Panel |
| THORP | Thermal Oxide Reprocessing Plant |
| TPEVM | Third-Party Expert View Mechanism |
| TR&S | THORP Receipt and Storage |
U
| U | Uranium |
V
| VLLW | Very low level radioactive waste |
W
| WWC | Working with communities |
| WIPP | Waste Isolation Pilot Project |
| WNA | World Nuclear Association |