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Panel Report

Addendum: List of Abbreviations

4Rs
reduce, re-use, recycle, recover
AECB
Atomic Energy Control Board
AECL
Atomic Energy of Canada Limited
ALARA
as low as reasonably achievable
BELLE
Biological Effects of Low-level Exposures
BFS
(Germany) The Federal Agency for Radiation Protection
CANDU
Canada Deuterium Uranium
CCME
Canadian Council of Ministers of the Environment
CEN/SCK
Belgian Nuclear Waste Management Authorities
CEPA
Canadian Environmental Protection Act
CLAB
(Sweden) Central Interim Storage Facility
CLG
Community Liaison Group
CNSC
Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission
COVRA
(the Netherlands) The Central Organization for Radioactive Waste
EC
exclusion criteria
EIS
environmental impact statement
EMR
Department of Energy, Mines and Resources
IO
implementing organization
IAEA
International Atomic Energy Agency
ICRP
International Commission on Radiation Protection
KBS-3
multi-barrier nuclear fuel waste disposal concept
MC
municipal council
MOX
mixed oxide
mSv
millisievert
NAGRA
(Switzerland) National Co-operative for Storage of Nuclear Waste
NFWMA
Nuclear Fuel Waste Management Agency
NIREX
(United Kingdom) The Nuclear Industry Radioactive Waste Executive
NRCan
Natural Resources Canada
NRC
(United States) Nuclear Regulatory Commission
OCRWM
(United States) Civilian Radioactive Waste Management
OECD/NEA
Nuclear Energy Agency of the Organization for Economic Co-Operation and Development
ONDRAF/NIRAS
(Belgium) The National Agency for Radioactive Waste and Enriched Fissile Materials
ORT
organization responsible of transportation
PACs
potentially affected communities
the Panel
Nuclear Fuel Waste Management and Disposal Concept Environmental Assessment Panel
PDF
probability density function
PHC
potential host community
R-104
AECB Regulatory Policy Statement - Regulatory Objectives, Requirements and Guidelines for the Disposal of Radioactive Wastes - Long-term Aspects
R-71
AECB Regulatory Policy Statement - Deep Geological Disposal of Nuclear Fuel Waste: Background Information and Regulatory Requirements Regarding the Concept Assessment Phase
R-72
AECB Regulatory Guide - Geological Considerations in Siting a Repository for Underground Disposal of High-level Radioactive Waste
R-90
AECB Regulatory Policy Statement - Policy on the Decommissioning of Nuclear Facilities
RERF
Radiation Effects Research Foundation
RWMAC
(United Kingdom) Radioactive Waste Management Advisory Committee
SKB
Swedish Nuclear Fuel Waste and Management Company
SKI
Swedish Nuclear Power Inspectorate
SRG
Scientific Review Group
STF
Siting Task Force
SYVAC
Systems Variability Analysis Code
TAC
Technical Advisory Committee (to AECL)
UNSCEAR
United Nations Science Committee on the Effects of Atomic Radiation
WIPP
(United States) Waste Isolation Pilot Plant
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