Abbreviations

ACRP
Advisory Committee on Radiological Protection
ACNS
Advisory Committee on Nuclear Safety
AD
Anno Domini
AEC Act
Atomic Energy Control Act (now NSCAct)
AECB
Atomic Energy Control Board (now CNSC)
AECL
Atomic Energy of Canada Limited
AIDS
Acquired Immuno-Deficiency Syndrome
ALARA
As Low As Reasonably Achievable
BEIR
Biological Effects of Ionizing Radiation
CANDU
Canada Deuterium Uranium
CAP
Community Agreement in Principle
CEAA
Canadian Environmental Assessment Agency
CGE
Canadian General Electric
CBC
Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
CCNR
Canadian Coalition for Nuclear Responsibility
CLG
Community Liaison Group
CNA
Canadian Nuclear Association
CNS
Canadian Nuclear Society
CNSC
Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission (formerly AECB)
CN Tower
Canada's National Tower, (formerly Canadian National Tower)
COG
CANDU Owners Group
DAD
Decide, Announce, Defend
D.C.
District of Columbia
DDT
Dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane
DNA
DeoxyriboNucleic Acid
DPRK
Democratic People's Republic of Korea
EIS
Environment Impact Statement
EMR
Energy, Mines and Resources
FBR
Fast Breeder Reactor
FEARO
Federal Environmental Assessment Review Office
GDP
Gross Domestic Product
HIV
Human Immune Virus
IAEA
International Atomic Energy Agency
ICRP
International Commission on Radiological Protection
IIPA
Independent, Integrated Performance Assessment
IO
Implementing Organization
IPPANI
Interfaith Program for Awareness in Nuclear Issues
LNTH
Linear Non-Threshold Hypothesis
LWR
Light Water Reactor
MOX fuel
Mixed Oxides fuel
NEA
Nuclear Energy Agency
NIMBY
Not In My Back Yard
NPT
Non-Proliferation Treaty
NRC
National Research Council
NRX Reactor
National Research Experimental Reactor
NSC Act
Nuclear Safety and Control Act (formerly AEC Act)
OECD
Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development
ONSR
Ontario Nuclear Safety Review
OPG Inc.
Ontario Power Generation Inc. (formerly OH)
OH
Ontario Hydro (now OPG)
PEI
Prince Edward Island
QA
Quality Assurance
R&D
Research and Development
RBMK
Russian for "Large Reactor with Tubes"
SER
Significant Effect Report
SRG
Scientific Review Group
STF
Siting Task Force
TMI
Three Mile Island
UFFI
Urea Formaldehyde Foam Insulation
U.K.
United Kingdom
UN
United Nations
UNSCEAR
United Nations Scientific Committee on the Effects of Atomic Radiation
U.S.
United States
U.S. AEC
United States' Atomic Energy Commission
U.S. NRC
United States' Nuclear Regulatory Commission
U.S.S.R.
Union of Socialist Soviet Republics
WEC
World Energy Council
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