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APPENDIX B:
ACRONYMS AND ABBREVIATIONS
ASN report on the state of nuclear safety and radiation protection in France in 2015
CEA
French Atomic Energy Commission
(now the Atomic Energy and Alternative
Energy Commission)
CEDAI
Internal Authorisations Assessment
Committee
CEDRA
Radioactive waste packaging and interim
storage unit (CEA - Cadarache)
CEE
European Economic Community
CEIDRE
Construction and Operation Expert
Appraisal and Inspection Centre (EDF)
CELIMENE
Former cell for examining the fuel from the
EL3 reactor (CEA – Saclay)
CENTRACO
Low-level waste processing and packaging
centre (SOCODEI - Marcoule)
CEPN
Nuclear Protection Evaluation Centre
CERCA
Company for the Design and Fabrication
of Atomic Fuel
CERN
European Organization for Nuclear Research
CGA
French Armed Forces General Inspectorate
CGEDD
General Council for the Environment and
Sustainable Development (Ministry of the
Environment, Energy and the Sea)
CH
Hospital Centre
CHICADE
Chemistry, waste characterization
(CEA Cadarache)
CHRU
Regional University Hospital
CHSCT
Committee for Health, Safety and Working
Conditions
CHU
University Hospital
CIC
French Inter-ministerial Crisis Committee
CICNR
Inter-ministerial Committee for Nuclear
or Radiological Emergencies
CIESCT
Inter-Company Working Conditions and
Safety Committee
CIGEO
Industrial Geological Disposal Facility
CIPR
International Commission on Radiological
Protection (ICRP)
CIRC
International Agency for Research on Cancer
(part of the WHO - Lyon)
CIREA
Interministerial Commission for Artificial
Radioelements
CIRES
Industrial centre for collection, storage and
disposal (Andra)
CIS bio
International
Company specialising in international
biomedical technologies, especially
radiopharmaceuticals
CISSCT
Inter-firmHealth, Safety and Working
Conditions Committee (for EDF power
plants)
CITMD
French Interministerial Commission
for the Carriage of Hazardous Goods
ClF
3
Chlorine trifluoride
CLCC
Anti-cancer Centre
CLI
Local Information Committee
CLIGEET
Tricastin Major Energy Facility Local
Information Committee (name of the CLI on
the Tricastin site since 2008)
CLIO
Accelerator (see PHIL)
CLIS
Local Committee for Information
and Follow-up - name of the CLI
for underground laboratories
Local Committee for Information
and Monitoring (name of the CLI
at the Fessenheim plant since 2009)
CMIR
Mobile Radiological Intervention Unit