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APPENDIX B:
ACRONYMS AND ABBREVIATIONS
ASN report on the state of nuclear safety and radiation protection in France in 2015
EURATOM
EURopean ATOMic energy community
Treaty
EURODIF
EUROpean gaseous DIFfusion enrichment
plant
EVEREST
French acronym for “evolving towards
entry without standard suit” (entry into
a controlled area in working overalls -
initiative implemented by EDF)
FA-MA
Low Level - Intermediate Level wastes
FANR
Federal Authority for Nuclear Regulation
(UAE)
FAO
Food and Agriculture Organization of the
United Nations
FARN
Nuclear rapid intervention force
FA-VL
Low Level - Long Lived Waste (LLW-LL)
FBFC
Franco-Belgian Fuel Fabrication Company
(Pierrelatte and Romans-sur-Isère)
FMA
Low or Intermediate Level Waste (LLW/ILW)
FMA-VC
Low or Intermediate Level, Short-Lived
Waste (LLW/ILW-SL)
FRAMATOME
French NSSS builder (now known as
Areva NP)
FRAMATOME
Framatome - Advanced Nuclear Power
(company set up by Areva and Siemens to
develop the new EPR reactor type – now
known as Areva NP)
FRAREG
FRAmatome REGulators (Association of
regulatory bodies in countries operating
power plants of French design)
FSOH
French acronym for Social, Organisational
and Human Factors (SOHF)
GALICE
Nuclear fuel management method (EDF)
GAMMATEC
Ionisation installation (company ISOTRON
France in Marcoule)
GANIL
National Large Heavy Ion Accelerator (Caen)
GB II
Georges Besse II plant
Génération
IV
International “Forum” of ten countries
and the European Union to develop future
nuclear reactors, known as 4th Generation
(GEN IV)
GEOSAF
International Project on Demonstrating the
Safety of Geological Disposal (IAEA project )
GEP
Pluralistic Expert Group
GFR
Gas-cooled Fast Reactor (see RNR-G)
GIAG
Severe Accident Action Guide
GIE
Economic Interest Grouping
GIF
Generation IV International Forum
(see GEN IV)
GPE
Advisory Committee of Experts
(reporting to ASN)
GPD
Advisory Committee of Experts for Waste
(reporting to ASN)
GPESPN
Advisory Committee of Experts for Nuclear
Pressure Equipment (reporting to ASN)
GPMED
Advisory Committee of Experts for
Radiation Protection in Medical and Forensic
Applications of Ionising Radiation
(reporting to ASN)
GPMDR
Advisor Committee of Experts on
Radioactive Materials and Waste (Anccli)
GPPA
Advisory Committee of Experts on
“Post-Accident and regions” (Anccli)
GPR
Advisory Committee of Experts for Nuclear
Reactors (reporting to ASN)
GPRADE
Advisory Committee of Experts in Radiation
protection for industrial and research
applications of ionising radiation and in the
Environment (reporting to ASN)