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APPENDIX B:
ACRONYMS AND ABBREVIATIONS
ASN report on the state of nuclear safety and radiation protection in France in 2015
HIDRA
Human Intrusion in the context of Disposal
of Radioactive Waste (IAEA project on the
unintentional impact of human activities on
deep geological disposal repositories)
man-Sv
Man-sievert: the SI unit for collective dose.
For information, the collective dose is the
sum of the individual doses received by a
given group of persons. To give an example,
the collective dose of 10 people having each
received 1 mSv equals 10 man-mSv.
HTR
High Temperature Reactor (thermal neutron
high temperature reactor)
Hydro-téléray
Network for continuous measurement of
radioactivity in major rivers (IRSN)
ICEDA
Activated waste packaging and interim
storage installation (EDF interim storage
project)
ICPE
Installation Classified on Environmental
Protection grounds (owing to its potential
impact on the public and the environment,
installation subject to the regulations
defined in part I of Book V of the French
Environment Code)
ICSN
Nuclear Safety Cooperation Instrument
(NSCI) (European Union)
IDN
International Decommissioning Network
IEER
Institute for Energy and Environmental
Research
IFFO-RME
French Institute of Trainers in Major Risks
and Environmental Protection
IFSN
Swiss Federal Nuclear Safety Inspectorate
ILL
Laue-Langevin Institute - Grenoble
IMDG
International Maritime Dangerous Goods
code
IMRT
Intensity Modulated Radiation Therapy
INAPARAD
NAtional Inventory of RADioactive
Lightning Arresters
INB
Basic Nuclear Installation (BNI)
GPT
Advisory Committee of Experts for Transport
(reporting to ASN)
GPU
Advisory Committee of Experts for
Laboratories and Plants (reporting to ASN)
GRS
Gesellschaft für Anlagen und Reaktorsicherheit
(technical support organisation for the
German regulatory body)
GT
French acronym for Working Group (WG)
GV
French acronym for Steam Generator (SG)
G8
Group of the 8 leading industrial nations
(Germany, Canada, United States, France,
Italy, Japan, United Kingdom and Russia)
HAO
Oxide High Activity facility
(Areva NC - La Hague)
HARMONIE
Former fast neutron source reactor
(CEA - Cadarache)
HAS
French National Authority for Health – since
2005
HATVP
High Authority for Transparency in Public
Life
HA
High Level (HL waste)
HCFDC
French High Committee for Civil Defence
HCSP
French High Public Health Council
HCTISN
French High Committee for Transparency
and Information on Nuclear Security
(created by the 13th June 2006 Act)
HDR
High Dose-Rate
HERCA
Heads of the European Radiological
protection Competent Authorities
HFD
Defence High Official
HFDS
Defence and Security High Official