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APPENDIX B:
ACRONYMS AND ABBREVIATIONS
ASN report on the state of nuclear safety and radiation protection in France in 2015
MSR
Molten Salt Reactor
MTMD
Hazardous Materials Transport Mission
NECSA
Nuclear Energy Corporation of South Africa
(South-African public entity carrying out
R&D in the nuclear power field)
NF
French Standard
NMA
Maximum Permissible Level (MPL) (for
radioactive contamination of foodstuffs of
livestock feed)
NNR
National Nuclear Regulator
(South African regulatory body)
NNSA
National Nuclear Safety Administration
(Chinese regulatory body)
National Nuclear security Administration
(an agency of the US DOE, United States
Department of Energy)
NRA
Nuclear Regulation Authority
(Japanese regulatory body)
NRBC
Nuclear Radiological Biological Chemical
NRC
Nuclear Regulatory Commission (American
regulatory body)
NRD
French acronym for Diagnostic Reference
Level (DRL)
NRPA
Norwegian Radiation Protection Authority
NSGC
Nuclear Security Guidance Committee
NSSC
Nuclear Safety and Security Commission
(South Korean nuclear regulator)
NUSSC
NUclear Safety Standards Committee (IAEA)
OA-LA
Approved Body - Approved Laboratory
(for inspection/testing)
OACI
French acronym for the International Civil
Aviation Organization (ICAO)
OARP
Bodies Approved for Radiation Protection
inspections
LUDD
Laboratories, Plants, Waste and
Decommissioning
LURE
Electromagnetic Radiation Laboratory
(CNRS - Orsay)
MAGENTA
Cellular nuclear materials storage facility
project (CEA - Cadarache)
MASURCA
Cadarache fast-breeder mockup (research
reactor - CEA - Cadarache)
MA-VL
Intermediate Level, Long-Lived Waste
(ILW-LL)
MCMF
Central Fissile Material Warehouse
(CEA - Cadarache)
MDEP
Multinational Design Evaluation Programme
(multinational initiative in which
secretaryship is ensured by the NEA, and
which aims at pooling the knowledge of the
safety authorities who will be responsible for
the regulatory evaluation of new reactors)
MEA
Management and Appraisal Mission (ASN)
MEDDE
Ministry of Ecology, Sustainable
Development and Energy (fromNovember
2012 to February 2016)
MEEM
Ministry of the Environment, Energy and the
Sea (since February 2016)
MELOX
MOX fuel fabrication plant (Marcoule)
MÉLUSINE
Research reactor (CEA - Grenoble)
MIMAUSA
History and impact of uraniummines:
summary and archives - Programme for an
inventory of uraniummining sites
MINERVE
Research reactor (CEA - Cadarache)
MIR
Inter-regional Fuel Stores
(EDF - Bugey and Chinon)
MOX
Mixed OXide fuel
(mix of uranium and plutonium oxides)
MSNR
Nuclear Safety and Radiation Protection
Mission (MEEM/DGPR)