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Glossary of Abbreviations and Acronyms

activity

adenine

ampere [unit of electric current]

angstrom

atto [prefix for SI and metric units, 10

-18

]

year

maximum activity of special form radioactive

material that can be transported in a Type A

package

(IAEA Transport

Regulations)

maximum activity of any radioactive material other

than special form radioactive material that can be

transported in a Type A package

(IAEA Transport

Regulations)

AAA

awareness, appropriateness and audit

AAAID

Arab Authority for Agricultural Investment and

Development

AAA Program

Advanced Accelerator Applications Program [In

2003 this developed into the Advanced Fuel Cycle

Initiative (AFCI).]

(USA)

AAAS

American Association for the Advancement of

Science

AAB

Audit Advisory Board (India)

AAC

Austrian Accreditation Council

AACB

Association of African Central Banks

AACR

Anglo–American Cataloguing Rules

AADFI

Association of African Development Finance

Institutions

AAEA

Arab Atomic Energy Agency

AAEC

Australian Atomic Energy Commission [This was

replaced in 1987 by the Australian Nuclear Science

and Technology Organisation (ANSTO).]

AAEE

American Academy of Environmental Engineers (USA)

AAEHC

Afghan Atomic Energy High Commission

AAES

American Association of Engineering Societies (USA)

AAFICS

Australian Association of Former International

Civil Servants

AAIS

Austrian Accident Insurance Scheme (IAEA)

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AALCO

Asian–African Legal Consultative Organization

AAMCP

Asian Association of Mutagenesis in Crop Plants

AAMD

American Association of Medical Dosimetrists (Canada/USA)

AAMI

Association for the Advancement of Medical

Instrumentation

(USA)

AAP

Assistance Action Plan

AAPG

American Association of Petroleum Geologists (USA)

AAPM

American Association of Physicists in Medicine

AARI

Arctic and Antarctic Research Institute (Russian Federation)

AARINENA

Association of Agricultural Research Institutions in

the Near East and North Africa

AAS

American Astronomical Society (USA)

AAS

atomic absorption spectrophotometer

AAS

atomic absorption spectrophotometry

AASPE

Armenian Association of Seismology and Physics

of the Earth

AAT

African animal trypanosomosis

AATN

Argentine Association of Nuclear Technology

Asociación Argentina de Tecnología Nuclear

AATPO

Association of African Trade Promotion

Organizations

AAU

Addis Ababa University (Ethiopia)

AAU

agricultural area in use

AAVP

African AIDS Vaccine Programme (WHO/UNAIDS)

ABA

abscisic acid

ABACC

Brazilian–Argentine Agency for Accounting and

Control of Nuclear Materials Agencia Brasileño-

Argentina de Contabilidad y Control de Materiales

Nucleares

ABAEN

Argentinian–Brazilian Agency for Nuclear Energy

Applications Agencia Argentino-Brasileña de

Aplicaciones de la Energía Nuclear

ABB

[This is not regarded as an acronym, but is the form

that should be used as the company’s name.]

ABCC

Atomic Bomb Casualty Commission (USA)

ABEN

Brazilian Nuclear Energy Association Associaçao

Brasileira de Energia Nuclear

Abidjan

Convention

Convention for Cooperation in the Protection,

Management and Development of the Marine and

Coastal Environment of the Atlantic Coast of the

West, Central and Southern Africa Region

ABL

FAO/IAEA Agriculture and Biotechnology (IAEA)

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Laboratory [This was disbanded in 2010.]

ABL

FAO/IAEA Agriculture and Biotechnology

Laboratories [This is the collective name given to

the five individual food and agriculture laboratories

that form part of the Joint Division.]

(IAEA)

ABM

anti-ballistic missile

ABM Treaty

Treaty between the United States of America and

the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics on the

Limitation of Anti-Ballistic Missile Systems

ABPM

Fire and Rescue Academy of Malaysia Akademi

Bomba dan Penyelamat Malaysia

ABRII

Agricultural Biotechnology Research Institute of

Iran

(Islamic Republic of

Iran)

ABS

American Brachytherapy Society (USA)

ABS

anti-lock braking system

ABSC

ABS Consulting (USA)

ABSP

Burkina Faso Public Health Association

Association burkinabé de santé publique

ABSSA

Beninese Food Safety Agency Agence béninoise de

la sécurité sanitaire des aliments

ABTR

Advanced Burner Test Reactor (USA)

Abu Dhabi

Declaration

Abu Dhabi Declaration on the Future of

Environmental Action in the Arab World [This

Declaration was issued in 2001 by the Council of

Arab Ministers Responsible for the Environment

(CAMRE).]

ABWR

advanced boiling water reactor

actinium

alternating current

ACABQ

Advisory Committee on Administrative and

Budgetary Questions

(United Nations)

ACB

Asian corn borer

ACC

Administrative Committee on Coordination [This

was replaced by the United Nations System Chief

Executives Board for Coordination (CEB).]

(United Nations)

ACC

Cuban Academy of Sciences Academia de Ciencias

de Cuba

ACCA

Association of Chartered Certified Accountants

AccApp

International Topical Meeting on Nuclear

Applications of Accelerators

(ANS/IAEA)

ACCOBAMS

Agreement on the Conservation of Cetaceans in the

Black Sea, Mediterranean Sea and contiguous

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Atlantic area

ACCP

Alliance for Cervical Cancer Prevention

ACDA

Arms Control and Disarmament Agency (USA)

ACDA

Central African Agency for Agricultural

Development Agence centrafricaine de

développement agricole

(Central African

Republic)

ace

acentric chromosome

ACE

angiotensin converting enzyme

ACEP

Asahi chemical exchange process

ACF

International

Action Against Hunger

ACF

activated carbon filter

ACFE

Association of Certified Fraud Examiners

aCGH

array comparative genomic hybridization

ACGME

Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical

Education

(USA)

AChE

acetylcholinesterase

ACHPR

African Commission on Human and People's

Rights

ACHR

Advisory Committee on Health Research (WHO)

ACHS

Chilean Safety Association Asociación Chilena de

Seguridad

ACI

Airports Council International

ACIAR

Australian Centre for International Agricultural

Research

ACL

[This is not regarded as an acronym, but is the form

that should be used as the name of the company,

which no longer uses its former name Audit

Command Language.]

ACM

adequacy of consumption measure

ACMP

American College of Medical Physics

ACMV

African cassava mosaic virus

ACNE

African Commission on Nuclear Energy [Also

known as AFCONE.]

ACNW

Advisory Committee on Nuclear Waste (USA)

ACOMEN

United Action Group of Nuclear Medicine in the

South of France Groupe d'Action Concertée en

Médecine Nucléaire du Sud de la France

(France)

ACOPS

Advisory Committee on Protection of the Sea

ACP

American Centrifuge Plant (USA)

ACP

Panama Canal Authority Autoridad del Canal de

Panamá

(Panama)

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ACPAQ

Advisory Committee on Post Adjustment Questions

[This committee was created by the International

Civil Service Commission (ICSC) in 1975.]

(United Nations)

ACP-EC

Partnership

Agreement

Partnership Agreement between the members of the

African, Caribbean and Pacific Group of States of

the one part and the European Community and its

Member States of the other part [This is also known

as the Cotonou Agreement.]

ACP States

African, Caribbean and Pacific States

ACPRO

Radiological Protection Advisory and Control

Service Asesoría y Control en Protección

Radiológica, S.L.

(Spain)

ACPSEM

Australasian College of Physical Scientists and

Engineers in Medicine

ACR

Advanced CANDU Reactor

ACR

American College of Radiology

ACRI

Australian Cotton Research Institute

ACRS Working

Group

Working Group on Arms Control and Regional

Security

ACS

American Cancer Society (USA)

ACS

American Chemical Society (USA)

ACS

American College of Surgeons (USA)

ACS

Association of Caribbean States

ACSAD

Arab Center for the Studies of Arid Zones and Dry

Lands

ACSS

Advisory Commission on Safety Standards [This

was replaced by the Commission on Safety

Standards (CSS).]

(IAEA)

ACSV

Advisory Committee on Safeguards and

Verification within the Framework of the IAEA

Statute [This Committee was established in 2005.]

(IAEA)

ACT

artemisinin-based combination therapy

ACTDO

Agreement

American Centrifuge Technology Demonstration

and Operations Agreement

(USA)

ACTH

adrenocorticotropic hormone

ACTMalaria

Asian Collaborative Training Network for Malaria

ACUNS

Academic Council on the United Nations System

ACUS

Atlantic Council of the United States [This full

form and the abbreviation no longer appear to be

used and the entity just refers to itself as the

Atlantic Council.]

ACV

Austria Center Vienna

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ACW

anticlockwise

Active Directory (Computing)

Alzheimer's disease

aromatic diamidine

Aujeszky's disease

ADA

Austrian Development Agency

ADAB

Bahia State Agency for Animal Health and Plant

Protection Agência Estadual de Defesa

Agropecuária da Bahia

(Brazil)

Adabas

adaptable database system

ADAI

Additional Deputy Comptroller and Auditor

General

(India)

ADAM

autonomous data acquisition module

ADAMS

Agencywide Documents Access and Management

System

(United States Nuclear

Regulatory

Commission)

ADAVION

Association of Friends and Volunteers of the

National Oncology Institute Asociación de Amigos

y Voluntarios del Instituto Oncológico Nacional

(Panama)

ADB

Asian Development Bank [The same acronym is

used for the African Development Bank. The

acronym AsDB is also sometimes used.]

ADB

African Development Bank [This is part of the

African Development Bank Group (ADB

Group).The same acronym is used for the Asian

Development Bank. The acronym AfDB is now the

more widely used acronym.]

ADC

analogue to digital converter

ADC

Austrian Development Cooperation

ADCL

accredited dosimetry calibration laboratory

ADCP

Aquaculture Development and Coordination

Programme

(FAO/UNDP)

ADD

acute diarrhoeal disease

ADDIS

Animal Disease Diagnosis Information System (IAEA)

ADEME

French Environment and Energy Management

Agency Agence de l’environnement et de la

maîtrise de l’énergie

(France)

ADENI

Association for the Development of International

Nuclear Instruction Association pour le

développement de l'enseignement nucléaire

international

(France)

ADEP

Association for the Development of Earthquake (Japan)

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Prediction

ADF

acid detergent fibre

ADF

African Development Fund [This is part of the

African Development Bank Group (ADB Group).]

ADFIAP

Association of Development Financing Institutions

in Asia and the Pacific

ADG

Assistant Director General (IAEA)

ADI

Investment Promotion Agency Agencia de

Desarrollo de Inversiones

(Argentina)

ADIMAB

Burkina Faso Medical Imaging Association

Association d'imagerie médicale au Burkina Faso

ADN

European Agreement concerning the International

Carriage of Dangerous Goods by Inland Waterways

Accord européen relatif au transport international

des marchandises dangereuses par voies de

navigation intérieures [The acronym is derived

from the French keywords accord, dangereuses and

navigation.]

ADNR

Regulations for the Carriage of Dangerous

Substances on the Rhine Règlement pour le

transport de matières dangereuses sur le Rhin [The

acronym indicates the link with the ADN acronym

with the R standing for Rhine.]

ADP

adenosine diphosphate

ADP

Ad Hoc Working Group on the Durban Platform

for Enhanced Action

(UNFCCC)

ADP

air displacement plethysmography

ADP

automatic data processing

ADR

European Agreement concerning the International

Carriage of Dangerous Goods by Road Accord

européen relatif au transport international des

marchandises dangereuses par route [The acronym

is derived from the keywords accord/ agreement,

dangereuses/dangerous and route/road.]

ADRA

Adventist Development and Relief Agency

ADS

accelerator-driven system

ADS

accelerator-driven subcritical system

ADS

automatic depressurization system

AdSec

Advisory Group on Nuclear Security (IAEA)

ADSS

Administrative Support Section [This Section,

which was part of the Division of General Services

(MTGS), was replaced by the Travel and

(IAEA)

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Transportation Section (TTS) with effect from 15

November 2004.]

ADTF

Accelerator Driven Test Facility (USA)

ADU

ammonium diuranate

acoustic emission

actual evapotranspiration

a.e.

atom excess

AEA

Atomic Energy Act (USA)

AEA

Atomic Energy Authority [This was disbanded in

November 2014.]

(Sri Lanka)

AEB

Atomic Energy Board (Sri Lanka)

AEC

Atomic Energy Commission (India)

AEC

Atomic Energy Council (Uganda)

AECA

Spanish Association of Accounting and Business

Administration Asociación Española de

Contabilidad y Administración de Empresas

(Spain)

AECB

Atomic Energy Control Board [This was replaced

by the Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission

(CNSC).]

(Canada)

AECC

Angarsk Electrolysis Chemical Complex (Russian Federation)

AECI

Spanish Agency for International Cooperation

Agencia Española de Cooperación Internacional

AECID

Spanish Agency for International Development

Cooperation Agencia Española de Cooperación

Internacional para el Desarrollo

AECL

Atomic Energy of Canada Limited

AECS

Atomic Energy Commission of Syria

AED

aerodynamic equivalent diameter

AEE

Atomic Energy Establishment (Libya)

AEF

advanced European fuel

AEGiS

AIDS Education Global Information System

AEKI

Atomic Energy Research Institute Atomenergia

Kutatóintézet [In January 2012 this merged with the

Institute of Isotopes to form the Centre for Energy

Research.]

(Hungary)

AELB

Atomic Energy Licensing Board (Malaysia)

AEM

Atomenergomash (Russian Federation)

AEMC

Atomic Energy Minerals Centre (Pakistan)

AEN

Nuclear Energy Agency Agencia de Energía

Nuclear [The name was subsequently changed to

Agency for Nuclear Energy and Advanced

Technologies (AEN.T.A).]

(Cuba)

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AEND

Spanish Society for Non Destructive Testing

Asociación Española de Ensayos No Destructivos

(Spain)

AENTA

Agency for Nuclear Energy and Advanced

Technologies Agencia de Energía Nuclear y

Tecnologías de Avanzada [Name of the former

Nuclear Energy Agency (AEN).]

(Cuba)

AEOI

Atomic Energy Organization of Iran

AEP

Atomenergoproekt (Russian Federation)

AEP

Atomic Energy Power Corporation [Also known as

Atomenergoprom.]

(Russian Federation)

AEP

auditory evoked potential

AEPS

Arctic Environmental Protection Strategy

AERB

Atomic Energy Regulatory Board (India)

AERE

Atomic Energy Research Establishment (Bangladesh)

AERL

Aquatic Ecosystems Research Laboratory (Canada)

AES

atomic emission spectroscopy

AESJ

Atomic Energy Society of Japan

AET

acoustic emission testing

AEW

Atomic Energy Week (Philippines)

AEZ

agro-ecological zone

audio frequency

Type A package design for fissile material (Type code defined in

IAEA Transport

Regulations)

AFA

Association of Andalusian Foundations Asociación

de Fundaciones Andaluzas

(Spain)

AFBC

atmospheric fluidized bed combustion

AFBLCC

France–Benin Cancer Control Association

Association franco-béninoise de lutte contre le

cancer

AFCI

Advanced Fuel Cycle Initiative [This was launched

in 2003 as a development of the AAA Program.]

(USA)

AFCONE

African Commission on Nuclear Energy [Also

known as ACNE.]

AFCR

Advanced Fuel CANDU Reactor

AFCRN

African Cancer Registry Network

AFD

French Development Agency Agence française de

développement

(France)

AfDB

African Development Bank [This is now the more

usual acronym, rather than ADB, which is also

used for the Asian Development Bank.]

AFDC

allowance for funds used during construction

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AFEMS

Association of Medical Women of Senegal

Association des femmes médecins du Sénégal

AFESD

Arab Fund for Economic and Social Development

AFFA

Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry

[This is the old acronym when the word Australia

was tagged on the end. The new acronym is

DAFF.]

(Australia)

AFFF

Advanced Fuel Fabrication Facility (India)

AFIMS

Agency’s Financial Information Management

System [This was replaced by the Agency-wide

Information System for Programme Support.]

(IAEA)

AFLP

amplified fragment length polymorphism

AFMANENA

Agricultural Food Marketing Association for the

Near East and North Africa

AFNI

France International Nuclear Agency Agence

France Nucléaire International

(France)

AFOMP

Asia–Oceania Federation of Organizations for

Medical Physics

AFoSaN

African Food Safety Network

AFP

alphafetoprotein

AFR storage

away-from-reactor storage

AFRA

African Regional Co-operative Agreement for

Research, Development and Training Related to

Nuclear Science and Technology

(Reproduced in IAEA

document

INCIRC/377)

AFRA NC

AFRA National Coordinator

AFRA-NEST

AFRA Network for Education in Science and

Technology

(IAEA)

AFREC

African Energy Commission

AfricaRice

Africa Rice Center [Prior to 2003, this was known

as the West Africa Rice Development Association.

In September 2009 the previous short form

WARDA was replaced by AfricaRice..]

(CGIAR)

AFRO

WHO Regional Office for Africa

AFROG

African Radiation Oncology Group

AFRONET

African Radiation Oncology Network (IAEA)

AFROSAI

African Organization of Supreme Audit Institutions

[This is one of the seven Regional Working Groups

of the International Organization of Supreme Audit

Institutions (INTOSAI).]

AFRRI

Armed Forces Radiobiology Research Institute (USA)

AFS

American Assured Fuel Supply (USA)

AFSSA

French Food Safety Agency Agence française de (France)

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sécurité sanitaire des aliments [This Agency was

replaced on 1 July 2010 by the French Agency for

Food Environmental and Occupational Health

Safety (ANSES).]

AFSSE

French Agency for Environmental Health and

Safety Agence française de sécurité sanitaire

environnementale [This was replaced in July 2010

by the French Agency for Food, Environmental and

Occupational Health Safety (ANSES).]

(France)

AFU

arbitrary fluorescence unit

AFWP

auxiliary feedwater pump

advisory group [Write with lower case when used

generically and with initial capitals when used

specifically.]

Australia Group

silver

AGA

Animal Production and Health Division (FAO)

AGAL

Australian Government Analytical Laboratories (Australia)

AGaRT

Advisory Group on Increasing Access to

Radiotherapy Technology in Low and Middle

Income Countries

(IAEA)

AGCM

atmospheric global circulation model

AGE

General State Administration Administración

General del Estado

(Spain)

AGERI

Agricultural Genetic Engineering Research

Institute

(Egypt)

AGES

Austrian Agency for Health and Food Safety

Österreichische Agentur für Gesundheit und

Ernährungssicherheit GmbH

AGESA

European workshop on the management of

archaeological sites Atelier européen de gestion des

sites archéologiques

(Council of Europe)

AGETIP

Executive Public Works Agency for the Creation of

Employment Agence d'exécution des travaux

d'intérêt public contre le sous-emploi

(several African

countries)

AGI

American Geological Institute (USA)

AGID

agar gel immunodiffusion

AGM

Advisory Group Meeting [This used to be a

category of IAEA meeting. It was replaced by

Technical Meeting (TM) in 2002.]

(IAEA)

AGN

Nutrition and Consumer Protection Division (FAO)

AGNES

Advanced General and New Evaluation of Safety (Hungary)

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AGNPS model

Agricultural Non-Point Source Pollution Model

AGPP

Plant Protection Service (FAO)

AGR

advanced gas cooled reactor

Agreed

Framework

Agreed Framework between the United States of

America and the Democratic People’s Republic of

Korea

AGRIS

International Information System for the

Agricultural Sciences and Technology

(FAO)

AGS

Albanian Geological Survey

AHD

American Hospital Dubai (United Arab

Emirates)

AHF

anti-haemophilic factor

AHGNS

Ad Hoc Group on Nuclear Security (European Union)

AHIS

Austrian Health Insurance Scheme (IAEA)

AHP

absorption heat pump

AHPA

additional high priority activity [This was replaced

in the IAEA’s 2000 budget by unfunded regular

programme activity (URPA), which was replaced

in the IAEA’s 2002–2003 programme and budget

by core activity unfunded in the Regular Budget

(CAURB).]

(IAEA)

AHR

aqueous homogeneous reactor

AHRMIO

Association for Human Resource Management in

International Organizations

AHS

African horse sickness

AHWR

advanced heavy water reactor (India)

a.i.

ad interim [This means for the meantime.]

active ingredient

annual intake

artificial insemination

avian influenza

AIC

Alfvén ion cyclotron

AIChE

American Institute of Chemical Engineers

AIDA

Artificial Insemination Database Application (IAEA/FAO)

AIDA

International Association for Water Law

Asociación Internacional de Derecho de Aguas

AIDS

acquired immune deficiency syndrome

AIGAM

Moroccan Association of Nuclear Engineers

Association des ingénieurs en génie atomique du

Maroc

AIHA

American International Health Alliance

AIIC

International Association of Conference

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Interpreters Association internationale des

interprètes de conférence

Aiii

Association of International Industrial Irradiation

[This was replaced in 2004 by the International

Irradiation Association (iiA).]

AIIM

Association for Information and Image

Management

AIIMS

All India Institute of Medical Sciences

AILC

Ivorian Cancer Control Association Association

ivoirienne de lutte contre le cancer

(Côte d'Ivoire)

AIM

Mexican Academy of Engineering Academia de

Ingeniería de México

AIMS

Australian Institute of Marine Science (Australia)

AINSE

[The former full name Australian Institute of

Nuclear Science and Engineering is no longer

used.]

AIP

advance information package (OSART)

AIP

American Institute of Physics (USA)

AIP

annual implementation plan

AIPES

Association of Imaging Producers and Equipment

Suppliers

AIPS

Agency-wide Information System for Programme

Support

(IAEA)

AIRS

Advanced Incident Reporting System (IAEA)

AIS

automated information system

AISI

American Iron and Steel Institute

AIST

National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science

and Technology

(Japan)

AIT

Austrian Institute of Technology

AIT

Augmented Inspection Team (United States Nuclear

Regulatory

Commission)

AITC

International Association of Conference Translators

Association internationale des traducteurs de

conférence

AJCC

American Joint Committee on Cancer (USA)

AJR

American Journal of Roentgenology

AKH

Vienna General Hospital Allgemeines Krankenhaus

Wien

(Austria)

Akkuyu NPP JSC

Akkuyu Nuclear Power Plant Joint Stock Company

AKP

Accelerator Knowledge Portal (IAEA)

aluminium

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alumina or aluminium oxide

ALABAT

Latin American Association of Tissue Banks

Asociación Latinoamericana de Bancos de Tejidos

ALADDIN

A Labelled Atomic Data Interface (IAEA)

ALARA

as low as reasonably achievable

ALARP

as low as reasonably practicable [This term is used

as a variant of ALARA, particularly in the United

Kingdom, but should not be used in IAEA

documents.]

ALASBIMN

Latin American Association of Societies of Nuclear

Medicine and Biology Asociación Latinoamericana

de Sociedades de Biología y Medicina Nuclear

ALATRO

Latin American Association for Radiation

Oncology Asociación Latinoamericana de Terapia

Radiante Oncológica

ALBA

ALBA Synchrotron Light Facility

ALE

annual limit on exposure

ALFIM

Latin American Medical Physics Association

Asociación Latinoamericana de Física Médica

ALFRED

Advanced Lead Fast Reactor European

Demonstrator

(Italy/European

Union)

ALG

Liptako-Gourma Integrated Development Authority

Autorité de développement intégré de la région du

Liptako-Gourma

(Burkina

Faso/Mali/Niger)

Algiers

Convention

African Convention on the Conservation of Nature

and Natural Resources

ALI

annual limit on intake

ALICC

Association of Ibero-American Leagues Against

Cancer Asociación de Ligas Iberoamericanas

Contra el Cáncer

ALIP

all-in-one portable system (Safeguards)

ALIS

all-in-one system (Safeguards)

ALL

acute lymphoblastic leukaemia

ALMERA

Analytical Laboratories for the Measurement of

Environmental Radioactivity

(IAEA)

ALO

Arab Labor Organization

ALPA

Latin American Animal Production Association

Asociación Latinamericana de Producción Animal

ALPP

area of low pest prevalence

ALPS

Advanced Liquid Processing System

ALR

adiabatic lapse rate

ALS

accident localization system

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ALT

automatic load transfer

ALT

Binational Autonomous Authority of Lake Titicaca

Autoridad Binacional Autónoma del Lago Titicaca

(Bolivia/Peru)

ALWR

advanced light water reactor

Administrative Manual (IAEA)

americium

A + M

atomic and molecular

AMA

Acoustic and Mechanical Analyses Department

Département analyses mécaniques et acoustique

[This is part of Électricité de France.]

(France)

AMA

advanced mercury analyser

AMA

American Medical Association

AMA

Environment Agency Agencia de Medio Ambiente (Cuba)

AMAD

activity median aerodynamic diameter

AMALCANCER

Mauritanian Cancer Control Association

Association mauritanienne de lutte contre le cancer

(Islamic Republic of

Mauritania)

AMAP

Arctic Monitoring and Assessment Programme

[This an international organization established in

1991 to implement components of the Arctic

Environmental Protection Strategy (AEPS), which

since 1997 has been implemented by the Arctic

Council.]

AMARAP

Malian Radiation Protection Agency Agence

malienne de radioprotection

(Mali)

AMAT

Ageing Management Advisory Team [This service

was subsequently incorporated into the Safety

Aspects of Long Term Operation of Water

Moderated Reactors Peer Review Service

(SALTO).]

(IAEA)

AMBDAS

Atomic and Molecular Bibliographic Data System

AMC

Association of Cancer Patients Association des

malades du cancer

(Yunisia)

AMCEN

African Ministerial Conference on the Environment

AMCOW

African Ministerial Conference on Water

AMD

acid mine drainage

AMD

Atomic Minerals Directorate for Exploration and

Research

(India)

AMDIS

Atomic and Molecular Data Information System (IAEA)

AMDML

Atomic and Molecular Data Markup Language

AMERIPOL

Police Community of the Americas

AMES

Ageing Materials Evaluation and Studies (Joint Research

Centre)

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AMF

arbuscular mycorrhizal fungus

AMF

Australian Mineral Foundation [This ceased to

exist in 2001.]

AMFIE

Mutual Benefit Association of Staff Members of

Intergovernmental Organizations having their

Headquarters or Permanent Offices in Europe

Association mutualiste des fonctionnaires des

organisations intergouvernementales ayant leur

siège ou des bureaux permanents en Europe

AMFPI

active matrix flat-panel imager

AMI

antibody-mediated immunity

AMIP

After-service Medical Insurance Plan (IAEA)

AMIQ

Mexican Association of Chemical Engineers

Asociación Mexicana de Ingenieros Químicos

AMP

ageing management programme

AMP

Agency for Preventive Medicine Agence de

médecine préventive

AMPA

Mexican Animal Production Association

Asociación Mexicana de Producción Animal

AMPERE

Commission

Commission for the Analysis of the Means of

Electricity Production and the Restructuring of the

Energy Sector Commission pour l’Analyse des

Modes de Production de l’Électricité et le

Redéploiement des Énergies

(Belgium)

A+M+PMI data

atomic, molecular and plasma–material interaction

data

AMPR

Association of Medical Physicists in Russia

AMR

ageing management review

AMR

Annual Ministerial Review (United Nations)

AMRO

WHO Regional Office for the Americas

AMS

accelerator mass spectrometry

AMSA

Australian Maritime Safety Authority

Amsterdam

Treaty

Treaty of Amsterdam amending the Treaty on

European Union, the Treaties establishing the

European Communities and certain related acts

[This updated the Maasstricht Treaty and the Treaty

of Rome and was itself updated by the Treaty of

Nice. It is also known as Treaty of Amsterdam.]

(European Union)

AMTA

American Membrane Technology Association (USA)

AMTD

activity median thermodynamic diameter

AMU

already-mined uranium

AMU

Arab Maghreb Union

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amu

atomic mass unit

AMVCG

Association for Better Living with Gynaecological

Cancer Association pour mieux vivre avec le cancer

gynécologique

(Islamic Republic of

Mauritania)

AMWTP

Advanced Mixed Waste Treatment Project (USA)

ANA

Australian Nuclear Association

ANA

National Water Agency Agência Nacional de

Águas

(Brazil)

ANAEM

Ankara Nuclear Research and Training Center

Ankara Nükleer Araştırma ve Eğitim Merkezi

(Turkey)

ANAM

National Agency for Health Insurance Agence

nationale de l'assurance maladie

(Benin)

ANAM

National Environmental Authority Autoridad

Nacional del Ambiente

(Panama)

ANAS

Azerbaijan National Academy of Sciences

ANAV

Ascó–Vandellòs II Nuclear Association Asociación

Nuclear Ascó – Vandellòs II A.I.E.

ANAVE

European Shipping Agency Agencia Naviera

Europea

(Honduras)

ANAVE

Spanish Shipowners Association Asociación de

Navieros Españoles

ANBT

National Agency for Dams and Water Transfers

Agence nationale des barrages et transferts

(Algeria)

ANCA

Working Group on Harmful Algae in the Caribbean

and Adjacent Regions

(IOC)

ANCAR

National Agency for Rural and Agricultural

Guidance Agence nationale de conseil agricole et

rural

(Senegal)

ANCEC

National Association Against Cancer Asociación

Nacional Contra el Cáncer

(Panama)

ANCUPA

National African Palm Growers' Association

Asociación nacional de cultivadores de palma

africana

(Ecuador)

ANDE

National Livestock Development Agency Agence

nationale de développement de l’élevage

(Central African

Republic)

ANDR

Nuclear and Radioactive Waste Agency Agentia

Nucleara si pentru Deseuri Radioactive

(Romania)

Andra

National Radioactive Waste Management Agency

Agence nationale pour la gestion des déchets

radioactifs

(France)

ANE

Academy of National Economy (Russian Federation)

ANEA

National Agency for Atomic Energy [This is now (Romania)

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called the Nuclear Agency (NA).]

ANEA

National Agency for Water and Sanitation Agence

nationale de l’eau et de l’assainissement

(Central African

Republic)

ANENT

Asian Network for Education in Nuclear

Technology

ANF

Advanced Nuclear Fuels [This is a subsidiary of

AREVA.]

(Germany)

ANF

anti-nutritional factor

ANGC

National Agency to Manage Free Caesarean Care

Agence nationale de gestion de la gratuité de la

césarienne

(Benin)

ANI

active neutron interrogation

ANII

National Research and Innovation Agency Agencia

Nacional de Investigación e Innovación

(Uruguay)

ANL

Argonne National Laboratory (USA)

ANMAT

National Administration for Medicines, Food and

Medical Technology Administración Nacional de

Medicamentos, Alimentos y Tecnología Médica

(Argentina)

ANME

National Agency for Energy Conservation Agence

nationale pour la maîtrise de l’énergie

(Tunisia)

ANNuR

Arab Network of Nuclear Regulators

ANOVA

analysis of variance

ANP

National Ports Administration Administración

Nacional de Puertos

(Uruguay)

ANPA

National Environmental Protection Agency

Agenzia Nazionale per la Protezione dell’Ambiente

[This was merged with the Department for National

Technical Services of the Presidency of the Council

of Ministers to form the Agency for Environmental

Protection and Technical Services (APAT).]

(Italy)

ANPC

National Authority for Civil Protection Autoridade

Nacional de Proteção Civil

(Portugal)

ANPE

National Environmental Protection Agency Agence

nationale pour la protection de l'environnement

(Tunisia)

ANPM

National Mining Patrimony Agency Agence

Nationale du Patrimoine Minier

(Algeria)

ANPP

Armenian nuclear power plant

ANR

National Radiation Protection Agency Agence

nationale de radioprotection

(Central African

Republic)

ANRA

Armenian Nuclear Regulatory Authority [The short

form Gosatomnadzor is also used.]

ANRANR

National Agency for Regulation of Nuclear and (Republic of Moldova)

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Radiological Activities Agenţia Naţională de

Reglementare a Activităţilor Nucleare şi

Radiologice

ANRE

Agency for Natural Resources and Energy (Japan)

ANRH

National Agency for Water Resources Agence

nationale des ressources hydrauliques

(Algeria)

ANRP

National Radiation Protection Agency Agence

nationale de radioprotection

(Cameroon)

ANS

American Nuclear Society

ANSES

French Agency for Food, Environmental and

Occupational Health Safety Agence nationale de

sécurité sanitaire de l’alimentation, de

l’environnement et du travail [This was established

on 1 July 2010 and replaced the French Agency for

Environmental Health and Safety (AFSEE) and the

French Food Safety Agency (AFSSA).]

(France)

ANSI

American National Standards Institute

ANSN

Asian Nuclear Safety Network

ANSR

National Radiation Safety Authority Autorité

nationale de sûreté radiologique

(Haiti)

ANSTI

African Network of Scientific and Technological

Institutions

ANSTO

Australian Nuclear Science and Technology

Organisation

ANTS

National Agency for Blood Transfusion Agence

nationale pour la transfustion sanguine

(Benin)

ANU

Australian National University

ANVAR

National Agency for the Development of Research

Results Agence nationale de valorisation des

résultats de la recherche

(Burkina Faso)

AnVG

Employee Insurance Act

Angestelltenversicherungsgesetz

(Germany)

ANVSSP

National Agency for Vaccination and Primary

Health Care Agence nationale de la vaccination et

des soins de santé primaires

(benin)

ANZJPH

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public

Health

ANZSNM

Australian and New Zealand Society of Nuclear

Medicine

abnormal occurrence

acridine orange

AOAC

AOAC International [AOAC used to stand for

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Association of Official Analytical Chemists but this

form is no longer used.]

AOAD

Arab Organization for Agricultural Development

AOFNMB

Asia and Oceania Federation of Nuclear Medicine

and Biology

AONSA

Asia–Oceania Neutron Scattering Association

AOO

anticipated operational occurrence

AOP

abnormal operating procedure

AOP

annual operating plan

AORTIC

African Organisation for Research and Training in

Cancer

AOSIS

Alliance of Small Island States

AOSR

Asian Oceanian Society of Radiology

AOT

allowed outage time

AOX

adsorbable organic halogens

action potential

activation product

additional protocol (Safeguards)

anteroposterior

arterial pressure

apurinic/apyrimidinic site

APA

acquisition path analysis

APA

Advance Publishing Advice [This is a scheme

introduced by the Publishing Section in 1989.]

(IAEA)

APA

Portuguese Environment Agency Agência

Portuguesa do Ambiente [This replaced the

Institute for the Environment (IA).]

APASTB

Asia Pacific Association of Surgical Tissue

Banking

APAT

Agency for Environmental Protection and

Technical Services Agenzia per la protezione

dell'ambiente e per i servizi tecnici [This was

created by merging the National Environmental

Protection Agency (ANPA) with the Department

for National Technical Services of the Presidency

of the Council of Ministers. It was replaced in 2008

by the Higher Institute for Environmental

Protection and Research (ISPRA).]

(Italy)

APB

accident progression bin

APB

Panamanian Banana Association Asociación

Bananera Panameña

APBI

accelerated partial breast irradiation

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APC

Akkuyu Electricity Generation (Russian

Federation/Turkey)

APCA

African Palliative Care Association

APCAM

Permanent Assembly of the Chambers of

Agriculture of Mali Assemblée permanente des

Chambres d'agriculture du Mali

APCs

assessed programme costs [These have been

replaced by National Participation Costs (NPCs)

with effect from the 2005-2006 technical

cooperation programme.]

(IAEA)

APCI

atmospheric pressure chemical ionization

APCS

automated process control system

APD

active personal dosimeter

APDC

ammonium pyrrolidine dithiocarbamate

APE

atom percent excess

APEC

Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation

APEFE

Association for the Promotion of Education and

Training Abroad Association pour la promotion de

l'éducation et de la formation à l'étranger

(Belgium)

APFM

Associated Programme on Flood Management (WMO/GWP)

APH

Animal Production and Health Section [part of the

Joint FAO/IAEA Division of Nuclear Techniques

in Food and Agriculture (NAFA)]

(IAEA)

APHIS

Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (USA)

APHL

Animal Production and Health Laboratory (IAEA)

API

active pharmaceutical ingredient

API

American Petroleum Institute

APID

Atomic and Plasma-Material Interaction Data for

Fusion [This is an IAEA publication series.]

(IAEA)

APIS

Austrian Pension Insurance Scheme (IAEA)

APL

anti-personnel landmine

APLIN

Asia Pacific Leadership Network for Nuclear Non-

Proliferation and Disarmament

APLMF

Asia-Pacific Legal Metrology Forum

APM

adaptive phased management

APM

airborne particulate matter

APM

anti-personnel mine

APM

Marcoule Pilot Workshop Atelier Pilote de

Marcoule

(France)

AP-MALDI

atmospheric pressure matrix-assisted laser

desorption/ionization

APMD

Asian Programme Management Database (IAEA)

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APMP

Asia Pacific Metrology Programme

APN

National Port Authority Autoridad Portuaria

Nacional

(Peru)

APO

Asian Productivity Organization

APO

Croatian Hazardous Waste Management Agency

Agencija za posebni otpad

APO

Panamanian Association of Ostomates Asociación

Panameña de Ostomizados

app

application (Computing)

appm

atomic parts per million

APPPC

Asia and Pacific Plant Protection Commission (FAO)

APR

Advanced Power Reactor (Republic of Korea)

APR

Annual Project Report (UNDP)

APRM

average power range monitor

APS

American Physical Society

APS

American Phytopathological Society

APSN

Asia-Pacific Safeguards Network

APT

advanced persistent threat

APTA

São Paulo Agency for Agrobusiness Technology

Agência Paulista de Tecnologia dos Agronegócios

(Brazil)

APUA

Association of Power Utilities of Africa

APWR

advanced pressurized water reactor

AQCS

Analytical Quality Control Services (IAEA)

AQG

Atomic Questions Group [The version Working

Party on Atomic Questions (WPAQ) should be

used in IAEA documents.]

(European Union)

AQIS

Australian Quarantine and Inspection Service

AQL

acceptable quality level

AQMF

Audit Quality Management Framework (India)

AQU

Al-Quds University (Palestine)

acknowledgement of receipt

Alfvén resonance

argon

automatic regulator

AR storage

at-reactor storage

AR4

Fourth Assessment Report: Climate Change 2007 (IPCC)

ARA

acetylene reduction activity

ARA

acetylene reduction assay

ARABOSAI

Arab Organization of Supreme Audit Institutions

[This is one of the seven Regional Working Groups

of the International Organization of Supreme Audit

Institutions (INTOSAI).]

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ARAN

Asia Region ALARA Network

ARAO

Agency for Radwaste Management Agencija za

radioaktivne odpadke

(Slovenia)

ARASIA

Co-operative Agreement for Arab States in Asia for

Research, Development and Training related to

Nuclear Science and Technology

(Reproduced in IAEA

document

GOV/INF/2002/10)

ARBR

Applied Radiation Biology and Radiotherapy

Section [part of the Division of Human Health]

(IAEA)

ARC

AGRHYMET Regional Centre [This is a

specialized institute of the Permanent Interstate

Committee for Drought Control in the Sahel

(CILSS).]

ARC

Agricultural Research Corporation (Sudan)

ARC

Agricultural Research Council (South Africa)

ARC

Austrian Research Centers [This became the new

name of the former Austrian Research Centers

Seibersdorf (ARCS) after a re-organization of the

company was approved in December 2002. The

name was changed in 2009 to Austrian Institute of

Technology (AIT).]

ARCAL

Co-operation Agreement for the Promotion of

Nuclear Science and Technology in Latin America

and the Caribbean Acuerdo de Cooperación para la

Promoción de la Ciencia y la Tecnología Nucleares

en América Latina y el Caribe

(Reproduced in IAEA

document

INFCIRC/582)

ARCCNM

Asian Regional Cooperative Council for Nuclear

Medicine

ARCERM

All-Russia Centre of Emergency and Radiation

Medicine

(Russian Federation)

ARC-OVI

ARC-Onderstepoort Veterinary Institute [This is

part of the Agricultural Research Council (ARC).]

(South Africa)

ARCH

Animal Relief Coalition for Haiti

ARCHER project

Advanced High-Temperature Reactors for

Cogeneration of Heat and Electricity Research and

Development project

(European Union)

ARCS

Austrian Research Centers Seibersdorf

Österreichisches Forschungszentrum Seibersdorf

(ÖFZS) [This was renamed Austrian Research

Centers (ARC) after a re-organization of the

company was approved in December 2002.]

ARCT

African Regional Centre for Technology Centre

régional africain de technologie

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ARD

acid rock drainage

AREA

Atomic Energy Regulatory Authority Autoridade

Reguladora da Energia Atómica

(Angola)

AREN

Romanian Nuclear Energy Association Asociatia

Romana "Energia Nucleara"

ARES

Advanced Records System (European

Commission)

AREU

Agricultural Research and Extension Unit (Mauritius)

ARF

African Renaissance Fund [This is also known as

the African Renaissance and International Co-

operation Fund (ARICF).] the

(South Africa)

ARG

Accident Review Group (USA)

ARG

Agricultural Research Group (Philippines)

ARGeo

African Rift Geothermal Development Facility (Global Environment

Facility)

ARI

acute respiratory infection

ARI

Agrophysical Research Institute (Russian Federation)

ARICF

African Renaissance and International Co-

operation Fund [This is also known as the African

Renaissance Fund (ARF).]

(South Africa)

ARIE

actual routine inspection effort (Safeguards)

ARIS

Advanced Reactors Information System (IAEA)

Arius

Association for Regional and International

Underground Storage

ARL

Australian Radiation Laboratory [This was replaced

by the Australian Radiation Protection and Nuclear

Safety Agency (ARPANSA).]

ARLAC

African Regional Labour Administration Centre

Arlington

Symposium

International Symposium on the Restoration of

Environments with Radioactive Residues [26

November–3 December 1999]

(IAEA)

ARMM

Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (Philippines)

ARMS

Archives and Records Management Section [This

replaced the Records and Communications Section

(RCS) and is part of the Division of General

Services (MTGS).]

(IAEA)

Arms Embargo

Committee

Security Council Committee established by

resolution 421 (1977) concerning the question of

South Africa on ways and means of making the

mandatory arms embargo against South Africa

more effective

ARN

Nuclear Regulatory Authority Autoridad (Argentina)

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Regulatoria Nuclear

ARNR

National Regulatory Authority for Radiation

Protection Autoridad Reguladora Nacional en

Radioprotección

(Uruguay)

ARP

asbestos removal project (VIC)

ARP

Rural Association of Paraguay Asociación Rural

del Paraguay

ARPANSA

Australian Radiation Protection and Nuclear Safety

Agency

ARPS

Australasian Radiation Protection Society

ARR

airborne release rate

ARRIAM

All-Russia Research Institute for Agricultural

Microbiology

ARRN

Radiological and Nuclear Regulatory Authority

Autoridad Reguladora Radiológica y Nuclear

(Paraguay)

ARS

acute radiation sickness

ARS

acute radiation syndrome

ARS

Agricultural Research Service (USA)

ARSAC

Administration of Radioactive Substances

Advisory Committee

(United Kingdom)

ARSN

National Radiation Protection and Nuclear Safety

Authority Autorité nationale de radioprotection et

de sûreté nucléaire

(Burkina Faso)

ARSN

National Radiation Protection and Nuclear Safety

and Security Authority

(Islamic Repulic of

Mauritania)

ARSN

Radiation Protection and Nuclear Safety Authority

Autorité de radioprotection et de sûreté nucléaire

(Senegal)

ARS OI

Regional Health Agency for the Indian Ocean

Agence de Santé Océan indien

(France)

ART

adaptive radiotherapy

ART

Agricultural Research Trust (Zimbabwe)

ARTEMIS

Integrated Review Service for Radioactive Waste

and Spent Fuel Management, Decommissioning

and Remediation

(IAEA)

ARTI

Advanced Radiation Technology Institute (Republic of Korea)

Article 31 Group

Group of Scientific Experts Referred to in Article

31 of the Euratom Treaty

(European Union)

ARV

antiretroviral

abasic site

ankylosing spondylitis

arsenic

ASA

Academy of Sciences of Albania

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ASA

American Statistical Association

ASADHO

African Association for the Defence of Human

Rights Association africaine de défense des droits

de l'homme

ASALs

arid and semi-arid lands

ASAM

Application of Safety Assessment Methodologies

for Near-Surface Radioactive Waste Disposal

Facilities [This is a coordinated research project

following on from the ISAM project.]

(IAEA)

ASAU

Altai State Agricultural University (Russian Federation)

ASBP

African Seed and Biotechnology Programme

ASCE

American Society of Civil Engineers

ASCII

American Standard Code for Information

Interchange

ASCLD

American Society of Crime Laboratory Directors (USA)

ASCO

American Society of Clinical Oncology (USA)

ASCOMA

Association of Malian Consumers Association des

consommateurs du Mali

ASCOT

Assessment of Safety Culture in Organizations

Team [This was replaced by the Safety Culture

Enhancement Programme (SCEP).]

(IAEA)

ASCR

Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic

Akademie věd České republiky

AsDB

Asian Development Bank [The acronym ADB is

more commonly used, but may cause confusion

with the African Development Bank.]

ASE

accelerated solvent extraction

ASE

Atomstroyexport (Russian Federation)

ASEAC

Association to Support Children with Cancer

Association de soutien aux enfants atteints de

cancer

(Senegal)

ASEAN

Association of Southeast Asian Nations

ASEANTOM

ASEAN Network of Regulatory Bodies on Atomic

Energy

ASEE

American Society for Engineering Education (USA)

ASEHA Porject

Water, Hygiene and Sanitation Support Project

Projet d'appui au secteur de l'eau, de l'hygiène et

de l'assainissement

(Benin)

ASEM

Asia–Europe Meeting

ASF

African swine fever

ASG

Assistant Secretary-General (United Nations)

ASHI

after-service health insurance [The Agency’s after-

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service health insurance is the After-service

Medical Insurance Plan (AMIP).]

ASHI

American Society for Histocompatibility and

Immunogenetics

a-Si

amorphous silicon

ASIC

application-specific integrated circuit

ASIL

American Society of International Law (USA)

ASIMAD

Trade Association of Wood Industrialists

Asociación Gremial de Industriales de la Madera

(Chile)

ASITF

Advanced Security in the Field (United Nations)

ASM

Academy of Sciences of Moldova Academia de

Stiinte a Republicii Moldova

ASME

American Society of Mechanical Engineers

ASMuS

Swiss Support for Mutual Health Organizations

Appui suisse aux mutuelles de santé

ASN

French Nuclear Safety Authority Autorité de sûreté

nucléaire

ASNC

American Society of Nuclear Cardiology

ASND

Defence Nuclear Safety Authority Autorité de

sûreté nucléaire Défense

(France)

ASNM

Asian School of Nuclear Medicine

ASNO

Australian Safeguards and Non-Proliferation Office

ASNT

American Society for Nondestructive Testing

ASONAPAQ

National Association of Chemotherapy Patients

Asociación Nacional de Pacientes de

Quimioterapia

(Panama)

ASOSAI

Asian Organization of Supreme Audit Institutions

[This is one of the seven Regional Working Groups

of the International Organization of Supreme Audit

Institutions (INTOSAI).]

ASP

amnesic shellfish poisoning

ASPAMARD

Asia–Pacific Marine Radioactivity Database (IAEA/UNDP)

ASPF

Association for Women's Preventive Health Care

Association pour la santé préventive de la femme

(Islamic Republic of

Mauritania)

ASPOP

Agricultural Services and Producer Organizations

Project

(World Bank)

ASQ

American Society for Quality (USA)

ASR

age-standardized rate

ASRT

Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Tajikistan

ASRT

American Society of Radiologic Technologists

ASS

Rescue Services Agency Administration des

services de secours

(Luxembourg)

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ASSan

Programme

Swiss Health Care Support Programme Programme

"Appui suisse à la santé"

(Benin.Switzerland)

ASSE

State Health Services Administration

Administración de los Servicios de Salud del

Estado

(Uruguay)

ASSET

Assessment of Safety Significant Events Team

[This was replaced by the Peer Review of

Operational Safety Performance Experience

(PROSPER).]

(IAEA)

Assistance

Convention

Convention on Assistance in the Case of a Nuclear

Accident or Radiological Emergency

(Reproduced in IAEA

document

INFCIRC/336)

ASSOMESCA

Association of Church Medical Charities in Central

Africa Association des oeuvres médicales des

églises pour la santé en Centrafrique

(Central African

Republic)

ASTIN

Actuarial Studies in Non-Life Insurance [This ia a

section of the International Actuarial Association

(IAA).]

(IAA)

ASTM

ASTM International [This organization was

formerly known as the American Society for

Testing and Materials.]

ASTOR

Application of Safeguards to Geological

Repositories [This replaced Safeguards for Final

Disposal of Spent Fuel in Geological Repositories

(SAGOR).]

(IAEA)

Astrid

Advanced Sodium Technological Reactor for

Industrial Demonstration

(France)

ASTRO

American Society for Radiation Oncology [This

was previously known as the American Society for

Therapeutic Radiology and Oncology.]

ASU

AIPS Services Unit (IAEA)

ASV

anodic stripping voltammetry

astatine

at%

atom percent

ATA

American Thyroid Association (USA)

ATA

anti-thyroglobulin antibody

ATAC

Air Transport Association of Canada

ATAMCS

Tunisian Association for Assistance to Breast

Cancer Patients Association tunisienne d'assistance

aux malades du cancer du sein

ATCB

ARCAL Technical Co-ordination Board (IAEA)

ATCC

Tunisian Cancer Control Association Association

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tunisienne de lutte contre le cancer

ATF

accident tolerant fuel

ATI

Atomic Institute of the Austrian Universities

Atominstitut der Österreichischen Universitäten [In

2009 this was replaced by the Institute of Atomic

and Subatomic Physics.]

(Austria)

ATLAS

Agency Travel, Lodging and Subsistence System (IAEA)

ATM

anti-tank mine

ATM

anti-tank missile

ATM

asynchronous transfer mode (Computing)

ATM

atmospheric transport modelling

ATM

automated teller machine

ATMES

Atmospheric Transport Model Evaluation Study (IAEA/WMO/EU)

Atomenergoprom

Atomic Energy Power Corporation [Also known as

AEP.]

(Russian Federation)

Atomexpo

Information and Exhibition Centre for the Atomic

Sector

(Russian Federation)

ATOMKI

Institute of Nuclear Research Atommagkutató

Intézete

(Hungary)

ATOMTEX

Scientific and Production Enterprise ATOMTEX (Belarus)

ATOP

Tunisian Association of Paediatric Oncology

Association tunisienne d'oncologie pédiatrique

ATP

adenosine triphosphate

ATPM

advanced thermohydraulic power monitor (Safeguards)

ATPu

Plutonium Technology Workshop Atelier de

technologie du plutonium

(France)

ATR

advanced thermal reactor (Japan)

ATR

Advanced Test Reactor (USA)

ATRSN

Chad Radiation Protection and Nuclear Security

Agency Agence tchadienne de la radioprotection et

de la sécurité nucléaire

ATS

Arabic Translation Section [part of the Division of

Conference and Document Services (MTCD)]

(IAEA)

ATS

Finnish Nuclear Society Suomen Atomiteknillinen

Seura

ATSP

Tunisian Association for the Promotion of

Palliative Care Association tunisienne de promotion

des soins palliatifs

ATTA

atom trap trace analysis

ATW

accelerator transmutation of waste

ATWS

anticipated transient without scram

ATWT

anticipated transient without trip [This is used less

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commonly than ATWS.]

African Union [This replaced the Organization of

African Unity (OAU).]

Alexandria University

gold

AUA

Agricultural University of Athens (Greece)

AUA

Australian Uranium Association

AUC

African Union Commission

AUC

ammonium uranyl carbonate

AUC

asset under construction

AUF

University Agency for Francophonie Agence

universitaire de la Francophonie

AUIS

Austrian Unemployment Insurance Scheme (IAEA)

AusAID

Australian Agency for International Development

Austehc

Australian Science and Technology Heritage

Centre

AUT

Amirkabir University of Technology (Islamic Republic of

Iran)

AUTC

ammonium uranyl tricarbonate

AUTH

Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (Greece)

AVC

Bureau of Arms Control, Verification and

Compliance [This replaced the Bureau of

Verification and Compliance.]

(USA)

AVG

accountancy verification goal

AVG

Employee Insurance Act

Angestelltenversicherungsgesetz

(Germany)

AVG

General Administrative Procedure Act Allgemeines

Verwaltungsverfahrensgesetz

(Austria)

AVLIS

atomic vapour laser isotope separation

AVN

Association Vinçotte Nuclear Association Vinçotte

Nucléaire

(Belgium)

AVR

Joint Venture Experimental Reactor

Arbeitsgemeinschaft Versuchsreaktor GmbH

(Germany)

AVRDC

World Vegetable Center [The acronym was kept

after it changed its name from Asian Vegetable

Research and Development Center.]

AWA

American Women's Association of Vienna

AWB

air waybill

AWCC

active well coincidence counter

AWCR

advanced water cooled reactor

AWCR

Advanced Water Cooled Reactor Case Studies in

Support of Passive Safety Systems [This is an

(INPRO)

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INPRO collaborative project.]

AWF

African Water Facility

AWG-KP

Ad Hoc Working Group on Further Commitments

for Annex I Parties under the Kyoto Protocol

AWG-LCA

Ad Hoc Working Group on Long-term Cooperative

Action under the Convention

(UNFCCC)

AW-IPM

area-wide integrated pest management

AWIS

Association for Women in Science (USA)

AyA

Costa Rican Institute of Aqueducts and Sewage

Systems Instituto Costarricense de Acueductos y

Alcantarillados [The acronym ICAA is also found,

but AyA seems to be the preferred version.]

AYB

African yam bean

AySA

Argentine Water and Sanitation Company

Azgoskomhydromet

State Committee of the Republic of Azerbaijan on

Hydrometeorology (This Committee ceased to exist

on 23 May 2001.)

barn

boron

barium

burnable absorber

Federal Employment Agency Bundesagentur für

Arbeit

(Germany)

BAC

bacterial artificial chromosome

BADEA

Arab Bank for Economic Development in Africa

Banque arabe de développement économique en

Afrique

BAEC

Bangladesh Atomic Energy Commission

BAERA

Bangladesh Atomic Energy Regulatory Authority

BAFUNCS

British Association of Former United Nations Civil

Servants

(United Kingdom)

BAHA

Belize Agricultural Health Authority

BAI

Board of Audit and Inspection of Korea

BAI

Bureau of Animal Industry (Philippines)

BAM

Federal Institute for Materials Research and Testing

Bundesanstalt für Materialforschung und -prüfung

(Germany)

Bamako

Convention

Bamako Convention on the Ban of the Import into

Africa and the Control of Transboundary

Movement and Management of Hazardous Wastes

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within Africa

BAMWSP

Bangladesh Arsenic Mitigation Water Supply

Project

(World Bank, Swiss

Agency for

Development and

Cooperation)

Bangkok Treaty

Treaty on the Southeast Asia Nuclear Weapon-Free

Zone [Note the actual text of the Treaty curiously

has only the hyphen between Weapon and Free.

This is also known as the SEANWFZ Treaty.]

BAP

benzylaminopurine

BAPETEN

Nuclear Energy Regulatory Agency Badan

Pengawas Tenaga Nuklir

(Indonesia)

BAPMoN

Background Air Pollution Monitoring Network

[This network was integrated into the Global

Atmosphere Watch (GAW).]

(WMO)

BAR

Board of ARCAL Representatives (IAEA)

BARC

Bhabha Atomic Research Centre (India)

Barcelona

Convention

Convention for the Protection of the Marine

Environment and the Coastal Region of the

Mediterranean

Barcelona Process

Euro–Mediterranean Partnership

BAS

BATAN Accelerator School [This is part of the

National Nuclear Energy Agency (BATAN).]

(Indonesia)

BAS

Bulgarian Academy of Sciences

Basel Convention

Basel Convention on the Control of Transboundary

Movements of Hazardous Wastes and their

Disposal

Basel Protocol on

Liability and

Compensation

Protocol on Liability and Compensation for

Damage Resulting from Transboundary Movements

of Hazardous Wastes and Their Disposal

BASIC

British American Security Information Council (United Kingdom/

USA)

Basic Safety

Standards

International Basic Safety Standards for Protection

against Ionizing Radiation and for the Safety of

Radiation Sources

(IAEA/FAO/ILO/NEA

/PAHO/WHO) (Issued

as IAEA Safety Series

No. 115)

BAT

bait application technique

BAT

best available techniques

BAT

B-mode acquisition and targeting (Radiology)

BATAN

National Nuclear Energy Agency Badan Tenaga

Nuklir Nasional

(Indonesia)

BATNEEC

best available technology not entailing excessive

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costs

BAW

Federal Agency for Water Management Bundesamt

für Wasserwirtschaft

(Germany)

BBA

Federal Biological Research Centre for Agriculture

and Forestry Biologische Bundesanstalt für Land-

und Forstwirtschaft

(Germany)

BBAW

Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences and

Humanities Berlin-Brandenburgische Akademie der

Wissenschaften

(Germany)

Bbl.

barrels

BBRI

Belgian Building Research Institute

black carbon

BCA

bifunctional chelating agent

BCAM

Breast Cancer Awareness Month

BCC

behaviour change communication

BCE

Central Bank of Ecuador Banco Central de

Ecuador

BCECO

Central Coordination Office Bureau central de

coordination

(Democratic Republic

of Congo)

BCF

bioconcentration factor

BCM

Baylor College of Medicine (USA)

BCM

body cell mass

BCM

business continuity management

BCP

Business Continuity Plan (IAEA)

BCT

Central Trypanosomosis Office Bureau central de

la trypanosomiase

(Democratic Republic

of Congo)

BCV

Central Bank of Venezuela Banco Central de

Venezuela

base damage

BDAC

Biota Dose Assessment Committee (USA)

BDBA

beyond design basis accident

BDC

borehole disposal concept

BDEW

German Association of Energy and Water

Industries Bundesverband der Energie- und

Wasserwirtschaft

BDN

BioDoseNet (WHO)

beryllium

binding energy

boron equivalent

BEA

Battelle Energy Alliance (USA)

BEAGGES

Office of Experts in Self-Governance and

Environmental Management in the Sahel Bureau

(Mali)

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d’experts en auto-gouvernance et gestion de

l’environnement au Sahel

BEAGLE 2003

Blue Earth Global Expedition 2003 (JAMSTEC)

BEES

School of Biological, Earth and Environmental

Sciences

(Australia)

BEIR

Committee on the Biological Effects of Ionizing

Radiation

(USA)

BelGIM

Belarus State Institute of Metrology

BEmONC

basic emergency obstetric and newborn care

BENS

Business Executives for National Security

BEPU

best estimate plus uncertainty

BER

base excision repair

BERM

International Symposium on Biological and

Environmental Reference Materials

BEV

beam’s eye view (Radiology)

BEV

Federal Office of Metrology and Surveying

Bundesamt für Eich- und Vermessungswesen

(Austria)

bank filtration

BFAR

Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (Philippines)

BFCA

bifunctional chelating agent

BFE

Federal Research Centre for Nutrition

Bundesforschungsanstalt für Ernährung [This

Centre was merged with other entities to become

the Federal Research Centre for Nutrition and Food

(BFEL) as of 1 January 2004.]

(Germany)

BFEL

Federal Research Centre for Nutrition and Food

Bundesforschungsanstalt für Ernährung und

Lebensmittel [This was replaced on 1 January 2008

by the Max Rubner Institute (MRI).]

(Germany)

BFIO

Office for Managerial Staff in International

Organizations Büro Führungskräfte zu

Internationalen Organisationen

(Germany)

BFM

bright field microscopy

BFP

boiler feed pump

BfS

Federal Office for Radiation Protection Bundesamt

für Strahlenschutz

(Germany)

B–G cavity theory

Bragg–Gray cavity theory (Radiology)

BGL

blood glucose level

BGMV

bean golden mosaic virus

BGN

below ground nitrogen

BGO

bismuth germanate

BGR

Federal Institute for Geosciences and Natural (Germany)

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Resources Bundesanstalt für Geowissenschaften

und Rohstoffe

BGRI

Borlaug Global Rust Initiative (USA)

BGS

British Geological Survey (United Kingdom)

BGU

Ben-Gurion University of the Negev (Israel)

BHAVINI

Bharatiya Nabhikiya Vidyut Nigam Limited (India)

βHCG

beta human chorionic gonadotropin

bHCG

beta human chorionic gonadotropin [bHCG is an

alternative acronym for βHCG.]

BHGI

Breast Health Global Initiative

BHP

biological hazard potential

BHWR

boiling heavy water reactor

bismuth

BIA

bioelectrical impedance analysis

BIBP

biliary–intestinal bypass

BIC

business identifier code [The earlier ISO term ‘bank

identifier code’ was superseded by this term in

2009.]

BICOT

Biological Control of Tsetse by the Sterile Insect

Technique

(Nigerian project)

BINA

Bangladesh Institute of Nuclear Agriculture

BINDT

British Institute of Non-Destructive Testing (United Kingdom)

BINE

Beijing Institute of Nuclear Engineering (China)

BINP

Budker Institute of Nuclear Physics (Russian Federation)

Biological and

Toxin Weapons

Convention

Convention on the Prohibition of the Development,

Production and Stockpiling of Bacteriological

(Biological) and Toxin Weapons and on Their

Destruction

BIOMASS

Biosphere Modelling and Assessment [This project

replaced the Validation of Model Predictions

(VAMP) and was itself replaced by Environmental

Modelling for Radiation Safety (EMRAS).]

(IAEA)

BIPM

International Bureau of Weights and Measures

Bureau international des poids et mesures

BIR

British Institute of Radiology (United Kingdom)

BIR

Bureau of Internal Revenue (Philippines)

BIS

Bank for International Settlements

BIS

bid invitation specification

BIS

Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (United Kingdom)

BIT

Basic Integrated Regulatory Review Service

Training

(IAEA)

BIT

Beijing Institute of Technology (China)

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BITP

Bogolyubov Institute for Theoretical Physics (Ukraine)

BJR

British Journal of Radiology

berkelium

BKA

Federal Chancellery Bundeskanzleramt (Austria)

BKAB

Barsebäck Kraft AB (Sweden)

bovine leucosis

British Library [This acronym should not normally

be used in IAEA documents.]

Burkitt's lymphoma

BLD

beam limiting device

BLDSC

British Library Document Supply Centre

BLL

blood lead level

BLUP

best linear unbiased predictor

B(M)

Type B(M) package design requiring multilateral

approval

(Type code defined in

IAEA Transport

Regulations)

bone marrow

BMA

benthic microalga

BMaA

Federal Ministry for Foreign Affairs

Bundesministerium für auswärtige Angelegenheiten

[This was replaced on 1 March 2007 by the Federal

Ministry for European and International Affairs.]

(Austria)

BMAC

Buildings Management Advisory Committee (VIC)

BMAS

Federal Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs

Bundesministerium für Arbeit und Soziales

(Germany)

BMASK

Federal Ministry of Labour, Social Affairs and

Consumer Protection Bundesministerium für Arbeit,

Soziales und Konsumentenschutz

(Austria)

BMBF

Federal Ministry of Education and Research

Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung

(Germany)

bm:bwk

Federal Ministry for Education, Science and

Culture [In 2007 this was split into the Federal

Ministry for Education, Arts and Culture and the

Federal Ministry of Science and Research (bmwf).].

(Austria)

BMC

bone mineral content

BMC

Boston Medical Center (USA)

BMC

Bugando Medical Centre (United Republic of

Tanzania

BMD

bone mineral density

BME

Budapest University of Technology and Economics

Budapesti Müszaki és Gazdaságtudományi Egyetem

(Hungary)

BME

Office of Mines and Energy Bureau des mines et de (Haiti)

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l'énergie

BMeiA

Federal Ministry for European and International

Affairs Bundesministerium für europäische und

internationale Angelegenheiten [This was replaced

by the Federal Ministry for Europe, Integration and

Foreign Affairs (BMEI) on 1 March 2014.]

(Austria)

BMEIA

Federal Ministry for Europe, Integration and

Foreign Affairs Bundesministerium für Europa,

Integration und Äußeres

(Austria)

BMELV

Federal Ministry of Food, Agriculture and

Consumer Protection Bundesministerium für

Ernährung, Landwirtschaft und Verbraucherschutz

[This replaced the Federal Ministry of Consumer

Protection, Food and Agriculture (BMVEL).]

(Germany)

BMF

Buildings Management Fund (UNIDO)

BMF

Federal Ministry of Finance Bundesministerium für

Finanzen

(Austria)

B(M)F

Type B(M)F package design for fissile material

requiring multilateral approval

(Type code defined in

IAEA Transport

Regulations)

BMGF

Federal Ministry of Health and Women

Bundesministerium für Gesundheit und Frauen

(Austria)

BMH

Bach Mai Hospital Viet Nam

BMI

body mass index

BM.I

Federal Ministry of the Interior Bundesministerium

für Inneres

(Austria)

BMI

Federal Ministry of the Interior Bundesministerium

des Innern

(Germany)

BMJ

Federal Ministry of Justice Bundesministerium für

Justiz

(Austria, Germany)

BMO

biological material oxidizer

BMR

basal metabolic rate

BMRC

Buffalo Materials Research Center (USA)

BMS

balanced magnetic switch

BMS

bone marrow suppression

BMS

Buildings Management Services (UNIDO)

BMSF

Buildings Management Special Fund (VIC)

BMSTU

Bauman Moscow State Technical University [This

is also known as the Moscow State Technical

University (MSTU).]

(Russian Federation)

BMT

bone marrow transplantation

BMU

Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature (Germany)

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Conservation and Nuclear Safety

Bundesministerium für Umweltschutz, Naturschutz

und Reaktorsicherheit [This was replaced by the

Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature

Conservation, Building and Nuclear Safety

(BMUB) in December 2013.]

BMUB

Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature

Conservation, Building and Nuclear Safety

Bundesministerium für Umwelt, Naturschutz, Bau

und Reaktorsicherheit [This replaced the Federal

Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation

and Nuclear Safety (BMU) in December 2013.]

(Germany)

BMVBS

Federal Ministry of Transport, Building and Urban

Affairs Bundesministerium für Verkehr, Bau und

Stadtentwicklung

(Germany)

BMVEL

Federal Ministry of Consumer Protection, Food and

Agriculture Bundesministerium für

Verbraucherschutz, Ernährung und Landwirtschaft

[This was replaced by the Federal Ministry of Food,

Agriculture and Consumer Protection (BMELV).]

(Germany)

BMVg

Federal Ministry of Defence Bundesministerium der

Verteidigung

(Germany)

BMVIT

Federal Ministry of Transport, Innovation and

Technology Bundesministerium für Verkehr,

Innovation und Technologie

(Austria)

BMWA

Federal Ministry of Economics and Labour

Bundesministerium für Wirtschaft und Arbeit [The

German Ministiry was replaced in 2005 by the

Federal Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs

(BMAS) and the Austrian by was replaced in 2009

by the Federal Ministry of Economy, Family and

Youth (BMWFJ).]

(Austria, Germany)

bmwf

Federal Ministry of Science and Research

Bundesministerium für Wissenschaft und Forschung

(Austria)

BMWFJ

Federal Ministry of Economy, Family and Youth

Bundesministerium für Wirtschaft, Familie und

Jugend

(Austria)

BMWG

Border Monitoring Working Group (IAEA/USA/European

Union)

BMWi

Federal Ministry of Economics and Technology

Bundesministerium für Wirtschaft und Technologie

(Germany)

BMZ

Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and (Germany)

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Development Bundesministerium für

wirtschaftliche Zusammenarbeit und Entwicklung

BN cell

binucleated cell

BNCT

boron neutron capture therapy

BNEN

Belgian Nuclear Higher Education Network

BNES

British Nuclear Energy Society [As of 1 January

2009, this merged with the Institution of Nuclear

Engineers to form the Nuclear Institute (NI).]

(United Kingdom)

BNF

biological nitrogen fixation

BNFL

British Nuclear Fuels

BNL

Brookhaven National Laboratory (USA)

BNLA

Brussels Nuclear Law Association Association

bruxelloise du droit nucléaire

(Belgium)

BNMS

British Nuclear Medicine Society

BNN

National Narcotics Board Badan Narkotika

Nasional

(Indonesia)

BNOT

National Bank of Organs and Tissues Banco

Nacional de Órganos y Tejidos

(Uruguay)

BNPB

National Agency for Disaster Management Badan

Nasional Penanggulangan Bencana

(Indonesia)

BNPP

Barakah nuclear power plant (United Arab

Emirates)

BNPP

Bataan nuclear power plant (Philippines)

BNPP

Bohunice nuclear power plant (Slovakia)

BNPP

Bushehr nuclear power plant (Islamic Republic of

Iran)

BNS

Belgian Nuclear Society

BNSA

Bulgarian Nuclear Safety Authority

BNSI

Barbados National Standards Institution

BNSP

National Fire Brigade Brigade nationale des

sapeurs pompiers

(Burkina Faso)

BNTU

Belarusian National Technical University

BNVL

Botswana National Veterinary Laboratory

BOA

basic ordering agreement

BOAD

West African Development Bank Banque ouest-

africaine de développement

BOC

Bank of China

BOC

beginning of cycle

BOCOC

Bank of Cyprus Oncology Centre

BOD

biochemical oxygen demand

BOD5

five-day biochemical oxygen demand

BOF

basic oxygen furnace

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BOKU

University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences

Universität für Bodenkultur

(Austria)

BOL

beginning of life (Nuclear power)

BOM

bill of materials

BOMVIC

Baghdad Ongoing Monitoring and Verification

Centre

(United Nations)

BOO

build–own–operate

BOP

balance of plant

BOSS

borehole disposal of disused sealed sources (IAEA)

BOT

build–operate–transfer

Bovine HapMap

Bovine Haplotype Map

before the present (era)

bisphosphonate

BPA

blanket purchase agreement

BPIN

National Investment Projects Bank Banco de

Proyectos de Inversión Nacional

(Colombia)

BPK RI

Audit Board of the Republic of Indonesia Badan

Pemeriksa Keuangan Republik Indonesia

BPO

blanket purchase order

BPO

business process owner

BPOA

Barbados Programme of Action for the Sustainable

Development of Small Island Developing States

BPR

burnable poison rod

BPR

business process re-engineering

BPTC

Basic Professional Training Course on Nuclear

Safety

(IAEA)

becquerel

bovine brucellosis

breeding ratio

bromine

BRAC

[This is regarded as the full form of what was

formerly known as the Bangladesh Rural

Advancement Committee.]

(Bangladesh)

BRC

Blue Ribbon Commission on America’s Nuclear

Future

BRC

Bureau of Radiation Control (USA)

BrdU

bromodeoxyuridine

BRGM

The full name Office of Geological and Mining

Research (Bureau de recherches géologiques et

minières) no longer seems to be used by the

company and Agency documents should normally

use the term "BRGM".

(France)

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BRH

German Supreme Audit Institution

Bundesrechnungshof

BRIC

This refers to Brazil, the Russian Federation, India

and China.

BRICS

This refers to Brazil, the Russian Federation, India,

China and South Africa

BRIT

Board of Radiation and Isotope Technology (India)

BRIUG

Beijing Research Institute of Uranium Geology (China)

BRNS

Board of Research in Nuclear Sciences (India)

Broader

Approach

Agreement

Agreement between the European Atomic Energy

Community and the Government of Japan for the

Joint Implementation of the Broader Approach

Activities in the Field of Fusion Energy Research

(Euratom/Japan)

BROND

Recommended Evaluated Neutron Data Library

BRPM

Mining Research and Investment Office Bureau de

recherches et de participations minières [This was

replaced in 2005 by the National Office of

Hydrocarbons and Mining (ONHYM).]

(Morocco)

BRR

Budapest Research Reactor

BRRN

Baltic Research Reactor Network

BRS

boron recycle system

Brundtland

Commission

World Commission on Environment and

Development (WCED) [This is a short form often

used for this Commission, which was chaired by

Gro Harlem Brundtland.]

Brussels

Convention

See Brussels Supplementary Convention

Brussels

Supplementary

Convention

Convention of 31st January 1963 Supplementary to

the Paris Convention of 29th July 1960, as amended

by the additional Protocol of 28th January 1964 and

by the Protocol of 16th November 1982

BRWM

Board on Radioactive Waste Management [This

became the Nuclear and Radiaton Studies Board

(NRSB) as of February 2005.]

(USA)

BSA

Basic Supply Agreement (IAEA)

BSc

Bachelor of Science

British Standard

BSC

best supportive care

BSC

biological safety cabinet

BSC

Commission on the Protection of the Black Sea

Against Pollution

BSE

bovine spongiform encephalopathy

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BSE

breast self-examination

BSEC

Organization of the Black Sea Economic

Cooperation

BSEP

Black Sea Environmental Programme (Black Sea

Commission)

BSERP

Black Sea Ecosystem Recovery Project GEF/UNDP

BSF

backscatter factor

BSF

Belgian Survival Fund

BSI

British Standards Institution (United Kingdom)

BSITF

Basic Security in the Field: Staff Safety, Health and

Welfare

(United Nations)

BSL

biosafety level

BSL

blood sugar level

BSMMU

Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University (Bangladesh)

BSRBCC

Baltic Sea Region Border Control Cooperation

[This is part of the Council of the Baltic Sea States

(CBSS).]

BSS

Business Solutions Section [part of the Division of

Information Technology (MTIT)]

(IAEA)

BSS

International Basic Safety Standards for Protection

against Ionizing Radiation and for the Safety of

Radiation Sources or Basic Safety Standards

(IAEA/FAO/ILO/NEA

/PAHO/WHO) (Issued

as IAEA Safety Series

No. 115)

BSU

Baku State University (Azerbaijan)

BSU

Belarusian State University

BSUIR

Belarusian State University of Informatics and

Radioelectronics

(Belarus)

BSV

banana streak virus

bluetongue

brachytherapy

BTC

basic technical characteristics (Euratom)

BTPS

body temperature and pressure, saturated with water

vapour

BTU

Brandenburg University of Technology

Brandenburgische Technische Universität

(germany)

BTV

bluetongue virus

BTWC

Convention on the Prohibition of the Development,

Production and Stockpiling of Bacteriological

(Biological) and Toxin Weapons and on Their

Destruction

Buruli ulcer

burnup

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B(U)

Type B(U) package design requiring unilateral

approval

(Type code defined in

IAEA Transport

Regulations)

BUC

burnup credit

BUC

Expert Group on Burn-up Credit Criticality Safety (OECD/NEA)

Bucharest

Convention

Convention on the Protection of the Black Sea

Against Pollution

Buenos Aires

Conference

International Conference of National Regulatory

Authorities with competence in the Safety of

Radiation Sources and the Security of Radioactive

Materials [11–15 December 2000]

(IAEA)

B(U)F

Type B(U)F package design for fissile material

requiring unilateral approval

(Type code defined in

IAEA Transport

Regulations)

BUMIGEB

Office of Mines and Geology of Burkina Faso

Bureau des mines et de la géologie du Burkina

Bunkers

Convention

International Convention on Civil Liability for

Bunker Oil Pollution Damage

(IMO)

BUSM

Boston University School of Medicine (USA)

BUT

break-up time [This is a synonym of tear break-up

time (TBUT).]

BVD

bovine viral diarrhoea

BVD-MD

bovine viral diarrhoea-mucosal disease

BVP

best value procurement

BW effect

Bohr–Weisskopf effect

B&W

Babcock & Wilcox

BWC

Convention on the Prohibition of the Development,

Production and Stockpiling of Bacteriological

(Biological) and Toxin Weapons and on Their

Destruction [This acronym should not be used in

IAEA documents.]

BWH

Brigham and Women's Hospital

BWIs

Bretton Woods institutions

BWR

boiling water reactor

BWT

backward-wave tube

BZL

Federal Interim Storage Facility

Bundeszwischenlager

(Switzerland)

carbon

centi [prefix for SI and metric units, 10

-2

]

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coulomb

cytosine

Type C package design (Type code defined in

IAEA Transport

Regulations)

C banding

centromeric banding

calcium

cancer antigen

carbohydrate antigen

chartered accountant

Commission on Appointments (Philippines)

complementary access (Safeguards)

conservation agriculture

Contribution Agreement (European

Commission)

controlled atmosphere

coronary angiography

critical assembly

CAA

Autonomous Amortization Fund Caisse autonome

d'amortissement

(Benin, Cameroon,

Côte d'Ivoire

CAA

Clean Air Act (USA)

CAADP

Comprehensive Africa Agriculture Development

Programme

(NEPAD)

CAAS

Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences

CAAT

computer-assisted audit technique

CAB

Bariloche Atomic Center Centro Atómico Bariloche (Argentina)

CAB

Centrifuge Assembly Building bâtiment

d’assemblage des centrifugeuses [This is part of the

Georges Besse II plant.]

(France)

CABEI

Central American Bank for Economic Integration

CABIN

Centre for Bionuclear Applications Centro de

Aplicaciones Bionucleares

(Argentina)

CAC

Anti-Cancer Centre Centre anti-cancéreux [This

exists in a number of French-speaking countries.

Write with lower case when used generically and

with initial capitals when used specifically.]

CAC

calcium aluminate cement

CAC

Codex Alimentarius Commission

CAC

Constituyentes Atomic Center Centro Atómico

Constituyentes

(Argentina)

CAD

computer-aided design

CAD

coronary artery disease

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CADAFE

Electricity Promotion and Administration Company

Compañía Anónima de Administración y Fomento

Eléctrico

(Venezuela)

CADP

complementary access documentation package (IAEA)

CAD RNF

Branch Center for Acquisition and Analysis of Data

on Safety of Research Nuclear Facilities [This is

part of the Research Institute of Atomic Reactors

(NIIAR).]

(Russian Federation)

CAE

Chinese Academy of Engineering

CAE

computer-aided engineering

CAE

Ezeiza Atomic Center Centro Atómico Ezeiza (Argentina)

CAEA

China Atomic Energy Authority

CAEC

Cuban Atomic Energy Commission Comisión de

Energía Atómica de Cuba

(Cuba)

CAESC

Committee on Atomic and Energy Supervision and

Control

(Kazakhstan)

CAF

Andean Development Corporation Corporación

Andina de Fomento

CaF

calcium fluoride

CAFCD

Currently Accurate, Full and Complete Declaration

[This was submitted by Iraq in December 2002.]

(Iraq/United Nations)

C&AG

Comptroller and Auditor General (United Kingdom)

CAG

Comptroller and Auditor General (India)

CAGC

Commonwealth Auditors General Conference

CAH

congenital adrenal hyperplasia

CAI

computer-assisted indexing

CAI

computer-assisted instruction

CAIAG

Central-Asian Institute for Applied Geosciences (Kyrgystan)

CAI–Asia

Clean Air Initiative for Asian Cities

CAIR

Centre for the Application of Isotope and Radiation

Technology

(Indonesia)

CAI SD

Central Asian Initiative on Sustainable

Development

CAM

computer-aided manufacturing

CAM

computer-assisted microscopy

CAM

continuous air monitor

CAM

continuous air monitoring

CAM

crassulacean acid metabolism

CAME

Central Purchasing Office for Essential Drugs and

Medical Supplies Centrale d’achat des

médicaments essentiels et consommables médicaux

(Benin)

CAMEC

Central Purchasing Office for Essential Drugs, (Islamic Republic of

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Equipment and Medical Supplies Centrale d’achats

des médicaments essentiels, matériels et

consommables médicaux

Mauritania

CAMEP

Autonomous Metropolitan Potable Water Plant

(Centrale autonome métropolitaine d'eau potable)

(Haiti)

CAMMESA

Managing Company for the Wholesale Electricity

Market Compañía Administradora del Mercado

Mayorista Eléctrico

(Argentina)

CAMP

Coastal Areas Management Programme [This is

part of the Mediterranean Action Plan (MAP).]

(UNEP)

cAMP

cyclic adenosine monophosphate

CAMPEP

Commission on Accreditation of Medical Physics

Educational Programs

CAMRE

Council of Arab Ministers Responsible for the

Environment

CAN

Andean Community Comunidad Andina

CAN

calcium ammonium nitrate

CANARE

Convention on Assistance in the Case of a Nuclear

Accident or Radiological Emergency [This is also

known as the Assistance Convention.]

CANDESTI

High Level Specialized Committee on International

Disarmament, Terrorism and Security Comité

Especializado de Alto Nivel en materia de desarme,

terrorismo y seguridad internacionales

(Mexcio)

CANDU reactor

Canada deuterium–uranium reactor

CANWFZ

Central Asian Nuclear-Weapon-Free Zone

CAO

Central Agricultural Office Mezőgazdasági

Szakigazgatási Hivatal

(Hungary)

CAP

Canadian Association of Physicists

CAP

Common African Position on the post-2015

Development Agenda

(African Union)

CAP

Common Agricultural Policy (European Union)

CAP

Consolidated Action Plan (IAEA)

CAP

controlled atmosphere packaging

CAP

corrective action programme

CAPAC

Panamanian Chamber of the Construction Industry

Cámara Panameña de la Construcción

CAPEV

Virtual Energy Training Capacitación Energética

Virtual

(OLADE)

CAPPS

Health Care, Promotion and Prevention Centre

Centro de Atención Promocional y Preventivo en

Salud

(Panama)

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CARA

Advanced Fuel for Argentine Reactors Combustible

Avanzado para Reactores Argentinos

CARBAP

African Centre for Research on Bananas and

Plantains Centre africain de recherches sur

bananiers et plantains

CARICC

Central Asian Regional Information and

Coordination Centre for Combating the Illicit

Trafficking of Narcotic Drugs, Psychotropic

Substances and Their Precursors

CARICOM

Caribbean Community

CARIRI

Caribbean Industrial Research Institute

CARISED

Caribbean Sediment Database (IAEA)

CAROSAI

Caribbean Organization of Supreme Audit

Institutions [This is one of the seven Regional

Working Groups of the International Organization

of Supreme Audit Institutions (INTOSAI).]

CARPE

Central African Regional Program for the

Environment

(USA)

CARR

China Advanced Research Reactor

CAR/RCU

Caribbean Regional Co-ordinating Unit (UNEP)

CARRN

Central African Research Reactor Network

CARPT

computer automated radioactive particle tracking

Cartagena

Convention

Convention for the Protection and Development of

the Marine Environment of the Wider Caribbean

Region

CAS

central alarm station

CAS

Centre for Accelerator Science (Australia)

CAS

Chemical Abstracts Service (USA)

CAS

Chinese Academy of Sciences

CAS

Committee on Assurances of Supply [This

Committee met between 1980 and 1987.]

(IAEA)

CAS

Compliance Audit Subcommittee (INTOSAI)

CASA

Civil Aviation Safety Authority (Australia)

CASAT

Centre for Advanced Safety Assessment Tools (IAEA)

CASE

computer-aided software engineering

CASES

Action Centre for Solidarity and Health

Development Centre d’action de la solidarité et

d’évolution de la santé

(Benin)

CASHIPS

Hefei Institutes of Physical Science, Chinese

Academy of Sciences

CAST

College of Animal Science and Technology [This is

part of the Nanjing Agricultural University (NAU).]

(China)

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CAT

catalase

CAT

Centre for Advanced Technology This Centre was

renamed in 2005 as the Raja Ramanna Centre for

Advanced Technology (RRCAT).]

(India)

CAT

chloramphenicol acetyl transferase

CAT

computer-assisted translation

CAT

computer-assisted tomography [This is a synonym

for computed tomography (CT), but not as widely

used. Computed tomography (CT) should be used

in IAEA documents.]

CAT

computerized axial tomography [This is an old term

for computed tomography (CT). Computed

tomography (CT) should be used in IAEA

documents.]

CATIE

Tropical Agricultural Research and Higher

Education Center Centro Agronómico Tropical de

Investigación y Enseñanza

(Costa Rica)

CATHALAC

Water Center for the Humid Tropics of Latin

America and the Caribbean Centro del Agua del

Trópico Húmedo para América Latina y el Caribe

CATT

card agglutination test for trypanosomes

CAU

Kiel University Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu

Kiel

(Germany)

CAUCA

Central American Uniform Customs Code

CAURB

core activity unfunded in the Regular Budget [This

replaced (in the IAEA’s 2002–2003 programme and

budget) unfunded regular programme activity

(URPA), which replaced (in the IAEA’s 2000

budget) the earlier additional high priority activity

(AHPA).]

(IAEA)

CAVE

IAEA-MEL Underground Counting Laboratory

CAW

compressional Alfvén wave

CAX

central axis (Radiotherapy)

CAZRI

Central Arid Zone Research Institute (India)

CaZrO

calcium zirconate

cytochalasin B

CBC

capacity building centre

CBC

complete blood count

CBCG

Capacity Building Coordination Group [In October

2012 this was replaced by the Capacity Building

Management Group (CBMG).]

(ANSN)

CBCT

cone-beam computed tomography

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CBD

Convention on Biological Diversity

CBE

Brazilian Sterilization Company Companhia

Brasileira de Esterilização

CBE

clinical breast examination

CBEC

Central Board of Excise and Customs (India)

CBED

convergent beam electron diffraction

CBHTR

Clean Burn High Temperature Gas Cooled Reactor (Japan)

CBJ

Central Bank of Jordan

CBM

confidence-building measure

CBMG

Capacity Building Management Group [This

replaced the former Capacity Building Coordination

Group (CBCG).]

(ANSN)

CBMN assay

cytokinesis-block micronucleus assay

CBO

community-based organization

CBP

Bureau of Customs and Border Protection (USA)

CBPP

contagious bovine pleuropneumonia

CBRN

chemical, biological, radiological or nuclear [This is

used for example in the phrase CBRN weapons.]

CBS

community-based services

CBSA

Canada Border Services Agency

CBSS

Council of the Baltic Sea States

CBSV

cassava brown streak virus

CBT

computer based training

CBW

chemical and biological weapons

combined cycle

convertible currency

CCA

Common Country Assessment (United Nations)

CCAFS

CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change,

Agriculture and Food Security

CCAQ

Consultative Committee on Administrative

Questions

(United Nations)

CCAQ(FB)

Consultative Committee on Administrative

Questions (Financial and Budgetary Questions)

(United Nations)

CCAQ(PER)

Consultative Committee on Administrative

Questions (Personnel and General Administrative

Questions)

(United Nations)

CCASG

Cooperation Council for the Arab States of the Gulf

or Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC)

CCC

Civil Contingencies Committee (United Kingdom)

CCC

Communication Coordination Committee (IAEA)

CCC

Copenhagen Consensus Centre

CCC

Customs Control Committee [This Committee was (Kazakhstan)

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disbanded in August 2014.]

CCCF

Codex Committee on Contaminants in Foods (Codex Alimentarius

Commission)

CCCS

Consultative Committee on Common Services

[This was replaced by the Committee on Common

Services (CCS).]

(VIC)

CCD

United Nations Convention to Combat

Desertification in those Countries Experiencing

Serious Drought and/or Desertification, particularly

in Africa

CCD

charge-coupled device

CCDF

complementary cumulative distribution function

CCDP

conditional core damage probability

CCE

Coordination Centre for Effects (Netherlands)

CCEEM

Centre for State Control of Medical Equipment

Centro de Control Estatal de Equipos Medicos

[This was replaced in 2011.]

(Cuba)

CCF

common cause failure

CCF

congestive cardiac failure

CCF

Country Coooperation Framework (UNDP)

CCFA

Codex Committee on Food Additives (Codex Alimentarius

Commission)

CCFAC

Codex Committee on Food Additives and

Contaminants [In July 2006, the Codex Committee

on Food Additives and Contaminants was split into

the Codex Committee on Food Additives (CCFA)

and the Codex Committee on Contaminants in

Foods (CCCF).]

(Codex Alimentarius

Commission)

CCFL

countercurrent flow limitation

CCGT

combined cycle gas turbine

CCHE

Children's Cancer Hospital Egypt

CCHEN

Chilean Nuclear Energy Commission

CCHF

Crimean–Congo haemorrhagic fever

CCI

corium–concrete interaction

CCI

Cross Cancer Institute (Canada)

CCIC

Canadian Council for International Co-operation

CCIM

cold crucible induction melter

CCISUA

Coordinating Committee for International Staff

Unions and Associations of the United Nations

System

CCLM

Committee on Constitutional and Legal Matters (FAO)

CCLRC

Council for the Central Laboratory of the Research

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Councils

CCM

cysteine-carbazole method

CCN

International Atomic and Molecular Code Centre

Network

(IAEA)

CCNH

National Horticultural Coordination Unit Cellule de

coordination nationale de l'horticulture

(Côte d'Ivoire)

CCNR

Canadian Coalition for Nuclear Responsibility

CCNR

Central Commission for the Navigation of the

Rhine

Centre for Nuclear Sciences and Technologies

Centro de Ciências e Tecnologias Nucleares

(Portugal)

CCO

Clatterbridge Centre for Oncology [In 2012 the

name was changed to Clatterbridge Cancer Centre.]

(United Kingdom)

CCOG

Common Classification of Occupational Groups (ICSC)

CCOL

Coordinating Committee on the Ozone Layer (UNEP)

CCOO

Trade Union Confederation of Workers'

Commissions Confederación Sindical de

Comisiones Obreras

(Spain)

CCP

Country Cancer Profile (IAEA)

CCPCJ

United Nations Commission on Crime Prevention

and Criminal Justice [The acronym UNCCPCJ is

the preferred one for IAEA documents.]

CCPM

Canadian College of Physicists in Medicine

CCPOQ

Consultative Committee on Programme and

Operational Questions

(United Nations)

CCPP

contagious caprine pleuropneumonia

CCPR

Codex Committee on Pesticide Residues (Codex Alimentarius

Commission)

CCPS

Center for Chemical Process Safety (USA)

CCR

compact containment reactor

CCR

complete clinical response

CCRA

Canada Customs and Revenue Agency Agence des

douanes et du revenu du Canada (ADRC)

CCRA

Committee for Coordinated Research Activities (IAEA)

CCRI

Consultative Committee for Ionizing Radiation

Comité consultatif des rayonnements ionisants

(BIPM)

CCRS

Canada Centre for Remote Sensing

CCRVD

Codex Committee on Residues of Veterinary Drugs

in Foods

(Codex Alimentarius

Commission)

CCS

carbon capture and storage

CCS

Committee on Common Services [This replaced the

Consultative Committee on Common Services

(VIC)

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(CCCS).]

CCS

Country Capacity Survey (WHO)

CCS

Country Cooperation Strategy (WHO)

CCSA

Certification in Control Self-Assessment

CCSS

Costa Rican Social Security Fund Caja

Costarricense de Seguro Social

CCTA

coronary computed tomography angiography

CCTV

closed-circuit television

CCW

Convention on Prohibitions or Restrictions on the

Use of Certain Conventional Weapons which may

be deemed to be Excessively Injurious or to have

Indiscriminate Effects [This is also known as the

Convention on Conventional Weapons or the

Inhumane Weapons Convention (IWC).]

CCW

counterclockwise [This is the North American term

for anticlockwise.]

CCWS

component cooling water system

CCW system

closed cooling water system

cadmium

candela [SI unit of luminous intensity]

chlorine dioxide

cluster of differentiation

compact disk

Conference on Disarmament (United Nations)

cryogenic distillation

CDA

clinical decision analysis

CDA

Conceptual Design Activity (ITER)

CDA

core damage accident

CDA

core disruptive accident

CDB

Caribbean Development Bank

CDBMB

Central Design Bureau of Machine Building (Russian Federation)

CDC

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (USA)

CDC

communicable disease control

CDCH

Council for Scientific and Humanistic Development

Consejo de Desarrollo Científico y Humanístico

(Venezuela)

CDE

carbon dioxide equivalent

CDEE

Cogeneration and Desalination Economic

Evaluation [This computer spreadsheet was

replaced by the Desalination Economic Evaluation

Program.(DEEP).]

(IAEA)

CDER

Centre for the Development of Renewable Energies

Centre de développement des énergies

(Algeria)

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renouvelables

CdF

Charbonnages de France [The French name of this

company is used in English.]

CDF

calendar-day in the field

CDF

core damage frequency

CDF

cumulative distribution function

CDFD

Centre for DNA Fingerprinting and Diagnostics (India)

CDFE

Centre for Photonuclear Experiments Data (Russian Federation)

CDFV

calendar-day in the field for verification (IAEA)

CDG

Centre for Livestock Development Centro de

Desarrollo Ganadero

(El Salvador)

CDH

Cancer Diseases Hospital (Zambia)

CDI

Centre for Development Innovation (Netherlands)

CDIAC

Carbon Dioxide Information Analysis Center (USA)

CDISS

Centre for Defence and International Security

Studies

(United Kingdom)

CDK

cyclin-dependent kinase

CDM

clean development mechanism [This is one of three

mechanisms defined by the Kyoto Protocol.]

CDM

core discharge monitor

CDM

Materials Development Centre Centre de

développement des matériaux

(Algeria)

CDMS

Containment Data Management System (IAEA)

cDNA

complementary DNA

CDNST

Center for Development of Nuclear Safety

Technology

(Indonesia)

CDP

critical detection point

CDR

career development reassignment (IAEA)

CDR

crude death rate

CD-ROM

compact disk–read only memory

CDS/ISIS

Computerized Documentation System/Integrated

Set of Information System

(UNESCO)

CDTA

Centre for the Development of Advanced

Technologies Centre de développement des

techniques avancées

(Algeria)

CdTe

cadmium telluride

CDTN

Centre for the Development of Nuclear Techniques

Centre de développement des techniques nucléaires

(Algeria)

CDTN

Nuclear Technology Development Centre Centro

de Desenvolvimento de Tecnologia Nuclear

(Brazil)

CDTS

Department Blood Transfusion Centre Centre

départemental de transfusion sanguine

(Benin)

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CDV

voluntary HIV screening centre centre de dépistage

volontaire de VIH [There are several such centres in

Benin.]

(Benin)

CDVS

Community-based Dairy Veterinary Service (Bangladesh)

CDW-EIS

continuum-distorted-wave eikonal-initial-state

cerium

chemoembolization

Compton effect

CEA

Atomic Energy Commission Commissariat à

l'énergie atomique [In March 2010 the name was

changed to French Alternative Energies and Atomic

Energy Commission.]

(France)

CEA

cost-effectiveness analysis

CEA

French Alternative Energies and Atomic Energy

Commission Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et

aux énergies alternatives [Until March 2010, this

was known as the Atomic Energy Commission.]

(France)

CEA

Atomic Energy Commission Comisión de Energía

Atómica

(Costa Rica)

CEA

carcinoembryonic antigen

CEA

control element assembly

CEAC

Cienfuegos Environmental Studies Centre Centro

de Estudios Ambientales de Cienfuegos

(Cuba)

CEADEN

Centre for Technology Applications and Nuclear

Development Centro de Aplicaciones Tecnológicas

y Desarrollo Nuclear [This was formerly known as

the Center of Applied Studies for Nuclear

Development Centro de Estudios Aplicados al

Desarrollo Nuclear]

(Cuba)

CEB

United Nations System Chief Executives Board for

Coordination [This replaced the Administrative

Committee on Coordination (ACC).]

(United Nations)

CEC

cation exchange capacity

CEC

Commission of the European Communities [This is

commonly referred to as European Commission

(EC). The acronym CEC is not encouraged by the

Commission and should not be used in IAEA

documents.]

CEC

Commission for Environmental Cooperation of

North America

CEC

controlled environment cabinet

CECMED

Centre for State Control of Medicines and Medical (Cuba)

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Equipment and Devices Centro para el Control

Estatal de los Medicamentos, Equipos y

Dispositivos Médicos

CECPA

Centre for Agricultural Production Cost Studies

Centre d’études sur les coûts de production en

agriculture

(Canada)

CEDARE

Centre for Environment and Development for the

Arab Region and Europe

CEDAW

Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of

Discrimination against Women

(United Nations)

CEDEGE

River Guayas Basin Development Studies

Commission Comisión de Estudios para el

Desarrollo de la Cuenca del Río Guayas

(Ecuador)

CEDER

Committee for Evaluation and Control of

Radiological Emergencies Comité de Evaluación y

Dirección para Emergencias Radiológicas

(Panama)

CEDEX

Research and Experimental Centre for Public

Works Centro de Estudios y Experimentación de

Obras Publicas [Note the acronym CEDEX is also

a code used within the French postal system for

expediting business mail.]

(Spain)

CEDIN

Nuclear Imaging Diagnosis Centre Centro de

Diagnóstico y Tratamiento Nuclear

(Paraguay)

CEDMED

Centre for the State Control of Medicine Quality

Centro para el Control Estatal de la Calidad de los

Medicamentos

(Cuba)

Cedre

Centre of Documentation, Research and

Experimentation on Accidental Water Pollution

Centre de documentation, de recherche et

d'expérimentations sur les pollutions accidentelles

des eaux

(France)

CEE

Central and Eastern Europe

CEEA

Ecuadorian Atomic Energy Commission Comisión

Ecuatoriana de Energía Atómica

CEEAN

Central and Eastern European ALARA Network

CEEC

Central and Eastern European countries

CEEP

Center for Energy and Environmental Policy

Research [This is part of the Beijing Institute of

Technology.]

(China)

Cefic

European Chemical Industry Council

CEFR

China Experimental Fast Reactor

CEG

Clean Energy Group (USA)

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CEG

Contact Expert Group for International Nuclear

Legacy Initiatives in the Russian Federation

CEG

Contact Expert Group for International Radioactive

Waste Projects in the Russian Federation [The

name of this group established in 1995 was changed

in 2011 to Contact Expert Group for International

Nuclear Legacy Initiatives in the Russian

Federation.]

CEH

Centre for Ecology and Hydrology [This is part of

the Natural Environment Research Council

(NERC).]

(United Kingdom)

CEI

Central European Initiative

CEI

Cleveland Electric Illuminating Co. (USA)

CEIDRAF

Centre for Radiopharmaceutical Research and

Development Centro de Investigación y Desarrollo

de Radiofármacos

(Venezuela)

CEIP

Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (USA)

CEISA

Centre for Animal Health Research Centro de

Investigación de Salud Animal [This is part of the

Colombian Agricultural Institute (ICA).]

(Colombia)

CEIT

countries with economies in transition

CEK

Centre for Education and Knowledge Management (Belgium)

CEL

Centre for Limnological Research Centro de

Estudios Limnológicos

(Mexico)

CEL

Hydroelectric Executive Commission for Río

Lempa Comisión Ejecutiva Hidroeléctrica del Río

Lempa

(El Salvador)

CELAC

Community of Latin American and Caribbean

States Comunidad de Estados Latinoamericanos y

Caribeños

cELISA

competitive enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay

CELLAR

Collaboration of European Underground

Laboratories

CEM

channel electron multiplier

CEMHTI

Extreme Conditions and Materials: High

Temperature and Irradiation Conditions extrêmes et

matériaux: haute température et irradiation [This is

part of the French National Centre for Scientific

Research (CNRS).]

(France)

CEMIC

Centre for Medical Education and Clinical Research

Centro de Educación Médica e Investigaciones

Clínicas

(Argentina)

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Cemig

[This is not regarded as an acronym, but is the form

that should be used as the name of the company that

was known formerly as Minas Gerais State Energy

Company Companhia Energética de Minas Gerais.]

(Brazil)

CEMIT

Multidisciplinary Technological Research Centre

Centro Multidisciplinario de Investigaciones

Tecnológicas [This comes under the National

University of Asunción (UNA).]

(Paraguay)

CEMLA

Center for Latin American Monetary Studies

Centro de Estudios Monetarios Latinoamericanos

CEMO

continuous enrichment monitor (Safeguards)

CEMV

Veterinary and Medical Entomology Centre Centre

d'entomologie médicale et vétérinaire

(Côte d’Ivoire)

CEN

Cytogenetic Emergency Network (Canada)

CEN

European Committee for Standardization Comité

européen de normalisation

CEN

Nuclear Engineering Center Centro de Engenharia

Nuclear

(Brazil)

CEN

Nuclear Research Centre Centro de Estudios

Nucleares Centre des études nucléaires

(Chile, Morocco)

CEN/Far

Fontenay-aux-Roses Nuclear Research Centre

Centre d'études nucléaires de Fontenay-aux-Roses

(France)

CEN Grenoble

Grenoble Nuclear Research Centre Centre d'études

nucléaires de Grenoble

(France)

CEN Saclay

Saclay Nuclear Research Centre Centre d'études

nucléaires de Saclay [This is part of the French

Atomic Energy Commission.]

(France)

CENA

Centre for Nuclear Energy in Agriculture Centro de

Energia Nuclear na Agricultura

(Brazil)

CENAREST

National Centre for Scientific and Technological

Research Centre national de recherche scientifique

et technique

(Gabon)

CENATRA

National Transplant Centre Centro Nacional de

Trasplantes

(Mexico)

CENBIO

Brazilian Reference Center on Biomass Centro

Nacional de Referência em Biomassa

(Brazil)

CENDYTMA

Breast Diagnosis and Treatment Centre Centro de

Diagnóstico y Tratamiento Mamario

(Uruguay)

CENE

Army Centre for Nuclear Research Centro de

Estudios Nucleares del Ejército

(Chile)

CENELEC

European Committee for Electrotechnical

Standardization Comité européen de normalisation

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électrotechnique

CENHICA

National Centre for Hydrology and Water Quality

Centro Nacional de Hidrología y Calidad de las

Aguas

(Cuba)

CENICA

National Centre for Environmental Research and

Training Centro Nacional de Investigación y

Capacitación Ambiental

(Mexico)

CENICAÑA

Colombian Centre for Sugar Cane Research Centro

de Investigación de la Caña de Azúcar de Colombia

CENM

Maâmora Nuclear Research Centre Centre d’études

nucléaires de la Maâmora

(Morocco)

CENNA

Convention on Early Notification of a Nuclear

Accident [This is also known as the Early

Notification Convention.]

CENPALAB

National Laboratory Animal Breeding Centre

Centro Nacional para la Producción de Animales

de Laboratorio

(Cuba)

CENRD

Committee on Energy and Natural Resources for

Development [The work of this former Committeee

was transferred to the Commission on Sustainable

Development (CSD).]

(United Nations)

CENS

Center for Nuclear Safety [This Center for Central

and Eastern European countriesno longer exists.]

CENSA

National Centre for Animal and Plant Health

Centro Nacional de Sanidad Agropecuaria

(Cuba)

CEN-SAD

Community of Sahel-Saharan States [The

abbreviation is derived from the initial letters of the

Arabic words for Sahel and Sahara.]

CENTA

National Centre for Agricultural and Forestry

Technology Centro Nacional de Tecnología

Agropecuaria y Forestal

(El Salvador)

CENTERVISA

Víctor Santamarina National Balneology Centre

Centro Nacional de Termalismo "Víctor

Santamarina"

(Cuba)

CENTIS

Isotope Centre Centro de Isótopos (Cuba)

CEO

chief executive officer

CEP

Caribbean Environment Programme (UNEP)

CEP

Caspian Environment Programme (GEF/UNDP/UNEP/

World Bank/European

Union)

CEPE

Ecuadorian State Petroleum Corporation

Corporación Estatal Petrolera Ecuatoriana [This

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was replaced in 1989 by PETROECUADOR]

CEPIS

Pan American Centre for Sanitary Engineering and

Environmental Sciences Centro Panamericano de

Ingeniería Sanitaria y Ciencias del Ambiente

(PAHO)

CEPN

Research Centre for the Evaluation of Protection in

the Nuclear Field Centre d'études sur l'évaluation

de la protection dans le domaine nucléaire

(France)

CEPREVEN

National Centre for the Prevention of Damage

Centro Nacional de Prevención de Daños y

Pérdidas

(Mexico)

CEPS

Centre for European Policy Studies

CEQ

Council on Environmental Quality (USA)

CERAAS

Regional Study Centre for Improving Drought

Adaptation Centre d’études régional pour

l’amélioration de l’adaptation à la sécheresse

(Senegal)

CERB

Complex Emergency Response Branch [This

merged with the Disaster Response Branch (DRB)

to form the Response Coordination Branch (RCB).]

(UNOCHA)

CERCA

This is French company for the design and

production of nuclear fuel. Compagnie pour l’étude

et la réalisation de combustibles atomiques

(France)

CERD

Centre for Energy Research and Development (Nigeria)

CERDI

Centre for Studies and Research in International

Development Centre d'études et de recherches sur

le développement international [This is part of the

University of Auvergne.]

(France)

CERF

Central Emergency Response Fund (United Nations)

CERI

Canadian Energy Research Institute

CERIST

Research Centre for Scientific and Technical

Information Centre de recherche sur l'information

scientifique et technique

(Algeria)

CERN

European Organization for Nuclear Research

CERREX

Cost Estimation for Research Reactors in Excel

[This is the name of software that is being

developed.]

(IAEA)

CER

spectroscopy

charge exchange recombination spectroscopy [The

acronym CXRS is also used.]

CERSYRA

Regional Centre for Animal Selection and

Reproduction Centro Regional de Selección y

Reproducción Animal

(Spain)

CERT

carbon dioxide entry rate technique

CERT

Centre for Energy Research and Training (Nigeria)

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CERT

computer emergency response team

CERTA

Centre for Emergency Response, Training and

Analysis

(Hungary)

CERTIAEND

Certification Board of the Spanish Association of

Non-Destructive Testing Órgano de Certificación

de la de la Asociación Española de Ensayos no

Destructivos

(Spain)

cerium sulphide

CESCCO

Centre for the Study and Control of Pollutants

Centro de Estudios y Control de Contaminantes

(Honduras)

CESDA

Southern Centre for the Development of

Agriculture and Livestock Centro Sur de

Desarrollo Agropecuario

(Dominican Republic)

CESEP

Specialized Port Security Body Cuerpo

Especializado de Seguridad Portuaria

(Dominican Republic)

CET

coefficient of equivalent thickness

CET

containment event tree

CETAMA

Commission for the Establishment of Analytical

Methods Commission d'établissement des méthodes

d'analyse [This is part of the French Atomic Energy

Commission.]

(France)

CETDGGHS

Committee of Experts on the Transport of

Dangerous Goods and on the Globally Harmonized

System of Classification and Labelling of

Chemicals [This was created out of the former

Committee of Experts on the Transport of

Dangerous Goods.]

(United Nations)

CETI

Centre for Ecotoxicological Research of

Montenegro Centar za ekotoksikološka ispitivanja

Crne Gore

CETIME

Technical Centre for the Mechanical and Electrical

Industries Centre technique des industries

mécaniques et éléctriques

(Tunisia)

CEVAN

Animal Virology Centre Centro de Virología

Animal

(Argentina)

CEZ

Chernobyl Exclusion Zone (Ukraine)

californium

collimator factor

complement fixation

concentration factor

cystic fibrosis

Type C package design for fissile material (Type code defined in

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IAEA Transport

Regulations)

CFA

continuous flow analysis

CfA

Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics (USA)

CFC

carbon fibre composite

CFC

chlorofluorocarbon

CFC

closed fuel cycle

CFC

Common Fund for Commodities (United Nations)

CFCS

constant flux–constant sedimentation

CFD

computational fluid dynamics

CFD

contract for difference

CFD

cumulative frequency distribution

CFDT

French Democratic Confederation of Labour

Confédération française démocratique du travail

CFE

Certified Fraud Examiner

CFE

control fuel element

CFE

cost-free expert (IAEA)

CFE

Federal Electricity Commission Comisión Federal

de Electricidad

(Mexico)

CFEN

French Council for Education and Training in

Nuclear Energy Conseil des formations en énergie

nucléaire

CFE Treaty

Treaty on Conventional Armed Forces in Europe

CFF

containment failure frequency

CFI

Consolidated Fund of India

CFIA

Canadian Food Inspection Agency Agence

canadienne d'inspection des aliments (ACIA)

CF-IRMS

continuous-flow isotope ratio mass spectrometry

CFL

compact fluorescent lamp

CFNI

Caribbean Food and Nutrition Institute [This is a

specialized centre of the Pan American Health

Organization (PAHO) and the World Health

Organization (WHO).]

CFP

ciguatera fish poisoning

CFP

Common Fisheries Policy (European Union)

CFR

Code of Federal Regulations (USA)

CFR

cost and freight

CFR

Council on Foreign Relations

CFRC

carbon fibre reinforced composite

CFRP

carbon fibre reinforced plastic

CFS

Committee on World Food Security (FAO)

CFS

comprehensive fuel services

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CFS

core flooding system

CFSIs

counterfeit, fraudulent and substandard items

CFSIs

counterfeit, fraudulent and suspect items

CFSP

Common Foreign and Security Policy (European Union)

CFT

complement fixation test

CFU

colony-forming unit

CGA

Controller General of Accounts (India)

CGAP

Certified Government Auditing Professional

CGCC

coal gasification combined cycle

CGCED

Caribbean Group for Cooperation in Economic

Development

CGCGR

Governmental Crisis and Coordination Centre

Centre gouvernemental de coordination et de crise

(Belgium)

CGCOM

General Council of Official Medical Associations

Consejo General de Colegios Oficiales de Médicos

(Spain)

CGCS

combustible gas control system

CGCyC

Centre for Coastal and Quaternary Geology Centro

de Geología de Costas y del Cuaternario

(Argentina)

CGEA

General Atomic Energy Commission Commissariat

général à l'énergie atomique

(Democratic Republic

of the Congo)

CGH

comparative genomic hybridization

CGI

Common Gateway Interface (Computing)

CGIAR

[This previously stood for Consultative Group on

International Agricultural Research but this full

form should no longer be used.]

(UNDP/FAO/World

Bank)

CGN

China General Nuclear Power Group

cGMP

current good manufacturing practice or current

good manufacturing practices

CGMW

Commission for the Geological Map of the World

CGT

General Labour Confederation Conféderation

générale du travail

(France)

CGULS

Coordination Group for Uranium Legacy Sites (IAEA)

cultural heritage

methane

CHAAM

Dr Arnulfo Arias Madrid Hospital Complex

Complejo Hospitalario Dr. Arnulfo Arias Madrid

(Panama)

Chalmers

Chalmers University of Technology Chalmers

tekniska högskola

(Sweden)

CHARISMA

Cultural Heritage Advanced Research

Infrastructures: Synergy for a Multidisciplinary

Approach to Conservation/Restoration [The long

name of this project is not normally used.]

(European Union)

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CHART

continuous hyperfractionated accelerated radiation

therapy

CHASNUPP

Chashma nuclear power plant (Pakistan)

COOH

acetic acid

CHD

coronary heart disease

CHD

Department Hospital Centre Centre hospitalier

départemental

(Benin)

CHECIR

Chernobyl Centre for International Research (Russian

Federation/IAEA)

Chemical

Weapons

Convention

Convention on the Prohibition of the Development,

Production, Stockpiling and Use of Chemical

Weapons and on their Destruction

CHEMRAWN

Chemical Research Applied to World Needs (IUPAC)

Chernobyl Union

International Organization "Chernobyl Union"

CHF

congestive heart failure

CHF

critical heat flux

CHLA-EP

Honorary Commission for the Fight against

Tuberculosis and Prevalent Diseases Comisión

Honoraria para la Lucha Antituberculosa y

Enfermedades Prevalentes

(Uruguay)

CHN

National Hospital Centre Centre hospitalier

national

(Islamic Republic of

Mauritania)

ChNPP

Chernobyl nuclear power plant [This acronym

should not be used in IAEA documents.]

(Ukraine)

CHO cells

Chinese hamster ovary cells

CHOGM

Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting

CHPG

Princess Grace Hospital Centre hospitalier

Princesse Grace

(Monaco)

CHP generation

combined heat and power generation

CHPP

combined heat and power plant

CHR

United Nations Commission on Human Rights

[This was replaced in 2006 by the Human Rights

Council (HCR).]

CHRD

Commission on Health Research for Development

CHRS

containment heat removal system

CHS

College of Health Sciences (Ghana)

CHUP-CDS

Charles de Gaulle Paediatric Teaching Hospital

Centre hospitalier universitaire pédiatrique

Charles-de-Gaulle

(Burkina Faso)

CHUYO

Yalgado Ouédraogo Teaching Hospital Centre

hospitalier universitaire Yalgado Ouédraogo

(Burkina Faso)

CHWS

chilled water system

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curie

cytoplasmic incompatibility

CI5

Cancer Incidence in Five Continents (IARC)

CIA

Central Intelligence Agency (USA)

CIA

Certified Internal Auditor

CIAC

Camagüey Environmental Engineering Centre

Centro de Ingenería Ambiental de Camagüey

(Cuba)

CIAD

Research Centre for Food and Development Centro

de Investigación en Alimentación y Desarrollo

(Mexico)

CIAE

China Institute of Atomic Energy

CIAM

Centre for the Introduction, Adaptation and

Multiplication of Plant Material Centre

d'introduction, d'adaptation et de multiplication de

matériel végétal, vivrier et fruitier

(Gabon)

CIAMDA

Computer Index to Atomic and Molecular Collision

Data

(IAEA)

CIAN

Centre for Nuclear Research and Applications

Centro de Investigaciones y Aplicaciones Nucleares

(El Salvador)

CIAPOL

Ivorian Anti-Pollution Centre Centre ivorien anti-

pollution

(Côte d’Ivoire)

CIAR

Anti-Explosives and Arms Tracing Information

Centre Centro de Información Antiexplosivos y

Rastreo de Armas

(Colombia)

CIAT

Centre for Tropical Agriculture Research Centro de

Investigación de Agricultura Tropical

(Bolivia)

CIAT

International Center for Tropical Agriculture

Centro Internacional de Agricultura Tropical [Note

the spelling of Center.]

CIBA

Centre for Ion Beam Applications (Singapore)

CIBCM

Research Centre for Cellular and Molecular

Biology Centro de Investigación en Biología

Celular y Molecular [This is part of the University

of Costa rica.]

(Costa Rica)

CIC

Centre for Clinical Research Centro de

Investigaciones Clínicas

(Cuba)

CIC

compensated ionization chamber

CIC

constant initial concentration

CIC

Scientific Research Council for the Province of

Buenos Aires Consejo de Investigaciones

Científicas de la Provincia de Buenos Aires

(Argentina)

CICA

Canadian Institute of Chartered Accountants Institut

canadien des comptables agréés (ICCA)

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CICA

Environmental Pollution Research Centre Centro de

Investigación en Contaminación Ambiental

(Costa Rica)

CICC

Coalition for the International Criminal Court

CICERO

Center for International Climate and Environmental

Research – Oslo

(Norway)

CICP

United Nations Centre for International Crime

Prevention

CICPC

Scientific, Penal and Criminal Investigation Body

Cuerpo de Investigaciones Científicas, Penales y

Criminalísticas

(Venezuela)

CICTE

Inter-American Committee against Terrorism

Comité Interamericano contra el Terrorismo

(Organization of

American States)

CICVyA

Veterinary and Agricultural Science Research

Centre Centro de Investigación en Ciencias

Veterinarias y Agronómicas [This is part of the

National Institute for Agricultural Technology

(INTA).]

(Argentina)

CICY

Yucatan Center for Scientific Research Centro de

Investigación Científica de Yucatán

(Mexico)

CID

carbon isotope discrimination

CIDA

Canadian International Development Agency [In

June 2013, this was amalgamated with Foreign

Affairs and International Trade Canada (DFAIT) to

form Foreign Affairs, Trade and Development

Canada (DFATD).]

CIDA

Centre for Agricultural Research and Development

Centro de Investigación y Desarollo

Agroalimentario

(Spain)

CIDAS

criticality incident detection and alarm system

CIDECH

Research and Diagnostic Centre for Chagas'

Disease Centro de Investigación-Diagnóstico de

Mal de Chagas

(Bolivia)

CIDEN

Engineering Centre for Dismantling and the

Environment Centre d'ingénierie de déconstruction

et environnement

(France)

CIDEP

Centre for Research and Diagnosis of Parasitic

Diseases Centro de Investigación y Diagnóstico de

Enfermedades Parasitarias

(Panama)

CIDET

Research Centre for Technological Development

Centro de Investigación y Desarrollo Tecnológico

(Argentina)

CIE

Electromechanical Engineering Consortium

Consorcio de Ingeniería Electromecánica

(Paraguay)

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CIE

International Commission on Illumination

Commission internationale de l'éclairage

CIEC

International Scientific Centre of Fertilizers Centre

international des engrais chimiques

CIELO

Collaborative International Evaluated Library

Organization

CIEMAT

Research Centre for Energy, Environment and

Technology Centro de Investigaciones Energéticas,

Medioambientales y Tecnológicas

(Spain)

CIEMic

Research Centre for Microscopic Structures Centro

de Investigación en Estructuras Microscópicas

(Costa Rica)

CIEMS

International Commission for the Scientific

Exploration of the Mediterranean Sea

CIER

Regional Energy Integration Commission Comisión

de Integración Energética Regional

ClF

chlorine trifluoride

CIFOR

Center for International Forestry Research (CGIAR)

CIGB

Center for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology

Centro de Ingeniería Genética y Biotecnología

(Cuba)

CIGNL

Contractors International Group on Nuclear

Liability

(USA)

CIH

Hannibal International Clinic Clinique

internationale Hannibal

(Tunisia)

CIHEAM

International Centre for Advanced Mediterranean

Agronomic Studies Centre international de hautes

études agronomiques méditerranéennes

CILC

crud induced localized corrosion

CILSS

Permanent Interstate Committee for Drought

Control in the Sahel Comité permanent inter-États

de lutte contre la sécheresse dans le Sahel

CIM

Center of Molecular Immunology Centro de

Inmunología Molecular

(Cuba)

CIM

Uniform Rules concerning the Contract for

International Carriage of Goods by Rail

CIMA

Animal Improvement Research Centre Centro de

Investigación para el Mejoramiento Animal

(Cuba)

CIMA

Chartered Institute of Management Accountants

CIMAP

Central Institute of Medicinal and Aromatic Plants (India)

CIMAR

Marine Science and Limnology Research Centre

Centro de Investigación en Ciencias del Mar y

Limnología

(Costa Rica)

C-IMCI

Community Integrated Management of Childhood (UNICEF)

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Illness

CIMEQ

Medical and Surgical Research Center Centro de

Investigaciones Médico-Quirúrgicas

(Cuba)

CIML

Marseille-Luminy Immunology Centre Centre

d'Immunologie de Marseille-Luminy

(France)

CIMM

Metallurgical and Mining Research Center Centro

de Investigación Minera y Metalúrgica

(Chile)

CIMMYT

International Maize and Wheat Improvement

Center Centro Internacional de Mejoramiento de

Maíz y Trigo

CIMO

Commission for Instruments and Methods of

Observation

(WMO)

CIMRF

Franceville International Medical Research Centre

Centre international de recherches médicales de

Franceville

(Gabon)

CIN

chromosomal instability

CIN

Nuclear Information Centre Centro de

Informaciones Nucleares

(Brazil, Ecuador,

Guatemala)

CIN

Nuclear Research Centre Centro de Investigaciones

Nucleares

(Bolivia, Uruguay)

CIN

Section of Cancer Information Section Données du

cancer

(IARC)

CINAGRI

Centre for Nuclear Research Applied to Agriculture

Centro de Investigación Nuclear Aplicada a la

Agricultura

(Venezuela)

CINaM

Interdisciplinary Centre for Nanoscience of

Marseilles Centre interdisciplinaire de nanoscience

de Marseille

(France)

CINARA

Research and Development Institute for Water

Supply, Environmental Sanitation and Water

Resource Conservation Instituto de Investigación y

Desarrollo en Abastecimiento de Agua,

Saneamiento Ambiental y Conservación del

Recurso Hídrico

(Colombia)

CINDA

Computer Index of Neutron Data

CINER

Centre for Information on Renewable Energies

Centro de Información en Energías Renovables

(Bolivia)

CINJ

Cancer Institute of New Jersey (USA)

CIO

Chief Information Officer (IAEA)

CIOMS

Council for International Organizations of Medical

Sciences

(WHO/UNESCO)

CIP

carriage and insurance paid to

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CIP

cataloguing in publication

CIP

construction in progress

CIP

International Potato Center Centro Internacional de

la Papa

CIPA

Centre for Research and Agricultural Promotion

Centro de Investigación y Promoción Agraria

(Peru)

CIPAC

Collaborative International Pesticides Analytical

Council

CIPAV

Centre for Research on Sustainable Agricultural

Production Systems Centro para la Investigación

en Sistemas Sostenibles de Producción

Agropecuaria

(Colombia)

CIPEC

Centre for Information, Forecasting, Listening and

Counselling Centre d’informations, de prospective,

d’écoute et de conseil

(Benin)

CIPM

International Committee for Weights and Measures

Comité international des poids et mesures

(BIPM)

CIPR

China Institute for Radiation Protection

CIPS

crud induced power shift

CIR

computerized inspection report

CIR

cost, insurance and freight

CIR

Ibero-American Radiology College Colegio

Iberoamericano de Radiología

CIRA

Aquatic Resources Research Centre Centro para la

Investigación en Recursos Acuáticos

(Nicaragua)

CIRAD

International Cooperation Centre of Agricultural

Research for Development Centre de coopération

internationale en recherche agronomique pour le

développement

CIRDAP

Centre on Integrated Rural Development for Asia

and the Pacific

CIRDES

International Centre of Research and Development

for Livestock in Subhumid Zones Centre

international de recherche-développement sur

l'élevage en zone subhumide

CIREN

International Center of Neurological Restoration

Centro Internacional de Restauración Neurológica

(Cuba)

CIRIA

The full name Construction Industry Research and

Information Association no longer seems to be used

by the company and Agency documents should

normally use the term "CIRIA".

(United Kingdom)

CIRMF

International Centre for Medical Research of (Gabon)

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Franceville Centre international de recherches

médicales de Franceville

CIRMS

Council on Ionizing Radiation Measurements and

Standards

(USA)

CIRRO

International Center of Radiosurgery and Radiation

Oncology Centro Internacional de Radiocirugía y

Radioterapia Oncológica

(Panama)

CIRS

Computerized Inspection Reporting System (IAEA)

CIRSEE

International Centre for Research in Water and the

Environment Centre international de recherche sur

l’eau et l’environnement

CIRTEN

Interuniversity Consortium for Technological

Nuclear Research Consorzio Interuniversitario per

la Ricerca Tecnologica Nucleare

(Italy)

CIRUS reactor

This is regarded as the full form and is the form that

should be used. [CIRUS stands for "Canada-India

Reactor, US.]

(India)

CIS

Commonwealth of Independent States

CISA

Certified Information Systems Auditor

CISAC

Center for International Security and Cooperation (USA)

CISC

complex instruction set computer

CISE

Centre for Information, Research and Experiments

Centro Informazioni Studi Esperienze[It appears

that this Centre no longer exists.]

(Italy)

CISEN

Center for Research and National Security Centro

de Investigación y Seguridad Nacional

(Mexico)

CISM

Certified Information Security Manager

CISO

chief information security officer

CISRRC

Commonwealth of Independent States Research

Reactor Coalition

(CIS)

CISSP

Certified Information Systems Security Professional

CIT

International Rail Transport Committee Comité

international des transports ferroviaires

CITAC

Co-operation on International Traceability in

Anaytical Chemistry

CITES

Convention on International Trade in Endangered

Species of Wild Fauna and Flora

CITET

Tunis International Center for Environmental

Technologies Centre international des technologies

de l'environnement de Tunis

CITEX

Textile Research Centre Centro de Investigaciones

Textiles

(Cuba)

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CITMA

Ministry of Science, Technology and Environment

Ministerio de Ciencia, Tecnología y Medio

Ambiente

(Cuba)

CITON

Centre of Technology and Engineering for Nuclear

Projects Centru de Inginerie Tehnologica pentru

Obiective Nucleare

(Romania)

CityU

City University of Hong Kong (China)

CIV

Ministry of Communications, Infrastructure and

Housing Ministerio de Comunicaciones

Infraestructura y Vivienda

(Guatemala)

CIVET

Miguel C. Rubino Veterinary Research Centre

Centro de Investigaciones Veterinarias 'Miguel C.

Rubino'

(Uruguay)

CIWH

condensation induced water hammer

CJD

Creutzfeldt–Jakob disease

CJSC

closed joint-stock company

CKC

cold knife conization

CKM

corporate knowledge management

chlorine

corpus luteum

CLA

carnation leaf agar

CLAF

Latin American Physics Centre Centro

Latinoamericano de Física

CLEAR-I

China Lead-Based Research Reactor

CLC

International Convention on Civil Liability for Oil

Pollution Damage

CLCPRO

Commission for Controlling the Desert Locust in

the Western Region

(FAO)

CLCuV

cotton leaf curl virus

CLE

Clean Laboratory Extension (IAEA)

CLEA

country-level evaluation and audit (IAEA)

CLEW

climate, land, energy and water

CLIRSEN

Centre for Integrated Natural Resource Surveys

using Remote Sensors Centro de Levantiamentos

Integrados de Recursos Naturales por Sensores

Remotos

(Ecuador)

CLN

contralateral lymph node

CLOR

Central Laboratory for Radiological Protection

Centralne Laboratorium Ochrony Radiologicznej

(Poland)

CLP4NET

Cyber Learning Platform for Nuclear Education and

Training

CLRRI

Cuu Long Delta Rice Research Institute (Viet Nam)

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CLS

Canadian Light Source [This is the name of

Canada’s national synchrotron research facility.]

CLs

confidence limits

consultants' meeting or consultancy meeting

curium

CMAM

community-based management of acute

malnutrition

CMC

calibration and measurement capability (BIPM)

CMC

Cluster Munition Coalition

CMC-AH

Crisis Management Centre – Animal Health (FAO)

CMD

cassava mosaic disease

CME

continuing medical education

CMF

common mode failure

CMG

Crisis Management Group (IAEA)

CMH

Commission on Macroeconomics and Health (WHO)

CMI

cell-mediated immunity

CML

chronic myeloid leukaemia

CMM

Capability Maturity Model

CMM

coordinate measuring machine

CMMs

Correspondence Models for Meetings (IAEA)

CMMI

Capability Maturity Model Integration [This is an

upagraded version of the Capability Maturity Model

(CMM).]

CMN

Nuclear Medicine Centre Centro de Medicina

Nuclear

(Argentina, Bolivia,

Brazil, Chile, Peru,

Uruguay)

CMO

Chief Medical Officer (United Kingdom)

CMOS

complementary metal oxide semiconductor

CMP

Capital Master Plan (United Nations)

CMP

Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting of

the Parties to the Kyoto Protocol

(UNFCCC)

CMP

crisis management plan

CMP

Paitilla Medical Centre Centro Médico Paitilla (Panama)

CMPL

Mexican Center for Cleaner Production Centro

Mexicano para la Producción más Limpia

(Mexico)

CMR

carcinogenic, mutagenic and reprotoxic

CMR

common mode rejection

CMS

centre-of-mass system

CMS

Commissary Management Section

CMS

content management system

CMS

Convention on the Conservation of Migratory

Species of Wild Animals

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CMS

cytoplasmic male sterility

CMSLM

Centre for Materials Science and Lifetime

Management

(Russian Federation)

CMT

core make-up tank

CMU

Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine

CMU

Chiang Mai University (Thailand)

CMV

cucumber mosaic virus

CMV retinitis

cytomegalovirus retinitis

Conference/Symposium [This is a category of

IAEA meeting.]

(IAEA)

CNA

Atucha nuclear power plant Central Nuclear de

Atucha

(Argentina)

CNA

Canadian Nuclear Association

ÇNAEM

Çekmece Nuclear Research and Training Center

Çekmece Nükleer Araþtýrma ve Eðitim Merkezine

(Turkey)

CNAMGS

National Health Insurance and Social Assistance

Fund Caisse nationale d’assurance maladie et de

garantie sociale

(Gabon)

CNAN

National Commission for Nuclear Affairs Comisión

Nacional de Asuntos Nucleares

(Dominican Republic)

CNC

Civil Nuclear Constabulary (United Kingdom)

CNC

computer numerical control

CNCAN

National Commission for Nuclear Activities

Control Comisia Naţională pentru Controlul

Activităţilor Nucleare

(Romania)

CNCD

chronic non-communicable disease

CNCS

China Nuclear Control System Engineering

Company

CND

United Nations Commission on Narcotic Drugs

[The acronym UNCND should normally be used in

IAEA documents.]

CNDC

China Nuclear Data Center

CNDSP

National Committee on Palliative Care Commission

nationale pour le développement des soins palliatifs

(Côte d'Ivoire)

CNDT

National Technology Development Committee

Comité national de développement des technologies

(Cameroon)

CNE

Embalse nuclear power plant central nuclear

Embalse

(Argentina)

CNE

National Commission for Risk Prevention and

Emergency Response Comisión Nacional de

Prevención de Riesgos y Atención de Emergencias

(Costa Rica)

CNE

National Electromedicine Centre Centro Nacional (Cuba)

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de Electromedicina

CNE

National Energy Commission Comisión Nacional

de Energía and Commission nationale de l'énergie

(Chile, Democratic

Republic of Congo,

Dominican Republic)

CNEA

China Nuclear Energy Association

CNEA

National Atomic Energy Commission Comisión

Nacional de Energía Atómica

(Argentina, Paraguay,

Tunisia, Uruguay)

CNEA

National Committee for Water and Sanitation

Comité national de l'eau et de l'assainissement

(Central African

Republic)

CNEARC

National Centre for Hot Climate Agronomic Studies

Centre national d'études agronomiques des régions

chaudes

(France)

CNEC

Cambridge Nuclear Energy Centre (United Kingdom)

CNEC

China Nuclear Engineering Corporation

CNEH

National Centre for Historical Research Centre

national des études historiques

(Algeria)

CNEIC

China Nuclear Energy Industry Corporation

CNEN

National Nuclear Energy Commission Comissão

Nacional de Energia Nuclear

(Brazil)

CNEN

National Nuclear Energy Council Conseil national

de l'énergie nucléaire

(Morocco)

CNEPE

National Centre for Electricity Production

Equipment Centre national d'équipement de

production d'électricité [This is part of Electricit/e

de France (EDF).]

(France)

CNESOLER

National Centre for Solar and Renewable Energy

Centre national d'énergie solaire et des énergies

renouvelables [This comes under the National

Energy Directorate (DNE).]

(Mali)

CNESTEN

National Centre for Nuclear Energy, Sciences and

Technology Centre national de l’énergie, des

sciences et des techniques nucléaires

(Morocco)

CNFC-FR

closed nuclear fuel cycle with fast reactors

CNG

National Centre for Gerontology Centre national de

gérontologie

(Benin)

CNHP

National Psychiatric Hospital Centre national

hospitalier de psychiatrie

(Benin)

CNHPP

National Hospital Centre for Pneumology and

Tuberculosis Centre national hospitalier de

pneumo-phtisiologie

(Benin)

CNHU

National Teaching Hospital Centre national

hospitalier et universitaire

(Benin)

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CNIA

National Interprofessional Groundnut Council

Conseil national interprofessionnel de l'arachide

(Senegal)

CNI23

China Nuclear Industry 23 Construction Company

CNIITMASH

Central Research Institute of Machine Building

Technology

(Russian Federation)

CNL

Crocker Nuclear Laboratory (USA)

CNLC

National Cancer Centre Centre national de lutte

contre le cancer

(Cameroon, Niger)

CNM

Mexican Nuclear Centre Centro Nuclear de México

CNME

National Unit for Energy Management Cellule

nationale de maîtrise de l’énergie

(Islamic Republic of

Mauritania)

CNN

Cable News Network

CNNC

China National Nuclear Corporation

CNNFC

China North Nuclear Fuel Corporation

CNNO

CNNC Nuclear Power Operations Management

Company

(China)

CNO

National Oncology Centre Centre national

d'oncologie

(Islamic Republic of

Mauritania)

CNP

community nutrition project

CNP

National Production Council Consejo Nacional de

Producción

(Costa Rica)

CNPAF

National Rice and Beans Research Center Centro

Nacional de Pesquisa de Arroz e Feijão

(Brazil)

CNPC

China National Petroleum Corporation

CNPE

National Energy Policy Council Conselho Nacional

de Política Energética

(Brazil)

CNPEC

China Nuclear Power Engineering Company

CNPMS

National Maize and Sorghum Research Center

Centro Nacional de Pesquisa de Milho e Sorgo

(Brazil)

CNPP

country nuclear power profile

CNPPRI

National Centre for Prevention and Protection

against Ionizing Radiation Centre national de

prévention et de protection contre les rayonnements

ionisants

(Gabon)

CNPRI

China Nuclear Power Technology Research

Institute

CNPRI

National Committee for Protection against Ionizing

Radiation Comité national de protection contre les

rayonnements ionisants

(Democratic Republic

of the Congo)

CNR

National Radiotherapy Centre Centro Nacional de

Radioterapia

(Nicaragua)

CNR

National Research Council Consiglio Nazionale (Italy)

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delle Ricerche

CNRA

Committee on Nuclear Regulatory Activities (NEA)

CNRA

National Agronomic Research Centre Centre

national de recherches agronomiques

(Côte d'Ivoire,

Senegal)

CNRA

National Committee for Agricultural Research

Centre national de recherche agronomique

(Mali)

CNRE

National Environmental Research Centre Centre

national de recherches sur l'environnement

(Madagascar)

CNRE

National Water Resources Centre Centre National

des Ressources en Eau

(Islamic Republic of

Mauritania)

CNRFH

National Commission for Hospital Radiophysics

Comisión Nacional de Radiofísica Hospitalaria

(Spain)

CNRH

National Commission for Water Resources

Comisión Nacional de Recursos Hídricos

(Nicaragua)

CNRH

National Water Resources Council Consejo

Nacional de Recursos Hídricos

(Ecuador)

CNRO

National Oceanographic Research Centre Centre

national de recherche océanographique

(Madagascar)

CNRP

country nuclear regulatory profile

CNRP

National Radiation Protection Centre Centre

national de radioprotection

(Morocco, Niger,

Tunisia)

CNRRI

China National Rice Research Institute

CNRS

National Center for Scientific Research Centre

national de la recherche scientifique [Note the

CNRS’ preferred spelling of Center in the English

version.]

CNRS

National Council for Scientific Research Conseil

national des recherches scientifiques

(Lebanon)

CNRSN

National Council for Radiation Protection and

Nuclear Safety Conselho Nacional de

Radioprotecção e Segurança Nuclear

(Angola)

CNRST

National Centre for Scientific and Technological

Research Centre national de la recherche

scientifique et technologique

(Burkina Faso)

CNS

Canadian Nuclear Society

CNS

Center for Nonproliferation Studies (USA)

CNS

central nervous system

CNS

Centre for Nuclear Sciences [This was replaced by

the International Centre for Environmental and

Nuclear Sciences (ICENS).]

(Jamaica)

CNS

Chinese Nuclear Society

CNS

cold neutron source

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CNS

Convention on Nuclear Safety (IAEA)

CNS

National Health Committee Comité national de

santé

(Niger)

CNSA

National Food Security Council Conseil National

de Sécurité Alimentaire

(Senegal)

CNSC

Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission

[This replaced the Atomic Energy Control Board

(AECB).]

CNSLD

chronic non-specific lung disease

CNSN

National Nuclear Safety Centre Centro Nacional de

Seguridad Nuclear

(Cuba)

CNSNS

National Commission for Nuclear Safety and

Safeguards Comisión Nacional de Seguridad

Nuclear y Salvaguardias

(Mexico)

CNSP

country nuclear safety profile (IAEA)

CNSR

National Reproductive Health Centre Centre

national de la santé de reproduction

(Niger)

CNSTN

National Centre for Nuclear Science and

Technology Centre national des sciences et

technologies nucléaires

(Tunisia)

CNT

carbon nanotube

CNTS

National Blood Transfusion Centre Centre national

de transfusion sanguine

(Democratic Republic

of the Congo)

cobalt

Convention Meeting [This is a category of IAEA

meeting.]

(IAEA)

Country Officer (IAEA)

carbon dioxide

CoA

coenzyme A

COA

Commission on Audit (Philippines)

COAG

Committee on Agriculture (FAO)

COB

close of business

COBEN

Binational Nuclear Energy Comission Comisión

Binacional de Energía Nuclear

(Argentina/Brazil)

COBIT

Control Objectives for Information and Related

Technology

COBRA

Cabinet Office Briefing Rooms (United Kingdom)

CoC

chain of custody

COCATRAM

Central American Commission for Maritime

Transport Comisión Centroamericana de

Transporte Marítimo

COD

chemical oxygen demand

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CODATA

Committee on Data for Science and Technology (ICSU)

CODELCO

National Copper Corporation of Chile Corporación

Nacional del Cobre

(Chile)

CoE

Council of Europe

COEN

National Emergency Committee Comité de

Emergencia Nacional

(El Salvador)

COER

Central Organization for Electronic Research (Libya)

COF

cut-out factor

COFIDE

Financial Development Corporation Corporación

Financiera de Desarrollo

(Peru)

COG

CANDU Owners Group

COGECA

General Confederation of Agricultural Cooperatives

in the European Union

COGEMA

[This is not regarded as an acronym. It is the form

that should be used as the company’s name. As of 1

March 2006, the new name of the company is

AREVA NC.]

(France)

Cogent

Cogent Sector Skills Council [The short name is

used more commonly than this full form.]

(United Kingdom)

COI

Indian Ocean Commission Commission de l'océan

Indien

COIR

Ibn Rochd Oncology Centre Centre d'oncologie Ibn

Rochd

(Morocco)

COL

combined license (USA)

COLD

chronic obstructive lung disease

COM.8

Technical Assistance and Cooperation Committee (IAEA)

COM.9

Programme and Budget Committee (IAEA)

COM.24

Committee on Strengthening the Effectiveness and

Improving the Efficiency of the Safeguards System

[This committee is now defunct.]

(IAEA)

COMENA

Atomic Energy Commission Commissariat à

l'énergie atomique

(Algeria)

COMEND

Moroccan Confederation for Non-Destructive

Testing Confédération marocaine pour les essais

non destructifs

COMEXA

Mexican-American Commission for the Eradication

of Screwworm Comisión México-Americana para

la Erradicación del Gusano Barrenador del

Ganado

(Mexico/USA)

COMINAK

Akouta Mining Company Compagnie minière

d'Akouta

(Niger)

ComMIT

Community Model Interface for Tsunami (USA)

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Committee 24

Committee on Strengthening the Effectiveness and

Improving the Efficiency of the Safeguards System

[This committee is now defunct.]

(IAEA)

COMP

Canadian Organization of Medical Physicists

COMPUCEA

Combined Procedure for Uranium Concentration

and Enrichment Assay

ConA

concanavalin A

CONACS

National Council of South American Camelids

Consejo Nacional de Camélidos Sudamericanos

(Peru)

CONACYT

National Council for Science and Technology

Consejo Nacional de Ciencia y Tecnología

(El Salvador, Mexico)

CONAM

National Council for the Environment Consejo

Nacional del Ambiente

(Peru)

CONAMA

National Commission for the Environment

Comisión Nacional del Medio Ambiente

(Chile)

CONANCA

Nicaraguan Commission to Help Children with

Cancer Comisión Nicaragüense de Ayuda al Niño

con Cáncer

CONAPREB

National Commission for Prevention of and

Response to Biological Emergencies Comisión

Nacional de Prevención y Respuestas a

Emergencias Biológicas

(Paraguay)

CONAPRO

National Advisory Commission on Radiation

Protection Commission national consultative en

matière de radioprotection

(Democratic Republic

of the Congo)

CONCERT

Concertation on European Regulatory Tasks

CONCESYMB

National Commission for the Control of Sensitive

Exports and Military Material Comisión Nacional

de Control de Exportaciones Sensitivas y de

Material Bélico

(Argentina)

CONCYTEC

National Council for Science and Technology

Consejo Nacional de Ciencia y Tecnología [This

was replaced by the National Council for Science,

Technology and Technological Innovation

(CONCYTEC).]

(Peru)

CONCYTEC

National Council for Science, Technology and

Technological Innovation Consejo Nacional de

Ciencia, Tecnología e Innovación Tecnológica

[This replaced the National Council for Science and

Technology.]

(Peru)

CONICET

National Council for Scientific and Technical

Research Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones

(Argentina)

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Científicas y Técnicas

CONICIT

National Council for Scientific and Technological

Research Consejo Nacional para Investigaciones

Científicas y Tecnológicas

(Costa Rica)

CONICYT

National Commission for Scientific and

Technological Research Comisión Nacional de

Investigación Científica y Tecnológica

(Chile)

CONICYT

National Council for Innovation, Science and

Technology Consejo Nacional de Innovación,

Ciencia y Tecnología

(Uruguay)

CONITTA

Commission for Agricultural Technology Research

and Transfer Comisión de Investigación y

Transferencia de Tecnología Agropecuaria

(Costa Rica)

CONNECT

Connecting the Network of Networks for Enhanced

Communication and Training

(IAEA/European

Commission)

CONOPS

concept of operations

CONRED

National Coordinating Committee for Disaster

Reduction Coordinadora Nacional para la

Reducción de Desastres

(Guatemala)

CONTAM Panel

[This is not an acronym but the name given to the

European Food Safety Authority’s panel that deals

with contaminants in the food chain.]

(EFSA)

CONTE

Conference on Nuclear Training and Education (American Nuclear

Society)

Convention of

Mannheim

Revised Convention for the Navigation of the Rhine

Convention on

Conventional

Weapons

Convention on Prohibitions or Restrictions on the

Use of Certain Conventional Weapons which may

be deemed to be Excessively Injurious or to have

Indiscriminate Effects [This is also known as the

CCW or the Inhumane Weapons Convention

(IWC).]

COOL

Investigation of Technological Challenges Related

to the Removal of Heat by Liquid Metal and Molten

Salt Coolants from Reactor Cores Operating at

High Temperatures [This is an INPRO collaborative

poject.]

(INPRO)

COOMET

Euro-Asian Cooperation of National Metrological

Institutions

CoP

code of practice

CoP

community of practice

COP

Conference of the Parties

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COPA

Committee of Professional Agricultural

Organisations

(European Union)

COPD

chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

COPEG

Commission for the Eradication and Prevention of

Screwworms Comisión para la Erradicación y

Prevención del Gusano Barrenador del Ganado

(Panama/United

States)

COPEMECO

Congolese Confederation of Small and Medium-

Sized Enterprises Confédération de petites et

moyennes entreprises du Congo

(Democratic Republic

of the Congo)

COPESCAALC

Commission on Inland Fisheries and Aquaculture

for Latin America and the Caribbean Comisión de

Pesca Continental y Acuicultura para América

Latina y el Caribe

(FAO)

COPSAN

Permanent Commission in charge of Nuclear

Affairs Commission permanente de suivi des

affaires nucléaires

(Morocco)

COPUOS

United Nations Committee on the Peaceful Uses of

Outer Space [The acronym UNCOPUOS should

normally be used in IAEA documents.]

COR

centre of rotation

CoR

Committee of the Regions (European Union)

CORAF/WECARD

West and Central African Council for Agricultural

Research and Development Conseil ouest et centre

africain pour la recherche et le développement

agricoles

CORAL

Compact Reprocessing Facility for Advanced Fuels

in Lead Cells

(India)

CORAR

Council on Radionuclides and

Radiopharmaceuticals

CORDECRUZ

Santa Cruz Development Corporation Corporación

de Desarrollo de Santa Cruz

(Bolivia)

CORDEL

Cooperation in Reactor Design Evaluation and

Licensing

(WNA)

CORDIS

Community Research and Development

Information Service

(European Union)

Cordoba

Conference

International Conference on the Safety of

Radioactive Waste Management [13–17 March

2000]

(IAEA)

Coreper

Permanent Representatives Committee [The

Committee is known by its French acronym.]

(European Union)

CORFO

Production Promotion Corporation Corporación de

Fomento de la Producción

(Chile)

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CORPOICA

Colombian Agricultural Research Corporation

Corporación Colombiana de Investigación

Agropecuaria

CORPOSANA

Sanitary Works Corporation Corporación de Obras

Sanitarias

(Paraguay)

CORR

Construction Readiness Review (IAEA)

CoRWM

Committee on Radioactive Waste Management (United Kingdom)

COS

cost of service

COSALFA

South American Commission for the Control of

Foot-and-Mouth Disease Comisión Sudamericana

para la Lucha contra la Fiebre Aftosa

COSAVE

Southern Cone Plant Health Committee Comité de

Sanidad Vegetal del Cono Sur

COSFAM

National Alliance for Food Fortification Comité

Sénégalais pour la fortification en micronutriments

(Snegal)

COSO

Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the

Treadway Commission

COSPAR

Committee on Space Research [This is a committee

of the International Council for Science (ICSU).]

(ICSU)

COSTECH

Tanzania Commission for Science and Technology

COSTIND

Commission of Science, Technology and Industry

for National Defense [This was superseded by the

State Administration of Science, Technology and

Industry for National Defense (SASTIND) in

2008.]

(China)

Cotonou

Agreement

Partnership Agreement between the members of the

African, Caribbean and Pacific Group of States of

the one part and the European Community and its

Member States of the other part [This is also known

as the ACP-EC Partnership Agreement.]

COTIF

Convention concerning International Carriage by

Rail Convention relative aux transports

internationaux ferroviaires

COTS

commercial off-the-shelf (Computer science)

COU

Commonwealth Open University

Counter-

Terrorism

Committee

Security Council Committee established pursuant to

resolution 1373 (2001) concerning counter-

terrorism (acronym CTC)

(United Nations)

COVRA

Central Organization for Radioactive Waste

Centrale Organisatie Voor Radioactief Afval

(Netherlands)

COWG

Capacity Optimization Working Group (World Nuclear

Association)

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chemically pure

coat protein

collaborative project (INPRO)

command post

Commission Proper (Philippines)

construction permit

counterpart

crude protein

CPA

Certified Public Accountant

CPA

Coalition Provisional Authority [This is the name of

the provisional authority set up in 2003 to govern

Iraq.]

(Iraq)

CPAA

charged particle activation analysis

CPAR

Country Procurement Assessment Report (World Bank)

CPC

Committee for Programme and Coordination [This

is a subsidiary organ of the Economic and Social

Council (ECOSOC).]

(United Nations)

CPCI

Commission for International Cooperation

Programmes Commission des programmes de

coopération internationale

(Morocco)

CPD

continuing professional development

CPE

centrally planned economy

CPE

charged particle equilibrium

CPF

Collaborative Partnership on Forests

CPF

country programme evaluation (United Nations)

CPF

Country Programme Framework (Technical

cooperation)

CPG

controlled pore glass

CPHE

Provincial Centre for Hygiene and Epidemiology

Centro Provincial de Higiene y Epidemiología

(Cuba)

CPHR

Centre for Radiation Protection and Hygiene Centro

de Protección e Higiene de las Radiaciones

(Cuba)

CPHST

Center for Plant Health Science and Technology (USA)

CPI

China Power Investment Corporation

CPI

consumer price index

CPI

continual process improvement

CPM

Commission on Phytosanitary Measures (FAO)

cpm

counts per minute

CPN

Country Programme Note (Technical

cooperation)

CPP

College of Plant Protection [This is part of the

Nanjing Agricultural University (NAU).]

(China)

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CPPNM

Convention on the Physical Protection of Nuclear

Material

CPR

cardiopulmonary resuscitation

CPR

critical power ratio

CPS

concentrated process solution

CPS

control and protection system

CPS

Strategy and Planning Unit Cellule de planification

et de statistique [This is part of the Ministry of

Agriculture, Livestock and Fisheries.]

(Mali)

cps

counts per second

CPSD

cross-power spectral density

CPSR

Radiation Protection and Safety Centre Centro de

Protección y Seguridad Radiológica [This is part of

the Bolivian Institute for Nuclear Science and

Technology (IBTEN).]

(Bolivia)

CPT

charged particle therapy

CPTC

Center for Plasma Theory and Computation (USA)

CPU

central processing unit

CPU

Corruption Prevention Unit (Phippines)

CPV

conditional probability value

chloroquine

CQMP

clinically qualified medical physicist

chromium

computed radiography

condition report

control room

conversion ratio

CRA

Canada Revenue Agency

CRA

coordinated research activity (IAEA)

CRA

Corporate Risk Associates (United Kingdom)

CRAA

Food and Agriculture Research Centre Centre de

recherche agro-alimentaire

(Democratic Republic

of the Congo)

CRAFT project

International Project on Complimentary Safety

Reports: Development and Application to Waste

Management Facilities

(IAEA)

CRAN

Centre for Food and Nutrition Research Centre de

recherches en alimentation et nutrition

(Cameroon)

CRBP

Regional Centre for Research on Bananas and

Plantains Centre régional de recherches sur

bananiers et plantains [This centre was replaced in

2001 by the African Centre for Research on

Bananas and Plantains (CARBAP).]

(Cameroon)

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CRC

camera-ready copy

CRC

Chemical Research Center [This was established in

1998 by the Hungarian Academy of Sciences.]

(Hungary)

CRC

colorectal cancer

CRC

current replacement cost (IPSAS)

CRCE

Centre for Radiation, Chemical and Environmental

Hazards [This is part of the Health Protection

Agency (HPA).]

(United Kingdom)

CRCNA

Cancer Research Center Nantes-Angers Centre de

recherche en cancérologie Nantes-Angers

(France)

CRCPD

Conference of Radiation Control Program

Directors, Inc.

(USA)

CRD

chronic radiation disease

CRD

control rod drive

CRD

Coordination and Response Division (UNOCHA)

CRDA

Agricultural Research and Documentation Centre

Centre de recherche et de documentation agricoles

(Haiti)

CRDA

control rod drop accident

CRDA

regional commission for agricultural development

commissariat régional de développement agricole

[There are several such commissions. Use initial

capitals when referring to a particular one.]

(Tunisia)

CRDF

U.S. Civilian Research & Development Foundation

CRDH

control rod drive housing

CRDM

control rod drive mechanism

CRDP

UNDP Chernobyl Recovery and Development

Programme

(UNDP/Ukraine)

CRDS

cavity ring down spectroscopy

CREA

control rod ejection accident

CREDESA

Regional Centre for Development and Health

Centre régional pour le développement et la santé

(Benin)

CREE

Commission for the Regulation of Electricity and

Water Commission de régulation de l'électricité et

de l'eau

(Mali)

CREI

Regional Computer Science Teaching Centre

Centro Regional para la Enseñanza de la

Informática

(Spain)

CREM

Centre for Materials Research and Utilization

Centre de recherche et d'exploitation des matériaux

(Algeria)

CREN-K

Kinshasa Regional Nuclear Research Centre Centre

régional d’études nucléaires de Kinshasa

(Democratic Republic

of the Congo)

CRES

College of Resources and Environmental Sciences (China)

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[This is part of the Nanjing Agricultural University

(NAU).]

CRESA

Specialized Regional Training Centre for

Agriculture Centre régional d'enseignement

spécialisé en agriculture

(Burkina Faso,

Cameroon, Côte

d'Ivoire, Morocco,

Niger)

CRESP

Co-ordinated Research and Environmental

Surveillance Programme

(NEA/OECD)

CRFPR

compact reversed-field pinch reactor

CRG

Centre for Geodynamic Research Centre de

recherches géodynamiques

(France)

CRGM

Research Centre for Geology and Mining Centre de

recherches géologiques et minières

(Democratic Republic

of the Congo)

CRGT

control rod guide tube

CRH

Hydrology Research Centre Centre de recherches

hydrologiques

(Cameroon)

CRI

chronic renal insufficiency

CRI

regional research centre centro regional de

investigación

CRIEPI

Central Research Institute of the Electric Power

Industry

(Japan)

CRIIRAD

Commission for Independent Research and

Information on Radioactivity Commission de

recherche et d’information indépendantes sur la

radioactivité

(France)

CRILA

Circle of Ibero-Latin American Radiotherapists

Círculo de Radioterapeutas Iberolatinoamericanos

[This was incorporated into the Latin American

Association for Radiation Oncology (ALATRO) in

2005.]

CRIP

Common Recognised Information Picture (United Kingdom)

CRISLA

chemical reaction by isotope selective laser

activation

CRISM

"Prometey"

Prometey Central Research Institute of Structural

Materials

(Russian Federation)

CRISP

Comprehensive Review Inspector Software

Package

(Safeguards)

CRL

Chalk River Laboratories (Canada)

CRLCC

regional cancer centre centre régional de lutte

contre le cancer [Write with lower case when used

generically and initial capitals when referring to a

specific centre.]

(France)

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CRM

Certified Records Manager [This is a professional

qualification.]

CRM

certified reference material

CRM

count rate meter

CRM

Manabí Rehabilitation Centre Centro de

Rehabilitación de Manabí

C2RMF

Research and Restoration Centre of the Museums of

France

CRNA

Algiers Nuclear Research Centre Centre de

recherche nucléaire d'Alger

(Algeria)

CRNB

Birine Nuclear Research Centre Centre de

recherche nucléaire de Birine

(Algeria)

CRND

Draria Nuclear Research Centre Centre de

recherche nucléaire de Draria

(Algeria)

CRO

control room operator

CROMAC

Croatian Mine Action Centre Hrvatski centar za

razminiranje

CROS

Site Operations Review Committee Comité de

Revisión de Operaciones en el Sitio [This is part of

the Laguna Verde nuclear power plant.]

(Mexico)

CRP

Centre for Radiation Protection [This was replaced

by the Centre for Radiation Protection and Nuclear

Science (CRPNS).]

(Singapore)

CRP

conference room pilot

CRP

coordinated research project [Note that coordinated

research programme is incorrect.]

(IAEA)

CRP

C reactive protein

CRPA

Canadian Radiation Protection Association

Association canadienne de radioprotection

(Canada)

CRPAA

Centre for Research in Physics Applied to

Archaeology Centre de recherche en physique

appliquée à l'archéologie

(France)

CRPG

Centre for Petrographic and Geochemical Research

Centre de recherches pétrographiques et

géochimiques

(France)

CRPNS

Centre for Radiation Protection and Nuclear

Science [This replaced the Centre for Radiation

Protection (CRP).]

(Singapore)

CRPP

Plasma Physics Research Centre Centre de

recherches en physique des plasmas [This is part of

the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Lausanne

(EPFL).]

(Switzerland)

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CRPPH

Committee on Radiation Protection and Public

Health

(NEA)

CRR

Country Review Report (Convention on

Nuclear Safety)

CRRC

Caribbean Research Reactor Coalition

CRREA

Regional Centre for Environmental and

Agricultural Research Centre régional de

recherches environnementales et agricoles

(Burkina Faso)

CRS

Catholic Relief Services

CRS

chronic radiation sickness

CRS

constant rate of supply

CRS

control room supervisor

CRSC

Secondary Regional Calibration Centre Centro

Regional Secundario de Calibración

(Mexico)

CRSTRA

Centre for Scientific and Technical Research on

Arid Zones Centre de recherche scientifique et

technique sur les régions arides

(Algeria)

CRT

cathode ray tube

CRT

conformal radiation therapy

CRT

conventional radiotherapy

CRTD

Convention on Civil Liability for Damage caused

during Carriage of Dangerous Goods by Road, Rail

and Inland Navigation Vessels

CRU

controlled release urea

CRVOI

Centre for Research and Intelligence on Emerging

Diseases in the Indian Ocean Centre de recherche

et de veille sur les maladies émergentes dans

l’océan Indien

CRWSP

Country Radiation and Waste Safety Profile (IAEA)

caesium

C/S

containment/surveillance (Safeguards)

CSA

Aube Disposal Centre (France)

CSA

climate-smart agriculture

CSA

complementary safety assessment

CSA

comprehensive safeguards agreement

CSA

contractual service agreement (IAEA)

CSAC

calcium sulphoaluminate cement

CSC

Central Security Coordinator (IAEA)

CSC

Civil Service Commission (Philippines

CSC

Collective Security Council [This is Council is of

the Collective Security Treaty Organization

(CSTO).]

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CSC

common staff costs (IAEA)

CSC

Convention on Supplementary Compensation for

Nuclear Damage

CSC

Scientific and Technical Research Centre for

Welding and Inspection Centre de recherche

scientifique et technique en soudage et contrôle

(Algeria)

CSCE

Conference on Security and Co-operation in Europe

[This was replaced by the Organization for Security

and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE).]

CSD

Commission on Sustainable Development (United Nations)

CSDA

continuous slowing down approximation

CSDB

Country Specific Database (IAEA)

CSE

Centre for Science and Environment (India)

CSEN

Advanced Nuclear Research Centre Centro

Superior de Estudios Nucleares

(Peru)

CSF

central storage facility

CSF

cerebro-spinal fluid

CSF

Chernobyl Shelter Fund (EBRD)

CSF

classical swine fever

CSF

critical safety function

CSFSF

Central Spent Fuel Storage Facility (Ukraine)

CSI

Container Safety Initiative (USA)

CSI

criticality safety index

CSIA

compound specific isotope analysis

CSIA

compound specific stable isotope analysis

CSIC

Higher Council for Scientific Research Consejo

Superior de Investigaciones Científicas

(Spain)

CSIR

Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (South Africa)

CSIRO

Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research

Organisation

(Australia)

CSJN

Supreme Court of Justice of the Nation Corte

Suprema de Justicia de la Nación

(Argentina)

CSL

Central Science Laboratory (Australia)

CSL

Comprehensive Separation Laboratory (Islamic Republic of

Iran)

CSM

Monaco Scientific Center Centre Scientifique de

Monaco

CSN

Control of Sources Network (GNSSN)

CSN

Nuclear Safety Council Consejo de Seguridad

Nuclear

(Spain)

CSNI

Committee on the Safety of Nuclear Installations (NEA)

CSNM

Canadian Society of Nuclear Medicine Société

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canadienne de médecine nucléaire (SCMN)

CSNS

China Spallation Neutron Source

CSO

civil society organization

CSO

Committee of Senior Officials [This is a Committee

of the Council of the Baltic Sea States (CBSS).]

CSO

computer security officer

CSocD

United Nations Commission for Social

Development

CSRG

CANDU Senior Regulators Group

CSS

Commission on Safety Standards [This replaced the

Advisory Commission on Safety Standards

(ACSS).]

(IAEA)

CSS

Conference Services Section [part of the Division

of Conference and Document Services (MTCD)]

(IAEA)

CSS

containment spray system

CSS

Coordination and Support Section [There are

several such Sections in the Department of

Safeguards.]

(IAEA)

CSS

Customer Services Section [part of the Division of

Information Technology (MTIT)]

(IAEA)

CSS

Social Security Fund Caja de Seguro Social (Panama)

CSSI

compound specific stable isotope

CSSIN

Higher Council for Nuclear Safety and Information

Conseil supérieur de la sûreté et de l'information

nucléaires

(France)

CST

Council for Science and Technology (United Kingdom)

CSTD

United Nations Commission on Science and

Technology for Development [The acronym

UNCSTD should normally be used in IAEA

documents.]

CSTR

continuously stirred tank reactor

CSSVD

cocoa swollen shoot virus disease

CST

condensate storage tank

CSTO

Collective Security Treaty Organization (Armenia, Belarus,

Kazakhstan,

Kirgyzstan, Russian

Federation and

Tajikistan)

CSW

Commission on the Status of Women (United Nations)

computed tomography

cooling time

CTA

cellulose triacetate

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CTA

computed tomography angiography

CTA

Coordinated Technical Activities [This is a stage of

the International Thermonuclear Experimental

Reactor (ITER) project.]

CTAL

Leprosy Treatment Centre Centre de traitement

anti-lèpre

(Benin)

CTBT

Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty

CTBTO

Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty

Organization

CTC

Cancer Training Centre (IAEA)

CTC

Common Toxicity Criteria (USA)

CTC

computed tomography colonography

CTC

Security Council Committee established pursuant to

resolution 1373 (2001) concerning counter-

terrorism (short form Counter-Terrorism

Committee)

(United Nations)

CTCAE

Common Terminology Criteria for Adverse Events (USA)

CTCRI

Central Tuber Crops Research Institute (India)

CTE

Euratom Technical Committee Comité technique

Euratom

(France)

CTEM

conventional transmission electron microscopy

CTG

Topical Group on Communication and Consultation

with Interested Parties

(ANSN)

CTIF

International Association of Fire and Rescue

Services

CTITF

Counter-Terrorism Implementation Task Force (United Nations)

CTL

cytotoxic T lymphocytes

CTMPS

Navy Technology Center in São Paulo Centro

Tecnológico da Marinha em São Paulo

(Brazil)

CTR

controlled thermonuclear reactor [The same

acronym is used for controlled thermonuclear

reaction.]

CTR

controlled thermonuclear reaction [The same

acronym is used for controlled thermonuclear

reactor.]

CTR

Radiation Technology Centre Centro de Tecnologia

das Radiações [This is part of the Nuclear and

Energy Research Institute (IPEN).]

(Brazil)

CTS

carpal tunnel syndrome

CTS

Chinese Translation Section [part of the Division of

Conference and Document Services (MTCD)]

(IAEA)

CTV

clinical target volume

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CTVM

Centre for Tropical Veterinary Medicine (United Kingdom)

Cairo University (Egypt)

Chulalongkorn University (Thailand)

copper

CUAEPP

Committee on the Use of Atomic Energy for

Peaceful Purposes

(Bulgaria)

CUB

Centrifuge Utility Building bâtiment CUB [This is

part of the Geroges Besse II plant.]

(France)

CUBAENERGIA

Centre for Information Management and Energy

Development Centro de Gestión de la Información

y Desarrollo de la Energía

(Cuba)

CUC

Common User Considerations by Developing

Countries for Future Nuclear Power Plants

(INPRO)

CUDIM

Uruguayan Centre of Molecular Imaging Centro

Uruguayo de Imagenología Molecular

CUGO

University Clinic of Gynaecology and Obstetrics

Clinique universitaire de gynécologie et

d'obstétrique

(Benin)

Cujae

José Antonio Echeverría Higher Polytechnic

Institute Instituto Superior Politécnico José Antonio

Echeverría

(Cuba)

CUNEF

University College of Financial Studies Colegio

Universitario de Estudios Financieros

(Spain)

CUP

cancer of unknown primary origin

CURIHAM

Rosario University Centre for Hydroenvironmental

Research Centro Universitario Rosario de

Investigaciones Hidroambientales

(Argentina)

CUSS

University Centre for Health Sciences Centre

universitaire des sciences de la santé

(Gabon)

coefficient of variation

curriculum vitae

CVAFS

cold vapour atomic fluorescence spectrometer

CVS

CKTI-Vibroseism (Russian Federation)

CVCS

chemical and volume control system

CVD

cardiovascular disease

CVD

Cerenkov viewing device

CVD

chemical vapour deposition

CVG

Venezuelan Guayana Corporation Corporación

Venezolana de Guayana

CVH

Credit Valley Hospital (Canada)

CVL

Central Veterinary Laboratory (Namibia, Yemen)

CVL

copper vapour laser

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CVRI

Central Veterinary Research Institute (Zambia)

clockwise

coastal waters

Collaborative Work (IAEA)

continuous wave

CWC

Convention on the Prohibition of the Development,

Production, Stockpiling and Use of Chemical

Weapons and on their Destruction or Chemical

Weapons Convention

CWF

ceramic waste form

CWH

Central Women's Hospital (Myanmar)

CWP

Country Water Partnership (GWP)

CWP

crop water productivity

CWS

chilled water system

CXRS

charge exchange recombination spectroscopy [The

short form CER spectroscopy is also used.]

Cy3

cyanine 3

cyt B

cytochalasin B

CYTED

Ibero-American Programme of Science and

Technology for Development Programa

Iberoamericano de Ciencia y Technología para el

Desarrollo

CZM

coastal zone management

CZP

cold zero power

CZT

cadmium zinc telluride

deci [prefix for SI and metric units, 10

-1

]

absorbed dose

darcy

deuterium

dalton

deka [prefix for SI and metric units, 10

]

destructive analysis

domoic acid

DAAD

German Academic Exchange Service Deutscher

Akademischer Austauschdienst

DAC

derived air concentration

DAC

Development Assistance Committee (OECD)

DAC

digital to analogue converter

DAC

Directorate for Customer Service Dirección de (Costa Rica)

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Atención al Cliente [This is part of the Ministry of

Health.]

DACCORD

Data Analysis and Collection for Costing of

Research Reactor Decommissioning

(IAEA)

DACST

Department of Arts, Culture, Science and

Technology [This Department was split into the the

Department of Arts and Culture and the Department

of Science and Technology (DST) on 1 August

2002.]

(South Africa)

DAD

diode array detection [The same acronym is used

for diode array detector.]

DAD

diode array detector [The same acronym is used for

diode array detection.]

DAE

Department of Atomic Energy (India, Myanmar)

DAF

delivered at frontier [This Incoterm was replaced in

2010.]

DAFF

Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry (Australia)

DAFWA

Department of Agriculture and Food of the

Government of Western Australia

(Australia)

DALYs

disability-adjusted life years

DAM

Military Applications Directorate Direction des

applications militaires [This is part of the French

Atomic Energy Commission (CEA).]

(France)

DAN

Division of Nuclear Applications Division des

applications nucléaires [This is part of the Algiers

Nuclear Research Centre.]

(Algeria)

DAN

Nuclear Affairs Directorate Dirección de Asuntos

Nucleares [This is part of the Ministry of Energy

and Mines (MEM).]

(Venezuela)

DANIDA

Danish International Development Agency

DaO

Delivering as One (United Nations)

DAO

diamine oxidase

DAP

delivered at place

DAP

dose–area product

DAPF

Directorate for Pasture and Land Management

Direction des aménagements pastoraux et du

foncier [This is part of the Ministry of Animal

Resources.]

(Burkina Faso)

DAPNIA

Department of Astrophysics, Particle Physics,

Nuclear Physics and Associated Instrumentation

Département d'astrophysique, de physique des

particules, de physique nucléaire et

(France)

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d'instrumentation associée [This is part of the

French Atomic Energy Commission.]

DAR

Department of Agricultural Research (Lesotho)

DARPA

Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (USA)

DART

direct analysis in real time

DAS

Administrative Security Department Departamento

Administrativo de Seguridad

(Colombia)

DAS

double-axis spectrometer

DASST

Destructive Analysis Samples Status Tracking (Safeguards)

DAT

delivered at terminal

DAT

distance assisted training

DAT

dopamine transporter

DAtF

German Atomic Forum Deutsches Atomforum e.V.

DATOL

Distance Assisted Training Online (IAEA)

DaTSCAN™

dopamine transporter scan

DAU

Directorate for Town Planning Direction de

l'aménagement urbain

(Monaco)

DAW

United Nations Division for the Advancement of

Women [This merged with three other entities to

form UN Women in July 2010.]

decibel

deep burn

DBA

database administrator

DBA

design basis accident

DBE

design basis earthquake

DBE

design basis event

DBE

German Company for the Construction and

Operation of Waste Repositories Deutsche

Gesellschaft zum Bau und Betrieb von Endlagern

für Abfallstoffe mbH

(Germany)

DBEGM

design basis earthquake ground motion

DBEMIE

design basis external man-induced event

DBEP

Dnieper Basin Environmental Programme

DBF

design basis flood

dBm

decibel referred to 1 milliwatt

DBM

diamondback moth

DBMS

database management system

DBNPP

Daya Bay nuclear power plant (China)

DBO

defined benefit obligation

DBP

defined benefit plan

DBP

disinfection by-product

DBPV

design basis probability value

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DBT

design basis threat

DBT

ductile–brittle transition

DBTC

design basis tropical cyclone

DBTT

ductile–brittle transition temperature

direct current

Dublin Core (Computing)

DCA

dicentric chromosome assay

DCB

double cantilever beam

DCCN

Nuclear Fuel Cycle Division Direcţia Ciclul

Combustibilului Nuclear

(Romania)

DCD

Development Co-operation Directorate (OECD)

DCH

direct containment heating

DCI

death certificate initiated

DCIS

ductal carcinoma in situ

DCLC

drift cyclotron loss cone

DCM

digital camera module

DCM

dilated cardiomyopathy

DCMFEI

Central Store for Irradiated Special Fissionable

Material Depósito Central de Material Fisionable

Especial Irradiado

(Argentina)

DCMS

diode ceiling mount system

DCN

death certificate notified

DCN

Department of Nuclear Sciences Departamento de

Ciencias Nucleares

(Ecuador)

DCN

International Atomic and Molecular Data Centre

Network

(IAEA)

DCN

Nuclear Power Plant Department Direction des

centrales nucléaires [This is part of the French

Nuclear Safety Authority (ASN).]

(France)

DCO

death certificate only

DCom

Communications Directorate Direction de la

communication [This is part of the French

Alternative Energies and Atomic Energy

Commission (CEA).]

(France)

DCP

Department of Chemical Physics [This is part of the

University of Science and Technology of China.]

(China)

DCP/CSC

Central Directorate for Pharmacy and Control of

Chemical Substances Direction centrale de la

pharmacie et du contrôle des substances chimiques

[This is part of the Ministry of Public Health and

Population (MSPP)].

DCR

digitally composited radiograph

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DCS

Central Directorate for Security Direction centrale

de la sécurité [This is part of the French Atomic

Energy Commission.]

DCS

digital control system

DCS

distributed control system

DCT

Document Coordination Team (IAEA)

DCU

Document Coordination Unit [This used to be part

of the Document Support Section (DSS) in the

Division of Conference and Document Services

(MTCD).]

(IAEA)

DCVD

digital Cerenkov viewing device

Danish Decommissioning [This is an institution

under the Ministry of Sciencem Technology and

Innovation.]

(Denmark)

DDA

United Nations Department for Disarmament

Affairs [The acronym UNDDA should normally be

used in IAEA documents.]

DDA technique

differential die-away technique

DDC

direct digital control

DDG

Deputy Director General (IAEA)

DDG-MT

Deputy Director General, Head of the Department

of Management

(IAEA)

DDG-NA

Deputy Director General, Head of the Department

of Nuclear Sciences and Applications

(IAEA)

DDG-NE

Deputy Director General, Head of the Department

of Nuclear Energy

(IAEA)

DDG-NS

Deputy Director General, Head of the Department

of Nuclear Safety Security

(IAEA)

DDG-SG

Deputy Director General, Head of the Department

of Safeguards

(IAEA)

DDG-TC

Deputy Director General, Head of the Department

of Technical Cooperations

(IAEA)

DDGO-SG

Office of the Deputy Director General, Department

of Safeguards

(IAEA)

DDI

Directorate for International Development

Direction du développement international

(France)

DDIC

Daegu Dyeing Industrial Complex (Republic of Korea)

DDP

delivered duty paid

DDR

direct digital radiography

DDREF

dose and dose rate effectiveness factor

DDS

Department Directorate for Health Direction

départementale de la santé

(Benin)

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DDSMS

Department for Development Support and

Management Services [This was replaced in 2001

by the Department of Economic and Social Affairs

(DESA).]

(United Nations)

DDSU

Department, Division, Section, Unit [DDSU codes

are used for example in AIPS.]

(IAEA)

DDT

deflagration to detonation transition

DDT

dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane

DDU

delivered duty unpaid [This Incoterm was replaced

in 2010.]

DEA

Danish Energy Agency

DEA

Department of Environmental Affairs (South Africa)

DEA

diploma of advanced studies diplôme d'études

approfondies [This is a postgraduate diploma taken

before completing a PhD.]

DEA

Directorate for Atomic Energy Dirección de

Energía Atómica

(Bolivarian Republic

of Venezuela

DEAE cellulose

diethylaminoethyl cellulose

DEAP

Department of Parasitic Disease Epidemiology

Département d'épidémiologie des affections

parasitaires

(Mali)

DEAT

Department of Environmental Affairs and Tourism

[This was split into the Department of

Environmental Affairs (DEA) and the Department

of Tourism.]

(South Africa)

DEC

design extension conditions

DECA

Department of Environmental Pollution Research

Departamento de Estudios sobre Contaminación

Ambiental

(Cuba)

DECADES

Databases and Methodologies for Comparative

Assessment of Different Energy Sources for

Electricity Generation

(IAEA)

DECC

Department of Energy and Climate Change (United Kingdom)

DEDE

Department of Alternative Energy Development

and Efficiency [This is part of the Ministry of

Energy.]

(Thailand)

DEE

daily energy expenditure

DEEP

Desalination Economic Evaluation Program (IAEA)

DEER

Directorate for Electricity and Renewable Energies

Direction de l'électricité et des énergies

renouvelables

(Morocco)

DEFRA

Department for Environment, Food and Rural (United Kingdom)

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Affairs

DEGB

double ended guillotine break

DEH

Department of the Environment and Heritage [This

was formerly known as Environment Australia and

was itself replaced on 3 December 2007 by the

Department of the Environment, Water, Heritage

and the Arts.]

(Australia)

DEH

digital electrohydraulic

DEI

Executive Directorate of Revenue Dirección

Ejecutiva de Ingresos

(Honduras)

DEM

Department of Energy and Mines Département de

l'énergie et des mines

(Morocco)

DEM

digital elevation model

DEMA

Danish Emergency Management Agency (Denmark)

DEMO

Demonstrating Performance of Spent Fuel and

Related Storage System Components during Very

Long Term Storage [This is the title of a

coordinated research project.]

(IAEA)

DEMO

demonstration fusion power plant (Nuclear fusion)

DEN

Nuclear Energy Division Direction de l'énergie

nucléaire

DEND

Directorate for Defence-Related Nuclear Expertise

Direction de l'expertise nucléaire de défense [This

is part of the Institute for Radiological Protection

and Nuclear Safety (IRSN).]

(France)

DENR

Department of Environment and Natural Resources (Philippines)

DEP

Nuclear Pressure Equipment Department Direction

des équipements sous pression nucléaires [This is

part of the French Nuclear Safety Authority

(ASN).]

(France)

DEPC

diethylpyrocarbonate

DEPI

Division of Environmental Policy Implementation (UNEP)

DEPROREN

Department for the Protection of Natural

Renewable Resources Departamento de Protección

de los Recursos Naturales Renovables

(Chile)

DEQ

delivered ex quay [This Incoterm was replaced in

2010.]

DER

Reactor Studies Department Département d’études

des réacteurs [This is part of the French Alternative

Energies and Atomic Energy Commission.]

(France)

DERA

Disaster Preparedness and Emergency Response

Association

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DES

Data Encryption Standard

DES

delivered ex ship [This Incoterm was replaced in

2010.]

DES

diethylstilboestrol

DES

dry eye syndrome

DeSa

International Project on Evaluation and

Demonstration of Safety for Decommissioning of

Facilities Using Radioactive Material [A number of

variants were used for the title of this project, which

was initiated in 2004 and completed in 2007.]

(IAEA)

DESA

United Nations Department of Economic and Social

Affairs [The acronym UNDESA should normally

be used in IAEA documents.]

DESAE

Dynamic Energy System — Atomic Energy [This is

a computer code.]

DESD

United Nations Decade of Education for

Sustainable Development, 2005–2014

DESI

desorption electrospray ionization

DESIPA

Department for Economic and Social Information

and Policy Analysis [This was replaced in 2001 by

the Department of Economic and Social Affairs

(DESA).]

(United Nations)

DEST

Department of Education, Science and Training [It

has now ceased to exist - most of its functions were

taken over by the Department of Innovation,

Industry, Science and Research (DIISR).]

(Australia)

DESURCA

Uribante–Caparo Development Desarrollo

Uribante Caparo

(Venezuela)

DETEC

Federal Department of the Environment, Transport,

Energy and Communications Eidgenössisches

Departement für Umwelt, Verkehr, Energie und

Kommunikation

(Switzerland)

DE-TOP

Desalination Thermodynamic Optimization

Program

(IAEA)

DEU

Environment and Emergency Department Direction

de l'environnement et des situations d'urgence [This

is part of the French Nuclear Safety Authority

(ASN).]

(France)

DEXA

dual energy X-ray absorptiometry

decontamination factor

digital fluoroscopy

DFAIT

Foreign Affairs and International Trade Canada

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Affaires étrangères et Commerce international

Canada [In June 2013, this was amalgamated with

the Canadian International Development Agency

(CIDA) to form Foreign Affairs, Trade and

Development Canada (DFATD).]

DFAT

Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (Australia)

DFATD

Foreign Affairs, Trade and Development Canada

[This name is preferred to Department of Foreign

Affairs, Trade and Development.]

DFID

Department for International Development (United Kingdom)

DFR

demonstration fast reactor

DFRS

Directorate for Health Training and Research

Direction de la formation et de la recherche en

santé [This is part of the Ministry of Health.]

(Benin)

DfT

Department for Transport (United Kingdom)

Director General (IAEA)

diesel generator

DGA

General Directorate for Customs Dirección General

de Aduanas

(Argentina, Costa

Rica, Dominican

Republic, El Salvador)

DGA

General Directorate for Water Dirección General

de Aguas

(Chile)

DGAACS

United Nations Department of General Assembly

Affairs and Conference Services [The acronym

UNDGAACS should normally be used in IAEA

documents. This Department is in any case now

called the United Nations Department for General

Assembly and Conference Management

(UNDGACM).]

(United Nations)

DGACM

United Nations Department for General Assembly

and Conference Management [The acronym

UNDGACM should normally be used in IAEA

documents. This Department was previously called

the United Nations Department of General

Assembly Affairs and Conference Services.]

DGASS

Directorate for Guaranteed Access to Health

Services Dirección de Garantía de Acceso a

Servicios de Salud [This is part of the Ministry of

Health.]

(Costa Rica)

DGC

density gradient centrifugation

DGCCRF

General Directorate for Competition, Consumer

Affairs and Fraud Prevention Direction générale de

(France)

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la concurrence, de la consommation et de la

répression des fraudes

DGCTC

General Directorate for Technical and Scientific

Cooperation Dirección General de Cooperación

Técnica y Científica

(Mexico)

DGD

General Directorate for Customs Direction générale

des douanes

(Algeria, Burkina

Faso)

DGE

General Directorate for Energy Dirección General

de Energía

(Guatemala,

Honduras)

DGEG

Directorate General for Energy and Geology

Direcção Geral de Energia e Geologia

(Portugal)

DGEL

General Directorate for Studies and Laboratories

Direction générale des études et laboratoires

(Gabon)

DGEMP

General Directorate for Energy and Raw Materials

Direction générale de l’énergie et des matières

premières

(France)

DGEN

General Directorate for Nuclear Energy Dirección

General de Energía Nuclear

(Guatemala)

DG ENER

Directorate-General for Energy (European

Commission)

DGERH

General Directorate for Energy and Water

Resources Direction générale de l'énergie et des

ressources hydrauliques

(Gabon)

DGF

General Directorate for Forests Direction générale

des forêts

(Algeria)

DGGE

denaturing gradient gel electrophoresis

DGGIA

Directorate for Environmental Management and

Information Dirección General de Gestión e

Información Ambiental [This is part of the National

Institute of Ecology (INE).]

(Mexico)

DGGM

General Directorate for Geology and Mines

Direcção-Geral de Geologia e Minas [This was

replaced by the Geological and Mining Institute

(IGM) in 1993.]

(Portugal)

DGH

General Directorate for Water Resources Direction

générale de l'hydraulique

(Morocco)

DGISS

General Directorate for Health Information and

Statistics Direction générale de l'information et des

statistiques sanitaires

(Burkina Faso

DGLFLF

General Delegation for the French Language and

Languages of France Délégation générale à la

langue française et aux langues de France

(France)

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DGM

Director General’s Meeting (IAEA)

DGMG

General Directorate for Mining and Geology

Direction générale des mines et de la géologie

(Gabon)

DGNAA

delayed gamma neutron activation analysis

DGO

Office of the Director General (IAEA)

DGOC

Director General's Office for Coordination

DGOP

Director General's Office for Policy [The name of

this office was changed to Director General's Office

for Coordination in September 2013.]

(IAEA)

DGPC

Directorate General for Civil Protection Direction

générale de la protection civile

(Algeria, Burkina

Faso, Morocco)

DGPCE

General Directorate for Civil Protection and

Emergencies Dirección General de Protección

Civil y Emergencias

(Spain)

DGPN

General Directorate of the National Police

Direction générale de la police nationale

(Burkina Faso)

DGPR

Directorate General for Risk Prevention Direction

générale de la prévention des risques [This is part

of the Ministry of Ecology, Sustainable

Development and Energy (MEDDE).]

(France)

DGPTD

General Directorate for Promotion and

Technological Development Dirección General de

Promoción y Desarrollo Tecnológico [This is part

of the Peruvian Institute of Nuclear Energy

(IPEN).]

(Peru)

DGR

Dangerous Goods Regulations (IATA)

DGRC

Directorate General for Regulation and Control

Direction générale de la réglementation et du

contrôle

(Mali)

DGRE

General Directorate for Water Resources Direction

générale des ressources en eau

(Tunisia)

DGSA

General Directorate for Environmental Health

Dirección General de Salud Ambiental

(Mexico)

DGSDG

Sectoral General Directorate for Livestock

Development Dirección General Sectorial de

Desarrollo Ganadero

(Venezuela)

DGSN

General Directorate for National Safety Direction

générale de la sûreté nationale

(Algeria)

DGSNR

General Directorate for Nuclear Safety and

Radiation Protection Direction générale de la

sûreté nucléaire et de la radioprotection [This

replaced the Directorate for the Safety of Nuclear

(France)

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Installations (DSIN) in February 2002.]

DGSP

General Directorate for Public Health Direction

générale de la santé publique

(Niger)

DGSV

General Directorate for Plant Health Dirección

General de Sanidad Vegetal

(Mexico)

DGSVA

General Directorate for Plant and Animal Health

Dirección General de Sanidad Vegetal y Animal

[This is part of the Ministry of Agriculture and

Livestock.]

(El Salvador)

DGTCP

General Directorate of the Treasury and Public

Accounting Direction générale du trésor et de la

comptabilité publique

(Benin, Côte d'Ivoire)

DGTIC

General Directorate for Computing and Information

and Communication Technologies Dirección

General de Cómputo y de Tecnologías de

Información y Comunicación [This is part of the

National Autonomous University of Mexico

(UNAM).]

(Mexico)

DGTN

Directorate General for Nuclear Technology

Direction générale des techniques nucléaires

(Gabon)

DG TREN

Directorate-General for Energy and Transport (European

Commission)

Department of Health (United Kingdom)

double haploid

DHA

Department of Health and Ageing (Australia)

DHA

United Nations Department of Humanitarian

Affairs [The acronym UNDHA should normally be

used in IAEA documents. This Department was in

any case replaced by the Office for the

Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs

(UNOCHA).]

DHC

delayed hydride cracking

DHCP

Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (Computing)

DHFR

dihydrofolate reductase

DHI

DHI Water & Environment DHI - Institut for Vand

og Miljø [This was formed in January 2000 by

merging the Danish Hydraulic Institute and VKI -

Institute for the Water Environment.]

(Denmark)

DHPS

dihydropteroate synthetase

DHR

decay heat removal

DHR

Decay Heat Removal System for Liquid Metal

Cooled Reactors [This is an INPRO collaborative

(INPRO)

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project.]

DHRS

decay heat removal system

DHS

demographic and health survey

DHS

Department of Homeland Security (USA)

design information

DIA

Agricultural Research Directorate Dirección de

Investigación Agrícola

(Paraguay)

DIANA

International Workshop on DIspersion Strengthened

Steels for Advanced Nuclear Applications

(SCK•CEN/IAEA)

DIC

dissolved inorganic carbon

DI&C

digital instrumentation and control

DICoD

Defence Information and Communication

Directorate Délégation à l'information et à la

communication de la défense

(France)

DICOM

Digital Imaging and Communications in Medicine

[This is a standards organization.]

DICTA

Directorate for Agricultural Science and

Technology Dirección de Ciencia y Tecnología

Agropecuaria

(Honduras)

DICWG

Digital Instrumentation and Control Working

Group

(OECD/NEA)

DID

defence in depth

DID

double immunodiffusion test

DIE

design information examination (Safeguards)

DIEAF

Agricultural and Forestry Research and Extension

Directorate Dirección de Investigación y Extensión

Agropecuaria y Forestal [This is part of the

Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock.]

(Paraguay)

DIECI

Directorate for European Integration and

International Cooperation Direcţia Integrare

Europeană şi Cooperare Internaţională

(Republic of Moldova)

DIES

Directorate for Health Equipment and

Infrastructures Direction des infrastructures et des

équipements sanitaires [This is part of the Ministry

of Public Health.]

DIfE

German Institute of Human Nutrition Deutsches

Institut für Ernährungsforschung

(Germany)

DIGESA

General Directorate for Environmental Health

Dirección General de Salud Ambiental

(Peru)

DIGESA

General Directorate for Health Dirección General

de la Salud [This is part of the Ministry of Public

Health.]

(Uruguay)

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DIISR

Department of Innovation, Industry, Science and

Research [This Department took over some of the

Department of Industry, Tourism and Resources

(DITR) and the Department of Education, Science

and Training (DEST) when they ceased to exist. It

was subsequently replaced by the Department of

Industry.]

(Australia)

Dijon Conference

International Conference on the Safety of Radiation

Sources and the Security of Radioactive Materials

[14–18 September 1998]

(IAEA)

DIL

derived intervention level

DILAV

Veterinary Laboratories Division División de

Laboratorios Veterinarios [This is part of the

Ministry of Livestock, Agriculture and Fisheries.]

(Uruguay)

DIMS

disorder of initiating and maintaining sleep

DIN

Department of Nuclear Engineering Departamento

de Ingeniería Nuclear [This was part of the Higher

School of Physics and Mathematics (ESFM) of the

National Polytechnic Institute (IPN).]

(Mexico)

DIN

German Institute for Standardization Deutsches

Institut für Normung e.V.

DIN

Nuclear Engineering Division Division Ingénierie

nucléaire [This is part of Électricité de France

(EDF).].

(France)

DINAC

National Directorate for Civil Aeronautics

Dirección Nacional de Aeronáutica Civil

(Paraguay)

DINAMA

National Directorate for the Environment Dirección

Nacional de Medio Ambiente

(Uruguay)

DINAMIGE

National Directorate for Mining and Geology

Dirección Nacional de Minería y Geología

(Uruguay)

DINAPYME

National Directorate for Craftsmen, Small and

Medium-Sized Businesses Dirección Nacional de

Artesanías, Pequeñas y Medianas Empresas

(Uruguay)

DINATEN

National Directorate for Nuclear Technology

Dirección Nacional de Tecnología Nuclear [In May

2004, this was merged with the National Energy

Directorate (DNE) to form the National Directorate

for Energy and Nuclear Technology. The acronym

DINATEN was more widely used. than DNTN.]

(Uruguay)

DIO

Defence Industries Organization (Islamic Republic of

Iran)

DIP

degradable intake protein

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DIQ

design information questionnaire (Safeguards)

DIR

diagnostic and interventional radiology

DIR

digital industrial radiography or digital industrial

radiology

DIRAC

Directory of Radiotherapy Centres (IAEA)

DIRATA

Database on Discharges of Radionuclides to the

Atmosphere and Aquatic Environment

(IAEA)

DIRECTEMAR

General Directorate of the Maritime Territory and

Merchant Marine Dirección General del Territorio

Marítimo y de Marina Mercante

(Chile)

DIS

Directorate for Intelligence and National Security

Dirección de Inteligencia y Seguridad Nacional

(Costa Rica)

DIS

Ionising Radiation and Health Department

Direction des rayonnements ionisants et de la santé

[This is part of the French Nuclear Safety Authority

(ASN).]

(France)

DISIDA

diisopropyliminodiacetic acid

DISN

Innovation and Nuclear Support Division Direction

de l'innovation et du soutien nucléaire [This is part

of the French Alternative Energies and Atomic

Energy Commission (CEA).]

(France)

DISPONET

International Low-Level Waste Disposal Network (IAEA)

DISR

Department of Industry, Science and Resources

[This Department no longer exists. Its functions

were taken over by the Department of Industry,

Tourism and Resources (DITR) and the Department

of Education, Science and Training (DEST).]

(Australia)

DIT

Industrial Activities and Transport Department

Direction des activités industrielles et du transport

[This was part of the French Nuclear Safety

Authority (ASN) but it was replaced by the

Transport and Sources Department (DTS).]

(France)

DITR

Department of Industry, Tourism and Resources [It

has now ceased to exist - most of its functions were

taken over by the Department of Innovation,

Industry, Science and Research (DIISR).]

(Australia)

DIV

design information verification (Safeguards)

DIVP

design information verification plan (Safeguards)

DIW

deionized water

DJC

Directorate for Law and Disputes Direction

juridique et du contentieux [This is part of the

French Alternative Energies and Atomic Energy

(France)

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Commission (CEA).]

DLBCL

diffuse large B-cell lymphoma

DLP

dose length product

DLW

doubly labelled water

dispersion model

double minute [This is a term used in connection

with chromosomes.]

dry matter

DMA

Department of the Environment Departamento de

Medio Ambiente

(Spain)

DMA

direct memory access

DMAIC

define, measure, analyse, improve and control

DMDG

digital microfluidic droplet generation

DMDR

Radioactive Waste Management Department

Departamentul de Management al Deşeurilor

Radioac

(Romania)

DME

Department of Minerals and Energy [In 2009 the

Department was split into the Department of

Energy (DOE) and the Department of Mineral

Resources (DMR).]

(South Africa)

DMF

dose modifying factor or dose modification factor

DMG

Directorate for Mines and Geology Direction des

mines et de la géologie

(Islamic Republic of

Mauritania, Senegal)

DMM

digital multimeter

DMOS

Digital Multi-camera Optical Surveillance System (Safeguards)

DMP

dense magnetized plasma

DMP

Desert Margins Programme (UNEP/ICRISAT)

DMP

Directorate for Medication and Pharmacy Direction

du Médicament et de la Pharmacie

(Morocco)

DMR

Department of Medical Research (Myanmar)

DMR

Department of Mineral Resources (South Africa)

DMRE

Directorate for Water Resources Mobilization

Direction de la mobilisation des ressources en eau

(Algeria)

DMRP

Dosimetry and Medical Radiation Physics Section

[part of the Division of Human Health]

(IAEA)

DMSA

dimercaptosuccinic acid

DMSO

dimethyl sulphoxide

DMW

demineralized water

DMZ

demilitarized zone

DNA

deoxyribonucleic acid

DNAMR

National Directorate for Rural Support Direction

nationale de l'appui au monde rural

(Mali)

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DNB

departure from nucleate boiling

DNBR

departure from nucleate boiling ratio

DNC

delayed neutron counting

DNCN

National Directorate for Nature Conservation

Direction nationale de la conservation de la nature

(Mali)

DNDO

Domestic Nuclear Detection Office (USA)

DNE

National Energy Directorate Dirección Nacional de

Energía [In May 2004, this was merged with the

National Directorate for Nuclear Technology

(DNTN) to form the National Directorate for

Energy and Nuclear Technology.]

(Uruguay)

DNE

National Energy Directorate Direction nationale de

l'énergie

(Mali, Uruguay)

DNEH

National Directorate for Hospitals Direction

nationale des établissements hospitaliers [This is

part of the Ministry of Health.]

(Benin)

DNFSB

Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board (USA)

DNGM

National Directorate for Geology and Mines

Direction nationale de la géologie et des mines

(Mali)

DNH

National Directorate for Hydrography Dirección

Nacional de Hidrografía

(Uruguay)

DNH

National Directorate for Water Resources Direction

nationale de l'hydraulique [This is part of the

Ministry of Mines, Energy and Water.]

(Mali)

DNLEU

depleted, natural and low enriched uranium

DNM

National Directorate for Meteorology Direction

nationale de la météorologie

(Mali)

DNM

National Directorate for Migration Dirección

Nacional de Migraciones

(Argentina)

DNP

National Department of Planning Departamento

Nacional de Planeación

(Colombia)

DNRI

Dalat Nuclear Research Institute [This is part of the

Vietnam Atomic Energy Commission (VAEC).]

(Viet Nam)

DNS

direct numerical simulation

DNS

National Directorate of Health Direction nationale

de la santé

(Mali)

DNS

domain name system

DNSA

Digital National Security Archive (USA)

DNSA

National Directorate for Agrarian Services

Direcção Nacional de Serviços Agrários

(Mozambique)

DNSA

National Directorate for Environmental Health

Dirección Nacional de Salud Ambiental

(Cuba)

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DNSI

National Directorate of Statistics and Information

Direction nationale de la statistique et de

l’informatique

(Mali)

DNSP

National Directorate of Public Health Direction

nationale de la santé publique

(Benin)

DNSR

Directorate of Nuclear Substance Regulation

(Canada)

DNSV

National Directorate for Veterinary Services

Direction nationale des services vétérinaires

Direcção Nacional dos Serviços de Veterinária

(Mali, Mozambique)

DNTN

National Directorate for Nuclear Technology

Dirección Nacional de Tecnología Nuclear [In May

2004, this was merged with the National Energy

Directorate (DNE) to form the National Directorate

for Energy and Nuclear Technology. The acronym

DINATEN was more widely used.]

(Uruguay)

DNV

Det Norske Veritas [In September 2013, DNV

merged with Germanischer Lloyd (GL). The new

company operates under the name of DNV GL.]

deuterium oxide or heavy water

dissolved oxygen

DOAAT

Upstream–Downstream Optimization and Trading

Division Direction Optimisation Amont Aval

Trading [This is part of Électricité de France.]

(France)

DOALOS

Division for Ocean Affairs and the Law of the Sea (United Nations)

DOC

Department of Commerce (USA)

DOC

dissolved organic carbon

DoD

Department of Defense (USA)

DOE

Department of Energy (South Africa, USA)

DOF

degree of freedom

DoH

Department of Health (South Africa)

DOI

digital object identifier

DOL

Dosimetry Laboratory (IAEA)

DOM

Department of Mines [This is part of the Ministry

of Minerals, Energy and Water Affairs.]

(Botswana)

DOM

dissolved organic matter

DON

deoxynivalenol

DOP

dioctylphthalate

DOS

denial of service (Computing)

DOS

disk operating system

DOSS

Directorate for the Organization of Health Services

Direction d'organisation des services de santé

(Haiti)

DOST

Department of Science and Technology (Philippines)

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DPA

Directorate for Ageing Facilities and Cleanup

Direction du patrimoine et de l'assainissement

[This is part of the French Atomic Energy

Commission.]

(France)

dpa

displacement per atom

DPA

diversion path analysis (Safeguards)

DPA

United Nations Department of Political Affairs [The

acronym UNDPA should normally be used in IAEA

documents.]

DPAH

Directorate for Protection of the Human

Environment Dirección de Protección al Ambiente

Humano [This is part of the Ministry of Health.]

(costa Rica)

DPAM

Major Accident Prevention Division Direction de la

prévention des accidents majeurs [This entity has

ceased to exist.]

(France)

DPASV

differential pulse anodic stripping voltametry

DPC

Danish Polar Center Dansk Polarcenter [This

ceased to exist in 2009/]

DPC

Disease Prevention and Control Cluster (WHO)

DPC

DNA–protein cross-link

DPC

dual purpose cask

DPCSD

Department for Policy Coordination and

Sustainable Development [This was replaced in

2001 by the Department of Economic and Social

Affairs (DESA).]

(United Nations)

DPCSV

differential pulse cathodic stripping voltammetry

DPD

discrete probability distribution

DPEA

Department of Accident Prevention and Study

Département de prévention et d’étude des accidents

[This is part of the Institute for Radiological

Protection and Nuclear Safety (IRSN).]

(France)

DPGS

specialized postgraduate diploma diplôme de post-

graduation spécialisée

(Algeria)

DPHD

Department of Human Health Protection and

Dosimetry Département de protection de la santé

de l’homme et de dosimétrie [This Department is

part of the Institute for Radiological Protection and

Nuclear Safety (IRSN).]

(France)

dpi

dots per inch

DPI

dye penetrant inspection

DPI

Production and Engineering Directorate Direction

Production-Ingénierie [This is part of Électricité de

(France)

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France (EDF).]

DPI

United Nations Department of Public Information

[The acronym UNDPI should normally be used in

IAEA documents.]

DPKO

United Nations Department of Peacekeeping

Operations [The acronym UNDPKO should

normally be used in IAEA documents.]

dpm

decade per minute

dpm

disintegrations per minute

DPMED

Directorate for Pharmacy, Medication and

Diagnostic Investigations Direction des

pharmacies, du médicament et des explorations

diagnostiques [This is part of the Ministry of

Health.]

(Benin)

DPM/MT

Directorate for Pharmacy, Medication and

Traditional Medicine Direction de la pharmacie, du

médicament et de la médecine traditionnelle [This

is part of the Ministry of Public Health and

Population (MSPP).]

(Haiti)

DPN

Nuclear Production Division Division Production

Nucléaire [This is part of EDF.]

(France)

DPP

Directorate for Programme Planning and

Forecasting Direction de la programmation et de la

prospective

(Benin)

DPP

document preparation profile (IAEA — Nuclear

Safety)

DPQC

Directorate for the Promotion of Quality and

Handling of Agricultural Products Direction de la

promotion de la qualité et du conditionnement des

produits agricoles

(Benin)

DPRAO

Radioactive Waste State Enterprise (Bulgaria)

DPRK

Democratic People’s Republic of Korea

DPRSN

Department of Radiological Protection and Nuclear

Safety Departamento de Protecção Radiológica e

Segurança Nuclear [This is part of the Nuclear and

Technological Institute (ITN).]

(Portugal)

DPSPE

Directorate for Health Promotion and

Environmental Protection Direction de promotion

de la santé et de protection de l'environnement

(Haiti)

DPV

Crop Production Department Département de la

production végétale [This is part of the University

of Abomey-Calavi.]

(Benin)

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DPVCTRF

Directorate for Plant Protection, Technical Control

and Fraud Suppression Direction de la protection

des végétaux, des contrôles techniques et de la

répression des fraudes

(Morocco)

DPW

DEMO Programme Workshop (IAEA)

DPWH

Department of Public Works and Highways (Philippines)

design qualification

DQSNR

Director for Quality in Nuclear Safety and

Radiation Protection Directeur qualité sûreté

nucléaire et radioprotection [This is an EDF

employee.]

(France)

digital radiography

direct radiography

disaster recovery

DRAM

dynamic random-access memory

DRAMR

Regional Directorate for Rural Support Direction

régionale de l’appui au monde rural

(Mali)

DRB

Disaster Response Branch Complex Emergency

Response Branch [This merged with the Complex

Emergency Response Branch (CERB) to form the

Response Coordination Branch (RCB).]

(UNOCHA)

DRC

Waste, Research Facilities and Fuel Cycle Facilities

Department Direction des déchets, des installations

de recherche et du cycle [This is part of the French

Nuclear Safety Authority (ASN).]

(France)

DRCP

Radiochemistry and Processes Department

Département radiochimie et procédés [This is part

of the French Alternative Energies and Atomic

Energy Commission (CEA).]

(France)

DRCS

Directory of Radioactively Contaminated Sites

DRD

direct reading dosimeter

DRD

Research and Development Division Direction

recherche et développement

(France)

DRD

Research Facilities and Waste Department

Direction des installations de recherche et des

déchets [This was part of the French Nuclear Safety

Authority (ASN) but was replaced by the Waste,

Research Facilities and Fuel Cycle Facilities

Department (DRC).]

(France)

DRDC

Defence Research and Development Canada

DRDR

Directorate for Radiation Protection and

Radioactive Waste Direcţia Radioprotecţie şi

(Romania)

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Deşeuri Radioactive

DRE

digital rectal examination

DREC

Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation

Département des relations extérieures et de la

coopération

(Monaco)

DRF

dose reduction factor

DRH

Directorate for Human Resources Direction des

ressources humaines

(Benin)

DRI

disaster recovery infrastructure

DRI

Directorate for International Relations Direction

des relations internationals [This is part of the

French Alternative Energies and Atomic Energy

Commission (CEA).]

(France)

DRI

International Relations Department Direction des

relations internationales [This is part of the French

Nuclear Safety Authority (ASN).]

(France)

DRiMa

International Project on Decommissioning Risk

Management

(IAEA)

DRIR

Regional Directorate for Industry and Research

Direction régionale de l'industrie et de la recherche

(France)

DRIRE

Regional Directorate for Industry, Research and the

Environment Direction régionale de l'industrie, de

la recherche et de l'environnement

(France)

DRL

diagnostic reference level

DRMP

diagnostic radiology medical physics

DRN

Directorate for Nuclear Reactors Direction des

réacteurs nucléaires [This is part of the French

Atomic Energy Commission.]

(France)

DRP

discrete radioactive particle

DRPH

Directorate for the Radiological Protection of

People Direction de la radioprotection de l’homme

[This is part of the Institute for Radiological

Protection and Nuclear Safety (IRSN).]

(France)

DRR

Dalat research reactor (Viet Nam)

DRR

digitally reconstructed radiograph

DRS

Department of Subatomic Research Département de

recherches subatomiques [This is part of Hubert

Curien Multidisciplinary Institute (IPHC).]

(France)

DRS

Directorate for Radiation Protection and Nuclear

Safety Diretoría de Radioproteção e Segurança

Nuclear [This is part of the National Nuclear

Energy Commission (CNEN).]

(Brazil)

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DRS

Security Research Department Département de

recherches en sécurité [This was part of the former

Institute for Protection and Nuclear Safety (IPSN).]

(France)

DRSP

Regional Public Health Directorate Direction

régionale de la santé publique

(Tunisia)

DRZ

disturbed rock zone

DRZV

Department of Zootechnic and Veterinary Research

Département de recherche zootechnique et

vétérinaire

(Madagascar)

DSA

daily subsistence allowance

DSA

debt sustainability analysis

DSA

deterministic safety analysis

DSA

digital subtraction angiography

DSA

Directorate for Animal Health Direction de la Santé

Animale

(Niger)

DSA

Documented Safety Analysis (USA)

DSAE

Directorate for Nuclear Power Plant Construction (Belarus)

DSARS

Design and Safety Assessment Review Service (IAEA)

DSB

double strand break

DSBN

Directorate for Basic Health and Nutrition

Direction de la santé de base et de la nutrition

[This is part of the Ministry of Helath.]

(Islamic Republic of

Mauritania)

DSCMP

Directorate for Community Health and High Touch

Medicine Direction de la santé communautaire et

de la médecine de proximité [This is part of the

Ministry of Health and the Fight Against AIDS

(MSLS).]

(Côte d'Ivoire)

DSD

detonation shock dynamics

DSD

United Nations Division for Sustainable

Development

DSF

Debt Sustainability Framework (World Bank/IMF)

DSF

Directorate for Family Health Direction de la santé

de la famille

(Haiti)

DSG

Deputy Secretary-General (United Nations)

DSHA

deterministic seismic hazard analysis

DSI

Directorate for Nursing Care Direction des soins

infirmiers

(Haiti)

DSIC

Decision Sciences International Corporation (USA)

DSIN

Directorate for the Safety of Nuclear Installations

Direction de la sûreté des installations nucléaires

[This was replaced by the General Directorate for

Nuclear Safety and Radiation Protection (DGSNR)

(France)

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in February 2002.]

DSIO

Directorate for Nursing and Obstetric Care

Direction des soins infirmiers et obstéricaux [This

is part of the Ministry of Health.]

(Benin)

DSL

digital subscriber line

DSM

demand side management

DSM

Materials Science Division Direction des sciences

et de la matière [This is part of the French

Alternative Energies and Atomic Energy

Commission (CEA).]

(France)

DSME

Directorate for Mother and Child Health Direction

de la santé de la mère et de l'enfant [This is part of

the Ministry of Health.]

(Benin)

DSN

Nuclear Safety Department Departamentul de

Securitate Nucleară

(Romania)

DSNE

Directorate for Health, Nutrition and Education

Direction Santé, nutrition et education [This is part

of the Ministry of National Education and

Professional Training (MENFP).]

(Haiti)

DSOS

digital single camera optical surveillance system (Safeguards)

DSP

diarrhoeic shellfish poisoning

DSP

digital signal processing

DSP

digital signal processor

D-SPECT

dynamic single photon emission computed

tomography

DSR

Department of Radiological Health Departamento

de Salud Radiológica

(Panama)

DSR

Reactor Safety Department Direction de sûreté des

réacteurs [This entity has ceased to exist.]

(France)

DSRL

Dounreay Site Restoration Limited (United Kingdom)

DSRS

Design Safety Review Service (IAEA)

DSRS

disused sealed radioactive source

DSS

decision support system

DSS

Document Support Section [This was part of the

Division of Conference and Document Services

(MTCD). It replaced the Translation Support

Section (TSS) in February 2003 and was replaced in

2011 by the Language Services Support Section.]

(IAEA)

DSS

United Nations Department of Safety and Security

DSSB

Directorate for Basic Health Care Direction des

soins de santé de base

(Tunisia)

DST

Department of Science and Technology [This was (South Africa)

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formed on 1 August 2002 following the splitting up

of the Department of Arts, Culture, Science and

Technology (DACST).]

DSV

Directorate for Veterinary Services Direction des

services vétérinaires [The one in Burkina Faso is

part of the Ministry of Animal Resources and the

one in Senegal is part of the Ministry of Livestock

and Animal Production.]

(Burkina Faso,

Senegal)

DSV

Life Sciences Division Direction des sciences du

vivant [This is part of the French Alternative

Energies and Atomic Energy Commission (CEA).]

(France)

D–T fusion

deuterium–tritium fusion

DTA

differential thermal analysis

DTCD

Department of Technical Cooperation for

Development [This was a former Department of the

United Nations Secretariat.]

(United Nations)

DTCD

Department of Waste Treatment and Conditioning

Research Département d’études du traitement et du

conditionnement des déchets [This is part of the

French Alternative Energies and Atomic Energy

Commission (CEA).]

(France)

DTCE/HP

Directorate for Toxicology, Environmental Control

and Public Hygiene Direction de la toxicologie, du

contrôle de l’environnement et de l’hygiène

publique [This is part of the National Public Health

Laboratory (LNSP).]

(Burkina Faso)

DTHR

delayed-type hypersensitivity reaction

DTI

Department of Trade and Industry [This

Department no longer exists.]

(United Kingdom)

DTI

Technical and Engineering Directorate Direction

Technique et Ingénierie [This is part of the National

Electricity Office (ONE).]

(Morocco)

DTL

drift tube linac

DTM

Designated Team Member (Technical

cooperation)

DTP

desktop publishing

DTP vaccine

diphtheria–tetanus–pertussis vaccine

DTPA

diethylenetriaminepentaacetic acid

DTRA

Defense Threat Reduction Agency (USA)

DTRS

Technical Division for Health Control División

Técnica de Rectoría de la Salud [This is part of the

Ministry of Health.]

(Costa Rica)

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DTS

Transport and Sources Department Direction du

transport et des sources [This is part of the French

Nuclear Safety Authority (ASN).]

(France)

DTU

Technical University of Denmark Danmarks

Tekniske Universitet

depleted uranium

DUG

DEEP Users Group (IAEA)

DUPTN

Directorate for the Peaceful Use of Nuclear

Technology Direction de l'utilisation pacifique des

techniques nucléaires

(Niger)

DUR

dose uptake ratio

DUS

Doppler ultrasonography

DUT

Dalian University of Technology (China)

DVC

dose–volume constraint

DVD

digital versatile disc

DVH

dose–volume histogram

DVM

doctor of veterinary medicine

DVT

deep vein thrombosis

dry weight

DWAF

Department of Water Affairs and Forestry (South Africa)

DWD

German Weather Service Deutscher Wetterdienst

DWG

Denials Working Group

DWH oil spill

Deepwater Horizon oil spill

dysprosium

energy–economy–environment

effective dose

exa [prefix for SI and metric units, 10

]

This refers to France, Germany and the United

Kingdom [In older documentation this group of

countries tended to be referred to as EU3.]

E3+3

This refers to France, Germany, the United

Kingdom plus China, the Russian Federation and

the United States of America

E3/EU+3

This refers to France, Germany, the United

Kingdom, the High Representative of the European

Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy plus

China, the Russian Federation and the United States

of America.

e8 Corporation [This corporation represents the

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leading electricity companies from the G8 States.]

enterprise architecture [The acronym should not

normally be used in IAEA documents.]

European Co-operation for Accreditation

executing agency (GEF)

External Auditor

EAAFRO

East African Agriculture and Forestry Research

Organization

(Kenya, Tanzania,

Uganda)

EAAP

European Federation of Animal Science [This was

previously known as the European Association for

Animal Production.]

EAB

exclusion area boundary

EAC

East African Community (Kenya, Uganda,

United Republic of

Tanzania)

EAC

environmentally assisted cracking

EAC

European Astronaut Centre [This is part of the

European Space Agency (ESA).]

EACA

European Association of Competent Authorities

EACCME

European Accreditation Council for Continuing

Medical Education

(UEMS)

EACMV

East African cassava mosaic virus

EAD

Environmental Affairs Department (Malawi)

EADRCC

Euro-Atlantic Disaster Response Coordination

Centre

(NATO)

EAEA

Egyptian Atomic Energy Authority

EAEC

Eurasian Economic Community [The acronym

EurAsEC shoudl be used in IAEA documents.]

EAES

European Atomic Energy Society

EAEU

Eurasian Economic Union

EAF

energy availability factor

EAG

external audit group [Write with lower case when

used generically and initial capitals when referring

to a specific group.]

(Dosimetry)

EAL

emergency action level

EAMAC

African School of Meteorology and Civil Aviation

École africaine de la météorologie et de l'aviation

civile

(Niger)

EAN

effective atomic number

EAN

European ALARA Network

E&T

education and training

EANLRID

Entrepreneurial Activity Normative and Legal (Kazakhstan)

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Regulation Improvement Division

EANM

European Association of Nuclear Medicine

EANMAT

East African Network for Monitoring Antimalarial

Treatment

EAPC

Euro-Atlantic Partnership Council

EAR

estimated additional resources [This is a category of

uranium resources.]

EAR

European Agency for Reconstruction (European Union)

Early Notification

Convention

Convention on Early Notification of a Nuclear

Accident

(Reproduced in IAEA

document

INFCIRC/335)

EARRC

Eurasia Research Reactor Coalition

EASAC

European Academies' Science Advisory Council

EAS Congress

East Asian Seas Congress (PEMSEA)

EASI

Estimate of Adversary Sequence Interruption (Physical protection)

EAST

Experimental Advanced Superconducting Tokamak (China)

EASY

European Activation System

EATB

European Association of Tissue Banks

electron beam

exploding bridge

EBA

ecosystem-based adaptation

EBASIA

Extrabudgetary Asia Database (IAEA)

EBC

equivalent boron concentration

EBCL

European Biological Control Laboratory [This is

part of the United States Department of Agriculture

(USDA).]

(USA)

EBCT

electron beam computed tomography

EBDC

ethylene bisdithiocarbamate

EBF

electron backscatter factor

EBFGT

electron beam flue gas treatment

EBID

ECOWAS Bank for Investment and Development

[Prior to 1999, this was known as the ECOWAS

Fund.]

EBL

electron beam lithography

EBM

evidence-based medicine

EBMT

European Group for Blood and Marrow

Transplantation

EBNM

European Board of Nuclear Medicine (European Union)

EBP

electron beam processing

EBP

extrabudgetary programme (IAEA)

EBR

experimental breeder reactor (USA)

EBRD

European Bank for Reconstruction and

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Development

EBRT

external beam radiation therapy

EBS

External Based Support (RANET)

EBS

extrabudgetary staff (IAEA)

EBS

Oracle E-Business Suite

EBSS

Earle's balanced salt solution

EBT

electron beam therapy

EBT

external beam therapy [This is also known as

teletherapy.]

EBW

exploding bridgewire

Commission of the European Communities [This is

commonly referred to as the European Commission.

The acronym CEC is not encouraged by the

Commission and should not be used in IAEA

documents.]

electron capture

emerging contaminant

emulsifiable concentrate

Eurocode

European Community [This acronym should not be

confused with the identical acronym for the

European Commission.]

EC6

enhanced CANDU-6 reactor

ECA

Economic Commission for Africa (United Nations)

ECA

European Commission on Agriculture (FAO)

ECA

European Court of Auditors (European Union)

ECA

export credit agency

E-CAP

Framework

Education Capability Assessment and Planning

Framework

(IAEA)

ECAS

Enhancing Capabilities of the Safeguards

Analytical Services

(IAEA)

ECB

European Central Bank (European Union)

ECB dosimeter

ethanol–chlorobenzene dosimeter

ECC

emergency core cooling

ECCAS

Economic Community of Central African States

ECCO

European Cancer Conference

ECCO

European Cancer Organisation [This replaced the

Federation of European Cancer Societies (FECS).]

ECCS

emergency core cooling system

ECD

electron capture detector

ECD

Energy Citations Database (USA)

ECD

ethyl cysteinate dimer

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ECDC

economic cooperation among developing countries

ECDC

European Centre for Disease Prevention and

Control

(European Union)

ECE

Economic Commission for Europe (United Nations)

ECE

electron cyclotron emission

ECF

early conception factor

ECF

early containment failure

ECF

East Coast fever

ECF

Extended Credit Facility (IMF)

ECF

extracellular fluid

ECFC

event and causal factor chart

ECG

Central American School of Geology Escuela

Centroamericana de Geología

(Costa Rica)

ECG

electrocardiogram

ECG

electrocardiography

ECG

Emergency Coordination Group (FAO)

eCG

equine chorionic gonadotropin

ECGLC

Economic Community of the Great Lakes Countries

ECH

electron cyclotron heating

ECHO

Directorate-General for Humanitarian Aid and Civil

Protection

(European

Commission)

ECHO

echocardiogram

ECI

employment cost index (USA)

ECICA

Central School for Industry, Trade and

Administration École centrale pour l'industrie, le

commerce et l'administration

(Mali)

ECIT

East China Institute of Technology

ECLAC

Economic Commission for Latin America and the

Caribbean

(United Nations)

ECLO

Emergency Centre for Locust Operations (FAO)

ECM

enterprise content management

ECMWF

European Centre for Medium-Range Weather

Forecasts

ECN

electrochemical current noise

ECN

electrochemical noise

ECN

Energy Research Centre of the Netherlands

Energieonderzoek Centrum Nederland

ECOSOC

Economic and Social Council (United Nations)

ECOWAS

Economic Community of West African States

ECOWAS Fund

Economic Community of West African States Fund

for Cooperation, Compensation and Development

[In 1999 this became the ECOWAS Bank for

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Investment and Development (EBID).]

ECP

electrochemical corrosion potential

ECP

Electrochemical Plant (Russian Federation)

ECP

estimated critical position

ECR

electron cyclotron resonance

ECRH

electron cyclotron resonance heating

ECRI

[This is not regarded as an acronym, but is the form

that should be used as the name of the agency that

was formerly known as Emergency Care Research

Institute.]

ECS

European Society of Cardiology

ECS

Experts Communication System (CTBTO)

ECSC

European Coal and Steel Community [This was a

predecessor of the European Union.]

(European Union)

ECT

eddy current testing

ECT

emission computed tomography

ECTS

European Credit Transfer and Accumulation

System

(European

Commission)

ECURIE

European Community Urgent Radiological

Information Exchange

(European Union)

ECWA

Environment Centre of Western Australia

EDA

Engineering Design Activities [This is a stage of the

International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor

(ITER) project.]

EDC

eddy diffusion coefficient

EDC

endocrine disrupting chemical

EDC

escalation during construction

EDC

European Documentation Centre (European

Commission)

EDD

European Development Days

EDF

Electricité de France [The French name of this

company is used in English.]

EDF

European Development Fund (European Union)

EDG

electron donating group

EDG

emergency diesel generator

EDI

electronic data interchange

EDIMEC

Mechanical Design Company Empresa de Diseño

Mecánico [This is part of the Ministry of the Sugar

Industry (MINAZ).]

(Cuba)

EDM

electrical discharge machine

EDMS

electronic document management system

EDN

Earth Day Network

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EDP

electronic data processing

EDP

especially designed or prepared items (NSG, Zangger

Committee)

EDQM

European Directorate for the Quality of Medicines

and Health Care

(Council of Europe)

EDRAM

International Association for Environmentally Safe

Disposal of Radioactive Materials

EDRC

Energy and Development Research Centre [The

former Energy and Development Research Centre

and the former Energy Research Institute merged

on 1 January 2004 to form the Energy Research

Centre.]

(South Africa)

EDS

energy dispersive spectroscopy

EDS

European Desalination Society

EDSS

environmental decision support system

EDTA

ethylene diamine tetraacetic acid

EDTMP

ethylenediaminetetramethylene phosphonic acid

EduTA

Education and Training Appraisal (IAEA)

EDXRF

energy dispersive X-ray fluorescence

EDZ

engineering disturbed zone

EEA

European Economic Area (European Union)

EEA

European Environment Agency

EEAFB

Fabio Baudrit Agricultural Experimental Station

Estación Experimental Agrícola Fabio Baudrit

Moreno

(Costa Rica)

EEC

energy–energy correlation

EEC

European Economic Community [This was the

forerunner of the European Union.]

EEDB

Energy and Economic Data Bank (IAEA)

EEDRB

Energy and Environment Data Reference Bank (IAEA)

EEG

electroencephalogram

EEG

electroencephalography

EEHC

Egyptian Electricity Holding Company

EEI

Edison Electric Institute

EEL

essential equipment list

EENS

External Events Notification System (IAEA)

EEPCo

Ethiopian Electric Power Corporation

EE-PSA

external event probabilistic safety analysis

EERRI

Eastern European Research Reactor Initiative

EESC

Santa Catalina Experimental Station Estación

Experimental Santa Catalina

(Ecuador)

EEZ

exclusive economic zone (UNCLOS)

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ejection fraction

EFC

error-forcing context (Nuclear safety)

EFDA

European Fusion Development Agreement (European Union)

EFI

exploding foil initiator

EFIT

elastodynamic finite integration technique

EFIT

European Facility for Industrial Transmutation

EFJ

Environmental Foundation of Jamaica

EFLA

European Food Law Association

EFN

Environmentalists for Nuclear Energy

EFNDT

European Federation for Non-Destructive Testing

EFNUDAT

[The long form European Facilities for Nuclear

Data Measurements is not normally used.]

EFOMP

European Federation of Organisations for Medical

Physics

EFPD

equivalent full power days

EFPW

European Federation for the Protection of Waters

EFPY

effective full power year

EFR

European fast reactor

EFS

emergency feedwater system

EFS

ENERCON Federal Services (USA)

EFSA

European Food Safety Authority

EFT

electronic funds transfer

EFTA

European Free Trade Association

EFTS

electronic fund transfer system

EFTTRA

Experimental Feasibility of Targets for

Transmutation

(France, Germany,

Netherlands)

EFW

emergency feedwater

EFWS

emergency feedwater system

e.g.

for example [The acronym comes from the Latin

exempli gratia.]

EGF

epidermal growth factor

EGFR

epidermal growth factor receptor

EGNRS

Expert Group on Nuclear and Radiation Safety (Council of the Baltic

Sea States)

EGP

graphite–steam power reactor [The acronym is a

transliteration of the Russian acronym.]

(Russian Federation)

EGRAP

Ethiopian Groundwater Resource Assessment

Programme

EGRC

Expert Group on Resource Classification (UNECE)

EGU

European Geosciences Union

oxidation potential or redox potential

EH-41

Office of Environmental Policy and Guidance (USA)

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EHC

electrohydraulic control

EHF

Ebola haemorrhagic fever

EHF

extremely high frequency

EHIP

Hrvoje Požar Energy Institute Energetski institut

Hrvoje Požar

(Croatia)

EHMA

European Health Management Association

EHNRI

Ethiopian Health and Nutrition Research Institute

EHRO-N

European Human Resources Observatory for the

Nuclear Energy Sector

(European

Commission)

EHSG

European Helicobacter Study Group

EHV

extremely high voltage

Energy Institute (United Kingdom)

EIA

Energy Information Administration (USA)

EIA

environmental impact assessment

EIA

enzyme immunoassay

EIA

equine infectious anaemia

EIA Convention

Convention on Environmental Impact Assessment

in a Transboundary Context [This is also known as

the Espoo Convention.]

(United Nations)

EIB

European Investment Bank (EU)

EIER

Rural Equipment Engineering School École

d'ingénieurs de l'équipement rural

(Africa)

EIG

economic interest grouping

EIPPCB

European Integrated Pollution Prevention and

Control Bureau

(European Union)

EIS

electrochemical impedance spectroscopy

EISMV

Inter-State School of Veterinary Sciences and

Medicine École inter-États des sciences et

médecine vétérinaires

(Senegal)

EIT

economy in transition

EITB

electrophoretic immunotransblot

EIU

Economist Intelligence Unit

exajoule

ELA

end loss analyser

ELAT

School for the Control of Tsetse Flies École de lutte

anti tsé-tsé

(Burkina Faso)

ELCI

Environment Liaison Centre International

ELECTRA

European Lead Cooled Training Reactor (Sweden)

ELEM

equine leucoencephalomalacia

ELF

excess lifetime risk

ELFR

European Lead Fast Reactor (Italy/European

Union)

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ELI

enzyme-linked immunoassay

ELISA

enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay

ELM

edge localized mode

ELPA

European Liver Patients Association

ELTE

Section for Electrical Engineering, Instrumentation

and Control Sektion Elektro- und Leittechnik [This

is part of the Swiss Federal Nuclear Safety

Inspectorate (ENSI).]

ELV

extra low voltage

exponential model

EM²

Energy Multiplier Module [This is a new design of

fission reactor.]

EMA

Emergency Management Australia

EMA

Environmental Management Agency (Zimbabwe)

EMBC

European Molecular Biology Conference

EMBL

European Molecular Biology Laboratory

EMBO

European Molecular Biology Organization

Embrapa

Brazilian Agricultural Research Corporation

Empresa Brasileira de Pesquisa Agropecuária

Embrarad

Brazilian Radiation Company Empresa Brasileira

de Radiação [This was acquired by the Brazilian

Sterilization Company (CBE) in 2008.]

EMC

electromagnetic compatibility

EMCAS

Electricity Market Complex Adaptive System

EMCDDA

European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug

Addiction

EMCF

European Monetary Cooperation Fund [This is now

part of the European Central Bank.]

(European Union)

EMERCOM

Ministry of the Russian Federation for Civil

Defense, Emergencies and Elimination of

Consequences of Natural Disasters

EMESCAM

Vitória Santa Casa de Misericórdia Higher

Academy of Science Escola Superior de Ciências

da Santa Casa de Misericórdia de Vitória

(Brazil)

emf

electromotive force

EMF

electromagnetic field

EMG

electromyogram

EMG

electromyography

EMG

United Nations Environment Management Group

EMI

electromagnetic interference

EMI

Mohammadia Engineering School École

Mohammadia d'ingénieurs

(Morocco)

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EMIG

School of Mining, Industry and Geology École des

mines, de l'industrie et de la géologie

(Niger)

EMINWA

Environmentally Sound Management of Inland

Waters

(UNEP)

EMIS

electromagnetic isotope separation

EMIS

electromagnetic isotope separator

EMIS

Equipment Management Information System (IAEA)

EmONC

emergency obstetric and newborn care

EMP

electromagnetic pulse

EMP

Military Polytechnic School École militaire

polytechnique

(Algeria)

EMPA

Euro–Mediterranean Parliamentary Assembly (EU)

EMPRES

Emergency Prevention System for Transboundary

Animal and Plant Pests and Diseases

(FAO)

EMPRES Food

Safety

Emergency Prevention System for Food Safety (FAO)

EMPROMEC

Mechanical Production Company Empresa de

Producciones Mecánicas

(Cuba)

EMR

electron magnetic resonance

EMR

electronic medical record

EMR

emergency medical responder

EMRAS

Environmental Modelling for Radiation Safety

[This project replaced the project Biosphere

Modelling and Assessment (BIOMASS).]

(IAEA)

EMRC

Energy and Minerals Regulatory Commission (Jordan)

EMRO

WHO Regional Office for the Eastern

Mediterranean

EMS

emergency medical services

EMS

environmental monitoring system

EMS

ethyl methanesulphonate

EMS

European Macroseismic Scale [This replaced the

Medvedev, Sponheuer, Karnik scale (MSK scale).]

EMS

European Monetary System

EmS Guide

Emergency Response Procedures for Ships

Carrying Dangerous Goods

(IMO)

EMSNE

European Master of Science in Nuclear Engineering (ENEN Association)

EMVT

Department of Livestock and Veterinary Medicine

in Tropical Countries Département élevage et

médecine vétérinaire tropicale [This was previously

called the Institute for Livestock and Veterinary

Medicine in Tropical Countries (IEMVT).]

(CIRAD)

EMWG

Economic Modelling Working Group (GIF)

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electrochemical noise

ENA

National School of Agriculture of Meknes École

nationale d'agriculture de Meknès

(Morocco)

ENAC

Early Notification and Assistance Conventions

Website [This was replaced by the Unified System

for Information Exchange in Incidents and

Emergencies (USIE).]

(IAEA)

ENAC

National Accreditation Body Entidad Nacional de

Acreditación

(Spain)

ENAC

National Pipeline Company Entreprise nationale

des canalisations

(Algeria)

ENAC

School of Architecture, Civil and Environmental

Engineering Faculté de l'environnement naturel,

architectural et construit [This is part of the Swiss

Federal Institute of Technology Lausanne (EPFL).]

(Switzerland)

ENAPU

National Port Company Empresa Nacional de

Puertos

(Peru)

ENATOM

Emergency Notification and Assistance Technical

Operations Manual

(IAEA)

EnBW

Energie Baden-Württemberg (Germany)

ENCR

European Network of Cancer Registries (European

Commission)

ENDE

Unit for Non-destructive and Structural Testing

Activities Unidad de Actividad de Ensayos No

Destructivos y Estructurales

(Argentina)

ENDF

Evaluated Nuclear Data File

ENDOR

electron nuclear double resonance

ENDVER

ENDF File Verification Support Package (IAEA)

ENEA

Italian National Agency for New Technologies,

Energy and the Environment Ente per le Nuove

Tecnologie, l’Energia e l’Ambiente [This was

replaced in 2009 by the Italian National Agency for

New Technologies, Energy and Sustainable

Economic Development (ENEA).]

(Italy)

ENEA

Italian National Agency for New Technologies,

Energy and Sustainable Economic Development

Agenzia nazionale per le nuove tecnologie,

l’energia e lo sviluppo economico sostenibile [In

2009, this replaced the earlier Italian National

Agency for New Technologies, Energy and the

Environment (ENEA).]

(Italy)

ENEC

Emirates Nuclear Energy Corporation (United Arab

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Emirates)

ENEE

National Electricity Company Empresa Nacional de

Energía Eléctrica

(Honduras)

ENEF

European Nuclear Energy Forum

Enel

National Electricity Board Ente Nazionale per

l’Energia Elettrica

(Italy)

ENELA

European Nuclear Energy Leadership Academy

ENEN

European Nuclear Engineering Network [This has

been renamed European Nuclear Education

Network or ENEN Association.]

ENEN

Association

European Nuclear Education Network [This was

formerly known as the European Nuclear

Engineering Network..]

ENERGOATOM

National Nuclear Energy Generating Company

ENERGOATOM

(Ukraine)

ENESA

National School for Livestock Production and

Animal Health École nationale de l'élevage et de la

santé animale

(Burkina Faso)

ENETRAP

European Network on Education and Training in

Radiological Protection

(European Union)

ENF

Event Notice Form (IAEA)

ENFSI

European Network of Forensic Science Institutes

ENGDA

Ethiopian National Groundwater Database

ENHSR

encapsulated nuclear heat source reactor (USA)

ENI

National Engineering School École nationale

d'ingénieurs

(Mali)

ENIIAB

Benin National School of Nurses and Nursing

Assistants Ecole nationale des infirmiers et

infirmières adjoints du Bénin

ENIM

National School for the Mining Industry École

nationale de l'industrie minérale [This was replaced

in January 2014 by the Higher National School of

Mines of Rabat (ENSMR).]

(Morocco)

ENIS

National Engineering School of Sfax École

nationale d'ingénieurs de Sfax

(Tunisia)

ENISA

European Network and Information Security

Agency

(European Union)

ENISS

European Nuclear Installations Safety Standards

ENIT

National Engineering School of Tunis École

nationale d'ingénieurs de Tunis

(Tunisia)

ENM

electrochemical noise measurement

ENMOD

Convention on the Prohibition of Military or Any

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Convention

Other Hostile Use of Environmental Modification

Techniques

ENMV

National School of Veterinary Medicine École

nationale de médecine vétérinaire

(Tunisia)

ENN

Emergency Nutrition Network (United Kingdom)

ENO

electronic networking and outreach (Nuclear Safety)

ENP

European Neighbourhood Policy (European Union)

ENP

National Port Authority Empresa Nacional

Portuaria

(Honduras)

ENPEP

Energy and Power Evaluation Program (USA)

Enresa

National Company for Radioactive Waste Empresa

Nacional de Residuos Radiactivos [This long form

no longer appears to be used.]

(Spain)

ENRRA

Egyptian Nuclear and Radiological Regulatory

Authority

ENS

European Nuclear Society

ENSA

[This is not regarded as an acronym, but is the form

that should be used as the company’s name.]

(Spain)

ENSA

Higher National School of Agriculture École

nationale supérieure d'agriculture

(Senegal)

ENSAE

Paris Graduate School of Economics, Statistics and

Finance Grande école de l’économie, de la

statistique et de la finance

(France)

ENSAT

National Higher School of Agronomy of Toulouse

École nationale supérieure agronomique de

Toulouse

(France)

ENSCP

National Graduate School of Chemistry — Paris

École nationale supérieure de chimie de Paris

(France)

ENSDF

Evaluated Nuclear Structure Data File

ENSI

Swiss Federal Nuclear Safety Inspectorate

Eidgenössiches Nuklear-Sicherheitinspektorat

(Switzerland)

ENSMR

Higher National School of Mines of Rabat École

nationale supérieure des mines de Rabat

(Morocco)

ENSO

El Niño Southern Oscillation

ENSP

National School for Public Health École nationale

de santé publique

(Islamic Republic of

Mauritania)

ENSRA

European Nuclear Security Regulators' Association

ENSREG

European Nuclear Safety Regulators Group (European

Commission)

ENSTTI

European Nuclear Safety Training and Tutoring

Institute

ENSV

National Veterinary Higher School École nationale (Algeria)

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vétérinaire

ENT

ear, nose and throat

ENTC

Esfahan Nuclear Technology Centre (Islamic Republic of

Iran)

ENTRAC

[ENTRAC stands for "electronic nuclear training

catalogue", but this long form is not normally used.]

(IAEA)

ENTSO-E

European Network of Transmission System

Operators for Electricity

ENU

National Uranium Company Empresa Nacional de

Urânio

(Portugal)

ENUN

Ensa Universal Cask

ENV

Environmental Impact Benchmarking Applicable

for Nuclear Energy Systems under Normal

Operation [This is the title of an INRPO

collaborative project.]

(IAEA)

ENVIRONET

Network on Environmental Management and

Remediation

(IAEA)

ENV-PE

Environmental Impact of Potential Accidental

Releases from Nuclear Energy Systems

(IAEA)

EOC

emergency operations centre

EOCs

emerging organic contaminants

EOC

end of cycle

EOF

emergency operations facility

EOG

electrooculogram

EOL

end of life (Nuclear power)

EOP

emergency operating procedure

EOPs

emerging organic pollutants

EOR

enhanced oil recovery

EORTC

European Organisation for Research and Treatment

of Cancer

EOS

Earth observation satellite

EOSS

electro-optical sealing system

emergency planning

European Parliament (European Union)

EPA

Environmental Protection Agency (USA, Yemen)

EPA

Environmental Protection Authority (Australia)

EPAC

Polytechnic School of Abomey-Calavi Ecole

polytechnique d'Abomey-Calavi

(Benin)

EPB Asia

Extrabudgetary Programme on the Safety of

Nuclear Installations in South East Asia, Pacific and

Far East Countries

(IAEA)

EPC

engineering, procurement and construction

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EPCG

Montenegrin Electric Enterprise Elektroprivreda

Crne Gore

EPD

electronic personal dosimeter

EPD

epidemic-prone disease

EPD

extended planning distance

EPDC

Electric Power Development Company [This is

more commonly referred to as J-POWER.]

(Japan)

EPE

Energy Research Company Empresa de Pesquisa

Energética

(Brazil)

EPF

early pregnancy factor

EPFL

Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Lausanne

École polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne

EPGR

encapsulation plant and geological repository

EPI

Earth Policy Institute

EPI

echo planar imaging

EPI

Expanded Programme on Immunization (UNICEF)

EPIC

Cancer Prevention and Information Centre Centre

de prévention et d'information sur le cancer

(Tunisia)

EPID

electronic portal imaging device

EPIX system

Equipment Performance and Information Exchange

system

(USA)

EPLD

erasable programmable logic device

EPN

electrochemical potential noise

EPN

National Polytechnic School Escuela Politécnica

Nacional

(Ecuador)

EPnet

Emergency Preparedness Network (IAEA)

EPO

electronic purchase order

EPO

European Patent Office [This is the executive body

of the European Patent Organisation.]

EPO

European Patent Organisation [To avoid confusion

with the European Patent Office, if reference is

made in IAEA documents to the Organisation, the

full term should be used not the acronym.]

EPOCA

European Project on Ocean Acidification

EPOLA

epoxidized palm oil acrylate

EPP

emergency planning and preparedness

EPPO

European and Mediterranean Plant Protection

Organization

EPPUNE

Expanded Programme of Public Understanding of

Nuclear Energy

(IAEA)

EPQ

Quetzal Port Company (Guatemala)

EPR

electron paramagnetic resonance

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EPR

emergency preparedness and response

EPR effect

enhanced permeability and retention effect

EPR reactor

This is now the name of the reactor that was

previously referred to as the European pressurized

water reactor and the evolutionary power reactor.

EPREG

Emergency Preparedness and Response Expert

Group

(IAEA)

EPREV

Emergency Preparedness Review [This service was

integrated into the Integrated Regulatory Review

Service (IRRS).]

(IAEA)

EPRI

Electric Power Research Institute (USA)

EPRI

electron paramagnetic resonance imaging

EPRIMS

Emergency Preparedness and Response Information

Management System

(IAEA)

EPROM

erasable programmable read-only memory

e-PRPV

Enlargement and Sustainability of the Plant

Protection Network

(Indian Ocean

Commission)

EPRS

Emergency Preparedness and Response Section

[part of the Division of Radiation, Transport and

Waste Safety (NSRW).]

(IAEA)

EPRTG

Topical Group on Emergency Preparedness and

Response

(ANSN)

EPRU

Emergency Preparedness and Response Unit [This

was replaced in 2003 by the Emergency

Preparedness and Response Section (EPRS).]

(IAEA)

EPS

emergency power system

EPS

emergency protection system

EPS

encapsulated PostScript

EPS

European Physical Society

EPS

expressed prostatic secretion

EPS3

Encapsulated Product Store 3 (United Kingdom)

EPSS

Nuclear Security Electronic Programme Support

System

(IAEA)

EPU

extended power uprate

EPZ

emergency planning zone

environmental qualification

equipment qualification

EQA

external quality assurance

EQUAL

ESTRO Quality Assurance Laboratory

environmental remediation

erbium

endoscopic resection

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environmental remediation

oestrogen receptor [Note the abbreviation is based

on the US spelling of estrogen and that the

abbreviation OR does not appear to be used.]

ERA

Energy Resources of Australia Ltd.

ERA-EDTA

European Renal Association - European Dialysis

and Transplant Association

ERC

Emergency Response Centre (IAEA)

ERC

Emergency Relief Co-ordinator (United Nations)

ERC

Energy Research Centre [The former Energy and

Development Research Centre and the former

Energy Research Institute merged on 1 January

2004 to form the Energy Research Centre.]

(South Africa)

ERCP

endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography

ERD

elastic recoil detection

ERDA

elastic recoil detection analysis

ERDS

European Reliability Data System (Joint Research

Centre)

EREF

Eagle Rock Enrichment Facility (USA)

ERF

emergence and release facility (sterile insect

technique)

ERF

emergency response framework

ERF

Equipment Replacement Fund (IAEA)

ERF

Event Rating Form (IAEA — INES)

ERFIS

Emergency Response Facility Information System (USA)

ERG

Event Review Group (IAEA)

ERGO

Environmental Research Group Oxford (United Kingdom)

ERI

Education Research Institute (Islamic Republic of

Iran)

ERI

Energy Research Institute [The former Energy and

Development Research Centre and the former

Energy Research Institute merged on 1 January

2004 to form the Energy Research Centre.]

(South Africa)

ERICA

Environmental Risk from Ionising Contaminants:

Assessment and Management

(European Union)

ERI RAS

Energy Research Institute of the Russian Academy

of Sciences

(Russian Federation)

ERL

emergency reference level

ERL

Energy Recovery Linac (USA)

ERM

Emergency Response Manager (IAEA)

ERM

enterprise risk management

ERNA

Office for Emergency Response to Nuclear (WMO)

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Accidents

ERNET

Emergency Response Network [This was replaced

in 2006 by the Response Assistance Network

(RANET).]

(IAEA)

erbium oxide

ERP

enterprise resource planning

ERP

Europe Regional Profile (IAEA)

ERPA

Ethiopian Radiation Protection Authority

ERPC

Estonian Radiation Protection Centre [In 2009 this

was merged into the Environmental Board and

renamed Radiation Safety Department.]

ERPS

enterprise resource planning system

ERS

Emergency Response System (IAEA)

ERU

Emergency Response Unit [This has been replaced

by the Incident and Emergency Response Unit and

the acronym is no longer used.]

(IAEA)

ERU

enriched reprocessed uranium

ERW

enhanced radiation weapon

einsteinium

environmental sampling

ESA

European Space Agency

ESA

Euratom Supply Agency (Euratom)

ESARDA

European Safeguards Research and Development

Association

ESBWR

economic simplified boiling water reactor [This was

formerly known as the European simplified boiling

water reactor.]

ESCAP

Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the

Pacific

(United Nations)

ESCB

European System of Central Banks

ESCP

Extended Storage Collaboration Program (USA)

ESCWA

Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (United Nations)

ESD

Euratom Safeguards Directorate (European Union)

ESF

engineered safety feature

ESF

European Science Foundation

ESFAS

engineered safety feature actuation system

ESFM

Higher School of Physics and Mathematics Escuela

Superior de Física y Matemáticas

(Mexico)

ESFRI

European Strategy Forum on Research

Infrastructures

(European Union)

ESI

electrospray ionization

ESIQIE

Higher School of Chemical Engineering and the (Mexico)

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Mining Industries Escuela Superior de Ingeniería

Química e Industrias Extractivas

ESKID

Unified State System for Control and Accounting of

Individual Radiation Doses

(Russian Federation)

ESL

Environmental Sample Laboratory [part of the

Office of Safeguards Analytical Services (SGAS)]

(IAEA)

ESMAP

Energy Sector Management Assistance Program

ESMF

Equipment Storage and Maintenance Facility (CTBTO)

ESMO

European Society for Medical Oncology

ESMP

European School of Medical Physics

ESNII

European Sustainable Nuclear Industrial Initiative (European Union)

ESO

European Standards Organization

ESP

early site permit (USA)

ESP

electrostatic precipitator

ESP

exchangeable sodium percentage

ESP

Higher Polytechnic School Ecole supérieure

polytechnique

(Senegal)

ESPC

first-contact health facility établissement sanitaire

de premier contact

(Côte d'Ivoire)

ESPE

Army Polytechnic School Escuela Politécnica del

Ejército

(Ecuador)

ESPOL

Coastal Advanced Polytechnic Academy Escuela

Superior Politécnica del Litoral

(Ecuador)

Espoo Convention

Convention on Environmental Impact Assessment

in a Transboundary Context [This is also known as

the EIA Convention.]

(United Nations)

ESPR

Higher Academy for Protocol and Institutional

Relations Escuela Superior de Protocolo y

Relaciones Institucionales

(Spain)

ESR

early site review (USNRC)

ESR

early stage researcher

ESR

electron spin resonance

ESR

erythrocyte sedimentation rate

ESR

European Society of Radiology

ESR

Institute of Environmental Science and Research (New Zealand)

ESRI

Environmental Systems Research Institute

ESRF

European Synchrotron Radiation Facility

ESRS

Engineering Safety Review Service [This service is

now obsolete.]

(IAEA)

ESS

Engineering Safety Section (IAEA)

ESS

Epworth Sleepiness Scale

ESS

European Spallation Source

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ESSA

Higher School of Agronomic Sciences École

supérieure des sciences agronomiques

(Madagascar)

EST

Eastern Standard Time

ESTA

Ethiopian Science and Technology Agency

ESTC

Ethiopian Science and Technology Commission

ESTHER

Network for Therapeutic Solidarity in Hospitals

Ensemble pour une solidarité thérapeutique

hospitalière en réseau

(France)

ESTRO

European Society for Radiotherapy and Oncology

ESU

Enterprise Systems Unit [This is part of the

Infrastructure Services Section in the Division of

Information Technology (MTIT).]

(IAEA)

ESW

essential service water

ESWP

essential service water pump

ESWS

essential service water system

embryo transfer

event tree

ETA

estimated time of arrival

ETA

European Thyroid Association

ETA

event tree analysis

ETAP

Tunisian Enterprise for Petroleum Activities

Entreprise tunisienne d'activités pétrolières

EtBr

ethidium bromide

ETC

Education and Training Committee (ESTRO)

ETC

Enrichment Technology Company (United Kingdom)

ETD

European Transmutation Demonstration

ETDE

Energy Technology Data Exchange (IEA)

ETEX

European Tracer Experiment (EC/WMO/IAEA)

ETF

electronic transfer of funds

ETH Zürich

Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zürich

Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule Zürich

ETL

Extract, Transform and Load (Computer science)

ETM

easy to measure

ETP

Energy Technology Perspectives (International Energy

Agency)

ETR

Engineering Test Reactor (USA)

ETR

event topic report

ETReS

Education and Training Review Service (ANSN

ETRR-2

Egyptian Testing Research Reactor-2

ETS

English Translation Section [part of the Division of

Conference and Document Services (MTCD)]

(IAEA)

ETS

emission trading scheme [Write with lower case

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when used generically and initial capitals when

referring to a specific scheme.]

ETSG

Education and Training Support Group (IAEA)

ETSHER

School for Higher Technicians of Water and Rural

Equipment École des techniciens supérieurs de

l'hydraulique et de l'équipement rural

(Africa)

ETSI

European Telecommunications Standards Institute

ETSON

European Technical Safety Organisations Network

ETSSI

Higher Technical School for Industrial Engineers

Escuela Técnica Superior de Ingenieros

Industriales

(Spain)

ETT

exercise treadmill test

ETTG

Topical Group on Education and Training (ANSN)

ETU

ethylene thiourea

europium

European Union

EU3

This refers to France, Germany and the United

Kingdom. [In more recent documentation these

countries tend to be referred to as E3.]

EÜAŞ

Electricity Generation Company Elektrik Üretim

A.Ş.

(Turkey)

EUCARPIA

European Association for Research on Plant

Breeding

EUCG

[This is not regarded as an acronym, but is the form

that should be used as the company’s name. The

company name used to be Electric Utility Cost

Group.]

EudraLex

Rules Governing Medicinal Products in the

European Union

(EU)

EUETIB

Barcelona College of Industrial Engineering Escola

Universitària d'Enginyeria Tècnica Industrial de

Barcelona

(Spain)

EU ETS

European Union Emissions Trading System

EUMETSAT

European Organisation for the Exploitation of

Meteorological Satellites

EUNICE

EU Network for Information on Cancer (European Union)

EUP

enriched uranium product

EUPP

Enriched UO

Powder Plant (Islamic Republic of

Iran)

EUR

European Utility Requirements

EURADOS

European Radiation Dosimetry Group

EURAMET

European Association of National Metrology

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Institutes

EURASC

European Advisory Safety Committee for Research

Reactors

EurAsEC

Eurasian Economic Community

Euratom

European Atomic Energy Community (EU)

EURDEP

European Union Radiological Data Exchange

Platform

EURIDICE

European Underground Research Infrastructure for

Disposal of Nuclear Waste in a Clay Environment

(Belgium)

EURLMB

European Union Reference Laboratory for Marine

Biotoxins

(European Union)

EURO

WHO Regional Office for Europe

EurOcean

European Centre for Information on Marine Science

and Technology

EUROCONTROL

European Organisation for the Safety of Air

Navigation

EUROMET

[This was used as the full name of the organization

not as an abbrevation. As of 1 July 2007 it was

replaced by the European Association of National

Metrology Institutes (EURAMET).]

(European Union)

EUROPART

European Research Programme for the Partitioning

of Minor Actinides [The acronym IP EUROPART

is also used.]

EuropeAid

EuropeAid Co-operation Office [In January 2011

this was merged with the Directorate-General for

Development and Relations with ACP States to

form the Directorate General for Development and

Cooperation — EuropeAid.]

(European

Commission)

Europol

European Police Office (European Union)

EURORAI

European Organisation of Regional External Public

Finance Audit Institutions

EUROSAI

European Organisation of Supreme Audit

Institutions [This is one of the seven Regional

Working groups of the International Organization

of Supreme Audit Institutions (INTOSAI).]

EUROTRANS

European Research Programme for the

Transmutation of High Level Nuclear Waste in an

Accelerator Driven System [The acronym IP

EUROTRANS is also used.]

EURT

Eastern Ural Radioactive Trace

EUSC

European Union Satellite Centre (European Union)

EUSIDIC

European Association of Information Services

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EUTERP

Foundation

European Training and Education in Radiation

Protection Foundation

EUTM

University School of Medical Technology Escuela

Universitaria de Tecnología Médica

(Ecuador)

EUV

extreme ultraviolet

electronvolt [Unit of energy]

EVD

Ebola virus disease

EVMS

Earned Value Management System

EVN

Vietnam Electricity

EVTRAM

Events in the Transport of Radioactive Material (IAEA database)

exempt waste [This is one of the classes of waste

proposed by the IAEA.]

EWERMS

early warning environmental radiation monitoring

system

EWG

electron withdrawing group

EWG

electronic working group

EWN

Energiewerke Nord (Germany)

EWS

early warning system

EWTEC

Ethiopian Water Technology Center

EXAFS

extended X-ray absorption fine structure

EXFOR

Experimental Nuclear Reaction Data

EXPO

Office of External Relations and Policy

Coordination [this office reports directly to the

Director General]

(IAEA)

EXTRAM

Radiation Exposures Resulting from the Transport

of Radioactive Material [This is a database.]

(IAEA)

EXW

ex works

farad [SI unit of electrical capacitance]

femto [prefix for SI and metric units, 10

-15

]

thermal utilization factor

fluorine

Facility Attachment (Safeguards)

FAAS

flame atomic absorption spectrometry

FAB

Benin Armed Forces Forces armées béninoises

FAB

Financial Audit Board (ITER Organization)

FAC

flow accelerated corrosion

FAC

Foreign Affairs Canada [In 2006 this merged with

International Trade Canada (ITCan) to form

Foreign Affairs and International Trade Canada

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(DFAIT).]

FaCEN

Faculty of Exact and Natural Sciences Facultad de

Ciencias Exactas y Naturales [This is part of the

National University of Asuncion.]

(Paraguay)

FaCT

Fast Reactor Cycle Technology Development (Japan)

FACT

Fukushima Accident Coordination Team (IAEA)

FAD

flavin–adenine dinucleotide

FADeC

Fund to Support Community Development Fonds

d'appui au développement des communes

(Benin)

FAF

Forum for Atomic Affairs Forum für Atomfragen (Austria)

FAFA

Financial and Administrative Framework

Agreement between the European Community,

represented by the Commission of the European

Communities and the United Nations

FAFICS

Federation of Associations of Former International

Civil Servants

(United Nations)

FAL

Facilitation Committee (IMO)

FAL

Federal Agricultural Research Centre

Bundesforschungsanstalt für Landwirtschaft [This

Centre ceased to exist in 2008.]

(Germany)

FALP

Arturo López Pérez Foundation Fundación Arturo

López Pérez

(Chile)

FAMPO

Federation of African Medical Physics

Organisations

FAMVE

Faculty of Agronomy and Veterinary Medicine

Faculté d'agronomie et de médecine vétérinaire

[This is part of the State University of Haiti.]

(Haiti)

FANC

Federal Agency for Nuclear Control Federaal

Agentschap voor Nucleaire Controle or Agence

fédérale de côntrole nucléaire

(Belgium)

FANES

Nuclear Fuel and Fuel Cycle Analysis for Future

Nuclear Energy Systems

(IAEA)

FANLYC

Friends of Children with Leukaemia and Cancer

Foundation Fundación Amigos del Niño con

Leucemia y Cáncer

(Panama)

FANP

Framatome ANP [In 2006 this became AREVA

NP.]

FANR

Federal Authority for Nuclear Regulation (United Arab

Emirates)

FAO

Food and Agriculture Organization of the United

Nations

FAPESP

State of São Paulo Research Foundation Fundação (Brazil)

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de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo

FAR

Field Activity Reporting (Safeguards)

FARENA

Faculty of Natural Resources and the Environment

Facultad de Recursos Naturales y del Medio

Ambiente [This is part of the National Agricultural

University (UNA).]

(Nicaragua)

FAS

Finance and Accounting Section (IAEA)

FAS

Financial Audit Subcommittee (INTOSAI)

FAS

Federation of American Scientists (USA)

FaSa

International Project on Use of Safety Assessment

in Planning and Implementation of

Decommissioning of Facilities using Radioactive

Material

(IAEA)

FASF

Faculty of Agricultural Sciences and Food (The Former Yugoslav

Republic of

Macedonia)

FASSET

Framework for Assessment of Environmental

Impact

(European Union)

FAST-EE

Fault Sequence Tool for Extreme Events (IAEA)

FAT

Field Assistance Team

FAT

fluorescent antibody test

FATF

Financial Action Task Force

FAVT

Federal Air Transport Agency (Russian Federation)

FBC

fluidized bed combustion

FBC

Fourah Bay College (Sierra Leone)

FBC

full blood count

FBF

fluidized bed furnace

FBI

Federal Bureau of Investigation (USA)

FBIS

Foreign Broadcast Information Service (USA)

FBM

fat body mass

FBNR

fixed bed nuclear reactor

FBP

filtered back projection

FBR

fast breeder reactor

FBR

fluidized bed reactor

FBS

foetal bovine serum

FBTI

Food and Biomedical Technology Institute [This is

an institute of the Scientific and Industrial Research

and Development Centre (SIRDC).]

(Zimbabwe)

FBTR

Fast Breeder Test Reactor (India)

FBW

Faculty of Bioscience Engineering Faculteit Bio-

ingenieurswetenschappen

(Belgium)

FBX dosimeter

ferrous sulphate–benzoic acid–xylenol orange

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dosimeter

flow cytometer

flow cytometry

FCA

free carrier

FCCC

United Nations Framework Convention on Climate

Change [The acronym UNFCCC is more commonly

used.]

FCCU

fluidized catalytic cracking unit

FCEyN

Faculty of Exact and Natural Sciences Facultad de

Ciencias Exactas y Naturales [This is part of the

University of Buenos Aires.]

(Argentina)

FCF

fuel conditioning facility [Note the same acronym is

used for fuel cycle facility.]

FCF

fuel cycle facility [Note the same acronym is used

for fuel conditioning facility.]

FCG

fatigue crack growth

FCI

Children's Heart Foundation — Institute of

Cardiology

(Colombia)

FCI

fuel–coolant interaction

FCM

flow cytometry

FCN

Nuclear Fuel Factory Fábrica de Combustível

Nuclear

(Brazil)

FCO

Foreign and Commonwealth Office (United Kingdom)

FCR

feed conversion rate

FCRIS

Food Contaminant and Residue Information System (IAEA/FAO)

FCS

Federal Customs Service (Russian Federation)

FCS

foetal calf serum

FCSM

Budapest Sewage Works Fővárosi Csatornázási

Művek

(Hungary)

FCTC

WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (WHO)

FCTM

Faculty of Earth and Sea Sciences Facultad de

Ciencias de la Tierra y el Mar [This is part of the

National University of Costa Rica.]

(Costa Rica)

FCVS

filtered containment venting system

forced diuresis

FDA

Food and Drug Administration (USA)

FDET

fork detector

FDFA

Federal Department of Foreign Affairs (Switzerland)

FDG

fluorodeoxyglucose

FDG-PET

fluorine-18 fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission

tomography

FDMA

Fire and Disaster Management Agency (Japan)

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FDOPA

fluoro-l-dopa

iron

FEA

Federal Energy Administration [This was abolished

and replaced by the Department of Energy (DOE)

in 1977.]

(USA)

FEA

finite element analysis

FEANI

European Federation of National Engineering

Associations Fédération européenne d'associations

nationales d'ingénieurs

FEC

IAEA Fusion Energy Conference

FECASPT

Cameroonian Federation of Sport for All

Fédération camerounaise de sport pour tous

FECRI

Research Reactor Fuel Element Fabrication Plant

Fábrica de Elementos Combustibles para Reactores

de Investigación [This is part of the Ezeiza Atomic

Centre (CAE).]

(Argentina)

FECS

Federation of European Cancer Societies [This has

been replaced by the European Cancer Organisation

(ECCO).]

FEDAL system

failed element detection and location system

FEL

free electron laser

FEL Conference

International Free Electron Laser Conference

FEMA

Federal Emergency Management Agency (USA)

FENDL

Fusion Evaluated Nuclear Data Library

FENOC

First Energy Nuclear Operating Company (USA)

FEP

Food and Environmental Protection Section [part of

the Joint FAO/IAEA Division of Nuclear

Techniques in Food and Agriculture (NAFA)]

(IAEA)

FEP

Fuel Enrichment Plant [Write with lower case if

used generically.]

(Islamic Republic of

Iran)

FEP

full energy peak [This is a synonym of total

absorption peak (TAP).]

FEPs

features, events and processes

FEPCA

Federal Employees' Pay Comparability Act (USA)

FEP/DUP

Fluorine Extraction Process and Depleted Uranium

Deconversion Plant

(USA)

FEPL

Food and Environmental Protection Laboratory (IAEA)

FER

Fusion Experimental Reactor (Japan)

FERC

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (USA)

FERMC

Fukui Prefectural Environmental Radiation

Research and Monitoring Center

(Japan)

FERU

Fisheries Economics Research Unit (Canada)

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FET

field-effect transistor

F4E

Fusion for Energy (European Union)

fresh fuel

fuel fabrication

FFCD

Full, Final and Complete Declaration [In December

2002, Iraq submitted the Currently Accurate, Full

and Complete Declaration (CAFCD).]

(Iraq/United Nations)

FFD

International Conference on Financing for

Development [This is also known as the Monterrey

Conference and was held from 18 to 22 March

2002.]

(United Nations)

FFEP

Fordow Fuel Enrichment Plant (Islamic Republic of

Iran)

FFBM

fat-free body mass

FFL

Fuel Fabrication Laboratory (Islamic Republic of

Iran)

FFM

fat-free mass

FFRL

Fruit Fly Research Laboratory (Australia)

FFT

fast Fourier transform

FFTF

Fast Flux Test Facility (USA)

FFYB

Faculty of Pharmacy and Biochemistry Facultad de

Farmacia y Bioquímica [This is part of the

University of Buenos Aires (UBA).]

(Argentina)

flue gas

FGD

flue gas desulphurization

FGMSP

First Generation Magnox Storage Pond (United Kingdom)

FGR

fission gas release

FH solution

Ficoll–Hypaque solution

FHA

fire hazard analysis

FHB

Brandenburg University of Applied Sciences

Fachhochschule Brandenburg

(Germany)

FHF

fuel handling facility

FHIA

Honduran Foundation for Agricultural Research

Fundación Hondureña de Investigación Agrícola

fast ignition

FIA

Faculty of Engineering and Architecture Facultad

de Ingeniería y Arquitectura [This is part of the

University of El Salvador (UES).]

(El Salvador)

FIA

fluorescence immunoassay or fluoroimmunoassay

FIB

focused ion beam

FIBRE

Friendly Inputting of Bibliographic Records [This is

the name of a computer package.]

(INIS)

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FICSA

Federation of International Civil Servants’

Associations

FID

International Federation for Information and

Documentation

FIDH

International Federation for Human Rights

Fédération internationale des ligues des droits de

l'homme

FIGO

International Federation of Gynecology and

Obstetrics Federación Internacional de Obstetricia

y Ginecología

FIM

full indicator movement

FIMR

Finnish Institute of Marine Research

FINAS

Fuel Incident Notification and Analysis System (NEA/IAEA)

FINITE

Fuel Cycles for Innovative Nuclear Energy Systems

[This is an INPRO collaborative project.]

(INPRO)

FINPLAN

Model for Financial Analysis of Electric Sector

Expansion Plans

(IAEA)

FIPR

Florida Institute of Phosphate Research (USA)

FIR

far infrared

FIREX

Fast Ignition Realization Experiment

FISH

fluorescence in situ hybridization

FIT

feed-in tariff

FIT

International Federation of Translators Fédération

internationale des traducteurs

FITC

fluorescein isothiocyanate

FITCA

Farming in Tsetse Controlled Areas (EU project)

FITF

Food Irradiation Treatment Facilities Database (IAEA/FAO)

FIUNA

Faculty of Engineering of the National University

of Asunción Facultad de Ingeniería - Universidad

Nacional de Asunción

(Paraguay)

FIV

flow-induced vibration

FIVE

fire-induced vulnerability evaluation

FIZ Karlsruhe

FIZ Karlsruhe – Leibniz Institute for Information

Infrastructure FIZ Karlsruhe–Leibniz-Institut für

Informationsinfrastruktur [Prior to 2009, this was

known as the Karlsruhe Specialist Information

Centre Fachinformationszentrum Karlsruhe.]

(Germany)

fuzzy logic

FLB

feedwater line break

FLECHT

full length emergency core cooling heat transfer

FLNP

Frank Laboratory of Neutron Physics [This is part

of the Joint Institute for Nuclear Research (JINR).]

(Russian Federation)

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FLNR

Flerov Laboratory of Nuclear Reactions [This is

part of the Joint Institute for Nuclear Research

(JINR).]

(Russian Federation)

FLO

front line officer

FLR

finite Larmor radius

FLR

forced loss rate

FLRCS

full length rod control system

fat mass

fermi [This is a length unit equal to 10

-15

metres.]

fermium

foreign material

FMARD

Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Rural

Development

(Nigeria)

FMBA

Federal Medical and Biological Agency (Russian Federation)

FMCT

fissile material cut-off treaty [Such a treaty does not

yet exist. See also FMT.]

FMD

foot-and-mouth disease

FMD

Fukushima Monitoring Database

FMDV

foot-and-mouth disease virus

FME

foreign material exclusion

FMEA

failure mode and effect analysis

FMEB

Freshwater and Marine Ecosystems Branch (UNEP)

FMI

foreign material intrusion

FMIP

Full Medical Insurance Plan (IAEA)

FML

Flexible Modular Laboratory (IAEA)

FMP

Fuel Manufacturing Plant [Write with lower case if

used generically.]

(Islamic Republic of

Iran)

FMPOS

Faculty of Medicine, Pharmacy and

Odontostomatology Faculté de médecine, de

pharmacie et d'odontostomatologie

(Mali)

FMS

Facilities Management Section [This Section, which

is part of the Division of General Services (MTGS),

replaced the Technical and Engineering Services

Section (TESS) with effect from 15 November

2004.]

(IAEA)

FMS

Faculty of Medicine of Sousse Faculté de médecine

de Souss

(Tunisia)

FMS

fissile material store

FMSF

Fissile Material Storage Facility (Russian Federation)

FMT

fissile material treaty [Such a treaty does not yet

exist. See also FMCT.]

FMU

Fukushima Medical University (Japan)

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FMWG

Fissile Materials Working Group

FNA

Fars News Agency (Islamic Republic of

Iran)

FNA

fine needle aspiration

FNAA

fast neutron activation analysis

FNAB

fine needle aspiration biopsy

FNAC

fine needle aspiration cytology

FNAL

Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory (USA)

FNB

fine needle biopsy

FNCA

Forum for Nuclear Cooperation in Asia

FNCLCC

National Federation of Cancer Centres Fédération

nationale des centres de lutte contre le cancer [This

was replaced by UNICANCER in 2010.

UNICANCER is not regarded as an acronym.]

(France)

FNPP

floating nuclear power plant

FNPR

Federation of Independent Trade Unions of Russia (Russian Federation)

FNRBA

Forum of Nuclear Regulatory Bodies in Africa

FNST

Fukushima Nuclear Safety Team (IAEA)

FNT

fast neutron therapy

FNUE

fertilizer nitrogen use efficiency

FoA

field of activity

FOAK reactor

first-of-a-kind reactor

FoEI

Friends of the Earth International

FOEN

Federal Office for the Environment (Switzerland)

FOI

Swedish Defence Research Agency Totalförsvarets

forskningsinstitut

(Sweden)

FONACIT

National Fund for Science, Technology and

Innovation Fondo Nacional de Ciencia, Tecnología

e Innovación

(Venezuela)

FONCODES

National Compensation Fund for Social

Development Fondo Nacional de Compensación

para el Desarrollo Social

(Peru)

FONDECYT

National Fund for Scientific and Technological

Development Fondo Nacional de Desarrollo

Científico y Tecnológico

(Chile)

FONDEF

Fund for the Promotion of Scientific and

Technological Development Fondo de Fomento al

Desarrollo Científico y Tecnológico

(Chile)

FOPH

Federal Office of Public Health Office fédéral de la

santé publique Bundesamt für Gesundheit

FORATOM

European Atomic Forum

FORO

Ibero-American Forum of Radiological and Nuclear

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Regulatory Agencies

FoRUM

Friends of Responsible Uranium Mining

FOSS

free and open source software

FOTR

facility other than a reactor (Safeguards)

FOV

field of view

FOWG

Federal Office for Water and Geology Office

fédéral des eaux et de la géologie (OFEG)

(Switzerland)

family planning

fire protection

fission product

FP7

Seventh Framework Programme for Research and

Technological Development

(European Union)

FPC

fusion power core

FPCC

Fusion Power Co-ordinating Committee (IEA)

FPD

flat panel detector

FPD

full power day

FPFP

Fuel Plate Fabrication Plant (Islamic Republic of

Iran)

FPG staining

fluorescence plus Giemsa staining

FPGA

field programmable gate array

FPL

Florida Power & Light (USA)

FPM

fine particulate matter

FPND

fission product nuclear data

FPSF

Fuel Packaging and Storage Facility (Canada)

FPU

floating power unit

fast reactor

frame rate

francium

FRALC

Latin American and Caribbean Federation of

Radiation Protection Societies Federación de

Radioprotección de América Latina y el Caribe

FRAREG

Framatome Nuclear Regulators’ Association

FRC

field reversed configuration

FRCT

Fukushima Radiological Consequences Team (IAEA)

FRDB

Fast Reactor Database (IAEA)

FRF

Raoul Follereau Foundation Fondation Raoul

Follereau

(France)

FRFCF

Fast Reactor Fuel Cycle Facility (India)

FRKB

fast reactor knowledge preservation

FR-KOS

Fast Reactor Knowledge Organization System (IAEA)

FRP radius

food restriction planning radius

FRR

Fars Research Reactor (Islamic Republic of

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Iran)

FRS

Fellow of the Royal Society (United Kingdom)

FRS

floor response spectrum

FRV

fair rental value

FSA

Faculty of Agronomic Sciences Faculté des

sciences agronomiques

(Benin)

FSA

fault sequence analysis

FSA

fuel sub-assembly

FSAR

final safety analysis report

FSB

Federal Security Service [The acronym is a

transliteration of the Russian acronym.]

FSC

Food Security Center (Germany)

FSC

Forum on Stakeholder Confidence (NEA)

FSD

focus to surface distance

FSD

full scale deflection

FSD

Swiss Foundation for Mine Action Fondation suisse

de déminage

FSH

follicle-stimulating hormone

FSI

fluid–structure interaction

FSIS

Food Safety and Inspection Service (USA)

FSM

Federated States of Micronesia

FSRS

Fire Safety Review Service [This service is now

obsolete.]

(IAEA)

FSS

Faculty of Health Sciences Faculté des sciences de

la santé

(Benin, Niger)

FSS

full-scope safeguards [Comprehensive safeguards is

the preferred term in the IAEA Secretariat, although

full-scope safeguards is sometimes used by Member

States.]

FST

Faculty of Science and Technology Faculté des

sciences et techniques

(Senegal)

FSTS

full scope training simulator

FSU

functional subunit

FSUE

Federal State Unitary Enterprise (Russian Federation)

FSV

flowsheet verification (Safeguards)

FSW

friction stir welding

fault tree

fixed term [This is a type of contract.] (IAEA)

Fourier transform

FTA

fault tree analysis

FTA

free trade area

FTA

fixed term temporary assistance [This is a type of (IAEA)

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contract.]

FTAA

Free Trade Area of the Americas

FTC

fuel temperature coefficient of reactivity

FTE

fixed term extrabudgetary [This is a type of

contract.]

(IAEA)

FTE

full-time equivalent (IAEA)

FT-ICR MS

Fourier transform ion cyclotron resonance mass

spectrometry

FTIR

Fourier transform infrared

FTIR

spectrometer

Fourier transform infrared spectrometer

FTMS

Fourier transform mass spectrometry

FTP

Federal Target Programme (Russian Federation)

FTP

file transfer protocol

FTS

Federal Tariff Service (Russian Federation)

FTS

French Translation Section [part of the Division of

Conference and Document Services (MTCD)]

(IAEA)

FTSpT

Tunisian Federation of Sport for All Fédération

tunisienne du sport pour tous

FTU

Center for Advanced Technological and

Environmental Training Fortbildungszentrum für

Technik und Umwelt

(Germany)

FTU

Frascati Tokamak Upgrade

FTZ

free trade zone

feed unit

fluorouracil

FUESMEN

Nuclear Medicine School Foundation Fundación

Escuela de Medicina Nuclear

(Argentina)

FUMAC

Fuel Modelling in Accident Conditions [This is the

title of a coordinated research project.]

(IAEA)

FUNDACYT

Science and Technology Foundation Fundación

para la Ciencia y Tecnología

(Ecuador)

FURG

Federal University of Rio Grande Foundation

Fundação Universidade Federal do Rio Grande

(Brazil)

FVC

forced vital capacity

FWCW

United Nations Fourth World Conference on

Women

FWEH

fast wave electron heating

FWH

flexible working hours (IAEA)

FWHM

full width at half maximum

FWLB

feedwater line break

FXR

flash X-ray

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FZK

Karlsruhe Research Center Forschungszentrum

Karlsruhe [In October 2009, this was merged into

the new Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT).]

(Germany)

gauss [electromagnetic unit of magnetic flux

density; now replaced by the tesla]

giga [prefix for SI and metric units, 10

]

gram

guanine

G4M

Gen4 Module (USA)

Group of Seven [Canada, France, Germany, Italy

Japan, United Kingdom, and United States of

America]

Group of Eight [Canada, France, Germany, Italy

Japan, Russia, United Kingdom, and United States

of America]

G8+5

Group of Eight plus Five [Members of G8 plus the

five leading emerging economies: Brazil, China,

India, Mexico and South Africa.]

G-20

Group of Twenty [This Group is made up of the

finance ministers and central bank governors of the

European Union and the following 19 countries:

Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Canada, China,

France, Germany, India, Indonesia, Italy, Japan,

Mexico, Russian Federation, Saudi Arabia, South

Africa, Republic of Korea, Turkey, United

Kingdom and United States of America.]

G24

Intergovernmental Group of Twenty-Four on

International Monetary Affairs and Development

G24 NUSAC

G24 Nuclear Safety Assistance Coordination

G-77

Group of 77 [Group of 133 developing countries]

gallium

General Assembly (United Nations)

General Atomics (USA)

Google Analytics

GAAP

generally accepted accounting principles

GACID

Global Actinide Cycle International Demonstration

GAEC

Ghana Atomic Energy Commission

GAEC

Greek Atomic Energy Commission

GAIN

Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition

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GAINS

Global Architecture of Innovative Nuclear Energy

Systems Based on Thermal and Fast Reactors

Including a Closed Fuel Cycle [This is an INPRO

collaborative project.]

(INPRO)

GAL

generic action level

GALF

Global Audit Leadership Forum

GALP

good automated laboratory procedures

GALVmed

Global Alliance for Livestock Veterinary Medicines

GANDR

Global Assessment of Nuclear Data Requirements (IAEA)

GAO

Government Accountability Office (USA)

GAP

good agricultural practice

GAPS

General Accounts Payable Section (IAEA)

GARS

General Advanced Review Station Software (Safeguards)

GAS

Georgian Academy of Sciences

GAS

Guarani Aquifer System

GASAB

Government Accounting Standards Advisory Board (India)

GATA

Gülhane Military Medical Academy Gülhane

Askeri Tip Akademisi

(Turkey)

GATS

Global Adult Tobacco Survey

GATT

General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade [This was

replaced by the World Trade Organization (WTO).]

GAVI

Global Alliance for Vaccines and Immunization

[This has been superseded by the GAVI Alliance.]

GAW

Global Atmosphere Watch [The former

Background Air Pollution Monitoring Network

(BAPMoN) was integrated into this system.]

(WMO)

GAWH

Global Alliance for Women's Health

Governing Body (ILO)

GBAE

General Bureau of Atomic Energy [In Agency

documents this is normally referred to as the

General Department of Atomic Energy (GDAE).]

(DPRK)

GBM

glioblastoma multiforme

gas chromatograph

gas chromatography

General Conference (IAEA)

GCC

gas combined cycle

GCC

Gulf Cooperation Council or Cooperation Council

for the Arab States of the Gulf (CCASG)

GCCC

government counterpart cash contribution

GC–C–IRMS

gas chromatography–combustion–isotope ratio

mass spectrometry

GCEP

gas centrifuge enrichment plant

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GCFBR

gas cooled fast breeder reactor

GCFR

gas cooled fast reactor

GCHWR

gas cooled heavy water reactor

GCI

Global Communications Infrastructure (CTBTO)

GCI

Green Cross International

GC–IRMS

gas chromatography–isotope ratio mass

spectrometry

GCM

general circulation model

GC–MS

gas chromatography–mass spectrometer

GC–MS

gas chromatography–mass spectrometry

GCN

Directorate for Nuclear Power Plants Gerencia de

Centrales Nucleoeléctricas

(Mexico)

GCNEP

Global Centre for Nuclear Energy Partnership

(India)

GCOS

Global Climate Observing System

(WMO/IOC/UNEP/ICSU)

GCP

Global Carbon Project

GCP

good clinical practice

GCR

gas cooled reactor

GCS

government cost sharing

GCSAR

General Commission for Scientific Agricultural

Research

(Syrian Arab

Republic)

GCT

Tunisian Chemical Group Groupe chimique

tunisien

GCV

gross calorific value

gadolinium

glow discharge

GDA

generic design assessment (United Kingdom)

GDAE

General Department of Atomic Energy (DPRK)

GDC

General Design Criteria for Nuclear Power Plants (USA)

GDF

Gaz de France [The French name of this company

is used in English.]

GDH

geometry-dependent hybrid

GDMS

glow discharge mass spectrometer

GDMS

glow discharge mass spectrometry

GDP

gaseous diffusion plant

GDP

gross domestic product

GDPFS

Global Data-Processing and Forecasting System (WMO)

GDPS

Global Data-Processing System (WMO)

GDS

Government Decontamination Service (United Kingdom)

General Electric Company

germanium

GEA

Global Energy Assessment

GEA

Global Express Association

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GEDEPEON

New Options for Waste Management and Energy

Production Gestion des déchets et production

d'énergie par des options nouvelles

(France)

GEF

Global Environment Facility

GEF–WIOMHD

Project

GEF–Western Indian Ocean Marine Highway

Development and Coastal and Marine

Contamination Prevention Project

GEH

GE Hitachi Nuclear Energy

GEI

Green Economy Initiative (UNEP)

GEIS

Generic Environmental Impact Statement for

Continued Storage of Spent Nuclear Fuel

(USA)

GEMS

Global Environment Monitoring System [There are

several programmes that make up this system.]

(UNEP)

GEMS/Water

Global Environment Monitoring System Water

Programme

(UNEP)

GENE

Nuclear Power Study Group Grupo de Estudios en

Núcleo-Electricidad [This is part of the Chilean

Nuclear Energy Commission.]

(Chile)

GENF

General Emergency at a Nuclear Facility Form (IAEA)

GENIE

General Internet Search Engine for Atomic Data (IAEA)

GEO

Global Environment Outlook (UNEP)

GEO-4

Global Environment Outlook: environment for

development

(UNEP)

GEOHAB

Global Ecology and Oceanograhy of Harmful Algal

Blooms

(IOC/SCOR)

GEOKHI

Vernadsky Institute of Geochemistry and Analytical

Chemistry

(Russian Federation)

GEOMAR

GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research

Kiel GEOMAR Helmholtz-Zentrum für

Ozeanforschung Kiel

(Germany)

GEOSAF

International Project on Demonstrating the Safety

of Geological Disposal

(IAEA)

GEOSECS

Geochemical Ocean Sections Study

Geostandard

State Department of Standardization, Metrology

and Certification of Georgia

GEOTER

Geology - Tectonics - Environment and Risks

Géologie - Tectonique - Environnement et risques

[This is a multidisciplinary team.]

(France)

GERMON

Global Environmental Radiation Monitoring

Network

(WHO/UNEP)

GES

Geospatial Exploitation System (IAEA)

GESAMP

Joint Group of Experts on the Scientific Aspects of (IMO, FAO,

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Marine Environmental Protection UNESCO-IOC,

WMO, WHO, IAEA,

UN, UNEP)

GESS

General Services and Safety Section [part of the

Agency's Laboratories (Seibersdorf and

Headquarters) (NAAL)]

(IAEA)

GETI

Global Education and Training Initiative (UICC)

GeV

gigaelectronvolt

GEW

Global Economy Watch

GEWEX

Global Energy and Water Exchanges Project [This

was initiated by the World Climate Research

Programme (WCRP).]

(ICSU/WMO/IOC)

GEXRF

grazing exit X-ray fluorescence

GFAAS

graphite furnace atomic absorption spectrometry

GFAOP

Franco–African Pediatric Oncology Group Groupe

franco-africain d'oncologie pédiatrique

GFAR

Global Forum on Agricultural Research

GFCC

Gulf Federation of NGOs for Cancer Control

GFCM

General Fisheries Commission for the

Mediterranean

(FAO)

GFF

guava fruit fly

GFT

group fellowship training

GF-TADs

Global Framework for the Progressive Control of

Transboundary Animal Diseases

(FAO/OIE)

GGIS

Global Groundwater Information System (UNESCO/WMO)

growth hormone

GHARR-1

Ghana Research Reactor-1

GHESKIO

Haitian Group for the Study of Kaposi's Sarcoma

and Opportunistic Infections Groupe haïtien

d’étude du sarcome de Kaposi et des infections

opportunistes

GHG

greenhouse gas

GHO

Global Health Observatory (WHO)

GHSAG

Global Health Security Action Group G8

GHSI

Global Health Security Initiative

gastrointestinal

GICHD

Geneva International Centre for Humanitarian

Demining

GICNT

Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism

GICR

Global Initiative for Cancer Registry Development

in Low- and Middle-Income Countries

GIDROPRESS

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that should be used in IAEA documents.]

GIF

Generation IV International Forum

GigE

Gigabit Ethernet

GIL

generic intervention level

GIPME

Global Investigation of Pollution in the Marine

Environment

(IOC/UNEP/IMO)

GIS

geographic information system

GIS

geospatial information system

GISAID

Global Initiative on Sharing Avian Influenza Data

GISIS

Global Integrated Shipping Information System (IMO)

GISP

Greenland Ice Sheet Precipitation [This is a water

isotope standard.]

GI tract

gastrointestinal tract

GIXRF

grazing incidence X-ray fluorescence

GIZ

German Agency for International Cooperation

GKTC

George Kuzmycz Training Center for Physical

Protection, Control and Accounting of Nuclear

Material

(Ukraine)

general ledger

Generic Letter (United States

Nuclear Regulatory

Commission)

guideline level (Codex Alimentarius)

GLC

gas–liquid chromatography

GLE

Global Laser Enrichment

GLIA

Great Lakes Initiative on AIDS (Various countries)

GLIM

Generalized Linear Interactive Modelling [This is a

statistical software package.]

GLIP

Group Life Insurance Plan (IAEA)

Global Fund

Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and

Malaria

GLOBE

Global Legislators Organization for a Balanced

Environment

GLOMARD

Global Marine Radioactivity Database (IAEA)

GLP

good laboratory practice

genetically modified

GM counter

Geiger–Müller counter

GMAW

gas metal arc welding

GMM

Merano Missionary Group Gruppo Missionario

Merano

GMO

genetically modified organism

GMP

general medical practitioner

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GMP

good manufacturing practice or good

manufacturing practices

GMP

good medical practice

GMPE

ground motion prediction equation

GMS

genomic mismatch scanning

GMS WGA

Greater Mekong Subregion Working Group on

Agriculture

GMT

Greenwich Mean Time

GNAS

Georgian National Academy of Sciences

GNC

Global Nutrition Cluster

GNEII

Gulf Nuclear Energy Infrastructure Institute (United Arab

Emirates)

GNEP

Global Nuclear Energy Partnership [This was

replaced by the International Framework for

Nuclear Energy Cooperation (IFNEC).]

(USA)

GNI

gross national income

GNIP

Global Network of Isotopes in Precipitation (IAEA/WMO)

GNIR

Global Network of Isotopes in Rivers

GNNSI

Global Nuclear Security and Safety Institute

GNP

gross national product

GNPI

global nuclear power infrastructure

GNPJVC

Guangdong Nuclear Power Joint Venture Company (China/Hong Kong)

GNPS

Guangdong Daya Bay Nuclear Power Station (China)

GNRA

Ghana Nuclear Regulatory Authority

GnRH

gonadotropin-releasing hormone

GNSN

Global Nuclear Safety Network [The term Global

Nuclear Safety and Security Network (GNSSN) is

the preferred term.]

GNSR

global nuclear safety regime

GNSCOM

Global Nuclear Safety and Security

Communications Network

(IAEA)

GNSSN

Global Nuclear Safety and Security Network

GNZC

National Group for Coastal Zones Grupo Nacional

de Zonas Costeras

(Cuba)

GOA-ON

Global Ocean Acidification Observing Network

GOARN

Global Outbreak Alert and Response Network (WHO)

GOOS

Global Ocean Observing System (IOC)

GOR

gastro-oesophageal reflux

GOS

Global Observing System (WMO)

Gosatomnadzor

Armenian Nuclear Regulatory Authority [The

acronym ANRA is also used.]

Gosatomnadzor

Department for Nuclear and Radiation Safety [In (Belarus)

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2008, this replaced the Department for Supervision

of Industrial and Nuclear Safety (Promatomnadzor).

It is part of the Ministry for Emergency Situations

of the Republic of Belarus (MES).]

Gosatomnadzor

Federal Nuclear and Radiation Safety Authority of

Russia [This was replaced in May 2004 by the

Federal Service for Environmental, Technological

and Nuclear Supervision (Rostekhnadzor).]

Gosaviasluzhba

State Supervisory Service of Ukraine for Aviation

Safety

Gosgortechnadzor

State Committee of the Republic of Azerbaijan for

Supervision of Industrial Safety and Mining

(Azerbaijan)

Goskomchernobyl

State Committee of the Republic of Belarus on

Issues Relating to the Consequences of the

Accident at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant

(Belarus)

Gospromnadzor

Department for Supervision of Industrial Safety (Belarus)

Gosstandart

State Committee of the Republic of Belarus for

Standardization [This was known until May 2006 as

the Committee for Standardization, Metrology and

Certification.]

(Belarus)

Gosstandart of

Russia

State Committee of the Russian Federation for

Standardization and Metrology [This has now

become the Federal Agency for Technical

Regulation and Metrology (Rostechregulirovanie).]

(Russian Federation)

general practitioner

GPA

Global Programme of Action for the Protection of

the Marine Environment from Land-based

Activities

(UNEP)

GPC

gas proportional counter

GPC

gel permeation chromatography

GPCC

Global Precipitation Climatology Centre (WMO/ICSU)

GPCP

Global Precipitation Climatology Project (GEWEX/WCRP)

GPG

Directorate for Geothermal Power Projects

Gerencia de Proyectos Geotermoeléctricos [This is

part of the Federal Electricity Commission (CFE).]

(Mexico)

GPG

global public good

GPI

General Physics Institute (Russian Federation)

GPNM

Global Partnership on Nutrient Management (UNEP)

GPO

US Government Printing Office

GPOBA

Global Partnership on Output-Based Aid

GPR

ground penetrating radar

GPRS

General Packet Radio Service

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GPRSP

Growth and Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper

GPS

Global Positioning System

GPWG

Global Partnership Working Group (Group of Eight)

GRACE

Global Resource Action Center for the Environment (USA)

GRCOD

Gomel Regional Clinical Oncology Dispensary (Belarus)

GRDC

Global Runoff Data Centre (WMO)

GREP

Global Rinderpest Eradication Programme (FAO)

GRIAPRA

Iberoamerican Group of Radiation Protection

Societies Grupo Iberoamericano de Sociedades

Científicas de Protección Radiológica

GRID

Global Resource Information Database (UNEP)

GRIDMAP

Groundwater Resources Investigation for Drought

Mitigation in Africa Programme

GRITG

Topical Group on Governmental and Regulatory

Infrastructure

(ANSN)

GRL

Goods Review List (United Nations)

GRMS

Global Resource Management System (FAO)

GRNC

Nord-Cotentin Radioecology Group Groupe

radioécologie Nord Cotentin

(France)

GRNSPG

San Piero a Grado Nuclear Research Group Gruppo

di Ricerca Nucleare San Piero a Grado

(Italy)

GRP

good radiopharmacy practice

GRPM

GRAND-Based Reactor Power Monitor

GRS

Installation and Reactor Safety Company

Gesellschaft für Anlagen- und Reaktorsicherheit

mbH

(Germany)

GRSR

Generic Reactor Safety Review (IAEA)

GRULAC

Latin American and Caribbean Group

GSAN

Global Safety Assessment Network (IAEA)

GS process

Girdler-Sulphide process [This process is used in

heavy water production.]

GS staff

General Service staff (IAEA and UN)

GSCC

Support Group Against Cancer Groupe de support

contre le cancer

(Haiti)

GSCR

Graphite Sub-Critical Reactor [Write with lower

case if used generically.]

(Islamic Republic of

Iran)

GSCTFF

Codex General Standard for Contaminants and

Toxins in Food and Feed

(Codex Alimentarius)

GSE

Geological Survey of Ethiopia

GSF

Global Soil Forum

GSF

National Research Center for Environment and

Health Forschungszentrum für Umwelt und

(Germany)

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Gesundheit

GSI

generic safety issue

GSI

Geological Survey of India

GSM

Global Management System [It is not clear why the

abbreviation is GSM and not GMS.]

(WHO)

GSM

Global System for Mobile Communications

GSP

Global Soil Partnership

GSPR

Growth Strategy for Poverty Reduction (Benin)

GSR

General Safety Requirements (IAEA)

GSR

Radiation Safety Directorate Gerencia de

Seguridad Radiológica [This is part of the National

Nuclear Safety and Safeguards Commission

(CNSNS).]

(Mexico)

GSS

genetic sexing strain

GSSD Expo

Global South–South Development Expo (United Nations)

GSW

Global Soil Week

gigatonne

GTAW

gas tungsten arc welding

GTDC

Global Technology Development Centre

GTLS

gaseous tritium light source

GT-MHR

gas turbine modular helium reactor

GTOS

Global Terrestrial Observing System

GTRI

Global Threat Reduction Initiative (USA)

GTRP

Global Threat Reduction Programme (United Kingdom)

GTRRN

Global TRIGA Research Reactor Network

GTS

Global Telecommunication System (WMO)

GTS

Grimsel Test Site (Switzerland)

GTT

glucose tolerance test

GTV

gross tumour volume

GTZ

German Agency for Technical Cooperation

Deutsche Gesellschaft für Technische

Zusammenarbeit GmbH

genito-urinary

Guadalajara

Declaration

Agreement between the Republic of Argentina and

the Federative Republic of Brazil for the

Exclusively Peaceful Use of Nuclear Energy

(Reproduced in IAEA

document

INFCIRC/395)

GUAM

Organization for Democracy and Economic

Development — GUAM [In May 2006, the GUAM

Group participating States agreed to transform the

GUAM Group into the "Organization for

Democracy and Economic Development —

GUAM.]

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GUAM Group

[GUAM stands for "Georgia, Ukraine, Azerbaijan

and Moldova". Formerly known as the GUUAM

Group, Uzbekistan suspended its membership in

2002 and officially terminated its membership on 5

May 2005. This was also the name of the Group

prior to Uzbekistan joining in 1999. As of May

2006 the name was changed to Organization for

Democracy and Economic Development —

GUAM.]

GUUAM Group

[GUUAM stands for "Georgia, Ukraine,

Uzbekistan, Azerbaijan and Moldova". The Group

was replaced by the GUAM Group, which in turn

was replaced by the Organization for Democracy

and Economic Development — GUAM.]

GUI

graphical user interface

GUT

grand unified theory

GVH reaction

graft-versus-host reaction

GVHD

graft-versus-host disease

gigawatt

GW·a

gigawatt-year

GWD

Guinea worm disease

GW·d/t

gigawatt-days per tonne

GW(e)

gigawatt (electrical)

GWG

Global Working Group [In 2014 the GWG changed

its name to Global Audit Leadership Forum

(GALF).]

GW·h

gigawatt-hour

GW-MATE

World Bank Groundwater Management Advisory

Team

GWP

Global Water Partnership

GWP

global warming potential

GW·yr

gigawatt-year

gray [unit of absorbed dose]

Gy-Eq

gray-equivalent

enthalpy

haemagglutinin

hecto [prefix for SI and metric units, 10

]

henry [SI unit of inductance]

hydrogen

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hectare

HAART

highly active antiretroviral therapy

HAB

harmful algal bloom

HABOG

High Level Waste Treatment and Storage Building

Hoogradioactief Afval Behandelings- en

OpslagGebouw

(Netherlands)

HAC

high alumina cement

HACCP

Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Point

HADES

High Activity Disposal Experimental Site (Belgium)

H&E

haematoxylin and eosin stain

HAEA

Hungarian Atomic Energy Authority

HAEC

Hungarian Atomic Energy Commission

HAEDAT

Harmful Algal Event Database

HAI

hospital-acquired infection

HALD

Aristide le Dantec Hospital Hôpital Aristide le

Dantec

(Senegal)

HAMA

human anti-mouse antibody

Hamburg Rules

United Nations Convention on the Carriage of

Goods by Sea

HANARO

High-Flux Advanced Neutron Application Reactor (Republic of Korea)

HAS

Hungarian Academy of Sciences

HASS

high activity sealed source

HASS Directive

Council Directive 2003/122/Euratom of 22

December 2003 on the control of high-activity

sealed radioactive sources and orphan sources

(European Union)

HAT

human African trypanosomosis

HAT

humid air turbine

HAU

Hospice Africa Uganda

HAV

hepatitis A virus

HAW

high activity waste [The term high level waste is the

preferred term in IAEA documents.]

HAZ

heat affected zone

HBCR

hospital-based cancer registry

HBI

hemibody irradiation

HBIg

hepatitis B immune globulin

HBsAg

hepatitis B surface antigen

HBSS

Hanks' balanced salt solution

HBU

high burnup

HBV

hepatitis B virus

HBWR

heavy boiling water reactor

hog cholera [This is a synonym of swine fever.]

HCA

Central Army Hospital Hôpital central de l'armée (Algeria)

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HCC

hepatocellular carcinoma

HC&FG

Hungarian Customs and Finance Guard Vám és

Pénzügyörség

HCAM

Carlos Andrade Marín Hospital Hospital Carlos

Andrade Marín

(Ecuador)

HCDN

Honourable Chamber of Deputies Honorable

Cámara de Diputados de la Nación

(Argentina)

hCG

human chorionic gonadotropin

HCH

hexachlorocyclohexane

HCHR

United Nations High Commissioner for Human

Rights [This acronym should not normally be used

in IAEA documents.]

HCI

human capital investment

HCl

hydrochloric acid

HCLPF

high confidence low probability of failure

HCLWR

high conversion light water reactor

HCM

human capital management

HCNT

Charles Nicolle Hospital of Tunis Hôpital Charles

Nicolle de Tunis

(Tunisia)

HCOC

Hague Code of Conduct against Ballistic Missile

Proliferation [This term now used for the

International Code of Conduct against Ballistic

Missile Proliferation (ICOC).]

HCP

hexagonal close packed or hexagonal close packing

HCP

human capital planning

HCPC

Health and Care Professions Council (United Kingdom)

HCR

Office of the United Nations High Commissioner

for Refugees [This acronym should not normally be

used in IAEA documents.]

Hct

haematocrit

HCT

helical computed tomography

HCV

hepatitis C virus

HCZ

Cheikh Zayed Hospital Hôpital Cheikh Zayed (Islamic Republic of

Mauritania

HDDS

hospital discharge data system

HDE

Central Decontamination Department

Hauptabteilung Dekontaminationsbetriebe

(Germany)

HDI

Human Development Index

HDMI

high-definition multimedia interface

HDR

high dose rate

HDR

Human Development Report (UNDP_

helium

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high explosive

His Excellency or Her Excellency

Headquarters

Agreement

Agreement between the International Atomic

Energy Agency and the Republic of Austria

regarding the Headquarters of the International

Atomic Energy Agency

(INFCIRC/15/Rev.1)

HEBT

high energy beam transport

HED

high energy density

HEDP

hydroxyethylidene diphosphonate

HEED

high energy electron diffraction

HEEP

Hyrogen Economic Evaluation Program (IAEA)

HELB

high energy line break

HELCOM

Baltic Marine Environment Protection Commission

[This is also known as the Helsinki Commission.]

HELIOS

Heavy Eutectic Liquid Metal Loop for the Integral

Test of Operability and Safety

(Republic of Korea)

Helsinki

Commission

Baltic Marine Environment Protection Commission

(HELCOM)

HEP

Hospital for Paediatric Specialties Hospital de

Especialidades Pediátricas

(Panama)

HEPA filter

high efficiency particulate air filter

HER2

human epidermal growth factor receptor type 2

HERCA

Heads of the European Radiological Protection

Competent Authorities

HEU

high enriched uranium or highly enriched uranium

HEU–LEU

Agreement

Agreement between the Government of the United

States of America and the Government of the

Russian Federation Concerning the Disposition of

Highly Enriched Uranium Extracted from Nuclear

Weapons

(Russian Federation/

USA)

HEW

[This is not regarded as an acronym, but is the form

that should be used as the company’s name, the full

version of which used to be Hamburgische

Elektrizitäts-Werke AG.]

(Germany)

hafnium

high frequency

hydration factor

hydrogen fluoride

HFA

Health for All (World Health

Organization)

HFA-DB

European Health for All Database (WHO Regional

Office for Europe)

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HFBR

high flux beam reactor

HFC

hydrofluorocarbon

HFC

hydrogen fuel cell

HFCV

hydrogen fuel cell vehicle

HFE

human factors engineering

HFIR

High Flux Isotope Reactor (USA)

HfO

hafnium oxide

HFO

heavy fuel oil

HFP

hot full power

HFR

high fluorescence reticulocyte

HFR

High Flux Reactor (European

Commission)

HFRS

haemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome

mercury

HGA

Host Government Agreement (IAEA)

Hgb

haemoglobin

HGC

Home Guaranty Corporation (Philippines)

HGD

Douala General Hospital Hôpital général de

Douala

(Cameroon)

HGF

haematopoietic growth factor

HGRN

National General Reference Hospital Hôpital

général de référence nationale

(Chad)

HGSIL

high grade squamous intraepithelial lesion

HGSJD

San Juan de Dios General Hospital Hospital

General San Juan de Dios

(Guatemala)

HGW

heat generating waste [This term should not be used

in IAEA documents.]

HGY

Yaoundé General Hospital Hôpital général de

Yaoundé

(Cameroon)

HHC

halogenated hydrocarbon

HHCS

Hédi Chaker Hospital Hôpital Hédi Chaker Sfax (Tunisia)

HHMI

Howard Hughes Medical Institute (USA)

HHS

Department of Health and Human Services (USA)

HHSI

high head safety injection

HHV

higher heating value

HIAOBO

Omar Bongo Ondimba Army Teaching Hospital

Hôpital d'instruction des armées Omar Bongo

Ondimba

(Gabon)

HIC

high integrity container

HIC

hydrogen-induced cracking

HICs

high income countries

HICP

Harmonised Index of Consumer Prices (European

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Commission)

HID

Hazardous Installations Directorate [This is part of

the Health and Safety Executive (HSE).]

(United Kingdom)

HIDA

hepatobiliary iminodiacetic acid

HIDRA

International Project on Human Intrusion in the

Context of Disposal of Radioactive Waste

(IAEA)

HIDRONAV

Directorate of Hydrography and Navigation

Dirección de Hidrografía y Navegación

(Peru)

HIF

heavy ion fusion

HIFAR

High Flux Australian Reactor

HINW

Conference

Conference on the Humanitarian Impact of Nuclear

Weapons

HIP

Helsinki Institute of Physics (Finland)

HIP

hot isostatic pressing

HIPC

heavily indebted poor country

HIPCI

Heavily Indebted Poor Countries Initiative (World Bank)

HIS

hospital information system

HIS

hydrogen ignition system

HI-SMUR

Holtec Inherently-Safe Modular Underground

Reactor

(USA)

HIV

human immunodeficiency virus

HJDO

José Domingo de Obaldía Hospital Hospital José

Domingo de Obaldía

(Panama)

HKED

hybrid K-edge densitometry

HKNIC

Hong Kong Nuclear Investment Company Limited

HKO

Hong Kong Observatory (China)

HKSH

Hong Kong Sanatorium and Hospital (China)

HKU

University of Hong Kong (China)

HLA

human leucocyte antigen

HLCM

High-Level Committee on Management (United Nations)

HLCP

High-Level Committee on Programmes (United Nations)

HLD

helium leak detection

HLF

High Level Forum on Aid Effectiveness (OECD)

HLG-MR

High-level Group on the Security of Supply of

Medical Radioisotopes

(NEA/OECD)

HLI

high level information [This applies to information

on waste repositories; see also primary level

information (PLI) and intermediate level

information (ILI).]

HLLW

high level liquid waste

HLNCC

high level neutron coincidence counter

HLPE

High Level Panel of Experts on Food Security and (FAO)

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Nutrition

HLPRS

High Level Policy Review Seminar (AFRA)

HLRE

high level radiation exposure

HLSC HRD &

NKM

High Level Steering Committee on Human

Resource Development and Nuclear Knowledge

Management

(AFRA)

HLW

high level waste [This is one of the classes of waste

proposed by the IAEA.]

heavy metal

HM-5

hand-held monitor system version 5 (Safeguards)

HMC

Hamad Medical Corporation (Qatar)

HMDS

HALO Maritime Defense Systems (USA)

HMGU

Helmholtz Centre Munich — German Research

Centre for Environmental Health Helmholtz

Zentrum München — Deutsches

Forschungszentrum für Gesundheit und Umwelt

(Germany)

HMI

Hydrometeorological Institute (Albania)

HMI

human–machine interface

HMN

Nouakchott Military Hospital Hôpital militaire de

Nouakchott

(Islamic Republic of

Mauritania

HMO

health maintenance organization

H-MOSS

Headquarters Minimum Operating Security

Standards

(United Nations)

HMPAO

hexamethylpropyleneamine oxime

HMS

hybrid Monte Carlo simulation

HMULV

Hessian Ministry for the Environment, Rural Areas

and Consumer Protection Hessisches Ministerium

für Umwelt, ländlichen Raum und

Verbraucherschutz

(Germany)

HMX

high melting explosive

Children's Hospital Hospital del Niño (Panama)

National Hospital Hospital Nacional (Panama)

HND

Croatian Nuclear Society Hrvatsko Nuklearno

Društvo

HNI

Human Nutrition Institute [This is part of the

International Life Sciences Institute (ILSI).]

HNL

Lamordé National Hospital Hôpital national de

Lamordé

(Niger)

HNN

National Children's Hospital Hospital Nacional de

Niños

(Costa Rica)

HNN

Niamey National Hospital Hôpital national de

Niamey

(Niger)

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HNO

nitric acid

HNR

MRC Collaborative Centre for Human Nutrition

Research

(United Kingdom)

HNS

hexanitrostilbene

HNS

Hungarian Nuclear Society

HNS Convention

International Convention on Liability and

Compensation for Damage in Connection with the

Carriage of Hazardous and Noxious Substances by

Sea

HNZ

Zinder National Hospital Hôpital national de

Zinder

(Niger)

holmium

HOF

human and organizational factors

HOGGY

Grand Yoff General Hospital Hôpital général de

Grand Yoff

(Senegal)

HOMEL

Lagune Mother and Child Hospital Hôpital de la

mère et de l’enfant Lagune

(Benin)

Helicobacter pylori

high pressure

HPA

Health Protection Agency (United Kingdom)

HPAI

highly pathogenic avian influenza

HPBL

human peripheral blood lymphocyte

HPCI

high pressure coolant injection

HPCS

high pressure core spray

HPD

Dakar Principal Hospital Hôpital principal de

Dakar

(Senegal)

(d)

penetrating individual dose equivalent

HPGe

high purity germanium

HPGe detector

high purity germanium detector [This is the

preferred term for IAEA documents, but the

synonym hyperpure germanium detector is also

found.]

HPI

human performance improvement

HPI

Human Poverty Index

HPIS

high pressure injection system

HPLC

high performance liquid chromatography [This is

the preferred term for IAEA documents, but the

synonym high pressure liquid chromatography is

also found.]

HPLWR

high performance light water reactor

HPME

high pressure melt ejection

HPP

hydroelectric power plant

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HPP

Punta Pacífica Hospital Hospital Punta Pacifica (Panama)

HPPA

high power proton accelerator

phosphoric acid

HPRR

high performance research reactor

HPRWMU

Health Physics and Radioactive Waste Management

Unit

(Bangladesh)

HPS

Health Physics Society (USA)

HPSI system

high pressure safety injection system

HPT

human performance technology

HPTLC

high performance thin-layer chromatography

HPV

human papilloma virus

HPVS

high voltage power supply

heart rate

human resources

HRA

human reliability analysis

HRAG

Human Resources Advisory Group (IAEA)

HRC

Human Rights Council

HRD

human resource development

HRI

Harish-Chandra Research Institute (India)

HRM

human resource management

HRMS

human resources management system

HRM analysis

high resolution melt analysis

HRO

high reliability organization

HRPS

Human Resources Planning Section [part of the

Division of Human Resources (MTHR)]

(IAEA)

HRR

heat release rate

HRR

homologous recombination repair

HRRC

Hazard Reduction and Recovery Center (USA)

HRRH

Dr Rafael Hernández Regional Hospital Hospital

Regional Dr. Rafael Hernández

(Panama)

HRT

hydraulic retention time

Central Safety Department Hauptabteilung

Sicherheit [This is part of the Karlsruhe Research

Center.]

(Germany)

Harmonized Commodity Description and Coding

System

(WCO)

hydrogen sulphide

HSA

Health Sciences Authority (Singapore)

HSA

high specific activity (Japan)

HSA

Host State Agreement (IAEA/Kazakhstan)

HSA

human serum albumin

HSBWR

Hitachi simplified boiling water reactor

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HSC

Health and Safety Commission [This was merged

into the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) on 1

April 2008.]

(United Kingdom)

(d)

superficial individual dose equivalent

HSE

Health and Safety Executive (United Kingdom)

HSE

health, safety and environment

HSE

herpes simplex encephalitis

HSG

hysterosalpingography

HSGM

high sensitivity gamma monitor

HSH

His Serene Highness or Her Serene Highness

HSI

hyperspectral imagery

HSJD

Saint John of God Hospital Hôpital Saint Jean de

Dieu

(Benin)

sulphuric acid

HST

Santo Tomás Hospital Hospital Santo Tomás (Panama)

HSV

herpes simplex virus

equivalent dose

helical tomotherapy

HTE

high temperature electrolysis

HTGR

high temperature gas cooled reactor

HTM Center

High Technology Medical Center — University

Clinic

(Georgia)

HTML

Hypertext Markup Language

HTO

tritiated water

HTPPL

High Temperature Plasma Physics Laboratory [This

is part of the Ioffe Physico-Technical Institute

(PTI).]

(Russian Federation)

HTR

high temperature reactor

HTR2006

International Topical Meeting on High Temperature

Reactor Technology [The acronym refers to the

third meeting from 1 to 4 October 2006 in South

Africa.]

HTR–PM

High Temperature Reactor–Pebble-Bed Module

HTS

high-throughput sequencing

HTS

high-throughput screening

HTSE

high temperature steam electrolysis

HTTR

High Temperature Engineering Test Reactor (Japan)

Hounsfield unit

hydroxyurea

HUC

Caracas University Hospital Hospital Universitario

de Caracas

(Venezuela)

HUEH

Haiti State University Hospital Hôpital de

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l'Université d'État d'Haïti

HUM

Mirebalais Teaching Hospital Hôpital universitaire

de Mirebalais

(Haiti)

HUT

Helsinki University of Technology [Following a

merger at the beginning of 2010, this was renamed

School of Science and Technology, which

subsequently split into four separate schools.]

(Finland)

high voltage

HVA

homovanillic acid

HVAC

heating, ventilation and air conditioning

HVEM

high voltage electron microscope

HVJ

haemagglutinating virus of Japan

HVL

half-value layer

HVT

Central Experimental Department Hauptabteilung

Versuchstechnik [This is part of the Karlsruhe

Research Center (FZK).]

(Germany)

HWB

Heavy Water Board [This is part of the Indian

Department of Atomic Energy (DAE).]

(India)

HWC

hydrogen water chemistry

HWGCR

heavy water moderated, gas cooled reactor

HWHM

half width at half maximum

HWLWR

heavy water moderated, boiling light water cooled

reactor

HWR

heavy water reactor

HWT

hot water treatment

HWZPR

Heavy Water Zero Power Reactor (Islamic Republic of

Iran)

HXR

hard X-ray

HydroPredict

International Interdisciplinary Conference on

Predictions for Hydrology, Ecology and Water

Resources Management

HYPER

hybrid power extraction reactor (Republic of Korea)

HyS cycle

hybrid sulphur cycle

hertz

HZB

Helmholtz Centre Berlin for Materials and Energy

Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin für Materialien und

Energie

(Germany)

HZP

hot zero power

iodine

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I2EN

International Institute of Nuclear Energy Institut

international de l’énergie nucléaire

(France)

Integrated Infrastructures Initiative (European

Commission)

I3S

Integrated Inspection Information System

implementing agency (GEF)

Institute for the Environment Instituto do Ambiente

[This was formed in 2002 from the merger of the

former General Directorate for the Environment and

the former Institute for Promotion of the

Environment. It was replaced in turn in 2007 by the

Portuguese Environment Agency (APA).]

(Portugal)

Internal Audit Section [part of the Office of Internal

Oversight Services (OIOS)]

(IAEA)

IAA

International Actuarial Association

IAAAS

International Academy of Agriculture and Animal

Science

IA&AD

Indian Audit and Accounts Department

IAAE

International Association of Agricultural

Economists

IAASB

International Auditing and Assurance Standards

Board

(IFAC)

IABO

International Association for Biological

Oceanography

I&C

instrumentation and control

IAC

Campinas Agronomic Institute Instituto

Agronômico de Campinas

(Brazil)

IAC

InterAcademy Council

IAC

international advisory committee

IAC

International Agricultural Centre [This is part of

Wageningen University and Research Centre in the

Netherlands.]

IACMST

Inter-Agency Committee on Marine Science and

Technology [This was superseded in 2008 by the

Marine Science Co-ordination Committee

(MSCC).]

(United Kingdom)

IACP

Institute of Applied Chemical Physics [This

institute has ceased to exist.]

(Russian Federation)

IACR

International Association of Cancer Registries

IACRNA

Inter-Agency Committee on Response to Nuclear

Accidents [This was renamed in November 2008 as

the Inter-Agency Committee on Radiological and

(European

Commission; FAO;

IAEA; NEA; OCHA;

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Nuclear Emergencies (IACRNE).] WHO; WMO)

IACRNE

Inter-Agency Committee on Radiological and

Nuclear Emergencies [Until November 2008 this

was known as the Inter-Agency Committee on

Response to Nuclear Accidents.]

(European

Commission; FAO;

IAEA; NEA; OCHA;

WHO; WMO)

IACRS

Inter-Agency Committee on Radiation Safety (European

Commission, FAO,

ICRP, ICRU, IAEA,

IEC, ILO, IRPA, ISO,

NEA, PAHO,

UNSCEAR, WHO)

IACS

Industrial Applications and Chemistry Section [part

of the Division of Physical and Chemical Sciences

(NAPC)]

(IAEA)

IACSD

Inter-Agency Committee on Sustainable

Development

(United Nations)

IACWGE

Inter-Agency Committee on Women and Gender

Equality [Since January 2002, inter-agency

coordination in the field of women and gender

equality is being carried out by the Inter-Agency

Network on Women and Gender Equality

(IANWGE).]

(United Nations)

IAE

Institute of Applied Energy (Japan)

IAE

Institute of Atomic Energy (Poland)

IAEA-EL

IAEA Environment Laboratories

IAEA-MEL

IAEA Marine Environment Laboratories, Monaco

[This was replaced in 2010 by the IAEA

Environment Laboratories (NAEL or IAEA-EL).]

IAEA-TECDOC

IAEA Technical Document [This is a category of

IAEA publication.]

IAEA

International Atomic Energy Agency

IAEC

Iraqi Atomic Energy Commission

IAEC

Israel Atomic Energy Commission

IAG

Implementation and Assessment Group (GICNT)

IAG

International Association of Geodesy

IAGN

Algerian Institute of Nuclear Engineering Institut

algérien de formation en génie nucléaire

(Algeria)

IAH

Institute for Animal Health (United Kingdom)

IAH

International Association of Hydrogeologists

IAHS

International Association of Hydrological Sciences

IAL

Adolfo Lutz Institute Instituto Adolfo Lutz (Brazil)

IAM

Institute for Advanced Materials (Netherlands)

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IAMAS

International Association of Meteorology and

Atmospheric Sciences

IAMLADP

International Annual Meeting on Language

Arrangements, Documentation and Publications

IAN

National Agronomy Institute Instituto Agronómico

Nacional

(Paraguay)

IANEC

Inter-American Nuclear Energy Commission [This

was formerly part of the OAS, but it was dissolved

in 1997.]

IANWGE

Inter-Agency Network on Women and Gender

Equality

(United Nations)

IAP

incident action plan

IAP

Institute of Applied Physics (Islamic Republic of

Iran)

IAP

InterAcademy Panel on International Issues

IAPG

Institute of Animal Physiology and Genetics Ústav

živočišné fyziologie a genetiky [This is part of the

Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic

(ASCR).]

(Czech Republic)

IAPH

International Association of Ports and Harbors

IAPRPoP

International Action Plan for the Radiation

Protection of Patients

(IAEA)

IAPSO

Inter-Agency Procurement Services Office (United Nations)

IAPSO

International Association for the Physical Sciences

of the Oceans

IARC

International Agency for Research on Cancer (WHO)

IARI

Indian Agricultural Research Institute

IARSN

Ibero-American Radiation Safety Network

IARU

International Alliance of Research Universities

IAS

Argentina Iron and Steel Institute Instituto

Argentino de Siderurgia

IAS

Institute of Agricultural Science of South Vietnam

IAS

International Accounting Standard [These were

standards issued by the predecessor of the

International Accounting Standards Board (IASB).]

IAS

Iullemeden Aquifer System (Mali/Niger/Nigeria)

IASAP

International Arctic Seas Assessment Project (IAEA)

IASB

International Accounting Standards Board

IASB Framework

Framework for the Preparation and Presentation of

Financial Statements

IASC

Inter-Agency Standing Committee (OCHA)

IASC

International Accounting Standards Committee

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[This was the predecessor of the International

Accounting Standards Board (IASB).]

IASCC

irradiation-assisted stress corrosion cracking

IASE

Institute of Power Systems Automation Instytut

Automatyki Systemów Energetycznych

(Poland)

IASMiRT

International Association for Structural Mechanics

in Reactor Technology

IASMN

Inter-Agency Security Management Network (United Nations

system)

IATA

International Air Transport Association

IATE

Obninsk Institute of Nuclear Power Engineering

[Founded in 1985, this Institute was renamed

Obninsk State Technical University for Nuclear

Power Engineering before resuming its orginal

name in 2009.]

(Russian Federation)

IATF

inter-agency task force

IAV

Hassan II Institute of Agronomy and Veterinary

Medicine Institut agronomique et vétérinaire

Hassan II

(Morocco)

Balseiro Institute Instituto Balseiro (Argentina)

IBA

indolebutyric acid

IBA

International Board of Auditors for NATO (NATO)

IBA

ion beam accelerator

IBA

ion beam analysis [This acronym is also used in

conjunction with the biennial International

Conference on Ion Beam Analysis.]

IBAMA

Brazilian Institute of the Environment and

Renewable Natural Resources Instituto Brasileiro

do Meio Ambiente e dos Recursos Naturais

Renováveis

IBAMD

International Bulletin on Atomic and Molecular

Data for Fusion [This is an IAEA publication.]

(IAEA)

IBAN

International Bank Account Number

IBANDL

Ion Beam Analysis Nuclear Data Library (IAEA)

IBAR

Interafrican Bureau for Animal Resources (OAU)

IBC

intermediate bulk container

IBCM

International Bathymetric Chart of the

Mediterranean

(IOC)

IBD

inflammatory bowel disease

IBE

International Bureau of Education

IBIC

ion beam induced charge

IBIL

ion beam induced luminescence

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IBNA

Agency of Hazardous Product Assessment

Izstradajumu bistamibas novertešanas agentura

[This Agency ceased to exist in 2005 when it

becamse part of the company Inspecta.]

(Latvia)

IBR

infectious bovine rhinotracheitis

IBR

Institute of Biological Research (Albania)

IBR

Institute of Biophysics and X-ray Structure

Research Institut für Biophysik und

Röntgenstrukturforschung [This is part of the

Austrian Academy of Sciences. In 2006 its name

was changed to Institute of Biophysics and

Nanosystems Research.]

(Austria)

IBRAE

Institute for the Safe Development of Atomic

Power Engineering [This is part of the Russian

Academy of Sciences.]

(Russian Federation)

IBRD

International Bank for Reconstruction and

Development [The IBRD is often popularly known

as the World Bank, but this term actually refers to

the IBRD and IDA together.]

(World Bank Group)

IBSA

India–Brazil–South Africa India-Brasil-África do

Sul

IBSS

Institute of Biology of the Southern Seas (Ukraine)

IBTEN

Bolivian Institute for Nuclear Science and

Technology Instituto Boliviano de Ciencia y

Tecnología Nuclear

IBW

ion Bernstein wave

IBWC

International Boundary and Water Commission (USA/Mexico)

IBZM

iodobenzamide

incident commander

Infrastructure Committee (VIC)

integrated circuit

interventional cardiology

ion chromatography

isolation condenser

50% inhibitory concentration

ICA

Abidjan Institute of Cardiology Institut de

cardiologie d'Abidjan

(Côte d'Ivoire)

ICA

Colombian Agricultural Institute Instituto

Colombiano Agropecuario

ICA

International Academy of Cardiology

ICA

International Co-operative Alliance

ICAI

Institute of Chartered Accountants of India

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ICAM

integrated coastal area management

ICAMDATA

International Conference on Atomic and Molecular

Data and Their Applications

ICAO

International Civil Aviation Organization

ICAPP

International Congress on Advances in Nuclear

Power Plants

ICAR

Indian Council of Agricultural Research

ICARDA

International Center for Agricultural Research in

the Dry Areas [Note the spelling of Center.]

ICARO

International Conference on Advances in Radiation

Oncology

(IAEA)

ICAZ

Institute of Chartered Accountants of Zimbabwe

ICBA

International Center for Biosaline Agriculture

ICBAR

Antonio Raimondi Institute of Biological Sciences

Instituto de Ciencias Biológicas "Antonio

Raimondi"

(Peru)

ICBC

Industrial and Commercial Bank of China

ICBC

Institute of Crop Breeding and Cultivation (China)

ICBF

Colombian Family Welfare Institute Instituto

Colombiano de Bienestar Familiar

ICBM

intercontinental ballistic missile

ICC

internal conversion coefficient

ICC

International Cooperation Center [This was set up

in 1989 by the Japan Electric Power Information

Center (JEPIC).]

(Japan)

ICC

International Chamber of Commerce

ICC

International Chernobyl Centre

ICC

International Computing Centre (United Nations)

ICC

International Criminal Court

ICCA

International Cancer Centre, Abuja (Nigeria)

ICCA

International Council of Chemical Associations

ICCC

Costa Rican Cancer Institute Instituto Costarricense

Contra el Cáncer

ICCC

Institute for Cardiology and Cardiovascular Surgery

Instituto de Cardiología y Cirugía Cardiovascular

(Cuba)

ICCC

International Cancer Control Congress

iCCM

integrated community case management

ICCN

Congolese Institute for Nature Conservation Institut

congolais pour la conservation de la nature

(Democratic Republic

of the Congo)

ICD

International Statistical Classification of Diseases

and Related Health Problems

(WHO)

icddr,b

International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease (Bangladesh)

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Research, Bangladesh

ICD-O

International Classification of Diseases for

Oncology

(WHO)

ICE

Costa Rican Institute of Electricity and

Telecommunications Instituto Costarricense de

Electricidad y Telecomunicaciones

ICE

Institute for Command Engineers (Belarus)

ICE

Institution of Civil Engineers (United Kingdom)

ICED

International Centre for Environment Audit and

Sustainable Development

(India)

ICEI

Complutense Institute of International Studies

Instituto Complutense de Estudios Internacionales

(Spain)

ICEL

International Council of Environmental Law

ICEM

International Conference on Environmental

Remediation and Radioactive Waste Management

ICENS

International Centre for Environmental and Nuclear

Sciences

ICERR

IAEA-designated International Centre based on

Research Reactor [This was earlier known as

International Centres of Excellence Based on

Research Reactors.]

(IAEA)

ICES

International Council for the Exploration of the Sea

ICF

inertial confinement fusion

ICF

Interim Cooperation Framework (Haiti)

ICF

intracellular fluid

ICF

ion cyclotron frequency

ICFA

International Committee for Future Accelerators

ICFES

Colombian Institute for the Promotion of Higher

Education Instituto Colombiano para el Fomento de

la Educación Superior

ICFTU

International Confederation of Free Trade Unions

[This was dissolved with the establishment on 1

November 2006 of the International Trade Union

Confederation (ITUC).]

ICG

Institute of Genetics and Cytology (Belarus)

ICG

International Co-ordinating Group on Innovative

Nuclear Reactors and Fuel Cycles [This group is

also known by the short form International

Co-ordinating Group.]

(IAEA)

ICG

International Crisis Group

ICG

Management Control Institute Institut de contrôle

de gestion

(France)

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ICGEB

International Centre for Genetic Engineering and

Biotechnology

ICGES

Gorgas Commemorative Institute of Health Studies

Instituto Conmemorativo Gorgas de Estudios de la

Salud

(Panama)

ICGFI

International Consultative Group on Food

Irradiation

(FAO/WHO/IAEA)

ICGR

International Conference on Geological

Repositories [This Conference takes place about

every four years with different themes.]

ICH

Institute of Child Health (United Kingdom)

ICHCA

International Cargo Handling Co-ordination

Association [The name was changed on 1 January

2003 to ICHCA International Limited and no

acronym is used.]

ICI

International Conference on Isotopes

ICID

International Commission on Irrigation and

Drainage

ICIDCA

Cuban Institute for Research on Sugar Cane

Products Instituto Cubano de Investigaciones de los

Derivados de la Caña de Azúcar

ICIMOD

International Centre for Integrated Mountain

Development

ICINAZ

Cuban Sugar Research Institute Instituto Cubano de

Investigaciones Azucareras

ICIPE

International Centre of Insect Physiology and

Ecology

ICISA

International Centre for Information Systems and

Audit

(India)

ICJ

International Commission of Jurists

ICJ

International Court of Justice

ICJT

Nuclear Training Centre Izobraževalni center za

jedrsko tehnologijo

(Slovenia)

ICL

interstrand cross-link

ICLAM

Institute for the Conservation of Lake Maracaibo

Instituto para la Conservación del Lago de

Maracaibo

(Venezuela)

ICLEI

International Council for Local Environmental

Initiatives

ICMP

Institute for Condensed Matter Physics (Ukraine)

ICMR

Indian Council of Medical Research

ICMS

in-core monitoring system

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ICMSF

International Commission on Microbiological

Specifications for Foods

ICMyL

Marine and Limnological Science Institute Instituto

de Ciencias del Mar y Limnología

(Mexico)

ICN

Institute for Nuclear Research Institutul de

Cercetari Nucleare

(Romania)

ICN

Nuclear Science Institute Instituto de Ciencias

Nucleares [part of the National Autonomous

University of Mexico (UNAM)]

(Mexico)

ICN

International Congress of Nutrition

ICNDT

International Committee for Non Destructive

Testing

ICNIRP

International Commission on Non-Ionizing

Radiation Protection

ICNMP

International College of Nuclear Medicine

Physicians

ICNND

International Commission on Nuclear Non-

proliferation and Disarmament

ICO

Catalan Institute of Oncology Instituto Catalán de

Oncología

(Spain)

ICOC

International Code of Conduct against Ballistic

Missile Proliferation [This was the original title of

the Code of Conduct, which is now referred to as

The Hague Code of Conduct against Ballistic

Missile Proliferation (HCOC).]

ICOLD

International Commission on Large Dams

ICONE

International Conference on Nuclear Engineering

[These are annual events and the acronym is

normally followed by the conference’s number e.g.

ICONE 10.]

ICoP on NKM

International Community of Practice on Nuclear

Knowledge Management

ICP

incident command post

ICP

inductively coupled plasma

ICP

International Chernobyl Project (IAEA)

ICP-AES

inductively coupled plasma atomic emission

spectrometer

ICP-AES

inductively coupled plasma atomic emission

spectrometry

ICPD

ingestion and commodities planning distance

ICPDR

International Commission for the Protection of the

Danube River

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ICPM

Interim Commission on Phytosanitary Measures (FAO)

ICP-MS

inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry

ICP-OES

inductively coupled plasma optical emission

spectrometry

ICP-SFMS

inductively coupled plasma sector field mass

spectrometer

ICPO-

INTERPOL

International Criminal Police Organization –

INTERPOL [The preferred short from for IAEA

documents is INTERPOL.]

ICR

inventory change report (Safeguards)

ICR

ion cyclotron resonance

ICRA

Central African Institute for Agricultural Research

Institut centrafricain de recherche agronomique

(Central African

Republic)

ICRAF

World Agroforestry Centre

ICRER

International Conference on Radioecology and

Environmental Radioactivity

ICRETT

Programme

International Cancer Research Technology Transfer

Programme

ICRF

ion cyclotron range of frequency

ICRH

ion cyclotron resonance heating

ICRIN

International Chernobyl Research and Information

Network

(IAEA/UNDP/UNICEF/

WHO)

ICRISAT

International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-

Arid Tropics

(CGIAR)

ICRM

Institute of Certified Records Managers

ICRM

internal control and risk management

ICRM

International Committee for Radionuclide

Metrology

ICRO

International Cell Research Organization (UNESCO)

ICRO

International Congress of Radiation Oncology

ICRP

International Commission on Radiological

Protection

ICRU

International Commission on Radiation Units and

Measurements

ICS

incident command system

ICS

industrial control system

ICS

INIS Collection Search

ICS

integrated control system

ICS

International Centre for Science and High

Technology

(UNIDO)

(ISC)²

International Information Systems Security

Certification Consortium

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ICSA

Institute of Chartered Secretaries and

Administrators [Thi full form does not appear to be

normally used by the Institute.]

ICSANT

International Convention for the Suppression of

Acts of Nuclear Terrorism

(United Nations)

ICSC

International Civil Service Commission (United Nations)

ICSD

ionization chamber smoke detector

ICSH

insterstitial cell stimulating hormone

ICSI

Institute of Company Secretaries of India

ICSID

International Centre for Settlement of Investment

Disputes

(World Bank)

ICSP

International Collaborative Standard Problem (IAEA)

ICSPRO

Inter-Secretariat Committee on Scientific

Programmes Relating to Oceanography

(United Nations)

ICSRS

International Catalogue of Sealed Radioactive

Sources and Devices

(IAEA)

ICSTI

International Centre for Scientific and Technical

Information

ICSU

International Council for Science

ICT

information and communication technology

ICT Task Force

Information and Communication Technologies

Task Force [The mandate of this Task Force

expired on 31 December 2005.]

(United Nations)

ICT

International Commission on Tracers (IAHS)

ICTA

Institute of Agricultural Science and Technology

Instituto de Ciencia y Tecnología Agrícolas

(Guatemala)

ICTC

International Construction Training Centre (China)

ICTP

Institute of Polymer Science and Technology

Instituto de Ciencia y Tecnología de Polímeros

(Spain)

ICTP

International Centre for Theoretical Physics (IAEA/UNESCO)

ICTR

International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda

ICTY

International Criminal Tribunal for the former

Yugoslavia

ICU

intensive care unit

ICVD

improved Cerenkov viewing device (Safeguards)

ICWS

International Centre for Water Studies

inner diameter or internal diameter

intrusion detection

iron deficiency

IDA

iminodiacetic acid

IDA

International Desalination Association

IDA

International Development Association (World Bank Group)

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IDA

iron deficiency anaemia

IDA

Society of Danish Engineers Ingeniørforeningen i

Danmark

IDA

isotope dilution analysis

IDAAN

Institute of National Aqueducts and Sewer Systems

Instituto de Acueductos y Alcantarillados

Nacionales

(Panama)

IDAS

International Dose Assurance Service (IAEA)

IDAS

isotope dilution alpha spectrometry

IDB

Industrial Development Board (UNIDO)

IDB

Inter-American Development Bank [The same

acronym is used for the Islamic Development

Bank.]

IDB

Islamic Development Bank [The same acronym is

used for the Inter-American Development Bank.]

IDC

Industrial Development Corporation (South Africa)

IDC

interest during construction

IDD

in-device delay

IDD

iodine deficiency disorders

IDDM

insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus

IDDRI

Institute for Sustainable Development and

International Relations Institut du développement

durable et des relations internationales

(France)

IDDS

Institute for Defense and Disarmament Studies (USA)

IDE

Interplanetary Dust Experiment (NASA)

IDEA

International Dose External Audits (IAEA/WHO)

IDEAM

Institute of Hydrology, Meteorology and

Environmental Studies Instituto de Hidrología,

Meteorología y Estudios Ambientales

(Colombia)

IDECYT

Institute of Scientific and Technological Research

Instituto de Estudios Científicos y Tecnológicos

[This is part of the Simón Rodríguez National

Experimental University

(Venezuela)

IDEFOR

Forestry Institute Institut des Forêts [This was

amalgamated in 1998 with two other institutions to

form the National Agronomic Research Centre

(CNRA).]

(Côte d'Ivoire)

IDEP

African Institute for Economic Development and

Planning Institut africain de développement

économique et de planification

(UNESA)

IDESSA

Savannah Institute Institut des savanes [This was

amalgamated in 1998 with two other institutions to

(Côte d’Ivoire)

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form the National Agronomic Research Centre

(CNRA).]

IDI

INTOSAI Development Initiative [This is the

training arm of the International Organization of

Supreme Audit Institutions (INTOSAI).]

(INTOSAI)

IDIAP

Agricultural Research Institute of Panama Instituto

de Investigación Agropecuaria de Panamá

IDIDAS

International Database on Insect Disinfestation and

Sterilization

(IAEA)

IDIEM

Institute for Materials Research and Testing

Instituto de Investigación y Ensayes de Materiales

[This is part of the University of Chile.]

(Chile)

IDM

index of dispersible radioactive material inventory

IDM

informed decision making

IDMS

isotope dilution mass spectrometry

IDN

International Decommissioning Network (IAEA)

IDN

Nuclear and Chemical Disarmament

Implementation Division Direction de la mise en

oeuvre du désarmement nucléaire et chimique

(Canada)

IDNPPLM

International Database on NPP Life Management

IDP

Inspection Documentation Package (Safeguards)

IDP

internally displaced person

IDP

Iraq Decommissioning Project (IAEA)

IDPBW

Internal Service for Protection and Prevention at

Work Interne Dienst voor Preventie en

Bescherming op het Werk [This is part of the

Belgian Nuclear Research Centre (SCK•CEN).]

(Belgium)

IDPNPP

International Database on Piping of Nuclear Power

Plants

IDPS

INIS Data Processing System (IAEA)

IDR

Institute for Rural Development [This is part of

Bobo-Dioulasso University.]

(Burkina Faso)

IDR

integrated dry route

IDRC

International Development Research Centre (Canada)

IDRPVM

International Database on Reactor Pressure Vessel

Materials

IDS

intrusion detection system

IDSG

International Database on Steam Generators

IDU material

irradiated direct use material (Safeguards)

IDWG

Infrastructure Development Working Group [This

group was part of the former Global Nuclear

Energy Partnership.] .

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i.e.

that is to say [The acronym comes from the Latin id

est.]

initiating event

Institute for Energy [This was renamed Institute for

Energy and Transport (IET) on 1 September 2011.]

(European

Commission)

IEA

Institute of Atomic Energy Instytut Energii

Atomowej

(Poland)

IEA

International Energy Agency (OECD)

IEA

International Epidemiological Association

IEB

Institute of Experimental Botany [The Belarus IEB

is part of the National Academy of Sciences of

Belarus and the Czech IEB is part of the Academy

of Sciences of the Czech Republic (ASCR).]

(Belarus, Czech

Republic)

IEC

Incident and Emergency Centre [This was

established with effect from 1 February 2005.]

(IAEA)

IEC

information, education and communication

IEC

International Electrotechnical Commission

IEC

ion exchange chromatography

IED

improvised explosive device

IEDA

Institute of Environment and Sustainable

Development in Agriculture

(China)

IEE

Institute for Energy Studies Instituto de Estudios de

la Energía

(Spain)

IEEE

Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers

IEER

Institute for Energy and Environmental Research

IEES

Institute of Earthquake Engineering and

Seismology

(Tajikistan)

IEF

Institute of Energy Research Institut für

Energieforschung

(Germany)

IEF

isoelectric focusing

IEG

Institute of Environmental Geochemistry (Ukraine)

IELF

Institute for Disposal Research Institut für

Endlagerforschung

(Germany)

iELISA

indirect enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay

IEM

inborn error of metabolism

IEM

Information Exchange Meeting (Nuclear Suppliers

Group)

IEM

Institute of Experimental Meteorology (Russian Federation)

IEM

international experts' meeting

IEMVT

Institute for Livestock and Veterinary Medicine in

Tropical Countries Institut d'évelage et de médecine

vétérinaire des pays tropicaux [This was replaced

(France)

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by the Department of Livestock and Veterinary

Medicine in Tropical Countries (EMVT).]

IEN

Nuclear Engineering Institute Instituto de

Engenharia Nuclear

(Brazil)

IEN

Nuclear Research Institute Instituto de Estudios

Nucleares

(Cuba, Ukraine)

IER

Institute for Environmental Research (Australia)

IER

Rural Economy Institute Institut d'économie rurale (Mali)

IERICS

Independent Engineering Review of I&C Systems (IAEA)

IES

Incident and Emergency System (IAEA)

IESS

Ecuadorian Social Security Institute Instituto

Ecuatoriano de Seguridad Social

IET

Institute for Energy and Transport [Prior to 1

September 2011 this was known as the Institute for

Energy (IE).]

(European

Commission)

IET

Institute for Energy Systems and Thermodynamics

Institut für Energietechnik und Thermodynamik

[This is part of the Vienna Univeristy of

Technology and was previously known as the

Institute for Thermodynamics and Energy

Conversion (ITE).]

(Austria)

IET

integral effects test

IETE

Institution of Electronics and Telecommunication

Engineers

(India)

IETF

Internet Engineering Task Force

IETU

Institute for Ecology of Industrial Areas Instytut

Ekologii Terenów Uprzemysłowionych

(Poland)

industrial package design for fissile material (Type code defined in

IAEA Transport

Regulations)

IFA

immunofluorescence assay [This is sometimes used

for indirect fluorescent antibody test (IFAT).]

IFA

Institute of Atomic Physics Institutul de Fizică

Atomică

(Romania)

IFA

International Fertilizer Industry Association

IFA

Irradiated Food Authorization Database (IAEA/FAO)

IFAC

International Federation of Accountants

IFAD

International Fund for Agricultural Development (United Nations)

IFAH

International Federation for Animal Health

IFALPA

International Federation of Air Line Pilots’

Associations

IFAP

International Federation of Agricultural Producers

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IFAS

International Fund for Saving the Aral Sea

IFAT

indirect fluorescent antibody test

IFC

International Finance Corporation

IFC

Nuclear Fuel Cycle Analysis Section [This is part of

the Division of Information Management in the

Department of Safeguards.]

(IAEA)

IFD

incipient failure detection

IFD

Institute of Experimental Physics Instytut Fizyki

Doświadczalnej [part of Warsaw University]

(Poland)

IFDC

International Fertilizer Development Center

IFE

inertial fusion energy

IFE

Institute for Energy Technology Institutt for

energiteknikk

(Norway)

IFE

Integrated Field Exercise (CTBTO)

IFEL

Irradiated Fuels Examination Laboratory [This is

part of Oak Ridge Laboratory.]

(USA)

IFF

Intergovernmental Forum on Forests [This was

established by the Economic and Social Council

(ECOSOC) and in existence from 1997 to 2000.]

(United Nations)

IFI

international financial institution

IFIEC

International Federation of Industrial Energy

Consumers

IFIM

Milling Industry Training Institute Institut de

formation de l'industrie meunière

(Morocco)

IFIN-HH

Horia Hulubei National Institute of Physics and

Nuclear Engineering Institutul Național de

Cercetare-Dezvoltare pentru Fizică și Inginerie

Nucleară "Horia Hulubei"

(Romania)

IFIP

International Federation for Information Processing

IFLA

International Federation of Library Associations

and Institutions

IFM

intermediate flow mixer

IFMAP

Irradiated Fuel Management Advisory Programme (IAEA)

IFMBE

International Federation for Medical and Biological

Engineering

IFMIF

International Fusion Materials Irradiation Facility

IFN

interferon

IFN-τ

interferon-tau

IFNEC

International Framework for Nuclear Energy

Cooperation [This replaced the Global Nuclear

Energy Partnership (GNEP).]

IFPA

Institute for Foreign Policy Analysis (USA)

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IFPE Database

International Fuel Performance Experiments

Database

(IAEA/NEA)

IFPRI

International Food Policy Research Institute

IFR

Institute of Food Research (United Kingdom)

IFR

integral fast reactor

IFRC

International Federation of Red Cross and Red

Crescent Societies

IFRC

International Fusion Research Council (IAEA)

IFREMER

French Research Institute for Exploitation of the

Sea Institut français de recherche pour

l'exploitation de la mer

IFRIC

International Financial Reporting Interpretations

Committee [This Committee has been renamed the

IFRS Interpretations Committee.]

(International

Accounting Standards

Board)

IFRS

International Financial Reporting Standard

IfS

Instrument for Stability (European Union)

IFS

International Foundation for Science

IFSA

International Conference on Inertial Fusion

Sciences and Applications

IFT

Institute of Food Technologists

IFUA

Institute for Environmental Analysis Institut für

Umwelt-Analyse

(Germany)

IFZ

Earth Physics Institute [The acronym is a

transliteration of the Russian acronym.]

(Russian Federation)

immunoglobulin

Interface Group (IAEA)

IgA

immunoglobulin A

IGA

intergranular attack

IGAD

Intergovernmental Authority on Development

IGALL

International Generic Ageing Lessons Learned (IAEA)

IGB

Leibniz-Institute of Freshwater Ecology and Inland

Fisheries Leibniz-Institut für Gewässerökologie und

Binnenfischerei

(Germany)

IGBP

International Geosphere–Biosphere Programme (ICSU)

IGC

Institute of Geosciences Instituto de Geociencias (Panama)

IGC

intergranular corrosion

IGC

International Geological Congress

IGCAR

Indira Gandhi Centre for Atomic Research (India)

IGCC

integrated gasification combined cycle

IGCE

Institute of Geosciences and Exact Sciences

Instituto de Geociências e Ciências Exatas

(Brazil)

IgD

immunoglobulin D

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IGD-TP

Implementing Geological Disposal of Radioactive

Waste Technology Platform

(European Union)

IgE

immunoglobulin E

IGEM RAS

Institute for Ore Deposit Geology, Petrography,

Mineralogy and Geochemistry of the Russian

Academy of Sciences

(Russian Federation)

IGER

Institute of Grassland and Environmental Research (United Kingdom)

IGEWE

Institute of GeoSciences, Energy, Water and

Environment Instituti i Gjeoshkencave, Energjisë,

Ujit dhe Mjedisit [This replaced the Institute for

Energy, Water and Environment (INEUM).]

(Albania)

IGF

insulin-like growth factor

IGFRS

Indian Government Financial Reporting Standards

IgG

immunoglobulin G

IGiPZ

Institute of Geography and Spatial Organization

Instytut Geografii i Przestrzennego

Zagospodarowania

(Poland)

IGM

Geological and Mining Institute Instituto Geológico

e Mineiro [This replaced the General Directorate

for Geology and Mines (DGGM) in 1993. It was

later merged with the former National Institute of

Engineering and Industrial Technology to create the

National Institute of Engineering, Technology and

Innovation (INETI).]

(Portugal)

IgM

immunoglobulin M

IGN

National Geographic Institute Institut géographique

national

(France)

IGNPh

Institute of General and Nuclear Physics (Russian Federation)

IGO

intergovernmental organization

IGPO

International GEWEX Project Office [This is the

focal point for all Global Energy and Water Cycle

Experiment (GEWEX) activities.]

(ICSU/WMO/IOC)

IGR

Gustave Roussy Institute Institut Gustave Roussy (France)

IGR

image-guided radiosurge

IGR

Institute of Plant Genetics Instytut Genetyki Roślin (Poland)

IGRAC

International Groundwater Resources Assessment

Centre

(UNESCO/WMO)

IGRAS

Institute of Geography [This is part of the Russian

Academy of Sciences (RAS).]

(Russian Federation)

IGRT

image guided radiation therapy

IGSC

Integration Group for the Safety Case (OECD/NEA)

IGSCC

intergranular stress corrosion cracking

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IGSS

Guatemalan Social Security Institute Instituto

Guatemalteco de Seguridad Social

IGT

image guided therapy

IGT

impaired glucose tolerance

IHA

indirect haemagglutination

IHAN

Isotope Hydrology Analytical Network

IHAR

Plant Breeding and Acclimatization Institute

Instytut Hodowli i Aklimatyzacji Roślin

(Poland)

IHB

International Hydrographic Bureau [This is the

Secretariat of the International Hydrographic

Organization (IHO).]

IHBI

Institute of Health and Biomedical Innovation (Australia)

IHC

immunohistochemistry

IHD

ischaemic heart disease

IHDP

International Human Dimensions Programme on

Global Environmental Change

(ICSU/ISSC)

IHEP

Institute for High Energy Physics (Russian Federation)

IHG

Institute of Hydrogeology and Geothermics Institut

für Hydrogeologie und Geothermie [This Institute

no longer exists.]

(Austria)

IHHS

Institute of Hydraulics, Hydrology and Sanitary

Engineering Instituto de Hidráulica, Hidrología e

Ingeniería Sanitaria

(Peru)

IHI

Ishikawajima-Harima Heavy Industries Co. (Japan)

IHIMV

Honduran Institute of Medical Veterinary Research

Instituto Hondureño de Investigaciones Médico

Veterinarias

IHL

IAEA Isotope Hydrology Laboratory

IHLRWM

International High-Level Radioactive Waste

Management Conference

IHLW

Institute of Hydraulics and Rural Water

Management Institut für Hydraulik und

Landeskulturelle Wasserwirtschaft

(Austria)

IHO

International Hydrographic Organization

IHP

International Hydrological Programme (UNESCO)

IHR

International Health Regulations (WHO)

IHS

Isotope Hydrology Section [part of the Division of

Physical and Chemical Sciences (NAPC)]

(IAEA)

IHTEMB

Institute of High Technologies and Experimental

Machine Building [This institute has ceased to

exist.]

(Russian Federation)

IHX

intermediate heat exchanger

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IIA

High Altitude Research Institute Instituto de

Investigaciones de la Altura [This is part of the

Cayetano Heredia Peruvian University (UPCH).]

(Peru)

IIA

Institute of Internal Auditors

iiA

International Irradiation Association [This replaced

the Association of International Industrial

Irradiation (Aiii) in 2004.]

IIA

Rice Research Institute Instituto de Investigaciones

del Arroz

(Cuba)

IIAP

Pacific Environmental Research Institute Instituto

de Investigaciones Ambientales del Pacífico

(Colombia)

IIASA

International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis

IIBCE

Clemente Estable Institute for Biological Research

Instituto de Investigaciones Biológicas Clemente

Estable

(Uruguay)

IICA

Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on

Agriculture

(OAS)

IICC

International Incidence of Childhood Cancer (IARC/IACR)

IICS

Health Science Research Institute Instituto de

Investigaciones en Ciencias de la Salud

(Paraguay)

IIE

Electrical Research Institute Instituto de

Investigaciones Eléctricas

(Mexico)

IIED

International Institute for Environment and

Development

IIF

Institute of Interdisciplinary Isotope Research

Institut für Interdisziplinäre Isotopenforschung

(Germany)

IIFEO

ITER International Fusion Energy Organization

[This is the full version of the name of the entity,

which was established in 2007and which is more

generally referred to as the ITER Organization. Anr

earlier designation was the ITER Legal Entity

(ILE)).]

(ITER)

IIFP

International Isotopes Fluorine Products

IIHE

Inter-University Institute for High Energies (Belgium)

IIHF

International Ice Hockey Federation

IIHR

Indian Institute of Horticultural Research

IIIA

Food Industry Research Institute Instituto de

Investigaciones para la Industria Alimenticia

(Cuba)

IIN

Nutritional Research Institute Instituto de

Investigación Nutricional

(Peru)

IIPR

Indian Institute of Pulses Research

IIS

Internet Information Services [This is a Microsoft

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web server.]

IIS

Section for Information Support Services [part of

the Division of Safeguards Information Technology

(SGIT)]

(IAEA)

IISD

International Institute for Sustainable Development

IISP

International Institute for Sustainable Peace

IIT

Illinois Institute of Technology (USA)

IIT

Incident Investigation Team (United States Nuclear

Regulatory

Commission)

IIT

Institute of Information Technologies [This institute

has ceased to exist.]

(Russian Federation)

IITA

International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (CGIAR)

IIV

interim inventory verification (Safeguards)

IIW

International Institute of Welding

IJS

Jožef Stefan Institute Institut Jožef Stefan (Slovenia)

IKE

Institute for Nuclear Energy and Energy Systems

Institut für Kernenergetik und Energiesysteme

(Germany)

IKM

institutional knowledge management

IKR

Institute for Nuclear Technology and Reactor

Safety Institut für Kerntechnik und

Reaktorsicherheit

(Germany)

ILA

International Law Association

ILAC

International Laboratory Accreditation Cooperation

ILBT

intraluminal brachytherapy

ILC

International Land Coalition

ILC

International Law Commission (United Nations)

ILCA

International Livestock Centre for Africa [As of

1995, the ILCA and the International Laboratory for

Research on Animal Diseases (ILRAD) were

consolidated into the International Livestock

Research Institute (ILRI).]

ILCE

ionic liquid type crown ether

ILE

Institute of Laser Engineering (Japan)

ILE

ITER Legal Entity [This was an earlier version of

the name of the ITER International Fusion Energy

Organization (IIFEO), commonly referred to as the

ITER Organization.]

(ITER)

ILI

intermediate level information [This applies to

information on waste repositories; see also primary

level information (PLI) and high level information

(HLI).]

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ILL

Laue-Langevin Institute Institut Laue-Langevin (France)

ILLW

intermediate level liquid waste

ILMB

International Laboratory of Molecular Biology for

Tropical Disease Agents

(USA)

ILMR

International Laboratory of Marine Radioactivity

[This was the oficianl name of the laboratory

founded in 1961, which after various name changes,

is now the IAEA Environment Laboratories.]

(IAEA)

ILO

International Labour Organization

ILOAT

International Labour Organization Administrative

Tribunal

(ILO)

ILRAD

International Laboratory for Research on Animal

Diseases [As of 1995, the ILRAD and the

International Livestock Centre for Africa (ILCA)

were consolidated into the International Livestock

Research Institute (ILRI).]

ILRI

International Livestock Research Institute [As of

1995, the International Livestock Centre for Africa

(ILCA) and the International Laboratory for

Research on Animal Diseases (ILRAD) were

consolidated into the ILRI.]

ILRT

integrated leakage rate test

ILSI

International Life Sciences Institute

ILT

Human Environment and Transport Inspectorate

Inspectie Leefomgeving en Transport

(Netherlands)

ILW

intermediate level waste [This term should not be

used in IAEA documents.]

ILW

ITER-like wall

information management

instant messaging

intramuscular

IM 2010

European Conference on Individual Monitoring of

Ionizing Radiation

IM2S

Monaco Institute of Sports Medicine and Surgery

Institut monégasque de médecine et chirurgie

sportive

IMARPE

Peruvian Marine Research Institute Instituto del

Mar del Perú

IMAS

International Mine Action Standards (United Nations)

IMAT

intensity-modulated arc therapy

IMBER

Integrated Marine Biogeochemistry and Ecosystem

Research

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IMBICE

Multidisciplinary Institute of Cell Biology Instituto

Multidisciplinario de Biología Celular

(Argentina)

IMCA

inspector multichannel analyser (Safeguards)

IMCI

Integrated Management of Childhood Illness (UNICEF)

IMCO

Inter-Governmental Maritime Consultative

Organization [This was the name until 1982 of the

International Maritime Organization (IMO).]

IMDG Code

International Maritime Dangerous Goods Code (IMO)

IMechE

Institution of Mechanical Engineers (United Kingdom)

IMEDEA

Mediterranean Institute for Advanced Studies

Institut méditerranéen d'études avancées

(Spain)

IMEMO

Institute of World Economy and International

Relations

(Russian Federation)

IMEP

International Measurement Evaluation Programme

[This is run by the Institute for Reference Materials

and Measurements (IRMM).]

(European

Commission)

IMF

International Monetary Fund

IMFIA

Institute of Fluid Mechanics and Environmental

Engineering Instituto de Mecánica de los Fluidos e

Ingeniería Ambiental

(Uruguay)

IMG

Incident Management Group (IAEA)

IMGW

Institute of Meteorology and Water Management

Instytut Meteorologii i Gospodarki Wodnej

(Poland)

IMHE

Institute of Mountain Hazards and Environment (China)

IMIS

Integrated Management Information System (United Nations(

IMMa

International Mining and Minerals Association (United Kingdom)

IMMSP

Institute of Mathematical Machines and Systems

Problems

(Ukraine)

IMO

International Maritime Organization

IMP

Institute of Molecular Physics [This institute has

ceased to exist.]

(Russian Federation)

IMP

integrated master plan

IMP

Mexican Petroleum Institute Instituto Mexicano del

Petróleo

IMPA

Institute for Microbiology and Parasitology

Instituto de Microbiología y Parasitología

(Dominican Republic)

imPACT

integrated missions of PACT (IAEA)

IMPHOS

World Phosphate Institute Institut mondial du

phosphate

IMPM

Institute for Medical Research and Medicinal Plant

Studies Institut de recherche médicale et d'études

des plantes médicinales

(Cameroon)

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IMR

Institute for Medical Radiology (Ukraine)

IMR

Institute of Marine Research

Havforskningsinstituttet

(Norway)

IMR

integrated modular water reactor

IMROH

Institute for Medical Research and Occupational

Health Institut za medicinska istraživanja i

medicinu rada

(Croatia)

IMRP

International Meeting on Radiation Processing

IMRT

intensity modulated radiation therapy

IMS

Incident Management System (IAEA)

IMS

Institute of Marine Sciences Deniz Bilimleri

Enstitüsü (DBE)

(Turkey)

IMS

integrated management system

IMSc

Institute of Mathematical Sciences (India)

IMSG

Individual Monitoring Service Group (IAEA)

IMSIMS

Information Management System for Identifying

and Meeting Member States’ Needs in Rdiation

Safety

(IAEA)

IMSMA

Information Management System for Mine Action (GICHD)

IMSO

International Mobile Satellite Organization

IMSS

Mexican Social Security Institute Instituto

Mexicano del Seguro Social

IMTA

Mexican Institute of Water Technology Instituto

Mexicano de Tecnología del Agua

IMTF

International Malnutrition Task Force

IMVAVET

Malagasy Institute for Veterinary Vaccines Institut

malgache de vaccins vétérinaires

indium

IN2P3

National Institute of Nuclear and Particle Physics

Institut national de physique nucléaire et de

physique des particules

(France)

INA

National Agronomy Institute Institut national

agronomique

(Algeria)

INA

National Water Institute Instituto Nacional del

Agua

(Argentina)

INAA

instrumental neutron activation analysis

INAC

International Nuclear Atlantic Conference

INAC

National Civil Aviation Institute Instituto Nacional

de Aviación Civil

(Argentina)

INACAP

National Institute of Professional Training Instituto

Nacional de Capacitacion Profesional

(Chile)

INACG

International Nutritional Anemia Consultative (USAID)

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Group

INACH

Chilean Antarctic Institute Instituto Antártico

Chileno

INADE

National Institute for Development Instituto

Nacional de Desarrollo

(Peru)

INAEC

Iraqi National Atomic Energy Committee (Iraq)

INAH

National Institute of Anthropology and History

Instituto Nacional de Antropología e Historia

(Mexico)

INAMEN

National Institute of Nuclear Medicine Instituto

Nacional de Medicina Nuclear

(Bolivia)

INAT

Tunis National Institute of Agronomy Institut

national agronomique de Tunis

INB

Brazilian Nuclear Industries Indústrias Nucleares

do Brasil

INBio

National Biodiversity Institute Instituto Nacional de

Biodiversidad

(Costa Rica)

INC

National Institute of Culture Instituto Nacional de

Cultura

(Peru)

INC

International Nuclear Cooperation [This initiative

replaced the International Nuclear Safety Program

(INSP).]

(USA)

INCA

National Cancer Institute Instituto Nacional de

Câncer

(Brazil)

INCa

National Cancer Institute Institut national du cancer (France)

INCA

National Institute of Agricultural Sciences Instituto

Nacional de Ciencias Agrícolas

(Cuba)

INCAP

Institute of Nutrition of Central America and

Panama Instituto de Nutrición de Centro América y

Panamá

INCB

International Narcotics Control Board (United Nations)

INCCA

Dr Cupertino Arteaga National Oncology Institute

Instituto Nacional de Cancerología Dr. Cupertino

Arteaga

(Bolivia)

INCIENSA

Costa Rican Institute for Research and Training in

Nutrition and Health Instituto Costarricense de

Investigación y Enseñanza en Nutrición y Salud

INCMNSZ

Salvador Zubirán National Institute of Medical

Sciences and Nutrition Instituto Nacional de

Ciencias Médicas y Nutrición Salvador Zubirán

[INNSZ appears to be the preferred acronym.]

(Mexico)

INCO

Specific Research and Technological Development

Programme in the Field of Cooperation with Third

(European Council)

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Countries and International Organisations

INCOPESCA

Costa Rican Institute for Fisheries and Aquaculture

Instituto Costarricense de Pesca y Acuicultura

(Costa Rica)

Incoterms

International Commercial Terms (International

Chamber of

Commerce)

INCT

Institute of Nuclear Chemistry and Technology (Poland)

INCTR

International Network for Cancer Treatment and

Research

Incucai

National Institute for Organ Donation and

Transplantation Instituto Nacional Central Único

Coordinador de Ablación e Implante

(Argentina)

IND

improvised nuclear device

IND

National Sports Institute Instituto Nacional de

Deportes

(Chile)

IND material

indirect use material (Safeguards)

INDAG

International Nuclear Desalination Advisory Group

[In 2008 this was replaced by the Technical

Working Group on Nuclear Desalination (TWG-

ND).]

(IAEA)

INDC

International Nuclear Data Committee (IAEA)

INDE

National Institute of Electricity Instituto Nacional

de Electrificación

(Guatemala)

INDEC

National Institute of Statistics and Censuses

Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Censos

(Argentina)

INDH

National Initiative for Human Development

Initiative nationale pour le développement humain

(Morocco)

INDICASAT

Institute of Advanced Scientific Investigations and

High Technology Services Instituto de

Investigaciones Científicas Avanzadas y Servicios

de Alta Tecnología

(Panama)

INDOTEC

Dominican Institute of Industrial Technology

Instituto Dominicano de Tecnología Industrial

INDRHI

National Institute of Hydraulic Resources Instituto

Nacional de Recursos Hidráulicos

(Dominican Republic)

INE

Institute for Nuclear Waste Management Institut für

Nukleare Entsorgung

(Germany)

INE

National Institute of Ecology Instituto Nacional de

Ecología

(Mexico)

INE

National Statistics Institute Instituto Nacional de

Estadística

(Bolivia)

INE

Nicaraguan Energy Institute Instituto Nicaragüense

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de Energía

INEA

International Nuclear Energy Academy

INEC

National Institute of Statistics and Census Instituto

Nacional de Estadística y Censo

(Panama)

INEC

National Institute of Statistics and Censuses

Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Censos

(Ecuador)

INEEL

Idaho National Engineering and Environmental

Laboratory [On 1 February 2005 this merged with

the Argonne National Laboratory-West to become

the Idaho National Laboratory (INL).]

(USA)

INEFROL

Nephrology Institute Instituto de Nefrología (Cuba)

INEL

International Nuclear Electronic Library (IAEA)

INEN

National Institute of Neoplastic Diseases Instituto

Nacional de Enfermedades Neoplásicas

(Peru)

INENS

International Network of Emerging Nuclear

Specialists

INER

Institute of Nuclear Energy Research (Taiwan, China)

INERA

Institute for the Environment and Agricultural

Research Institut de l'environnement et de

recherches agricoles

(Burkina Faso)

INERA

National Institute for Agronomic Study and

Research Institut national pour l'étude et la

recherche agronomique

(Democratic Republic

of the Congo)

I-NERI

International Nuclear Energy Research Initiative (USA)

INERIS

National Institute for the Industrial Environment

and Hazards Institut national de l'environnement et

des risques

(France)

INES

International Nuclear and Radiological Event Scale

[The former International Nuclear Event Scale was

renamed in 2008.]

(IAEA/NEA)

INEST

Institute of Nuclear Energy Safety Technology (China)

INET

Institute of Nuclear and New Energy Technology

[This was formerly known as the Institute of

Nuclear Energy Technology.]

(China)

INETER

Nicaraguan Institute for Territorial Studies Instituto

Nicaragüense de Estudios Territoriales

INETI

National Institute of Engineering, Technology and

Innovation Instituto Nacional de Engenharia,

Tecnologia e Inovação [The National Institute of

Engineering, Technology and Innovation was

created by merging the former National Institute of

Engineering and Industrial Technology (also

(Portugal)

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INETI) and the Geological and Mining Institute

(IGM).]

INEUM

Institute for Energy, Water and Environment

Instituti i Energjisë, Ujit dhe Mjedisit [This was

replaced by the Institute of GeoSciences, Energy,

Water and Environment (IGEWE).]

(Albania)

INEX

International Nuclear Emergency Exercise (NEA and IAEA)

INF

incident notification form (ITDB)

INF

Institute of Nuclear Fusion [This institute has

ceased to exist.]

(Russian Federation

INF Code

International Code for the Safe Carriage of

Packaged Irradiated Nuclear Fuel, Plutonium and

High-Level Radioactive Wastes on Board Ships

(IMO)

INF

irradiated nuclear fuel

INF Treaty

Treaty between the United States of America and

the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics on the

Elimination of their Intermediate-Range and

Shorter-Range Missiles

INFASE

Integrated NEA Fukushima Actions for Safety

Enhancements

(OECD/NEA)

INFCC

international nuclear fuel cycle centre

INFCE

International Nuclear Fuel Cycle Evaluation

INFCIRC

Information Circular [This is a category of IAEA

document.]

(IAEA)

INFCIS

Integrated Nuclear Fuel Cycle Information System (IAEA)

INFL

ITWG Nuclear Forensics Laboratory (ITWG)

INFN

National Institute of Nuclear Physics Istituto

Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare

(Italy)

INFOCRIS

International Food Contaminant and Residue

Information System

(IAEA/FAO)

Inform-Atom

Information Association of Nuclear Power

Engineering and Nuclear Industry Enterprises [The

acronym is a transliteration of the Russian

acronym.]

(Russian Federation)

INFOSAN

International Food Safety Authorities Network (WHO/FAO)

INGEB

Institute for Genetic Engineering and

Biotechnology Institut za geneticko inženjerstvo i

biotehnologiju

(Bosnia and

Herzegovina)

INGEIS

Institute of Geochronology and Isotope Geology

Instituto de Geocronología y Geología Isotópica

(Argentina)

INGEOMINAS

Colombian Institute of Geology and Mining

Instituto Colombiano de Geología y Minéria [This

(Colombia)

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was previously called the Institute of Geoscientific,

Mining, Environmental and Nuclear Research and

Information Instituto de Investigación e

Informacíon Geocientifica, Minero-Ambiental y

Nuclear.]

INGO

international non-governmental organization

INHA

Institute of Nutrition and Food Hygiene Instituto de

Nutrición e Higiene de los Alimentos

(Cuba)

Inhumane

Weapons

Convention

Convention on Prohibitions or Restrictions on the

Use of Certain Conventional Weapons which may

be deemed to be Excessively Injurious or to have

Indiscriminate Effects [This is also known as the

IWC or the Convention on Conventional Weapons

(CCW).]

INIA

Agricultural Research Institute Instituto de

Investigaciones Agropecuarias

(Chile)

INIA

National Agricultural Research Institute Instituto

Nacional de Investigación Agropecuaria

(Uruguay)

INIA

National Agricultural Research Institute Instituto

Nacional de Investigaciones Agrícolas

(Venezuela)

INIA

National Institute of Agrarian Research Instituto

Nacional de Investigação Agrária [This institute

was merged with the Institute for Fishery and

Marine Research (IPIMAR) into the National

Institute for Agricultural and Fishery Research

(INIAP).]

(Portugal)

INIA

National Institute of Agricultural and Nutritional

Research and Technology Instituto Nacional de

Investigación y Technología Agraria y Alimentaria

(Spain)

INIAP

National Autonomous Institute for Agricultural

Research Instituto Nacional Autónomo de

Investigaciones Agropecuarias

(Ecuador)

INIAP

National Institute for Agricultural and Fishery

Research Instituto Nacional de Investigação

Agrária e das Pescas [This was replaced in 2006 by

the National Institute for Biological Resources

(INRB).]

(Portugal)

INIAV

National Institute for Agricultural and Veterinary

Research Instituto Nacional de Investigação

Agrária e Veterinária

(Portugal)

INIBAP

International Network for the Improvement of

Banana and Plantain [In December 2006, this

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merged with the IPGRI to form Bioversity

International.]

INICA

National Institute for Sugar Cane Research Instituto

Nacional de Investigaciones de la Caña de Azúcar

(Cuba)

INIDEP

National Institute for Fisheries Research and

Development Instituto Nacional de Investigación y

Desarrollo Pesquero

(Argentina)

INIE Program

Innovations in Nuclear Infrastructure and Education

Program

(USA)

INIEA

National Institute of Research and Agricultural

Advice Instituto Nacional de Investigación y

Extensión Agraria

(Peru)

INIFAT

Institute for Basic Research in Tropical Agriculture

Instituto de Investigaciones Fundamentales en

Agricultura Tropical “Alejandro de Humboldt”

(Cuba)

INIG

Integrated Nuclear Infrastructure Group (IAEA)

INIMA

Institute of Informatics and Applied Mathematics (Albania)

ININ

National Institute for Nuclear Research Instituto

Nacional de Investigaciones Nucleares

(Mexico)

INIR

Integrated Nuclear Infrastructure Review (IAEA)

INIS

International Isotopes (INIS)

INIS

International Nuclear Information System (IAEA)

INISA

Institute of Health Research Instituto de

Investigaciones en Salud

(Costa Rica)

INISAV

Plant Health Research Institute Instituto de

Investigaciones de Sanidad Vegetal

(Cuba)

INIVIT

Institute for Tropical Food Research Instituto de

Investigaciones en Viandas Tropicales

(Cuba)

INL

Idaho National Laboratory [This was established on

1 February 2005 from a merger of the Idaho

National Engineering and Environmental

Laboratory and the Argonne National Laboratory-

West.]

(USA)

INLA

International Nuclear Law Association

INLASA

National Institute of Health Laboratories Instituto

Nacional de Laboratorios de Salud [This is part of

the Ministry of Health and Sports (MSD).]

(Bolivia)

INLEX

International Expert Group on Nuclear Liability (IAEA)

INLN

International Nuclear Library Network (IAEA)

INM

Institute of Neuroscience and Medicine Institut für

Neurowissenschaften und Medizin

(Germany)

INM

National Institute of Meteorology Instituto (Spain)

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Nacional de Meteorología

INMA

International Nuclear Management Academy (IAEA)

INMES

National Medical and Social Institute Institut

national médico-social

(Benin)

INMM

Institute of Nuclear Materials Management

INMP

National Maternity Institute Instituto Nacional

Materno Perinatal

(Peru)

INMU

Institute of Nuclear Medicine and Ultrasound (Bangladesh)

INMU

Institute of Nutrition, Mahidol University (Thailand)

INMV

National Institute of Veterinary Medicine Institut

national de la médecine vétérinaire

(Algeria)

INN

National Institute for Standardization Instituto

Nacional de Normalización

(Chile)

INNSZ

Salvador Zubirán National Institute of Medical

Sciences and Nutrition Instituto Nacional de

Ciencias Médicas y Nutrición Salvador Zubirán

(Mexico)

INNTA

National Institute of Nutrition and Food

Technology Institut national de nutrition et de

technologie alimentaire

(Tunisia)

INO

National Oncology Institute Institut national

d'oncologie

(Morocco)

INOR

National Institute of Oncology and Radiobiology

Instituto Nacional de Oncología y Radiobiología

(Cuba)

INP

Institute of Nuclear Physics [In Greece, this

Institute was replaced by the Institute of Nuclear

and Particle Physics.]

(Albania, France,.

Greece, Kazakhstan,

Uzbekistan)

INP

National Heritage Institute Institut national du

patrimoine

(Tunisia)

INPA

National Institute for Amazon Research Instituto

Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia

(Brazil)

INPE

Obninsk State Technical University for Nuclear

Power Engineering

(Russian Federation)

INPMA

National Institute of Medicinal and Aromatic Plants

Institut national des plantes médicinales et

aromatiques

(Morocco)

INPO

Institute of Nuclear Power Operations (USA)

INPO

Orsay Institute of Nuclear Physics Institut de

physique nucléaire d'Orsay

(France)

INPP

Ignalina nuclear power plant (Lithuania)

INPRO

International Project on Innovative Nuclear

Reactors and Fuel Cycles

(IAEA)

INPRO-

Synergistic Nuclear Energy Regional Group (IAEA)

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SYNERGIES

Interactions Evaluated for Sustainability

INPV

National Plant Protection Institute Institut national

de la protection des végétaux

(Algeria)

INQUA

International Union for Quaternary Research

INQUIMAE

Institute for Physical Chemistry of Materials,

Environment and Energy Instituto de Química

Física de los Materiales, Medio Ambiente y Energía

(Argentina)

INR

Institute for Nuclear Research (Russian Federation,

Ukraine)

INR

Institute of Nuclear Reactors [This institute has

ceased to exist.]

(Russian Federation)

INRA

International Nuclear Regulators Association

INRA

Iran Nuclear Regulatory Authority (Islamic Republic of

Iran)

INRA

National Institute for Agricultural Research Institut

national de la recherche agronomique

(France)

INRA

National Institute for Agronomic Research Institut

national de la recherche agronomique

(Morocco)

INRAA

National Institute of Agricultural Research of

Algeria Institut national de la recherche

agronomique d’Algérie

INRAN

National Agricultural Research Institute of Niger

Institut national de recherche agronomique du

Niger

INRAT

National Agricultural Research Institute of Tunisia

Institut national de la recherche agronomique de

Tunisie

(Tunisia)

INRB

National Institute for Biological Resources Instituto

Nacional de Recursos Biológicos

(Portugal)

INRETS

French National Institute for Transport and Safety

Research Institut national de recherche sur les

transports et leur sécurité

INRF

National Institute for Forest Research Institut

national de recherches forestières

(Algeria, Tunisia)

INRGREF

National Institute for Research in Rural

Engineering, Water and Forests Institut national de

la recherche en génie rural, eaux et forêts

(Tunisia)

INRH

National Institute of Fisheries Research Institut

national de recherche halieutique

(Morocco)

INRH

National Institute of Hydraulic Resources Instituto

Nacional de Recursos Hidráulicos

(Cuba)

INRIA

National Institute for Research in Computer Science (France)

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and Control Institut national de recherche en

informatique et en automatique

INRNE

Institute for Nuclear Research and Nuclear Energy (Bulgaria)

INRP

National Institute for Radiation Protection Institut

national de la radioprotection [This is part of the

National Committee for Protection against Ionizing

Radiation (CNPRI).]

(Democratic Republic

of the Congo)

INRSP

National Institute for Public Health Research

Institut national de recherche en santé publique

(Mali, Islamic

Republic of

Mauritania)

INRST

National Institute for Scientific and Technical

Research Institut national de la recherche

scientifique et technique

(Tunisia)

INS

Indian Nuclear Society

INS

inertial navigation system

INS

innovative nuclear energy system

INS

National Institute of Statistics Institut national de la

statistique

(Tunisia)

INS

National Insurance Institute Instituto Nacional de

Seguros

(Costa Rica)

INS

National Institute of Health Instituto Nacional de

Salud

(Colombia, Peru)

INS

National Statistics Institute Institut national de la

statistique

(Côte d'Ivoire)

INSA

National Institute of Animal Health Institut national

de la santé animale

(Algeria)

INSaC

International Nuclear Safety Centre (IAEA)

INSAF

International Network for Safety Assurance of Fuel

Cycle Industries

INSAG

International Nuclear Safety Group [This Group

was formerly known as the International Nuclear

Safety Advisory Group.]

(IAEA)

INSAH

Sahel Institute Institut du Sahel

INSARR

Integrated Safety Assessment of Research Reactors

[The regulatory aspects of this service were

integrated into the Integrated Regulatory Review

Service (IRRS).]

(IAEA)

INSAT

National Institute for Occupational Health Instituto

Nacional de Salud de los Trabajadores

(Cuba)

INSC

Instrument for Nuclear Safety Cooperation (European Union)

INSC

International Nuclear Safety Center (Russian Federation)

INSC

International Nuclear Safety Center (USA)

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INSC

International Nuclear Societies Council

INSEE

National Institute of Statistics and Economic

Studies Institut national de la statistique et des

études économiques

(France)

INSEN

International Nuclear Security Education Network (IAEA)

INSEP

International Nuclear Safeguards and Engagement

Program

(USA)

Inserm

National Institute of Health and Medical Research

Institut national de la santé et de la recherche

médicale

INSID

National Institute of Soils, Irrigation and Drainage

Institut national des sols, de l'irrigation et du

drainage

(Algeria)

INSIVUMEH

National Institute of Seismology, Volcanology,

Meteorology and Hydrology Instituto Nacional de

Sismología, Vulcanología, Meteorología e

Hidrología

(Guatemala)

INSN

Integrated Nuclear Security Network (IAEA)

INSN

National Institute for Child Health Hospital

Nacional de Salud del Niño

(Peru)

INSP

International Nuclear Safety Program (USA)

INSP

National Institute of Public Health Instituto

Nacional de Salud Pública; Institut national de

santé publique

(Mexico, Tunisia))

INSROP

International Northern Sea Route Programme [This

was a programme from June 1993 to March 1999.]

INSS

International Nuclear Safety School (Republic of Korea)

INSServ

International Nuclear Security Advisory Service

[This service was integrated into the Integrated

Regulatory Review Service (IRRS).]

(IAEA)

INSSP

Integrated Nuclear Security Support Plan (IAEA)

INST

Institute for Nuclear Science and Technology (Bangladesh, Viet

Nam)

InSTEC

Higher Institute of Technologies and Applied

Sciences Instituto Superior de Tecnología y

Ciencias Applicadas [Before July 2003, this was

called the Higher Institute for Nuclear Science and

Technology Instituto Superior de Ciencias y

Tecnología Nucleares (ISCTN).]

(Cuba)

INSTM

National Institute of Marine Sciences and

Technology Institut national des sciences et

technologies de la mer

(Tunisia)

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INSTN

National Institute for Nuclear Science and

Technology Institut national des sciences et

techniques nucléaires

(France, Madagascar)

INSTRAW

International Research and Training Institute for the

Advancement of Women [This merged with three

other entities to form UN Women in July 2010.]

(United Nations)

INT

Institute for Nuclear Theory (USA)

INT

Institute of Nuclear Techniques Nukleáris

Technikai Intézete

(Hungary)

INTA

Institute of Nutrition and Food Technology Instituto

de Nutrición y Tecnología de los Alimentos

(Chile)

INTA

National Institute for Agricultural Technology

Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria

(Argentina)

INTA

National Institute of Agricultural Technology

Innovation and Transfer Instituto Nacional de

Innovación y Transferencia en Tecnología

Agropecuaria

(Costa Rica)

INTE

Institute of Energy Technologies Institut de

Tècniques Energètiques [This institute is part of the

Technical University of Catalonia (UPC).]

(Spain)

INTER

Institute of Urban and Regional Sciences Institut de

l'urbain et des territoires [This is part of the School

of Architecture, Civil and Environmental

Engineering (ENAC).]

(Switzerland)

Interfax

Interfax Information Services

International Co-

ordinating Group

International Co-ordinating Group on Innovative

Nuclear Reactors and Fuel Cycles [This group is

also known by the acronym ICG.]

(IAEA)

INTERPOL

International Criminal Police Organization -

INTERPOL [This is also known as ICPO-

INTERPOL but the short form INTERPOL is the

one that should be used in IAEA documents.]

INTESC

International Experiences in Safety Cases (OECD/NEA)

Intevep

Venezuelan Oil Technology Institute Instituto

Tecnológico Venezolano del Petróleo

INTI

National Institute of Industrial Technology Instituto

Nacional de Tecnología Industrial

(Argentina)

INTN

National Institute of Technology, Standardization

and Metrology Instituto Nacional de Tecnología,

Normalización y Metrología

(Paraguay)

INTOSAI

International Organization of Supreme Audit

Institutions

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INT-RP

Institute of Nuclear Technology and Radiation

Protection

(Greece)

INTSORMIL

Sorghum, Millet and Other Grains Collaborative

Research Support Program

(USA)

INTURGEO

International Uranium Geology Information System

INVA

National Agricultural Extension Institute Institut

national de la vulgarisation agricole

(Algeria)

INVEMAR

Institute of Marine and Coastal Research Instituto

de Investigaciones Marinas y Costeras

(Colombia)

INVO

Iraq Nuclear Verification Office [With effect from

1 August 2005, this Office ceased to exist and the

INVO Core Team was created.]

(IAEA)

Inwent

Capacity Building International, Germany

(Germany)

INWM Co.

Iran Nuclear Waste Management Company

Bureau of International Organization Affairs (USA)

I/O

input/output

IOAC

International Organizations' Audit Committee (Philippines)

IOB

Bucharest Institute of Oncology Institutul

Oncologic Bucureşti

IOBC

International Organization for Biological Control of

Noxious Animals and Plants

IOC

Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (UNESCO)

IOCARIBE

Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission

Sub-Commission for the Caribbean and Adjacent

Regions

(IOC)

IOCD

International Organization for Chemical Sciences in

Development

IOCG

iron oxide–copper–gold

IOE

International Organisation of Employers

IOHP

Dr Heriberto Pieter Oncology Institute Instituto de

Oncología “Dr. Heriberto Pieter”

(Dominican Republic)

IOM

Institute of Medicine (USA)

IOM

International Organization for Migration

IOM

interoffice memorandum

IOM

Leibniz Institute of Surface Modification Leibniz-

Institut für Oberflächenmodifizierung e.V.

(Germany)

IOMP

International Organization for Medical Physics

ION

National Oncology Institute Instituto Oncológico

Nacional

(Bolivia, Panama)

IOOB

East Bolivia Oncology Institute Instituto

Oncológico del Oriente Boliviano

IOP

Institute of Physics (Azerbaijan, Mexico,

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United Kingdom, Viet

Nam)

IOP

Institute of Physics and Electronics [This was

replaced by the Institute of Physics.]

(Viet Nam)

IOPP

Institute of Physics Publishing (United Kingdom)

IORC

Cibao Regional Oncology Institute Instituto

Regional de Oncología del Cibao

(Dominican Republic)

IORS

Institute for Oncology and Radiology of Serbia

Institut za onkologiju i radiologiju Srbije

IORT

intraoperative radiotherapy

IOV

inter-observer variation

IOV

Venezuelan Oceanographic Institute Instituto

Oceanográfico de Venezuela

IOW

International Office for Water

imaging plate

industrial package (IAEA Transport

Regulations)

intellectual property

Internet Protocol

intraperitoneal

isoelectric point

IPA

Instrument for Pre-Accession Assistance (European Union)

IPA

International Pediatric Association

IPAA

International Partnership against AIDS in Africa (UNAIDS)

IPA CIS

Interparliamentary Assembly of Member Nations of

the Commonwealth of Independent States

IPAI

Institute of Public Auditors of India

IPAID

International Association Pan African Institute for

Development

IPAPI

International Partnership on Avian and Pandemic

Influenza

IPB

Institute of Physics and Biophysics Institut für

Physik und Biophysik

(Austria)

IPC

Insect Pest Control Section [part of the Joint

FAO/IAEA Division of Nuclear Techniques in

Food and Agriculture (NAFA)]

(IAEA)

IPCC

Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (WMO/UNEP)

IPCC WGII

IPCC Working Group II

IPCC WGIII

IPCC Working Group III

IPCL

Insect Pest Control Laboratory (IAEA)

IPE

individual plant examination

IPEEE

individual plant examination of external events

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IPEM

Institute of Physics and Engineering in Medicine (United Kingdom)

IPEN

Nuclear and Energy Research Institute Instituto de

Pesquisas Energéticas e Nucleares

(Brazil)

IPEN

Peruvian Institute of Nuclear Energy Instituto

Peruano de Energía Nuclear

IPERS

International Peer Review Service [This was

replaced in 2000 by the International Probabilistic

Safety Assessment Review Team (IPSART).]

(IAEA)

IP EUROPART

European Research Programme for the Partitioning

of Minor Actinides [The acronym EUROPART is

also used.]

IP EUROTRANS

European Research Programme for the

Transmutation of High Level Nuclear Waste in an

Accelerator Driven System [The acronym

EUROTRANS is also used.]

IPF

indicative planning figure (IAEA)

IPF

Intergovernmental Panel on Forests [This was

established by the Commission on Sustainable

Development (CSD) and in existence from 1995 to

1997.]

(United Nations)

IPFM

International Panel on Fissile Materials

IPG

Institute of Applied Geophysics [The acronym is a

transliteration of the Russian acronym.]

(Russian Federation)

IPGRI

International Plant Genetic Resources Institute [In

December 2006, this merged with INIBAP to form

Bioversity International.]

(CGIAR)

IPHAB

Intergovernmental Panel on Harmful Algal Blooms (IOC)

IPHC

Hubert Curien Multidisciplinary Institute Institut

pluridisciplinaire Hubert Curien

(France)

IPHECA

International Programme on the Health Effects of

the Chernobyl Accident

(WHO)

IPIMAR

Institute for Fishery and Marine Research Instituto

de Investigação das Pescas e do Mar [This institute

merged with the National Institute of Agrarian

Research (INIA) into the National Institute for

Agricultural and Fishery Research (INIAP).]

(Portugal)

IPJ

Andrzej Soltan Institute for Nuclear Studies Instytut

Problemów Jądrowych im Andrzeja Soltana

(Poland)

IPK

Pedro Kourí Institute Instituto Pedro Kourí (Cuba)

IPL

Isotope Production Laboratory (DPRK)

IPM

integrated pest management

IPM

Pasteur Institute of Madagascar Institut Pasteur de

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Madagascar

IPME

Pukhov Institute for Modelling in Energy

Engineering

(Ukraine)

IPN

Interregional Programme Note (Technical

cooperation)

IPN

National Polytechnic Institute Instituto Politécnico

Nacional

(Mexico)

IPNL

Institute of Nuclear Physics of Lyon Institut de

physique nucléaire de Lyon

(France)

IPO

Portuguese Institute of Oncology Instituto

Português de Oncologia de Francisco Gentil

IPOC

Portuguese Institute of Oncology of Coimbra

Instituto Português de Oncologia de Coimbra

IPOS

International Psycho-Oncology Society

IPP

independent power producer

IPP

Institute of Plant Protection Instytut Ochrony Roślin (Poland)

IPP

Institute of Plasma Physics Ústav fyziky plazmatu

[This is part of the Academy of Sciences of the

Czech Republic (ASCR).]

(Czech Republic)

IPP

P.L. Kapitza Institute for Physical Problems (Russian Federation)

IPPAS

International Physical Protection Advisory Service (IAEA)

IPPC

integrated pollution prevention and control

IPPC

International Plant Protection Convention (FAO)

IPPE

Institute of Physics and Power Engineering (Russian Federation)

IPPNW

International Physicians for the Prevention of

Nuclear War

IPR

indirect potable reuse

IPR

Institute for Plasma Research (India)

IPR

intellectual property right

IPR

Rural Polytechnic Institute Institut polytechnique

rural

(Mali)

IPR/IFRA

Rural Polytechnic Institute for Training and

Applied Research Institut polytechnique rural de

formation et de recherche appliquée

(Mali)

IPS

indoor positioning system

IPS

Social Security Institute Instituto de Previsión

Social

(Paraguay)

IPSART

International Probabilistic Safety Assessment

Review Team [This replaced the International Peer

Review Service (IPERS) in 2000.]

(IAEA)

IPSAS

International Public Sector Accounting Standards

IPSASB

International Public Sector Accounting Standards

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Board

IPSN

Institute for Protection and Nuclear Safety Institut

de protection et de sûreté nucléaire [This merged in

2002 with the Office for Protection against Ionizing

Radiation (OPRI) to form the Institute for

Radiological Protection and Nuclear Safety

(IRSN).]

(France)

IPU

Inter-Parliamentary Union

IPV

infectious pustular vulvovaginitis

iPWR

integral pressurized water reactor

installation qualification

intelligence quotient

IQA

internal quality audit

IQC

internal quality control

IQI

image quality indicator

Indian Railways

infrared

iridium

IR-40

Iran Nuclear Research Reactor (Islamic Republic of

Iran)

IRAC

Regional Civil Aviation Institute Instituto Regional

de Aviación Civil

IRAD

Institute of Agricultural Research for Development

Institut de recherche agricole pour le

développement

(Cameroon)

IRAF

Institute of Agricultural and Forestry Research

Institut de recherches agronomiques et forestières

(Gabon)

IRAIS

International Research Abstracts Information

System

(IAEA)

IRAM

Agronomic Research Institute of Madagascar

Institut de recherches agronomiques de

Madagascar

IRAMAT

Institute for Research in Archaeological Materials

Institut de recherche sur les archéomatériaux

(France)

IRaP

International Symposium on Ionizing Radiation and

Polymers

IRAT

Irradiated Fuel Attribute Tester

IRB

Institute of Radiation Breeding (Japan)

IRB

Ruđer Bošković Institute (RBI) Institut Ruđer

Bošković [Use the acronym RBI in IAEA

documents.]

(Croatia)

IRBM

intermediate-range ballistic missile

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IRC

Information Review Committee (Safeguards)

IRC

International Rice Commission

IRC

International Water and Sanitation Centre [This

used to be called International Reference Centre

and the acronym was kept when the name changed.]

IRD

Institute of Radiation Protection and Dosimetry

Instituto de Radioproteção e Dosimetria

(Brazil)

IRD

Institute of Research for Development Institut de

recherche pour le développement

(France)

IRD

International Relief & Development

IRDA

Research and Development Institute for the Agri-

Environment Institut de recherche et de

développement en agroenvironnement

(Canada)

IRDF

International Reactor Dosimetry File

IRDFF

International Reactor Dosimetry and Fusion File (IAEA)

IRDP

International Regulatory Development Partnership (USA)

IRE

Institute for Radioelements (Belgium)

IREL

Indian Rare Earths Limited

IREN

Research Institute for New Energy Sources Institut

de recherches sur les énergies nouvelles

(Côte d'Ivoire)

IRENA

International Renewable Energy Agency

IRESA

Institution of Agricultural Research and Higher

Education Instituion de la recherche et de

l’enseignement supérieur agricoles

(Tunisia)

IRFA

Research Institute for Citrus and Other Fruit Institut

de recherche sur les fruits et agrumes

(Côte d'Ivoire)

IRFM

Institute for Magnetic Fusion Research Institut de

recherche sur la fusion magnétique

(France)

IRGA

Rio Grande Rice Institute Instituto Rio Grandense

do Arroz

(Brazil)

IRGM

Institute of Geological and Mining Research Institut

de recherches géologiques et minières

(Cameroon)

IRI

Institute for Radioisotopes Institut des radio-

isotopes

(Niger)

IRI

Interfaculty Reactor Institute Interfacultair Reactor

Instituut [As of 1 January 2005, this became the

Reactor Institute Delft (RID).]

(Netherlands)

IRI

Irrigation Research Institute (India)

IRID

International Research Institute for Nuclear

Decommissioning

(Japan)

IRID

Ionising Radiations Incident Database (United Kingdom)

IRIDM

integrated risk informed decision making

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IRIS

Integrated Review of Infrastructure for Safety (IAEA)

IRIS

International Reactor Innovative and Secure

IRIS

International Review of Irradiator Safety (IAEA)

IRIX

International Radiological Information Exchange (IAEA)

IRL

International Radioecology Laboratory [This is part

of the International Chernobyl Centre (ICC).]

IRL

Internet Reactor Laboratory (IAEA)

IRLS method

iteratively reweighted least squares method

IRMA

immunoradiometric assay

IRMARS

International Registry of Major Radiation Sources

Worldwide

(IAEA)

IRMER 2000

Ionising Radiation (Medical Exposure) Regulations

2000

(United Kingdom)

IRMIS

International Radiation Monitoring Information

System

(IAEA)

IRMM

Institute for Reference Materials and Measurements

[This is part of the Joint Research Centre (JRC).]

(European

Commission)

IRMS

isotope ratio mass spectrometer [The same acronym

is also used for isotope ratio mass spectrometry.]

IRMS

isotope ratio mass spectrometry [The same acronym

is also used for isotope ratio mass spectrometer].

IRP

IAEA Safeguards Information System Re-

engineering Project

IRP

Institute for Radiation Protection Istituto di

Radioprotezione

(Italy)

IRP

Institute of Radiation Problems (Azerbaijan)

IRP

International Radon Project (WHO)

IRPA

International Radiation Protection Association

IRR

internal rate of return

IRR1

Israel Research Reactor 1

IRRAS

Integrated Reliability and Risk Analysis System

IRRI

International Rice Research Institute

IRRS

Integrated Regulatory Review Service [A number

of services were integrated into the IRRS: namely,

the IRRT, RaSSIA, TranSAS, INSServ, EPREV

and the regulatory aspects of INSARR.]

(IAEA)

IRRT

International Regulatory Review Team [This

service was integrated into the Integrated

Regulatory Review Service (IRRS).]

(IAEA)

IRS

Incident Reporting System [The name was changed

following a decision in October 2008 to

International Reporting System for Operating

(IAEA/NEA)

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Experience.]

IRS

information retrieval system

IRS

Institute for Reactor Safety Institut für

Reaktorsicherheit [This was replaced by the

Institute for Nuclear Technology and Reactor

Safety (IKR).]

(Germany)

IRS

International Reporting System for Operating

Experience [Formerly known as Incident

Reporting System.]

(IAEA/NEA)

IRS

Institute of Rural Sciences [This was part of the

University of Wales, Aberystwyth. It was replaced

by the Institute of Biological, Environmental and

Rural Sciences.]

(United Kingdom)

IRSAT

Institute of Applied Science and Technology

Research Institut de recherche en sciences

appliquées et technologies

(Burkina Faso)

IRSE

Institute of Radiation Safety and Ecology [This

comes under the National Nuclear Center of the

Republic of Kazakhstan (NNC).]

(Kazakhstan)

IRSM

Institute of Rock Structure and Mechanics Ústav

struktury a mechaniky hornin [This is part of the

Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic

(ASCR).]

(Czech Republic)

IRSN

Institute for Radiological Protection and Nuclear

Safety Institut de radioprotection et de sûreté

nucléaire [This was established in 2002 from a

merger of the Institute for Protection and Nuclear

Safety (IPSN) and the Office for Protection against

Ionizing Radiation (OPRI).]

(France)

IRSP

Regional Institute of Public Health Institut régional

de santé publique

(Benin)

IRSRA

Iraqi Radioactive Source Regulatory Authority

IRSRR

Incident Reporting System for Research Reactors (IAEA)

IRSS

Institute of Research in Health Sciences Institut de

recherche en science de la santé

(Burkina Faso)

IRT

immunoreactive trypsin

IRTM

Institute of Reactor Technologies and Materials

[This institute has ceased to exist.]

(Russian Federation)

IRU

International Road Transport Union

IRVT

Tunisian Veterinary Research Institute Institut de la

recherche vétérinaire de Tunisie

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IRW

International Reflectometry Workshop for Fusion

Plasma Diagnostics

IRWST

in-containment refuelling water storage tank

IRZBZ

Institute of Animal Reproduction and Food

Research Instytut Rozrodu Zwierzat i Badan

Zywnosci

(Poland)

integrated safeguards (IAEA)

ISA

Integrated Safety Approach (IAEA)

ISA

International Seabed Authority

ISA

International Society of Automation

ISA

Salah Azaïz Institute Institut Salah Azaïz (Tunisia)

ISAs

International Standards on Auditing

ISAAA

International Service for the Acquisition of Agri-

Biotech Applications

ISABU

Institute of Agronomic Sciences of Burundi Institut

des sciences agronomiques du Burundi

ISACA

Information Systems Audit and Control Association

ISAM

Improvement of Safety Assessment Methodologies

for Near Surface Disposal Facilities for Radioactive

Waste [This was a coordinated research project,

which was followed by the ASAM project.]

(IAEA)

ISARM

International Shared Aquifer Resource Management (IAH, UNESCO,

UNECE, UNECA)

ISBD

International Standard Bibliographic Description

ISBN

International Standard Book Number

ISC

International Seismological Centre

ISCA

Independent Safety Culture Assessment

ISCAB

Bayamo Higher Institute for Agricultural Sciences

Instituto Superior de Ciencias Agropecuarias de

Bayamo

(Cuba)

ISCAMEN

Mendoza Institute of Health and Quality for

Agriculture and Livestock Instituto de Sanidad y

Calidad Agropecuaria Mendoza

(Argentina)

ISCC

Information Systems Co-ordination Committee

[This was replaced as of April 2001 by two new

high-level committees of the ACC.]

(United Nations)

ISCDOS

International Steering Committee on Denials of

Shipment of Radioactive Material

(IAEA)

ISCIII

Carlos III Health Institute Instituto de Salud Carlos

III

(Spain)

ISCITA

INTOSAI Standing Committee on IT Audit

ISCN

Integrated Support Center for Nuclear (Japan)

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Nonproliferation and Nuclear Security

ISCO

International Standard Classification of

Occupations

(ILO)

ISCR

International Sakharov College for Radioecology

[This was renamed the International Sakharov

Environmental University in 1999.]

(Belarus)

ISCTN

Higher Institute for Nuclear Science and

Technology Instituto Superior de Ciencias y

Tecnología Nucleares [This has now been replaced

by the Higher Institute of Technologies and Applied

Science Instituto Superior de Tecnología y Ciencias

Applicadas (InSTEC).]

(Cuba)

ISCTRC

International Scientific Council for

Trypanosomiasis Research and Control

(African Union)

ISD

indicator of sustainable development

ISDC

International Structure for Decommissioning

Costing

(OECD/NEA)

ISDF

International Decommissioning Support Fund (European

Commission/EBRD)

ISDN

Integrated Services Digital Network

ISDR

Higher Institute of Rural Development Institut

universitaire de développement rural

(Central African

Republic)

ISDR

International Strategy for Disaster Reduction (United Nations)

ISE

integrated safeguards environment (IAEA)

ISE

Integrated Safety Evaluation (IAEA)

ISED

indicator for sustainable energy development

[When this is part of the project title, initial capitals

should be used.]

(IAEA)

ISEMIR

Information System on Occupational Exposure in

Medicine, Industry and Research

(IAEA)

ISEM

Integrated Safeguards Evaluation Methodology

ISES

International Solar Energy Society

ISESCO

Islamic Educational, Scientific and Cultural

Organization

ISEU

International Sakharov Environmental University

[Prior to 1999, this was called the International

Sakharov College for Radioecology.]

(Belarus)

ISF

interim storage facility

ISF

inverse square factor

ISFAE

International Society for Food, Agriculture and

Environment

ISFFEI

International Symposium on Fruit Flies of

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Economic Importance

ISFM

integrated soil fertility management

ISG

interferon-stimulated gene

ISG

Interim Staff Guidance (United States NRC)

ISG

Iraq Survey Group [This is a group set up in Iraq in

2003 by the United States of America to search for

weapons of mass destruction.]

ISGC

International Sheep Genomics Consortium

ISG/CKM

Interdepartmental Steering Group on Corporate

Knowledge Management

(IAEA)

ISH

Section for Software and Hardware Services [part

of the Division of Safeguards Information

Technology (SGIT)]

(IAEA)

ISHS

International Society for Horticultural Science

ISI

induced spatial incoherence

ISI

in-service inspection

ISI

International Statistical Institute

ISI

Section for System Infrastructure Support [part of

the Division of Safeguards Information Technology

(SGIT)]

(IAEA)

ISIB

Brussels Higher Industrial Institute Institut

supérieur industriel de Bruxelles

(Belgium)

ISIS

IAEA Safeguards Information System

ISIS

Institute for Science and International Security (USA)

ISIS

Institute for Security and International Studies (Bulgaria)

ISL

French–German Research Institute of Saint-Louis

Institut franco-allemand de recherches de Saint-

Louis

ISL

in situ leaching

ISL

inverse square law

ISLOCA

interfacing system loss of coolant accident

ISL RAS

Institute of State and Law of the Russian Academy

of Sciences

ISM

isometamidium chloride hydrochloride

ISMAL

Institute for Marine Sciences and Coastal Planning

Institut des sciences de la mer et de l'aménagement

du littoral

(Algeria)

ISMMM

Moa Higher Institute of Mining and Metallurgy

Instituto Superior Minero Metalúrgico de Moa

(Cuba)

ISMS

information security management system

ISN

Bureau of International Security and

Nonproliferation

(USA)

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ISNA

Iranian Students' News Agency

ISNAR

International Service for National Agricultural

Research

(CGIAR)

ISNI

Institute of Standardization for the Nuclear Industry (China)

ISNL

International School of Nuclear Law (OECD/NEA)

ISNO-2004

International Symposium on Nuclear Oncology [19

to 23 January 2004, Brazil]

ISNPS

Institute for Space and Nuclear Power Studies (USA)

ISNR

International Society for Neutron Radiology

ISO

International Organization for Standardization

ISOCS

In Situ Object Counting System

ISOE

Information System on Occupational Exposure (IAEA/NEA)

ISOHIS

Isotope Hydrology Information System [This was

replaced by the Water Isotope System for Data

Analysis, Visualization, and Electronic Retrieval

(WISER).]

(IAEA)

ISP

Institute of Public Health Instituto de Salud Pública (Chile)

ISP

International Science Programme (Sweden)

ISPE

Institute for Studies and Power Engineering

Institutul de Studii și Proiectări Energetice

(Romania)

ISPM

International Standard for Phytosanitary Measures (FAO)

ISPNPP

Institute of Nuclear Power Plant Safety (Ukraine)

ISPRA

Higher Institute for Environmental Protection and

Research Istituto Superiore per la Protezione e la

Ricerca Ambientale [This replaced the Agency for

Environmental Protection and Technical Services

(APAT) in 2008.]

(Italy)

ISPRS

International Society for Photogrammetry and

Remote Sensing

ISPSG

Information Security Policy Steering Group (IAEA)

ISR

in situ recovery

ISR

Integrated Safety Review (IAEA)

ISR

International Society of Radiology

ISRA

Senegalese Institute for Agricultural Research

Institut sénégalais de recherches agricoles

ISRD

International Symposium on Reactor Dosimetry

ISRIC

International Soil Reference and Information Centre

[The centre is now known as ISRIC World Soil

Information.]

ISRO

Indian Space Research Organisation

ISRO

International Society for Radiation Oncology

ISRRT

International Society of Radiographers and

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Radiological Technologists

ISRS

International Symposium on Radiopharmaceutical

Sciences

ISS

Higher Institute of Health Istituto Superiore di

Sanità

(Italy)

ISS

Information and Security Service (Republic of Moldova)

ISS

International Space Station

ISS

isotonic saline solution

ISSAI

International Standard of Supreme Audit

Institutions

(INTOSAI)

ISSAS

IAEA SSAC Advisory Service

ISSC

International Seismic Safety Centre (IAEA)

ISSC

International Social Science Council

ISSC

Interstate Shellfish Sanitation Conference (USA)

ISSN

international standard serial number

ISSP

Institute of Solid State Physics Cietvielu fizikas

institūts

(Latvia)

ISSPA

International Source Suppliers and Producers

Association

ISSR

inter simple sequence repeat

ISSS

Salvadorean Social Security Institute Instituto

Salvadoreño del Seguro Social

ISSSP

Institute of Superconductivity and Solid State

Physics [This institute has ceased to exist.]

(Russian Federation)

IST

Higher Technical Institute Instituto Superior

Técnico

(Portugal)

ISTAC

ITER Science and Technical Advisory Committee

ISTC

Interdepartmental Special Training Centre

[Following a decree of the Government of the

Russian Federation on 11 March 2011, the ISTC

was transformed into the Institute for Global

Nuclear Safety and Security.]

(Russian Federation)

ISTC

International Science and Technology Center

ISTQB

International Software Testing Qualifications Board

ISTR-2005

International Symposium on Trends in

Radiopharmaceuticals [14-18 November 2005 in

Vienna]

(IAEA)

ISTRO

International Soil Tillage Research Organisation

ISU

Information Support Unit [part of the Document

Support Section (DSS) in the Division of

Conference and Document Services (MTCD)]

(IAEA)

ISV

Veterinary Science Institute Institut des sciences (Algeria)

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vétérinaires

ISWA

International Solid Waste Association

information technology

isomeric transition

ITA

Institute of Food Technology Institut de technologie

alimentaire

(Senegal)

ITA

ITER Transitional Arrangements (ITER)

ITAAS

Integrated Training and Accident Analysis System (IAEA/Russian

Federation)

ITAFV

Technical Institute for Fruit Tree and Grapevine

Culture Institut technique de l’arboriculture

fruitière et de la vigne

(Algeria)

ITAG

International Technical Advisory Group (IAEA)

ITAM

Institute of Theoretical and Applied Mathematics

Ústav teoretické a aplikované mechaniky [This is

part of the Academy of Sciences of the Czech

Republic (ASCR).]

(Czech Republic)

ITAMP

Institute for Theoretical Atomic, Molecular and

Optical Physics

(USA)

ITC

information technology and communication

ITC

Information Technology Committee (IAEA)

ITC

Inland Transport Committee (UNECE)

ITC

Institute for Technical Chemistry Institut für

Technische Chemie [This is part of the Karlsruhe

Research Center (FZK).]

(Germany)

ITC

International Trade Centre (UNCTAD/WTO)

ITC

international training course

ITC

International Trypanotolerance Centre

ITC

United States International Trade Commission

ITCan

International Trade Canada [In 2006 this merged

with Foreign Affairs Canada (FAC) to form Foreign

Affairs and International Trade Canada (DFAIT).]

ITC-ILO

International Training Centre of the International

Labour Organization

ITCMI

Technical Institute for Market Gardening and

Industrial Crops Institut technique des cultures

maraîchères et industrielles

(Algeria)

ITCR

Technology Institute of Costa Rica Instituto

Tecnológico de Costa Rica

ITCZ

intertropical convergence zone

ITDAS

Technical Institute for the Development of Saharan

Agronomy Institut technique de développement de

(Algeria)

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l'agronomie saharienne

ITDB

Incident and Trafficking Database [New name as of

2012 of the Illicit Trafficking Database]

(IAEA)

ITE

Institute for Thermodynamics and Energy

Conversion Institut für Thermodynamik und

Energiewandlung [This was renamed Institute for

Energy Systems and Thermodynamics (IET) in

2010.]

(Austria)

ITE

International Team of Experts [Use intial capitals

when referring to the IAEA’s ITE missions in the

area of nuclear security, otherwise use lower case.]

(IAEA)

ITEBO

Technical Institute for Cattle and Sheep Breeding

Institut technique de l’élevage bovin et ovin

(Algeria)

ITEP

Institute for Theoretical and Experimental Physics (Russian Federation)

ITER

International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor

ITER

Organization

ITER International Fusion Energy Organization

[This is in the process of being established. It is also

referred to as the IIFEO and in older texts was

sometimes referred to as the ITER Legal Entity

(ILE)).]

(ITER)

ITF

Institute for Theoretical Physics [This is part of

Utrecht University.]

(Netherlands)

ITGC

Technical Institute for Field Crops Institut

technique des grandes cultures

(Algeria)

iThemba LABS

iThemba Laboratory for Accelerator-Based

Sciences

(South Africa)

ITIL

IT Infrastructure Library

ITLOS

International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea

ITMN

insecticide-treated mosquito net

ITMO

A.V. Luikov Institute of Heat and Mass Transfer (Belarus)

ITN

insecticide-treated net

ITN

Nuclear and Technological Institute Instituto

Tecnológico e Nuclear [This no longer exists; it was

subsumed into the Higher Technical Institute (IST)

in 2012.]

(Portugal)

ITNA

Institute of Applied Nuclear Technology Institut de

technologie nucléaire appliquée

(Senegal)

ITO

individual–technology–organization

ITP

Institute for Theoretical Physics Institut für

Theoretische Physik

(Austria)

ITP

Institute of Theoretical Physics [This is part of the

Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS).]

(China)

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ITP

inverse treatment planning

ITPA

Institute of Theoretical Physics and Astronomy (Lithuania)

ITPA

International Tokamak Physics Activity

ITPGRFA

International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for

Food and Agriculture

(FAO)

ITRAP

Illicit Trafficking Radiation Detection Assessment

Programme [This was implemented from 1997 to

2000.]

(IAEA/Austria/Hungary)

ITRRE

Institute for Technology of Radioactive and Rare

Elements

(Viet Nam)

ITSC

Information Technology Steering Committee (IAEA)

ITSD

IT Service Desk (IAEA)

ITSG

Information Technology Support Group (ANSN)

ITTO

International Tropical Timber Organization

ITU

Institute for Transuranium Elements (JRC/EC)

ITU

intensive therapy unit

ITU

International Telecommunication Union (United Nations)

İTÜ

Istanbul Technical University İstanbul Teknik

Üniversitesi

(Turkey)

ITUC

International Trade Union Confederation

ITV

instructional television

ITV

internal target volume

ITV

International Target Values (Safeguards)

ITW

Institute of Thermal Engineering Institut für

Technische Wärmelehre [This is the former name of

the Institute of Applied Thermodynamics.]

(Austria)

ITWG

International Technical Working Group on Nuclear

Smuggling

international unit

IUBMB

International Union of Biochemistry and Molecular

Biology

IUBS

International Union of Biological Sciences

IUCN

International Union for Conservation of Nature

IUEC

International Uranium Enrichment Center

IUFoST

International Union of Food Science and

Technology

IUGG

International Union of Geodesy and Geophysics

IUGR

intrauterine growth retardation

IUGS

International Union of Geological Sciences

IUHR

Interafrican Union for Human Rights

IUMS

International Union of Microbiological Societies

IUNG

Institute of Soil Science and Plant Cultivation (Poland)

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Instytut Uprawy Nawożenia i Gleboznawstwa

IUNS

International Union of Nutritional Sciences

IUPAC

International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry

IUPAP

International Union of Pure and Applied Physics

IUPESM

International Union for Physical and Engineering

Sciences in Medicine

IUR

International Union of Radioecology

IUREP

International Uranium Resources Evaluation Project (IAEA/NEA)

IUSS

Institute for Advanced Study Istituto Universitario

di Studi Superiori

(Italy)

IUSS

International Union of Soil Sciences

intravenous

IVACG

International Vitamin A Consultative Group

IVD

in vitro diagnostics or in vitro diagnostic

IVD

in vivo dosimetry

IVI

in vivo imaging

IVIC

Venezuelan Institute of Scientific Research Instituto

Venezolano de Investigaciones Cientificas

IVITA

Veterinary Institute for Tropical and Highland

Research Instituto Veterinario de Investigaciones

Tropicales y de Altura

(Peru)

IVM

integrated vector management

IVO

Imatran Voima Oy [This was a power generation

company, which following a merger no longer

exists.]

(Finland)

IVR

in-vessel retention

IVRI

Indian Veterinary Research Institute (India)

IVRNT

intravascular radionuclide therapy

IVSS

Venezuelan Social Security Institute Instituto

Venezolano de los Seguros Sociales

IVU

intravenous urography

IWA

International Water Association

IWAVE Project

IAEA Water Availability Enhancement Project (IAEA)

IWC

Convention on Prohibitions or Restrictions on the

Use of Certain Conventional Weapons which may

be deemed to be Excessively Injurious or to have

Indiscriminate Effects [This is also known as the

Inhumane Weapons Convention or the Convention

on Conventional Weapons (CCW).]

IWC

International Waters Conference (GEF)

IWC

International Whaling Commission

IWD

International Women's Day

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IWF

inter-wrapper flow

IWG

informal working group

IWG

international working group [Write with lower case

when used generically and initial capitals when

referring to a specific group. IAEA international

working groups were renamed technical working

groups in 2001.]

IWG-FR

International Working Group on Fast Reactors

[This was replaced in 2001 by the Technical

Working Group on Fast Reactors (TWG-FR).]

(IAEA)

IWGGCR

International Working Group on Gas Cooled

Reactors [This was replaced in 2001 by the

Technical Working Group on Gas Cooled Reactors

(TWG-GCR).]

(IAEA)

IWG-HWR

International Working Group on Advanced

Technologies for Heavy Water Reactors [This was

replaced in 2001 by the Technical Working Group

on Advanced Technologies for Heavy Water

Reactors (TWG-HWR).]

(IAEA)

IWG-LMNPP

International Working Group on Life Management

of Nuclear Power Plants [This was replaced in 2001

by the Technical Working Group on Life

Management of Nuclear Power Plants (TWG-

LMNPP).]

(IAEA)

IWG-LWR

International Working Group on Advanced

Technologies for Light Water Reactors [This was

replaced in 2001 by the Technical Working Group

on Advanced Technologies for Light Water

Reactors (TWG-LWR).]

(IAEA)

IWG-NFCO

International Working Group on Nuclear Fuel

Cycle Options [This was replaced by the Technical

Working Group on Nuclear Fuel Cycle Options

(TWGNFCO).]

(IAEA)

IW:LEARN

International Waters Learning Exchange and

Resource Network

(GEF)

IWMI

International Water Management Institute (CGIAR)

IWP

integrated work plan

IWRA

International Water Resources Association

IWRM

integrated water resources management

IWT

Institute of Thermal Engineering Institut für

Wärmetechnik [This is part of Graz University of

Technology.]

(Austria)

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IWTT

interwell tracer test

IYCF

infant and young child feeding

IYNC

International Youth Nuclear Congress

IZOR

Institute of Oceanography and Fisheries Institut za

oceanografiju i ribarstvo

(Croatia)

IZSAM

Experimental Zooprophylactic Institute of Abruzzo

and Molise Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale

dell'Abruzzo e del Molise

(Italy)

IZSLER

Experimental Zooprophylactic Institute of

Lombardy and Emilia-Romagna Istituto

Zooprofilattico Sperimentale della Lombardia e

dell'Emilia-Romagna

(Italy)

IZSLT

Experimental Zooprophylactic Institute of the Lazio

and Tuscany Regions Istituto Zooprofilattico

Sperimentale delle Regioni Lazio e Toscana

(Italy)

IZSM

Experimental Zooprophylactic Institute of

Mezzogiorno Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale

del Mezzogiorno

(Italy)

IZSS

Experimental Zooprophylactic Institute of Sicily

Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale della Sicilia

(Italy)

IZSUM

Experimental Zooprophylactic Institute of Umbria

and Marche Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale

dell'Umbria e delle Marche

(Italy)

joule [unit of energy]

JAB

Joint Appeals Board

JAC

Joint Advisory Committee (IAEA)

JAEA

Japan Atomic Energy Agency [This was established

on 1 October 2005 from a merger of the Japan

Atomic Energy Research Institute (JAERI) and the

Japan Nuclear Cycle Development Institute (JNC).]

JAEC

Japan Atomic Energy Commission

JAEC

Jordan Atomic Energy Commission

JAERI

Japan Atomic Energy Research Institute [On 1

October 2005 this was merged with the Japan

Nuclear Cycle Development Institute (JNC) to form

the Japan Atomic Energy Agency (JAEA).]

JAIF

Japan Atomic Industrial Forum

JAMSTEC

Japan Agency for Marine–Earth Science and

Technology [Prior to April 2004, this was known as

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the Japan Marine Science and Technology Center.]

JANSI

Japan Nuclear Safety Institute

JANTA

Japan Nuclear Technology Institute

JAPAS

Japan Support Programme for Agency Safeguards

JAPC

Japan Atomic Power Company

JAS

Journal of Animal Science

JASD-NSAS

Joint Authority for the Study and Development of

the Nubian Sandstone Aquifer System

(Chad/Egypt/Libya/

Sudan)

JAT

Joint Assistance Team (RANET)

JAVYS

Nuclear and Decommissioning Company Jadrová a

vyraďovacia spoločnosť

(Slovakia)

JBE

Japanese B. encephalitis

Joint Convention on the Safety of Spent Fuel

Management and on the Safety of Radioactive

Waste Management

(IAEA)

JCA

job competency analysis

JCCNE

Joint Coordinating Committee on Nuclear Energy (Republic of Korea–

France; Republic of

Korea–Canada)

JCFC

Japan Casting & Forging Corporation

JCI

Joint Commission International (USA)

JCRB

Joint Committee of the Regional Metrology

Organizations and the BIPM

(BIPM)

JCU

James Cook University (Australia)

JDI

Journal of Digital Imaging

JDS

Joint Danube Survey

JECFA

Joint FAO/WHO Expert Committee on Food

Additives

JEF

Jeanne Ebori Foundation Fondation Jeanne Ebori (Gabon)

Jefferson Lab

Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility

JEFF library

Joint Evaluated Fission and Fusion library

JENDL

Japanese Evaluated Neutron Data Library

JEPIC

Japan Electric Power Information Center (JEPIC)

JET

Joint European Torus (European Union)

JETP

Journal of Experimental and Theoretical Physics (Russian Federation)

JFCS

Joint Fuel Cycle Study (Republic of

Korea/USA)

JGBCC

James Graham Brown Cancer Center (USA)

JGOFS

Joint Global Ocean Flux Study [This project was

terminated in 2003.]

(IGBP)

JHL

Jabr Ibn Hayan Multipurpose Research Laboratory (Islamic Republic of

Iran)

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JHN

joule heated melter

JHR

Jules Horowitz Reactor (Europen Union)

JHR-CP

Jules Horowitz Reactor Collaborative Project (Europen Union)

JHU

Johns Hopkins University

joint implementation [This is one of three

mechanisms defined by the Kyoto Protocol.]

JIA

Agreement on the Establishment of the ITER

International Fusion Energy Organization for the

Joint Implementation of the ITER Project [Joint

Implementation Agreement is the more common

short form and the one that should be used in IAEA

documents.]

(ITER)

JIAMCATT

International Annual Meeting on Computer-

Assisted Translation and Terminology

JIC

Joint International Convention (IAHS/IAH)

JICA

Japan International Cooperation Agency

JICC

JAIF International Cooperation Center (Japan)

JICST

Japan Information Center of Science and

Technology [This was replaced on 1 October 1996

by the Japan Science and Technology Corporation

(JST), formed from the integration of the JICST and

the Research Development Corporation of Japan

(JRDC).]

JIIA

Japan Institute of International Affairs

JIE

Joint Information Exchange (Nuclear Suppliers

Group)

JIIHP

Joint International Isotopes in Hydrology

Programme

(IAEA/UNESCO)

JINR

Joint Institute for Nuclear Research

JISTEC

Japan International Science and Technology

Exchange Center

JIT

just-in-time

JIU

Joint Inspection Unit (United Nations)

JKDM

Royal Malaysian Customs Department

JMA

Japan Meteorological Agency

JMG

Minerals and Geoscience Department Malaysia

Jabatan Mineral dan Geosains Malaysia [This is

part of the Ministry of Natural Resources and

Environment (NRE).]

J-MOX

Japan Mixed Oxide Fuel Fabrication Plant

JMPR

Joint FAO/WHO Meeting on Pesticide Residues (FAO/WHO)

JMTR

Japan Materials Testing Reactor

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JNC

Japan Nuclear Cycle Development Institute [On 1

October 2005 this was merged with the Japan

Atomic Energy Research Institute (JAERI) to form

the Japan Atomic Energy Agency (JAEA).]

JNES

Japan Nuclear Energy Safety Organization [As of

March 2014, this no longer exists as an independent

organization.]

JNFL

Japan Nuclear Fuel Limited

JN-HRD NET

Japan Nuclear Human Resource Development

Network

JNMC

Jawaharlal Nehru Medical College (India)

JNRC

Jordan Nuclear Regulatory Commission

Joint Convention

Joint Convention on the Safety of Spent Fuel

Management and on the Safety of Radioactive

Waste Management

(Reproduced in IAEA

document

INFCIRC/546)

Joint Division

Joint FAO/IAEA Division of Nuclear Techniques in

Food and Agriculture

Joint

Implementation

Agreement

Agreement on the Establishment of the

International Fusion Energy Organization for the

Joint Implementation of the ITER Project

(ITER)

Joint Protocol

Joint Protocol Relating to the Application of the

Vienna Convention and the Paris Convention

(Reproduced in IAEA

document

INFCIRC/402)

JPA

Joint Plan of Action

J-PARC

Japan Proton Accelerator Research Complex

JPDR

Japan Power Demonstration Reactor

JPEG

Joint Photographic Experts Group [The full name of

this file format is not normally used.]

JPL

Jet Propulsion Laboratory (USA)

JPLAN

Joint Radiation Emergency Management Plan of the

International Organizations

JPMC

Jordan Phosphate Mines Company

JPO

Junior Professional Officer

JRC

Joint Research Centre (European

Commission)

JRTR

Jordan Research and Training Reactor

JSA

Jordan Subcritical Assembly

JSC

joint-stock company

JSC

Jülich Supercomputing Centre (Germany)

JSCE

Japan Society of Civil Engineers

JSFR

Japan sodium cooled fast reactor

JSME

Japan Society of Mechanical Engineers

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JSNDI

Japanese Society for Non-Destructive Inspection

JST

Japan Science and Technology Agency [This is the

new name as of 1 October 2003 of the former Japan

Science and Technology Corporation.]

JSW

Japan Steel Works

JTA

job and task analysis

JTI

Swedish Institute of Agricultural and

Environmental Engineering Institutet för jordbruks-

och miljöteknik

joint undertaking (European Union)

JUNIC

Joint United Nations Information Committee

JUNJI

National Board of Day Care Centres Junta

Nacional de Jardines Infantiles

(Chile)

JUST

Jordan University of Science and Technology

joint venture

JWES

Japan Welding Engineering Society

JWG

Youth Welfare Act Jugendwohlfahrtsgesetz (Austria)

kelvin

kerma

kilo [prefix for SI and metric units, 10

]

permeability

hydraulic conductivity

potassium

KACARE

King Abdullah City for Atomic and Renewable

Energy

(Saudi Arabia)

KACST

King Abdulaziz City for Science and Technology (Saudi Arabia)

KAEA

Atomic Energy Agency of the Republic of

Kazakhstan [This replaced only for a short period

the Kazakhstan Atomic Energy Committee

(KAEC).]

KAEC

Kazakhstan Atomic Energy Committee

KAEC

Korea Atomic Energy Commission (Republic of Korea)

KAERI

Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute (Republic of Korea)

KAIF

Korea Atomic Industrial Forum (Republic of Korea)

KAIST

Korea Advanced Institute of Science and

Technology

(Republic of Korea)

KALIMER

Korea Advanced Liquid Metal Reactor (Republic of Korea

KAM

knowledge asset management

KANUPP

Karachi nuclear power plant (Pakistan)

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KAP

air kerma–area product

KAP

Kuwait Action Plan (UNEP)

KAPS

Kakrapar Atomic Power Station (India)

KARI

Kenya Agricultural Research Institute

KARI

Korea Aerospace Research Institute (Republic of Korea)

KARISMA

Kashiwazaki-Kariwa Research Initiative for

Seismic Margin Assessment

(IAEA)

KarRC

Karelian Research Centre (Russian Federation)

KASAL

Kenya Arid and Semi-Arid Lands Programme (Kenya)

KATH

Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital (Ghana)

KATI

Kizimbani Agricultural Training Institute (United Republic of

Tanzania)

Kazatomprom

National Atomic Company "Kazatomprom" (Kazakhstan)

KazNU

Al-Farabi Kazakh National University

KBMP

Kara-Balta Mining Plant (Kyrgystan)

KBSM

Special Engineering Design Bureau [This is part of

the Russian Aviation and Space Agency]

(Russian Federation)

KBTH

Korle Bu Teaching Hospital (Ghana)

KCCH

Korea Cancer Center Hospital (Republic of Korea)

KCD

Kerberos constrained delegation (Computing)

KCD

Doel nuclear power plant Kerncentrale Doel [This

abbreviation would not normally be used in IAEA

documents.]

(Belgium)

KCNA

Korean Central News Agency (Democratic People’s

Republic of Korea)

KCR

known conventional resources

KCS

keratoconjunctivitis sicca

KCUS

Clinical Centre of the University of Sarajevo

Klinički centar Univerziteta u Sarajevu

(Bosnia and

Herzegovina)

distribution coefficient

kinetic energy

KEBS

Kenya Bureau of Standards

KED

K-edge densitometry

KEDO

Korean Peninsula Energy Development

Organization

(Republic of Korea)

KEI

Korea Economic Institute (USA)

KEPCO

Kansai Electric Power (Japan)

KEPCO

Korea Electric Power Corporation (Republic of Korea)

KEPCO E&C

KEPCO Engineering & Construction Company

[Prior to July 2010, this was known as the Korea

Power Engineering Company (KOPEC).]

KEPCO NF

KEPCO Nuclear Fuel Company [It is a subsidiary (Republic of Korea)

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of Korea Electric Power Corporation (KEPCO).]

KESDM

Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources

Kementerian Energi dan Sumber Daya Mineral

(Indonesia)

KETRI

Kenya Trypanosomiasis Research Institute

KeTTHA

Ministry of Energy, Green Technology and Water (Malaysia)

keV

kiloelectronvolt [unit of energy]

KFAED

Kuwait Fund for Arab Economic Development

KFD

Nuclear Physics Service Kernfysische Dienst (Netherlands)

kFITA

Korea Fusion Industry and Technology Association (Republic of Korea)

KFKI

Central Research Institute for Physics Központi

Fizikai Kutató Intézet [The former KFKI became an

agglomerate of independent research institutes: the

Research Institute for Solid State Physics and

Optics (SZFKI), the Research Institute for

Technical Physics and Materials Science (MFA),

the Atomic Energy Research Institute (AEKI), the

Research Institute for Particle and Nuclear Physics

(RMKI) and the Institute of Isotope and Surface

Chemistry.]

(Hungary)

KFSH&RC

King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Centre (Saudi Arabia)

kilogram

Khalifa

University

Khalifa University of Science, Technology and

Research

(United Arab

Emirates)

KHNP

Korea Hydro & Nuclear Power Company (Republic of Korea)

KhNPP

Khmelnitski nuclear power plant (Ukraine)

potassium iodide

KIE

kinetic isotope effect

KIER

Korea Institute of Energy Research (Republic of Korea)

KIGAM

Korea Institute of Geoscience and Mineral

Resources

(Republic of Korea)

KIMI

Association for Preventive Health Care Support

Association d'aide à la santé preventive [KIMI

means umbrella in Dioula, one of the languages

spoken in Burkina Faso.]

(Burkina Faso)

KINAC

Korea Institute of Nuclear Nonproliferation and

Control

(Republic of Korea)

KIND

Key Indicators for Innovative Nuclear Energy

Systems

(IAEA)

KINGS

KEPCO International Nuclear Graduate School (Republic of Korea)

KINR

Kiev Institute for Nuclear Research (Ukraine)

KINS

Korea Institute of Nuclear Safety (Republic of Korea)

KIOST

Korea Institute of Ocean Science and Technology (Republic of Korea)

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KIPT

Kharkov Institute of Physics and Technology (Ukraine)

KIRAMS

Korea Institute of Radiological and Medical

Sciences

(Republic of Korea

KISR

Kuwait Institute for Scientific Research

KIST

Korea Institute of Science and Technology

KIT

Karlsruhe Institute of Technology Karlsruher

Institut für Technologie

(Germany)

KKB

Beznau nuclear power plant Kernkraftwerk Beznau (Switzerland)

KKL

Leibstadt nuclear power plant Kernkraftwerk

Leibstadt

(Switzerland)

KKNPP

Kashiwazaki-Kariwa nuclear power plant (Japan)

KKNPP

Kudankulam nuclear power plant (India)

kilometre

KMAV

Knowledge Management Assist Visit (IAEA)

KMC

Kasturba Medical College (India)

KMP

key measurement point (Safeguards)

KMS

knowledge management system

KMU

Kabul Medical University (Afghanistan)

KNA

Korea Nuclear Association for International

Cooperation

(Republic of Korea)

KNEB

Kenya Nuclear Electricity Board

KNFC

Korea Nuclear Fuel Co. [Renamed KEPCO Nuclear

Fuel Co.1999.]

(Republic of Korea)

KNGR

Korean next generation reactor (Republic of Korea)

KNK

compact sodium cooled nuclear reactor facility

Kompakte Natriumgekühlte Kernreaktoranlage

[This experimental facility was shut down in 1991.]

(Germany)

KNPC

Karachi Nuclear Power Complex (Pakistan)

KNPP

Kola nuclear power plant (Russian Federation)

KNS

Korean Nuclear Society (Republic of Korea)

KNTC

KAERI Nuclear Training Education Center (Republic of Korea)

KOICA

Korea International Cooperation Agency (Republic of Korea)

Komchernobyl

Committee on the Problems of the Consequences of

the Catastrophe at the Chernobyl NPP

(Belarus)

KONICOF

Korea Nuclear International Cooperation

Foundation

(Republic of Korea)

KOPEC

Korea Power Engineering Company, Inc. [In July

2010 the name was changed to KEPCO

Engineering & Construction Company (KEPCO

E&C.]

(Republic of Korea)

KORAD

Korea Radioactive Waste Agency (Republic of Korea)

KPI

key performance indicator

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KPM

Karnaphuli Paper Mills (Bangladesh)

KPPK

Ministry of Plantation Industries and Commodities

Kementerian Perusahaan Perladangan dan

Komoditi

(Malaysia)

krypton

KRS

Korean Radioactive Waste Society (Republic of Korea)

KRSU

Kyrgyz–Russian Slavic University

KRISS

Korea Research Institute of Standards and Science (Republic of Korea)

Kaposi sarcoma

KSAs

knowledge, skills and attitudes

KSC

Committee on Knowledge Sharing and Knowledge

Services

(INTOSAI)

KSNP

Korean Standard Nuclear Plant (Republic of Korea)

KSTAR

Korea Superconducting Tokamak Advanced

Research

KSU

King Saud University

KTA

Nuclear Safety Standards Commission

Kerntechnischer Ausschuss

(Germany)

KTH

Royal Institute of Technology Kungliga Tekniska

högskolan

(Sweden)

KTM

Kazakhstan Tokamak for Material Testing

KTZ

Kazakhstan Temir Zholy

Kasetsart University (Thailand)

KU Leuven

Catholic University of Leuven Katholieke

Universiteit Leuven [The university in the city of

Leuven (Louvain) was split in 1971. This is the

Flemish-speaking part. See UCL for the French-

speaking part.]

(Belgium)

KüFA

Cooling Finger Facility (Kühlfinger Anlage) (Institute for

Transuranium

Elements)

KURRI

Kyoto University Research Reactor Institute (Japan)

KURT

KAERI Underground Research Tunnel (Republic of Korea)

KVI

Nuclear Physics Accelerator Institute (Netherlands)

kVp

kilovolt peak

KVUG

Commission for Scientific Research in Greenland

Kommissionen for Videnskabelige Undersøgelser i

Grønland

kilowatt [unit of power]

kW·h

kilowatt-hour [unit of energy]

KW test

Kruskal–Wallis test

KWP

Korean Workers' Party [This is a less commonly (DPRK)

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used synonym of Workers’ Party of Korea (WPK).]

KWU

Kraftwerk Union (Germany)

Kyoto Conference

third session of the Conference of the Parties to the

United Nations Framework Convention on Climate

Change

Kyoto Convention

International Convention on the Simplification and

Harmonization of Customs Procedures

Kyoto Protocol

Kyoto Protocol to the United Nations Framework

Convention on Climate Change

KZN

KwaZulu-Natal (South Africa)

litre

lanthanum

lymphadenectomy

LABAGUAS

Water Characterization Laboratory Laboratório de

Caracterização de Águas

(Brazil)

LABIOCA

Laboratory of Applied Biochemistry and Chemistry

Laboratoire de biochimie et de chimie appliquées

(Burkina Faso)

LABOCEL

Central Laboratory for Livestock Laboratoire

central de l'élevage

(Niger)

LABONET

International Network of Laboratories for Nuclear

Waste Characterization

(IAEA)

LABOVET

Central Veterinary Laboratory Laboratoire

vétérinaire central

(Democratic Republic

of the Congo)

LABTOX

Laboratory of Marine Toxins Laboratorio de

Toxinas Marinas

(Chile)

LAC

Latin America and the Caribbean

LAC

Louisiana Accelerator Center (USA)

LACAME

Latin American Conference on the Applications of

the Mössbauer Effect

LACANES

lead alloy-cooled advanced nuclear energy systems

LACCO

Laboratory of Catalysis in Organic Chemistry

Laboratoire de catalyse en chimie organique

(France)

LACOMEV

Veterinary Drug Control Laboratory Laboratoire de

contrôle des médicaments vétérinaires

(Senegal)

LACENA

Central Animal Nutrition Laboratory Laboratoire

central de nutrition animale

(Côte d'Ivoire)

LADISERO

Veterinary Diagnosis and Serosurveillance

Laboratory Laboratoire de diagnostic vétérinaire et

de sérosurveillance

(Benin)

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LAEC

Lebanese Atomic Energy Commission

LAF

Lance Armstrong Foundation

LAF-RAM

Radiation Physics and Metrology Laboratory

Laboratorio de Física de Radiaciones y Metrología

(Nicaragua)

LAIC

Sugar Cane Agricultural Industry League Liga

Agrícola Industrial de la Caña de Azúcar

(Costa Rica)

LA-ICP-MS

laser ablation inductively coupled plasma mass

spectrometer

LA-ICP-MS

laser ablation inductively coupled plasma mass

spectrometry

LAMA

Active Metallurgical Testing Laboratory (Iraq)

LAMP

loop-mediated isothermal amplification

LAN

local area network (Computing)

LANAR

National Laboratory of Residue Analysis

Laboratorio Nacional de Análisis de Residuos [This

comes under the National Service for Agricultural

Health (SENASA).]

(Honduras)

LANAVET

National Veterinary Laboratory Laboratoire

national vétérinaire

(Cameroon)

LANENT

Latin American Network for Education in Nuclear

Technology

LANL

Los Alamos National Laboratory (USA)

LANSPEX

National Public Health and Evaluation Laboratory

Laboratoire national de santé publique et

d’expertise

(Niger)

LAO

left anterior oblique (Medicine)

LAPEP

Post-Irradiation Testing Laboratory Laboratorio de

Ensayos Post Irradiación [This is part of the Ezeiza

Atomic Centre (CAE).]

(Argentina)

LAR

lifetime attributable risk

LARAE

Laboratory of Radioanalysis and Environment

Laboratoire de radio-analyses et environnement

(Tunisia)

LARC

Regional Conference for Latin America and the

Caribbean

(FAO)

LARI

Lebanese Agricultural Research Institute

LAS

laser absorption spectrometry

LAS

Latin American Section [This is part of the

American Nuclear Society (ANS). The acronym

LAS/ANS is also used.]

LAS

Latvian Academy of Sciences Latvijas Zinatnu

akademija

LAS

League of Arab States

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LASBAD

Laboratory of Biological and Agricultural Sciences

for Development Laboratoire des sciences

biologiques et agronomiques pour le

développement

(Central African

Republic)

LASCAR Project

Large-Scale Reprocessing Plant Safeguards Project (Safeguards)

LASCN

Latin American Safety Culture Network

LAS/ANS

Latin American Section [This is part of the

American Nuclear Society (ANS). The acronym

LAS is also used.]

LAT

Tandem Accelerator Laboratory Laboratorio del

Acelerador Tandem

(Mexico)

LATU

Technological Laboratory of Uruguay Laboratorio

Tecnológico del Uruguay

LAW

low activity waste

LBB

leak before break

LBC

Laboratory of Fungal Biotechnology Laboratoire

de biotechnologie des champignons

(Senegal)

LBC

lead–bismuth coolant

LBDNET

Latin American Biological Dosimetry Network

LBE

lead–bismuth eutectic

LBE

licensing basis event

LB LOCA

large break loss of coolant accident

LBM

lean body mass

LBNL

Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (USA)

LABONET

Network of Laboratories for Nuclear Waste

Characterization

(IAEA)

LBUS

Lucian Blaga University of Sibiu Université

"Lucian Blaga" de Sibiu

(Romania)

LBW

low birth weight

liquid chromatography

LCA

Central Analytical Laboratory Laboratoire central

d'analyse [This is part of the Kinshasa Regional

Nuclear Research Centre (CREN-K).]

(Democratic Republic

of the Congo)

LCA

leucocyte common antigen

LCA

life cycle assessment

LCAO

linear combination of atomic orbitals

LCBC

Lake Chad Basin Commmission

LCCS

Land Cover Classification System (FAO/UNEP)

LCD

liquid crystal display

LCE

low carbon economy

LCFS

last closed flux surface

LCG

London Cancer Group [It seems that this group no (United Kingdom)

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longer exists.]

LCI

life cycle inventory

LCIE

Central Laboratory of Electrical Industries

Laboratoire central des industries électriques

(France)

LCL

lower confidence limit

LCLS

Linac Coherent Light Source (USA)

LCM

life cycle management

LCM method

lower of cost or market method

LC–MS liquid chromatography–mass spectrometry

LC–MS/MS liquid chromatography–tandem mass spectrometry

LCNP

Lawyers' Committee on Nuclear Policy (USA)

LCO

limiting condition for operation

LCRSSS

Libyan Centre for Remote Sensing and Space

Science

LCSH

Library of Congress Subject Headings

LCSSA

Central Laboratory for the Control of Food Safety

Laboratoire central de sécurité sanitaire des

aliments

(Benin)

LCT

low carbon technology

LCTC

Liverpool Cancer Therapy Centre (Australia)

LCV

Central Veterinary Laboratory Laboratoire

vétérinaire central

(Mali)

lethal dose

median lethal dose [The acronym MLD is also

used.]

low dispersible radioactive material (Type code defined in

IAEA Transport

Regulations)

LDAP

Lightweight Directory Access Protocol

LDB

Biological Dosimetry Laboratory Laboratoire de

dosimétrie biologique

(France)

LDC

least developed country

LDC

less developed country

LDC III

Third United Nations Conference on the Least

Developed Countries [This was held in Brussels

from 14 to 20 May 2001.]

(United Nations)

LDEF

Long Duration Exposure Facility (NASA)

LDH

lactate dehydrogenase

LDI

Landscape Development Intervention (Madagascar)

LDM

laser distance meter

LDM

low dispersible radioactive material

l-dopa

levodopa

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LDR

low dose rate

low explosive

LEAP collimator

low-energy all-purpose collimator [This is a

synonym for LEGP collimator.]

LEC

Experimental Conversion Laboratory Laboratorio

Experimental de Conversión

(Chile)

LED

light-emitting diode

LEED

low energy electron diffraction

LEEM

Licensing and Enforcement Experts Meeting (Nuclear Suppliers

Group)

LEEP

loop electrosurgical excision procedure

LEGP collimator

low-energy general-purpose collimator [This is a

synonym for LEAP collimator.]

LEHR collimator

low-energy high-resolution collimator

LEI

Lithuanian Energy Institute Lietuvos energetikos

institutas

LEM

Maritime Research Laboratory Laboratoire d'études

maritimes

(Algeria)

LENA

Laboratory of Applied Nuclear Energy Laboratorio

Energia Nucleare Applicata

(Italy)

LER

large early release

LERF

large early release frequency (Nuclear safety)

LES

Lincoln Electric System (USA)

LET

linear energy transfer

LEU

low enriched uranium

load factor

low frequency

LFA

logical framework approach

LFC

Central Light and Power Luz y Fuerza del Centro (Mexico)

LFC

laminar flow cabinet

LFC

loss free counting

LFEE

Laboratory for Energy and the Environment [This is

part of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology

(MIT).]

(USA)

LFH

laminar flow hood

LFM

Logical Framework Matrix (IAEA)

LFOV

large field of view

LFR

lead cooled fast reactor

LFTR

liquid fluoride thorium reactor

LfU

Baden-Württemberg State Institute for

Environmental Protection Landesanstalt für

Umweltschutz Baden-Württemberg

(Germany)

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LfU

Bavarian Environmental Protection Agency

Bayerisches Landesamt für Umweltschutz

(Germany)

LFUA

limited frequency unannounced access (Safeguards)

LGG

light gas gun

LGI

legal and governmental infrastructure

LGL

large granular lymphocyte

LG-SIMS

large geometry secondary ion mass spectrometer

LGU

local government unit (Philippines)

LH wave

lower hybrid wave

luteinizing hormone

LHA

Environmental Hydrology Laboratory Laboratorio

de Hidrología Ambiental

(Costa Rica)

LHC

Large Hadron Collider (CERN)

LHCD

lower hybrid current drive

LHD

lower hybrid drift

LHEP

lower hybrid enhanced performance

LHF

lower hybrid frequency

LHH

lower hybrid heating

LHV

lower heating value

LHWP

Lesotho Highlands Water Project

lithium

LIB

light ion beam

LIBIQUIMA

Laboratory for Biochemical, Chemical and

Environmental Research Laboratorio de

Investigaciones Bioquímicas, Químicas y de Medio

Ambiente

(Argentina)

LIBS

laser induced breakdown spectroscopy or laser

induced breakdown spectrometry

LICC

Ivorian League Against Cancer Ligue ivoirienne

contre le cancer

(Côte d'Ivoire)

LIDAR

light detection and ranging

LIE

Laboratory of Stable Isotopes Laboratório de

Isótopos Estáveis [This is part of the University of

São Paulo (USP).]

(Brazil)

LIFDC

low-income food-deficit country

LILW

low and intermediate level waste [This is one of the

classes of waste proposed by the IAEA.]

LILW–LL

long lived low and intermediate level waste [This is

one of the classes of waste proposed by the IAEA.]

LILW–SL

short lived low and intermediate level waste [This is

one of the classes of waste proposed by the IAEA.]

LIMA

Livestock Information Management Application (IAEA/FAO)

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Lima Convention

Convention for the Protection of the Marine

Environment and Coastal Area of the South-East

Pacific

LIMS

laboratory information management system [This is

a type of software.]

LIMV

Veterinary Medicine Research Laboratory

Laboratorio de Investigaciones Médicas

Veterinarias

(Colombia)

linac

linear accelerator

LIS

Scientific Instrumentation Laboratory Laboratoire

d'instrumentation scientifique

(Morocco)

LISCA

Senegalese League Against Cancer Ligue

sénégalaise de lutte contre le cancer

(Senegal)

LISNet

Library and Information Services Network (IAEA)

LKA BW

Baden-Württemberg State Criminal Department

Landeskriminalamt Baden-Württemberg

(Germany)

LKFRI

Lake Kariba Fisheries Research Institute (Zimbabwe)

LLC

limited liability company

LLD

lower limit of detection [Minimum detectable

activity (MDA) should be used in IAEA

documents.]

LLE

loss of life expectancy

LLIN

long-lasting insecticide-treated net

LLNL

Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (USA)

LLOCA

large loss of coolant accident

LLRN

long lived radionuclide

LLRW

low level radioactive waste

LLRWMO

Low-Level Radioactive Waste Management Office (Canada)

LLUMC

Loma Linda University Medical Center (USA)

LLW

low level waste [This term should not be used in

IAEA documents.]

lumen [SI unit of luminous flux]

Office of Legacy Management (USA)

LMCR

liquid metal cooled reactor

LMCV

laser mapping system for containment verification

LMFAE

Special Alloy Fabrication Materials Laboratory

Laboratorio Metalúrgico Fabricación Aleaciones

Especiales

(Argentina)

LMFBR

liquid metal fast breeder reactor

LMFR

liquid metal fast reactor

LMI countries

low and middle income countries

LMICs

low and middle income countries

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LMIS

liquid metal ion source

LMJ

Laser Megajoule (France)

LMR

liquid metal reactor

LMRC

Laboratory Methods Review Committee (USA)

LMRE

Environmental Radioactivity Measurement

Laboratory Laboratoire de Mesure de la

Radioactivité dans l'Environnement [This is part of

the Institute for Radiological Protection and

Nuclear Safety (IRSN).]

(France)

LMS

leadership and management for safety

LMS

learning management system

LMSCI

Soil Microbiology and Inoculant Control

Laboratory Laboratorio de Microbiología de Suelos

y Control de Inoculantes

(Uruguay)

LMSTG

Topical Group on Leadership and Management for

Safety of the Regulatory Bodies

(Asian Nuclear Safety

Network)

LMUP

Lake Maitland Uranium Project (Australia)

natural logarithm

LNBCSP

National Laboratory for Clinical Biology and Public

Health Laboratoire national de biologie chimique et

de santé publique

(Central African

Republic)

LNCTMR

National League Against Tuberculosis and

Respiratory Diseases Ligue nationale contre la

tuberculose et les maladies respiratoires

(Tunisia)

LNE

National Metrology and Testing Laboratory

Laboratoire national de métrologie et d'essais

(France)

LNE

National Livestock Laboratory Laboratoire

national d'élevage

(Burkina Faso)

LNE

National Water Laboratory Laboratoire national

des eaux

(Mali)

LNEG

National Laboratory of Energy and Geology

Laboratório Nacional de Energia e Geologia

(Portugal)

LNERV

National Laboratory for Livestock and Veterinary

Research Laboratoire national d'élevage et de

recherches veterinaries [This is part of the

Senegalese Institute for Agricultural Research

(ISRA).]

(Senegal)

LNETI

National Laboratory of Engineering and Industrial

Technology Laboratório Nacional de Engenharia e

Tecnologia Industrial

(Portugal)

LNF

Leningrad Northern Factory (Russian Federation)

LNG

liquefied natural gas

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LNHB

Henri Becquerel National Laboratory Laboratoire

national Henri Becquerel

(France)

LNMC

Latvian National Metrology Centre Latvijas

Nacionālais Metroloģijas Centrs

LNRPV

National Laboratory for Plant Production Research

Laboratoire national de recherches sur les

productions végétales [This is part of the

Senegalese Institute for Agricultural Research

(ISRA).]

(Senegal)

LNS

Laboratory for Neutron Scattering [This is part of

the Paul Scherrer Institute (PSI).]

(Switzerland)

LNS

National Health Laboratory Laboratoire national de

la santé

(Mali)

LNSP

National Public Health Laboratory Laboratoire

national de la santé publique

(Burkina Faso, Côte

d’Ivoire)

LNT hypothesis

linear–no threshold

LOARC

Public Laboratory for Chemical Analysis and

Research Laboratoire officiel des analyses et des

recherches chimiques

(Morocco)

LOC

lab-on-a-chip

LOCA

loss of coolant accident

LOF

location outside facilities [Note that the plural is

locations outside facilities.]

(Safeguards)

LOFA

loss of flow accident

LOFT

loss of fluid test

LOG

Liaison Office, Geneva [part of the Office of

External Relations and Policy Coordination

(EXPO)]

(IAEA)

LOHS

loss of heat sink

LOLP

loss of load probability

London

Convention

Convention on the Prevention of Marine Pollution

by Dumping of Wastes and Other Matter

(Reproduced in IAEA

document

INFCIRC/205)

LONY

Liaison Office, New York [part of the Office of

External Relations and Policy Coordination

(EXPO)]

(IAEA)

LOOP

loss of off-site power

LOR

line of response

LO/TO

lockout/tagout

LOTOS

Laboratory for Labour Protection and

Environmental Protection [This is part of the Ulba

Metallurgical Plant.]

(Kazazhstan)

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low pressure

LPBE

liquid phase blocking ELISA

LPC

Particle Physics Laboratory Laboratoire de

physique corpusculaire

(France)

LPCI

low pressure core injection

LPEE

Public Laboratory for Tests and Studies

Laboratoire public d'essais et d'études

(Morocco)

LPG

liquefied petroleum gas

LPGP

Gas and Plasma Physics Laboratory Laboratoire de

physique des gaz et des plasmas

(France)

LPI

liquid penetrant inspection

LPI RAS

P.N. Lebedev Physical Institute of the Russian

Academy of Sciences

(Russian Federation)

LPIS

low pressure injection system

LPLT

low pressure, low temperature

LPNU

Lviv Polytechnic National University (Ukraine)

LPO

left posterior oblique (Medicine)

LPR

Radioactive Standards Laboratory Laboratorio de

Patrones Radiactivos

(Mexico)

LPRM

local power range monitor

LPS

lipopolysaccharide

LPSC

Laboratory for Subatomic Physics and Cosmology

Laboratoire de physique subatomique et de

cosmologie [This is part of the National Institute of

Nuclear Physics and Particle Physics (IN2P3).]

(France)

LPSD conditions

low power and shutdown conditions

LPSI

low pressure safety injection

LPT

liquid penetrant testing

LPZ

longer term protective action planning zone

LQ does response

linear–quadratic dose response

lawrencium

LRA

Environmental Radioactivity Laboratory Laboratori

de Radioactivitat Ambiental

(Spain)

LRBM

long-range ballistic missile

LRC

Learning Resource Centre [This was replaced in

2008 by the Staff Development Centre (SDC).]

(IAEA)

LRCC

London Regional Cancer Centre (Canada)

LRCT

Trypanosomosis Research and Coordination

Laboratory Laboratoire de recherche et de

coordination sur les trypanosomoses [This is part of

the Institute of Research for Development (IRD).]

(France)

LRE

Energy Research Laboratory Laboratoire de (Cameroon)

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recherches énergétiques

LRF

large release frequency

LRF

Local Resilience Forum (United Kingdom)

LHRC

Lady Ridgeway Hospital for Chilldren (Sri Lanka)

LRI

local radiation injury

LRI

Radioisotopes Laboratory Laboratoire des

radioisotopes [This is part of the University of

Antananarivo.]

Madagascar

LRIR

long-range imaging radar

LRS

Laboratory for Reactor Physics and Systems

Behaviour Labor für Reaktorphysik und

Systemverhalten [This is part of the Paul Scherrer

Institute (PSI).]

(Switzerland)

LRTAP

Convention

Convention on Long-range Transboundary Air

Pollution

lumbosacral

LSA

low specific activity

LSB

last stage blade

LSB

least significant bit (Computing)

LSBWR

long operating cycle simplified boiling water

reactor

(Japan)

LSC

Legal Subcommittee of the Committee on the

Peaceful Uses of Outer Space

(United Nations)

LSC

liquid scintillation cocktail

LSC

liquid scintillation counter

LSC

liquid scintillation counting

LSC

liquid-solid chromatography

LSD

least significant difference

LSD

Life Science Division [This is part of the Atomic

Energy Board (AEB).]

(Sri Lanka)

LSD

lumpy skin disease

LSD spike

large size dried spike (Safeguards)

LSHTM

London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine (United Kingdom)

LSL

Laser Spectroscopy Laboratory (Islamic Republic of

Iran)

LSO

lutetium oxyorthosilicate

LSS

Life Span Study (Japan)

leak testing

LTA

lead test assembly

LTC

live time correction

LTE

local thermodynamic equilibrium

LTE

low temperature evaporation

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LTFU

loss to follow-up

LTIS

long term interim storage

LTO

long term operation

LTSS

long term storage shield

lutetium

LUHS

loss of ultimate heat sink

LUMC

Leiden University Medical Center Leids

Universitair Medisch Centrum

(Netherlands)

Lusaka

Agreement

Lusaka Agreement on Cooperative Enforcement

Operations Directed at Illegal Trade in Wild Fauna

and Flora

LUT

lookup table

LUZ

University of Zulia Universidad del Zulia (Venezuela)

left ventricular

left ventricule

LVDT

linear variable differential transformer

LVNPP

Laguna Verde nuclear power plant (Mexico)

LVP

low value purchasing

LVRF

low void reactivity fuel

LVRI

Lanzhou Veterinary Research Institute (China)

LWBR

light water breeder reactor

LWGR

light water cooled, graphite moderated reactor

LWHR

light water hybrid reactor

LWL

lower water line

LWR

light water reactor

LWRGSIDB

Generic Safety Issues for Light Water Reactor

(LWR) NPPs

(IAEA)

LWSCR

Light Water Sub-Critical Reactor [Write with lower

case if used generically.]

(Islamic Republic of

Iran)

LWV

Laboratory for Materials Behaviour Labor für

Werkstoffverhalten [This was part of the Paul

Scherrer Institute (PSI) but no longer exists.]

(Switzerland)

lux [SI unit of illuminance, equal to one lumen per

square metre]

mega [prefix for SI and metric units, 10

]

molar

metre [SI unit of linear measure]

milli [prefix for SI and metric units, 10

-3

]

micro [prefix for SI and metric units, 10

-6

]

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Millennium Ecosystem Assessment (United Nations)

minor actinide

MAA

macroaggregate of albumin

MAA

methacrylic acid

MAAP

Ministry of Food, Agriculture and Fisheries

Ministère de l'alimentation, de l'agriculture et de la

pêche [This was replaced by the Ministry of

Agriculture, Food, Fisheries, Rural Affairs and

Land Use Planning.]

(France)

Maastricht

Treaty

Treaty on European Union [This was updated by

subsequent treaties.]

MAB

Man and the Biosphere Programme (UNESCO)

MAB

marker assisted breeding

MAb

monoclonal antibody [This acronym is more widely

used than MoAb.]

MAC

Ministry of Agriculture and Breeding Ministerio de

Agricultura y Cría [This was replaced by the

Ministry of People's Power for Agriculture and

Land (MAT).]

(Venezuela)

MAcc

Master of Accountancy

MAD

multiwavelength anomalous diffraction or

multiwavelength anomalous dispersion

MADB

Minor Actinide Property Database (IAEA)

MAE

microwave-assisted extraction

MAEC

Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation

Ministère des affaires étrangères et de la

coopération (Morocco) Ministerio de Asuntos

Exteriores y de Cooperación (Spain)

(Congo, Morocco,

Spain)

MAECI

Department of Foreign Affairs and International

Trade (DFAIT) Ministère des affaires étrangères et

du commerce international [Use the acronym

DFAIT in IAEA documents.]

(Canada)

MAECI

Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International

Cooperation Ministère des affaires étrangères et de

la coopération internationale

(Djibouti)

MAED

Model for Analysis of Energy Demand (IAEA)

MAEE

Ministry of Foreign and European Affairs Ministère

des affaires étrangères et européennes

(Luxembourg)

MAEIA

Ministry of Foreign Affairs and African Integration

Ministère des affaires étrangères et de l'intégration

africaine [This Ministry was replaced by the

MAEIAFBE.]

(Benin)

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MAEIAFBE

Ministry of Foreign Affairs, African Integration,

Francophonie and Beninese Abroad Ministère des

affaires étrangères, de l'intégration africaine, de la

francophonie et des béninois de l'extérieur

(Benin)

MAEK-

Kazatomprom

Mangistau Atomic Power Plant (Kazakhstan)

MAEP

Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Fisheries

Ministère de l'agriculture, de l'élevage et de la

pêche

(Benin, Madagascar)

MAER

Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Equipment

Ministère de l'agriculture et de l'équipement rural

(Senegal)

MAFC

Ministry of Agriculture, Food Security and

Cooperatives

(United Republic of

Tanzania)

MAFF

Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food [This

was replaced by Department for Environment, Food

and Rural Affairs (DEFRA).]

(United Kingdom)

MAFF

Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (Japan)

MAFS

Ministry of Agriculture and Food Security (Lesotho)

MAG

Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock Ministerio de

Agricultura y Ganadería

(Costa Rica, Ecuador)

MAG3

mercaptoacetyltriglycine

MAGA

Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Food

Ministerio de Agricultura, Ganadería y

Alimentación

(Guatemala)

MAGAP

Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock, Aquaculture

and Fisheries Ministerio de Agricultura, Ganadería,

Acuacultura y Pesca

(Ecuador)

MAGFOR

Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry Ministerio

Agropecuario y Forestal

(Nicaragua)

MAI

Ministry of Internal Affairs Ministerul Afacerilor

Interne

(Republic of Moldova)

MAI

Moscow Aviation Institute (Russian Federation)

Malaga

Conference

International Conference on the Radiological

Protection of Patients in Diagnostic and

Interventional Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and

Radiotherapy [26–30 March 2001]

(IAEA)

MALDI

matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization

MAM

moderate acute malnutrition

MAMR

Ministry of Agriculture and Marine Resources (Seychelles)

man·Sv

man-sievert

MAP

Madagascar Action Plan

MAP

Mediterranean Action Plan (UNEP)

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MAP

Ministry of Productive Activities Ministero delle

Attività Produttive

(Italy)

MAP

modified atmosphere packaging

Mapanica

Association of Mothers and Fathers of Children

with Leukaemia and Cancer Asociación de Madres

y Padres de Niños con Leucemia y Cáncer

(Nicaragua)

MAPDR

Ministry of Agriculture, Forests and Rural

Development Ministerul Agriculturii, Padurilor si

Dezvoltarii Rurale

(Romania)

MAPS

Madras Atomic Power Station (India)

MAPS

St Petersburg Medical Academy of Postgraduate

Studies

(Russian Federation)

MARC

machine-readable cataloguing

MARDI

Malaysian Agricultural Research and Development

Institute

MARDOS

Sources of Radioactivity in the Marine

Environment and their Relative Contributions to

Overall Dose Assessment from Marine

Radioactivity [This was a study.]

(IAEA)

MARENA

Ministry of the Environment and Natural Resources

Ministerio del Ambiente y los Recursos Naturales

(Nicaragua)

MARFE

multi-faceted asymmetric radiation from the edge

Marina II

Update of the MARINA Project on the radiological

exposure of the European Community from

radioactivity in North European marine waters

(European

Commission)

MARiS

Marine Information System (IAEA)

MARLIN

Marine Radioecology Laboratories International

Network

(IAEA)

MARM

Ministry of the Environment and Rural and Marine

Affairs

(Spain)

MARN

Ministry of the Environment and Natural Resources

Ministerio de Medio Ambiente y Recursos

Naturales

(El Salvador)

MARNDR

Ministry of Agriculture, Natural Resources and

Rural Development Ministère de l'agriculture, des

ressources naturelles et du développement rural

(Haiti)

MARPOL 73/78

International Convention for the Prevention of

Pollution from Ships, 1973, as modified by the

Protocol of 1978 relating thereto

(IMO)

MARS

Research on Worldwide Marine Radioactivity

[1996–2001]

(IAEA project)

MAS

marker assisted selection

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masl

metres above sea level

MAT

male annihilation technique (Agriculture)

MAT

Ministry of People's Power for Agriculture and

Land Ministerio del Poder Popular para la

Agricultura y Tierras [This replaced the former

Ministry of Agriculture and Breeding (MAC).]

(Venezuela)

MATD

Ministry of Territorial Administration and

Decentralization Ministère de l’administration

territoriale et de la décentralisation

(Burkina Faso)

MAT/DC

Ministry of Land Management and Community

Development Ministère de l’aménagement du

territoire et du développement communautaire

[This was replaced by the Ministry of Planning,

Land Management and Community Development

(MP/AT/DC) in 2011.]

(Niger)

MAT-Senegal

Anti-Tobacco Movement of Senegal Mouvement

Anti-tabac du Sénégal

MAVDT

Ministry of the Environment, Housing and

Territorial Development Ministerio de Medio

Ambiente, Vivienda y Desarrollo Territorial

(Colombia)

MAW

medium activity waste [This term should not

normally be used in IAEA documents.]

megabase

megabyte

MBA

Master of Business Administration

MBA

material balance area (Safeguards)

MBA

mouse bioassay

mBAND

multicolour chromosome banding

MBD

metastatic bone disease

MBE

material balance evaluation (Safeguards)

MBES

Material Balance Evaluation System (Safeguards)

MBIR

Multipurpose Fast Research Reactor (Russian Federation)

MBP

maltose binding protein

MBP

material balance period (Safeguards)

MBR

material balance report (Safeguards)

mutation component

MCA

maximum credible accident

MCA

multichannel analyser

MCA

multichannel analysis

McAb

monoclonal antibody [The acronym MAb should be

used in IAEA documents.]

MCAD

Microsoft Certified Applications Developer

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MCB

main control board

MCB

multicolour chromosome banding

MCC

Management Certificate Curriculum (IAEA)

MCC

motor control centre

MCC Project

Material Consolidation and Conversion Project (USA/Russian

Federation)

MCCI

molten core–concrete interaction

MCCS

Office of Material Consolidation and Civilian Sites

[This Office is part of the National Nuclear Security

Administration (NNSA).]

(USA)

MCDBA

Microsoft Certified Database Administrator

MCDST

Microsoft Certified Desktop Support Technician

MCF

magnetic confinement fusion

MCF

malignant catarrhal fever

MCH

maternal and child health

MCHC

maternal and child health centre

MCHO

Minsk City Hospital for Oncology (Belarus)

MCI

major capital investment (IAEA)

MCI

mild cognitive impairment

MCI

Ministry of Communications and Information (Singapore)

MC-ICP-MS

multi-collector inductively coupled plasma mass

spectrometer or multi-collector inductively coupled

plasma mass spectrometry

MCIES

Ministry of Science, Innovation and Higher

Education Ministério da Ciência, Inovação e

Ensino Superior

(Portugal)

MCIF

Major Capital Investment Fund (IAEA)

MCIP

Major Capital Investment Plan (IAEA)

MC&IT

Ministry of Communications and Information

Technology

(India)

MCL

maximum concentration limit

MCM

My Child Matters (UICC)

MCP

main circulation pump or main coolant pump

MCP

microchannel plate

MCP

Microsoft Certified Professional

MCPF

Ministerial Conference on the Protection of Forests

in Europe

MCPR

minimum critical power ratio

MCR

main control room

MCS

minimal cut set

MCSA

Microsoft Certified Solutions Associate

MCSD

Mediterranean Commission on Sustainable (UNEP)

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Development [This is part of the Mediterranean

Action Plan (MAP).]

MCSD

Microsoft Certified Solution Developer

MCSE

Microsoft Certified Solutions Expert

MCST

Ministry of Commerce, Science and Technology (Jamaica)

MCST

Ministry of Communications, Science and

Technology

(Botswana)

MCT

Ministry of People's Power for Science and

Technology Ministerio del Poder Popular para

Ciencia y Tecnología [This replaced the former

Ministry of Science and Technology.]

(Venezuela)

MCT

Ministry of Science and Technology Ministério da

Ciência e da Tecnologia [This was replaced by the

Ministry of People's Power for Science and

Technology.]

(Portugal)

MCT

Ministry of Science and Technology Ministerio de

Ciencia y Tecnología

(Venezuela)

MCTI

Ministry of People's Power for Science, Technology

and Intermediate Industries Ministerio del Poder

Popular para Ciencia, Tecnología e Industrias

Intermedias

(Venezuela)

MCTI

Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation

Ministério da Ciência, Tecnologia e Inovação

(Brazil)

MCTL

Militarily Critical Technologies List (USA)

MCV

mean corpuscular volume

MCYT

Ministry of Science and Technology Ministerio de

Ciencia y Tecnología

(Spain)

Doctor of Medicine

molecular dynamics

motor-driven

MDA

minimum detectable activity

MDA

minimum detectable amount

MDACC

M.D. Anderson Cancer Center (USA)

MDAEP

Ministry of Development, Economic Analysis and

Forecasting Ministère du développement, de

l'analyse économique et de la prospective

(Benin)

MDAP

Multinational Design Approval Program (USA)

MDC

material description code

MDCT

multi-detector computed tomography

MDE

maximum design earthquake

MDE

Ministry of Economic Development Ministerio de

Desarrollo Económico

(Bolivia)

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MDEP

Multinational Design Evaluation Programme

MDF

MOX Demonstration Facility (United Kingdom)

MDG

United Nations Millennium Development Goal

MDI port

medium dependent interface port

MDL

method detection limit

MDM

magnetic dipole moment

MDN

Ministry of National Defence Ministère de défense

nationale

(Benin, Paraguay)

MDP

methylene diphosphonate

MDR

medium dose rate

MDR

Ministry of Rural Development Ministère de

développement rural

(Islamic Republic of

Mauritania)

MDR

multi-drug resistant

MDR

multi-drug resistance or multiple drug resistance

MDRI

Multilateral Debt Relief Initiative (IMF/IDA/ADF)

MDR-TB

multi-drug resistant tuberculosis

MDS

multiply damaged site

MDSP

Ministry of Sustainable Development and Planning

Ministerio de Desarrollo Sostenible y Planificación

(Bolivia)

MDT

multidisciplinary team

metabolizable energy

methyl eugenol

MEA

Ministry of External Affairs (India)

MEBP

Ministry of Economy and Budget Planning (Kazakhstan)

MEC

Ministry of Education and Culture Ministerio de

Educación y Cultura

(Uruguay)

MEC

Ministry of Education and Science Ministério da

Educação e Ciência

(Portugal)

MECON

Ministry of Economy and Production Ministerio de

Economía y Producción [This Ministry no longer

exists.]

(Argentina)

MECTS

Ministry of Education, Research, Youth and Sports

Ministerul Educaţiei, Cercetării, Tineretului şi

Sportului

(Romania)

MECV

Ministry of the Environment and Quality of Life

Ministère de l’environnement et du cadre de vie

(Burkina Faso)

MED

multi-effect distillation

MEDDE

Ministry of Ecology, Sustainable Development and

Energy Ministère de l'écologie et du développement

durable et de l’énergie

(France)

MED POL

Programme for the Assessment and Control of

Pollution in the Mediterranean Region

(UNEP)

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MEDRC

Middle East Desalination Research Center

MED–TVC

multi-effect distillation–thermal vapour

compression

MEE

Ministry of Employment and the Economy Työ- ja

elinkeinoministeriö [This replaced the Ministry of

Trade and Industry (MTI) in 2008.]

(Finland)

MEEG

Monaco Environment and Economics Group

MEER

Ministry of Electricity and Renewable Energy

Ministerio de Electricidad y Energía Renovable [In

2007, the MEER, together with the Ministry of

Mines and Petroleum (MMP) replaced the Ministry

of Energy and Mines (MEM).]

(Ecuador)

MEER

Ministry of Energy and Energy Resources (Bulgaria)

MEF

Ministry of Economy and Finance Ministerio de

Economía y Finanzas

(Panama, Peru)

MEFLYPDB

Middle East Fruit Fly Exotic Pest Database

MEG

magnetoencephalography

MEGAPIE

Megawatt Pilot Target Experiment

MEH

Ministry of Energy and Water Resources Ministère

de l'énergie et de l'hydraulique

(Congo)

MEHU

Ministry of the Environment, Housing and Town

Planning Ministère de l'environnement, de l'habitat

et de l'urbanisme

(Benin)

MEIC

Ministry of Economy, Industry and Trade

Ministerio de Economía, Industria y Comercio

(Costa Rica)

MEL

IAEA Marine Environment Laboratories, Monaco

[This was replaced in 2010 by the IAEA

Environment Laboratories (NAEL).]

MEM

minimum essential medium

MEM

Ministry of Energy and Minerals (United Republic of

Tanzania)

MEM

Ministry of Energy and Mines Ministerio de

Energía y Minas [In 2007 the Ecaudorian MEM

was replaced by the Ministry for Electricity and

Renewable Energy (MEER) and the Ministry of

Mines and Petroleum (MMP).]

(Dominican Republic,

Ecuador, Guatemala,

Nicaragua, Peru,

Venezuela)

MEM

Ministry of Energy and Mines Ministère de

l'énergie et des mines [The Algerian Ministry was

replaced in 2014.]

(Algeria, Morocco)

MEMD

Ministry of Energy and Mineral Development (Uganda)

MEMR

Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources (Kazakhstan)

MEN

Ministry of National Education Ministère de (Madagascar)

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l'éducation nationale

MENA

Middle East and North Africa

MENFP

Ministry of National Education and Professional

Training Ministère de l'éducation nationale et de la

formation professionnelle

(Haiti, Luxembourg)

MENPET

Ministry of People's Power for Energy and

Petroleum Ministerio del Poder Popular para la

Energía y Petróleo [This replaced the former

Ministry of Energy and Petroleum (MEP).]

(Venezuela)

MENR

Ministry of Energy and Natural Resources (Armenia, Georgia,

Turkey)

MENRP

Ministry of Environment and Natural Resources

Protection

(Georgia)

MENRS

Ministry of National Education and Scientific

Research Ministère de l'éducation nationale et de la

recherche scientifique

(Madagascar)

MEP

Ministry of Economy and Planning Ministerio de

Economía y Planificación

(Cuba)

MEP

Ministry of Energy and Petroleum Ministère de

l'énergie et du pétrole

(Chad)

MEP

Ministry of Energy and Petroleum Ministerio de

Energía y Petroleo [This was replaced by the

Ministry of People's Power for Energy and

Petroleum (MENPET).]

(Venezuela)

MEP

Ministry of Environmental Protection (China)

MEP

Ministry of Environment Protection [This was

replaced by the Ministry of Environment and Water

Resources (MEWR) in October 2013.]

(Kazakhstan)

MEPA

Marine Environment Protection Authority (Sri Lanka)

MEPC

Marine Environment Protection Committee (IMO)

MEPF

Ministry of Economy and Public Finance Ministerio

de Economía y Finanzas Públicas

(Bolivia)

MEPhI

Moscow Engineering Physics Institute [The

Moscow Engineering Physics Institute was

reorganized into the National Research Nuclear

University MEPhI, which was created as a pilot

project on 8 April 2009.]

(Russian Federation)

MEPN

Ministry of the Environment and Nature

Conservation Ministère de l'environnement et de la

protection de la nature

(Benin)

MEPNS

Ministry for Environmental Protection and Nuclear

Safety of Ukraine

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meq

milliequivalent

MER

market exchange rate

MERA

Marine Environmental and Radiological

Assessment

(IAEA)

MERC Program

Middle East Regional Cooperation Program (USA)

MERCOSUR

Southern Common Market

MERPMEDER

Ministry of Energy, Oil and Mining Research,

Water and Renewable Energy Development

Ministère de l’énergie, des recherches pétrolières et

minières, de l’eau et du développement des énergies

renouvelables

(Benin)

MERRCAC

Middle Eastern Regional Radioisotope Centre for

the Arab Countries

MERS

Middle East respiratory syndrome

MES

Ministry of Emergency Situations [The Kazkh

Ministry was later replaced by the Committee on

Emergency Situations.]

(Belarus, Kazakhstan,

Kyrgystan)

MES

Multilateral Enrichment Sanctuary (IAEA)

MESA

mature-parasite-infected erythrocyte surface antigen

MESA

Middle East and South Asia

MES KR

Ministry of Emergency Situations of the Kyrgyz

Republic

MESL

Marine Environmental Studies Laboratory (IAEA)

MESP

Multilateral Enrichment Sanctuary Project (IAEA)

MESR

Ministry of Higher Education and Research

Ministère de l'enseignement supérieur et de la

recherche

(France)

MESRS

Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific

Research Ministère de l'enseignement supérieur et

de la recherche scientifique

(Algeria, Benin)

MESSAGE

Model for Energy Supply Strategy Alternatives and

their General Environmental Impacts

(IAEA)

MESSRS

Ministry of Secondary and Higher Education and

Scientific Research Ministère des enseignements

secondaire, supérieur et de la recherche

scientifique [This Ministry no longer exists.]

(Burkina Faso)

MESSRT

Ministry of Secondary and Higher Education,

Research and Technology Ministère des

enseignements secondaire et supérieur, de la

recherche et de la technologie

(Niger)

MEST

Ministry of Education, Science and Technology

[This replaced the Ministry of Science and

(Republic of Korea)

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Technology (MOST).]

MEST

Ministry of Environment, Science and Technology (Ghana)

MEST

mobile expert support team (Nuclear security)

METAS

Federal Office of Metrology (Switzerland)

METE

Ministry of Economy, Trade and Energy (Albania)

METFAZ

Centre for Research and Development of Explosion

and Shock Technology

(Islamic Republic of

Iran)

METI

Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (Japan)

METREPOL

Medical Treatment Protocols for Radiation

Accident Victims as a Basis for a Computerized

Guidance System

MeV

megaelectronvolt [unit of energy]

MeV-SIMS

megaelectronvolt secondary ion mass spectrometry

MEW

Ministry of Electricity and Water [This was

replaced by the Ministry of Energy and the Ministry

of Environment and Water.]

(United Arab

Emirates)

MEWC

Ministry of Energy, Water and Communications

Kementerian Tenaga, Air dan Komunikasi

(Malaysia)

MEWR

Ministry of Environment and Water Resources (Kazakhstan)

MEWR

Ministry of the Environment and Water Resources (Singapore)

MEXT

Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and

Technology

(Japan)

MFA

material flow analysis

MFA

Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Afghanistan, Belarus,

Egypt, Georgia, Italy,

Kazakhstan,

Kyrgystan, Lithuania,

Poland, Romania,

Russian Federation,

Turkmenistan,

Uzbekistan)

MFA

Institute for Technical Physics and Materials

Science Mûszaki Fizikai és Anyagtudományi Intézet

(Hungary)

MFAEI

Ministry of Foreign Affairs and European

Integration Ministerul Afacerilor Externe şi

Integrării Europene

(Moldova)

MFAFT

Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade (Jamaica)

MFAT

Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (New Zealand)

MFCI

molten fuel–coolant interaction

MFEA

Ministry of Foreign and European Affairs (Croatia)

MFECH

multiple frequency electron cyclotron heating

MFEE

Department of Fluid Mechanics, Energy and (France)

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Environment Département mécanique des fluides,

énergies et environnement [This is part of

Électricité de France.]

MFFF

mixed oxide fuel fabrication facility

mFISH

multicolour fluorescence in situ hybridization

MFPED

Ministry of Finance, Planning and Economic

Development

(Uganda)

MFTF

Mirror Fusion Test Facility (USA)

MFW

main feedwater

magnesium

MGAP

Ministry of Livestock, Agriculture and Fisheries

Ministerio de Ganadería, Agricultura y Pesca

(Uruguay)

MGH

Mandalay General Hospital (Myanmar)

MgO

magnesium oxide

MGR

FAO/IAEA Mutant Germplasm Repository

MHA

Ministry of Home Affairs (Singapore)

MHA

Ministry of Water Resources and Sanitation

Ministère de l'hydraulique et de l'assainissement

(Islamic Republic of

Mauritania)

MHAI

Ministry of Home Affairs and Immigration (Namibia)

MHC

mobile hot cell

MHD

magnetohydrodynamic

MHD

magnetohydrodynamics

mHDR

microsource high dose rate

MHETIC

Ministry of Hydraulics, Energy and Information

and Communication Technology Ministère de

l’hydraulique, de l’énergie et des technologies de

l’information et de la communication

(Islamic Republic of

Mauritania)

MHI

Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (Japan)

MHLW

Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare (Japan)

MHO

mutual health organization

MHPE

maximum historically probable earthquake

MHR

management of human resources [In IAEA

documents the term human resource management

(HRM) should be used.]

MHTGR

modular high temperature gas cooled reactor

MHUR

Ministry of Urban and Rural Hydraulics Ministère

de l'hydraulique urbaine et rurale

(Chad)

Micronutrient Initiative

mitotic index

MIA

Ministry of Internal Affairs (Kazakhstan, Russian

Federation, Ukraine)

MIBA

Moisture Isotopes in the Biosphere and Atmosphere (IAEA)

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Mibam

Ministry of People's Power for Basic Industries and

Mining Ministerio del Poder Popular para las

Industrias Básicas y Minería [This replaced the

former Ministry of Basic Industries and Mining.]

(Venezuela)

MIBG

metaiodobenzylguanidine

MIBI

methoxyisobutylisonitrile

MIBK

methyl isobutyl ketone

MIC

methyl isocyanate

MIC

microbiologically influenced corrosion

MIC

Military Industrialization Corporation (Iraq)

MIC

Ministry of Industry and Commerce Ministerio de

Industria y Comercio

(Paraguay)

MIC

Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications (Japan)

MICANET

Michelangelo Network [This replaced the

Sustainable & Innovative Nuclear Technology

Evolution - R&D Network (SINTER).]

(European Union)

MICIT

Ministry of Science and Technology Ministerio de

Ciencia y Tecnología

(Costa Rica)

MICINN

Ministry of Science and Innovation (Ministerio de

Ciencia e Innovación)

(Spain)

MICONS

Ministry of Construction Ministerio de la

Construcción

(Cuba)

MICPE

Ministry of Industry, Trade and Employment

Promotion Ministère de l'industrie, du commerce et

de la promotion de l'emploi

(Benin)

MICS

Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey (UNICEF)

MID

magnetically insulated diode

MIDA

Ministry of Agricultural Development Ministerio de

Desarrollo Agropecuario

(Panama)

MIEM

Ministry of Industry, Energy and Mining Ministerio

de Industria, Energía y Minería

(Uruguay)

MIG

Issaka Gazobi Maternity Centre Maternité Issaka

Gazobi

(Niger)

MIGA

Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency (World Bank)

MIIS

Monterey Institute of International Studies (USA)

MIM

Ministry of Industry and Mines (Islamic Republic of

Mauritania)

MIM

Multilateral Initiative on Malaria

MIME

Ministry of Industry, Mines and Energy (Cambodia)

MINAE

Ministry of the Environment and Energy Ministerio

de Ambiente y Energía [This was replaced by the

Ministry of the Environment, Energy and

(Costa Rica)

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Telecommunications (MINAET).]

MINAET

Ministry of the Environment, Energy and

Telecommunications Ministerio de Ambiente,

Energia y Telecomunicaciones

(Costa Rica)

MINAFFET

Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation (Rwanda)

MINAGRA

Ministry of Agriculture and Animal Resources

Ministère de l'agriculture et des ressources

animales

(Côte d'Ivoire)

MINAGRI

Ministry of Agriculture and Irrigation Ministère de

l'agriculture et de l'irrigation

(Chad)

MinAmb

Ministry of People's Power for the Environment

Ministerio del Poder Popular para el Ambiente

(Venezuela)

Minatom

Ministry for Atomic Energy of the Russian

Federation [This was replaced in 2004 by the

Federal Atomic Energy Agency (Rosatom).]

MINAZ

Ministry for the Sugar Industry Ministerio de la

Industria Azucarera

(Cuba)

MINBAS

Ministry of Basic Industries Ministerio de la

Industria Básica

(Cuba)

MINEC

Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation (Mozambique)

MINEE

Ministry of Water and Energy Ministère de l'eau et

de l'énergie

(Cameroon)

MINEFI

Ministry of the Economy, Finance and Industry

[Replaced in 2008 by the Ministry of the Economy,

Industry and Employment.]

(France)

MINESURS

Ministry of Higher and University Education and

Scientific Research Ministère de l’enseignement

supérieur et universitaire et de la recherche

scientifique

(Democratic Republic

of the Congo)

MININT

Ministry of the Interior Ministerio del Interior (Cuba)

MINIRENA

Ministry of Natural Resources Ministère des

ressources naturelles

(Rwanda)

MINMIDT

Ministry of Mines, Industry and Technological

Development Ministère des mines, de l'industrie et

du développement technologique

(Cameroon)

MINREST

Ministry of Scientific and Technical Research

Ministère de la recherche scientifique et technique

(Cameroon)

MINREX

Ministry of External Relations Ministère des

relations extérieures

(Cameroon)

MINSA

Ministry of Health Ministerio de Salud (Nicaragua, Peru)

MINSAL

Ministry of Health Ministerio de Salud (Chile)

MINT

Malaysian Institute for Nuclear Technology

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Research [At the end of 2006 this was renamed

Malaysian Nuclear Agency (Nuclear Malaysia).]

MINT

Ministry of Industry and New Technologies (Kazakhstan)

Mintopenergo

Ministry of Fuel and Energy (Russian Federation,

Ukraine)

MINTUR

Ministry of Tourism Ministerio del Turismo (Cuba)

MINVEC

Ministry for Foreign Investment and Economic

Collaboration Ministerio para la Inversión

Extranjera y Colaboración Económica

(Cuba)

MIP

maximum intensity projection

MIP

minimum ionizing particle

MIPAAF

Ministry of Agricultural, Food and Forestry Policies

Ministero delle Politiche Agricole Alimentari e

Forestali [This replaced the Ministry of

Agricultural and Forestry Policies (MiPAF).]

MiPAF

Ministry of Agricultural and Forestry Policies

Ministero delle Politiche Agricole e Forestali [This

was replaced by the Ministry of Agricultural, Food

and Forestry Policies (MIPAAF).]

(Italy)

MIPK

Moscow Institute for Advanced Training [The

acronym is a transliteration of the Russian

acronym.]

(Russian Federation)

MIPS

million instructions per second

MIR

Mallinckrodt Institute of Radiology (USA)

MIR

mortality to incidence ratio

MIRD

medical internal radiation dose

MIRD Committee

Committee on Medical Internal Radiation Dose

[This is part of the Society of Nuclear Medicine

(SNM).]

MIRS

mid-infrared spectroscopy

MIRU

mycobacterial interspersed repetitive units

MIRU-VNTR

variable number tandem repeats of mycobacterial

interspersed repetitive units

MIS

management information system

MIS

marine information system [The acronym MARIS

should be used when referring to the IAEA's

system.]

MIS

Modular Ionizing Sterilizer (Argentina)

MIST

Ministry of Infrastructure, Science and Technology (Botswana)

MIT

Massachusetts Institute of Technology (USA)

MITL

magnetically insulated transmission line

MITyC

Ministry of Industry, Tourism and Trade Ministerio (Spain)

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de Industria, Turismo y Comercio [This replaced

the Ministry of Industry and Energy.]

MIU Project

Mizunami Underground Research Laboratory

Project

(Japan)

MIUR

Ministry of Education, Universities and Research

Ministero dell'Istruzione, dell'Università e della

Ricerca

(Italy)

MIVS

modular integrated video system (Safeguards)

MIX Facility

Molybdenum, Iodine and Xenon Radioisotope

Production Facility

(Islamic Republic of

Iran)

millijoule [unit of work or energy, one thousandth

of a joule (J)]

MJHA

Ministry for Justice and Home Affairs (Malta)

MJLDH

Ministry of Justice, Legislation and Human Rights

Ministère de la justice, de la législation et des

droits des hommes

(Benin)

metakaolin

MKEH

Hungarian Trade Licensing Office Magyar

Kereskedelmi Engedélyezési Hivatal

millilitre [unit of volume, one thousandth of a litre

(L)]

ML method

maximum likelihood method

MLC

mixed lymphocyte culture

MLC

multileaf collimator

MLD

median lethal dose [The acronym LD

is also

used.}

MLD

million litres per day

MLIS

molecular laser isotope separation

MLIT

Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and

Tourism

(Japan)

MLR

Ministry of Land and Resources (China)

MLT

median lethal time

MLW

medium level waste [This term should not normally

be used in IAEA documents.]

millimetre [unit of linear measure, one thousandth

of a metre (m)]

M2M

machine-to-machine

multiscale modelling

MMA

Ministry of the Environment Ministério do Meio

Ambiente

(Brazil)

MMAA

Ministry of Municipal Affairs and Agriculture (Qatar)

MMC

Materials and Mechanics of Components (France)

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Department Département matériaux et mécanique

des composants [This is part of Électricité de

France.]

MMCA

mini multichannel analyser (Safeguards)

MMCE

Ministry of Mines, Quarries and Energy Ministre

des mines, des carrières et de l’énergie

(Burkina faso)

MME

Ministry of Mines and Energy Ministère des mines

et de l'énergie

(Cambodia, Namibia,

Niger)

MMEE

Ministry of Mines, Energy and Water Ministère des

mines, de l'énergie et de l'eau

(Mali)

MMEH

Ministry of Mines, Energy and Water Resources

Ministère des mines, de l'énergie et de l'hydraulique

(Central African

Republic)

MMEPRH

Ministry of Mines, Energy, Oil and Hydraulic

Resources Ministère des mines, de l'énergie, du

pétrole et des ressources hydrauliques [This is now

known as the Ministry of Mines, Oil,

Hydrocarbons, Energy, Hydraulic Resources and

Promotion of New Energy Sources

(MMPHERHPEN).]

(Gabon)

mmf

magnetomotive force

MMH

Ministry of Mining and Hydrocarbons Ministerio de

Minería e Hidrocarburos

(Bolivia)

MMI

man–machine interface [This has been superseded

by human–machine interface (HMI).]

MMI

Ministry of Mines and Industry Ministère des mines

et de l’industrie [This has been renamed Ministry of

Industry and Mines (MIM).]

(Islamic Republic of

Mauritania)

MMI

multimodality imaging

MMP

Ministry of Mines and Petroleum Ministerio de

Minas y Petróleo [In 2007, the MMP, together with

the Ministry for Electricity and Renewable Energy

(MEER) replaced the Ministry of Energy and Mines

(MEM).]

(Ecuador)

MMPE

Ministry of Mines, Oil and Energy Ministère des

mines, du pétrole et de l'énergie

(Côte d'Ivoire)

MMPHERHPEN

Ministry of Mines, Oil, Hydrocarbons, Energy,

Hydraulic Resources and Promotion of New Energy

Sources Ministère des mines, du pétrole, des

hydrocarbures, de l'énergie, des ressources

hydrauliques et de la promotion des énergies

nouvelles [This Ministry has been replaced.]

(Gabon)

MMS

moment magnitude scale

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MMT

montmorillonite

MMU

Manchester Metropolitan University (United Kingdom)

MMW

mining and milling waste

manganese

micronucleus

MNA

micronucleus assay

MNA

monitored natural attenuation

MND

Ministry of National Defense (Republic of Korea)

MNE

Ministry of Foreign Affairs Ministério dos

Negócios Estrangeiros

(Portugal)

MNEPR

Multilateral Nuclear Environmental Programme in

the Russian Federation

MNEPR

Agreement

Framework Agreement on a Multilateral Nuclear

Environmental Programme in the Russian

Federation

MNF

Mitsubishi Nuclear Fuel Co. (Japan)

MNH

maternal and newborn health

MNHM

National Museum of Natural History Muséum

national d'histoire naturelle

(France)

MNOP

maximum normal operating pressure (IAEA Transport

Regulations)

MNPP

Metsamor nuclear power plant (Armenia)

MNR

Ministry of Natural Resources (Russian Federation)

MNRE

Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment (Thailand)

MNRE

Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (India)

MNS

Malaysian Nuclear Society

MNS

Ministry of National Security (Azerbaijan)

MNSR

miniature neutron source reactor

[Write with lower

case when used generically and with initial capitals

when used specifically.]

MNU

Miryang National University (Republic of Korea)

magneto-optical

molybdenum

MOA

memorandum of agreement

MOA

Ministry of Agriculture (Botswana, Jamaica)

MoAb

monoclonal antibody [The acronym MAb should be

used in IAEA documents.]

MOAI

Ministry of Agriculture and Irrigation (Myanmar)

MOC

memorandum of cooperation

MOC

middle of cycle

MOD

Ministry of Defence (United Kingdom)

MODAFL

Ministry of Defence and Armed Forces Logistics (Islamic Republic of

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Iran)

MODARIA

Modelling and Data for Radiological Impact

Assessments

(IAEA)

Model Additional

Protocol

Model Protocol Additional to the Agreement(s)

between State(s) and the International Atomic

Energy Agency for the Application of Safeguards

(Reproduced in IAEA

document

INRCIRC/540

(Corrected))

Model

Regulations

Model Regulations on the Transport of Dangerous

Goods [These are contained in the Annex to the

United Nations Recommendations on the Transport

of Dangerous Goods.]

(United Nations)

MODS

multiple organ dysfunction syndrome

MOE

Ministry of Environment (Repulbic of Korea)

MoECA

Ministry of Environment and Climate Affairs (Oman)

MOE of Ukraine

Ministry of Ukraine for Emergencies and Protection

of the Population from the Consequences of the

Chernobyl Catastrophe

MoEF

Ministry of Environment and Forests (India)

MOEN

Ministry of Energy (Thailand)

MOET

multiple ovulation and embryo transfer

MOEW

Ministry of Environment and Water (United Arab

Emirates)

MOF

Ministry of Finance (Japan)

MOFA

Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Iraq, Japan, Oman,

Qatar)

MoFAIC

Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International

Cooperation

(Botswana)

MOFED

Ministry of Finance and Economic Development (Ethiopia)

MOH

Ministry of Health (Jordan, Kuwait,

Uganda, Viet Nam)

MOHCW

Ministry of Health and Child Welfare (Zimbabwe)

MOHP

Ministry of Health and Population (Egypt)

MoHSS

Ministry of Health and Social Services (Namibia)

MOI

memorandum of intent

MOI

Ministry of the Interior (Qatar)

MoI

Ministry of the Interior (Belgium)

MOIC

Ministry of Information and Culture (Afghanistan)

MOIT

Ministry of Industry and Trade (Viet Nam)

mol

mole [SI unit of the amount of substance]

MONIKI

Moscow Regional Research and Clinical Institute

[The acronym is a transliteration of the Russian

acronym.]

(Russian Federation)

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MONRE

Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment (Viet Nam)

MONSTAT

Statistical Office of the Republic of Montenegro

Zavod za statistiku Crne Gore

Monterrey

Conference

International Conference on Financing for

Development [This is also known as the FFD

Conference and was held from 18 to 22 March

2002.

(United Nations)

Montreal

Protocol

Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the

Ozone Layer

Montreuz

Convention

Convention regarding the Regime of the Straits

Moon Agreement

Agreement Governing the Activities of States on

the Moon and Other Celestial Bodies

(United Nations)

MOP

Ministry of Public Works Ministerio de Obras

Públicas

(Chile)

MOP

Ministry of the Environment and Spatial Planning

Ministrstvo za okolje in proctor [This was abolished

in February 2012.]

(Slovenia)

MOPC

Ministry of Public Works and Communications

Ministerio de Obras Públicas y Comunicaciones

(Paraguay)

MOPH

Ministry of Public Health (Lebanon, Thailand)

MOPT

Ministry of Public Works and Transport Ministerio

de Obras Públicas y Transportes

(Costa Rica)

MORS

Group of Experts on Monitoring of Radioactive

Substances in the Baltic Sea

(HELCOM)

MoRST

Ministry of Research, Science and Technology

[This was replaced in 2011 by the Ministry of

Science and Innovation (MSI).]

(New Zealand)

MORT

Ministry of Sustainable Development and Tourism

Ministarstvo održivog razvoja i turizma

(Montenegro)

MOS

metal–oxide semiconductor

MOS

Microsoft Office Specialist

MOSAIC

Modernization of Safeguards Information

Technology

(IAEA)

Moscow

Conference

International Conference on the Radiation Legacy

of the 20th Century: Environmental Restoration

[November 2000]

(IAEA)

Moscow Treaty

Treaty between the United States of America and

the Russian Federation on Strategic Offensive

Reductions [This Treaty was signed on 24 May

2002.]

MOSFET

metal oxide semiconductor field-effect transistor

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MOSICT

Ministry of Science and Information &

Communication Technology

(Bangladesh)

MOSS

minimum operating security standards (United Nations)

MOST

Ministry of Science and Technology (Bangladesh, China,

Ethiopia, Iraq, Israel,

Pakistan, Nepal,

Sudan, Thailand, Viet

Nam)

MOSTI

Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation (Malaysia)

MOTR

Ministry of Technology and Research (Sri Lanka)

MOU

memorandum of understanding

MOX

mixed oxide [This is a mixture of plutonium oxide

and depleted or natural uranium oxide.]

Major Programme [The activities covered by the

Agency's Regular Budget are divided up into

several Major Programmes.]

(IAEA)

MP 1

Nuclear Power, Fuel Cycle and Nuclear Science

[This is the title of Major Programme 1.]

(IAEA)

MP 2

Nuclear Techniques for Development and

Environmental Protection [This is the title of Major

Programme 2.]

(IAEA)

MP 3

Nuclear Safety and Security [This is the title of

Major Programme 3.]

(IAEA)

MP 4

Nuclear Verification [This is the title of Major

Programme 4.]

(IAEA)

MP 5

Policy, Management and Administration Services

[This is the title of Major Programme 5.]

(IAEA)

MP 6

Management of Technical Cooperation for

Development [This is the title of Major Programme

6.]

(IAEA)

metabolizable protein

MPA

marine protected area

MPA

Mayak Production Association (Russian Federation)

MPa

megapascal [unit of pressure or stress, one million

pascals (Pa)]

MPAC

Muslim Public Affairs Council

MPA Form

Measurements and Protective Actions Form (IAEA)

MP/AT/DC

Ministry of Planning, Land Management and

Community Development Ministère du plan, de

l'aménagement du territoire et du développement

communautaire [This replaced the Ministry of Land

Management and Community Development

(Niger)

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(MAT/DC) in 2011

MPBB

maximum permissible body burden

MPC

magnesium phosphate cement

MPC

maximum permissible concentration [This term is

not now used in the field of radiation protection.]

MPC

multi-purpose canister

MPC&A

material protection, control, and accounting

MPD

maximum permissible dose [This term is not now

used in the field of radiation protection.]

MPDE

maximum permissible dose equivalent

MPE

major public event

MPF

mitosis-promoting factor

MPFEF

Ministry for the Promotion of Women, Children

and the Family Ministère de la promotion de la

femme, de l'enfant et de la famille

(Mali)

MPI

magnetic particle inspection

MPI

myocardial perfusion imaging

MPIK

Max Planck Institute for Nuclear Physics Max-

Planck-Institut für Kernphysik

(Germany)

MPI-IS

Max Planck Institute for Intelligent Systems Max-

Planck-Institut für Intelligente Systeme

(Germany)

MPI-MF

Max Planck Institute for Metals Research Max-

Planck-Institut für Metallforschung [This was

replaced in 2011 by the Max Planck Institute for

Intelligent Systems (MPI-IS).]

(Germany)

MPIT

Medical Physics Investigation Team (IAEA)

MPL

maximum permissible level [This term is not now

used in the field of radiation protection.]

MPLA

People's Movement for the Liberation of Angola

Movimento Popular de Libertação de Angola

MPLS

multiprotocol label switching (Computing)

MPO

Ministry of Public Order Ministria e Rendit Publik (Albania)

MPPEE

Ministry of People's Power for Electricity

Ministerio del Poder Popular para la Energía

Eléctrica

(Venezuela)

MPPRE

Ministry of People's Power for Foreign Affairs

Ministerio del Poder Popular para Relaciones

Exteriores [This replaced the former Ministry of

Foreign Affairs (MRE).]

(Venezuela)

MPPS

Ministry of People's Power for Health Ministerio

del Poder Popular para la Salud [This replaced the

former Ministry of Health and Social Development

(Venezuela)

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(MSDS).]

MPR

multiplanar reconstruction

MPR

multipurpose reactor

MPS

Metropolitan Police Service (United Kingdom)

MPS

Ministry of Public Security (China)

MPS

myocardial perfusion scintigraphy

MPT

magnetic particle testing

MPU

Mail Processing Unit (IAEA)

MPW

Ministry of Public Works (Guyana)

magnetic resonance

MRA

Ministry of Animal Resources Ministère des

ressources animales

(Burkina Faso, Niger)

MRA

mutual recognition agreement

MRA

Mutual Recognition of National Measurement

Standards and of Calibration and Measurement

Certificates Issued by National Metrology Institutes

(BIPM)

MRBM

medium-range ballistic missile

MRC

Medical Research Council (United Kingdom)

MRE

Ministry of Water Resources Ministère des

ressources en eau

(Algeria)

MRECI

Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Trade and Integration

Ministerio de Relaciones Exteriores, Comercio e

Integración

(Ecuador)

MRECIC

Ministry of Foreign Affairs, International Trade and

Worship Ministerio de Relaciones Exteriores,

Comercio Internacional y Culto

(Argentina)

MRHE

Ministry of Hydraulic Resources and Electricity

Ministère des ressources hydrauliques et de

l'électricité

(Democratic Republic

of the Congo)

MRI

Industrial Risks Management Department

Département management des risques industriels

[This is part of Électricité de France.]

(France)

MRI

magnetic resonance imaging

MRI

Max Rubner Institute Max Rubner-Institut (Germany)

MRI

Meteorological Research Institute (Japan)

MRI

Mitsubishi Research Institute (Japan)

MRIE

maximum routine inspection effort (Safeguards)

MRL

maximum residue limit

MRL

minimum reporting level

MRM

modified radical mastectomy

MRM

multi-residue method

MRN

medical record number

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mRNA

messenger RNA

MRNNR

Ministry of Non-Renewable Natural Resources

Ministerio de Recursos Naturales No Renovables

(Ecuador)

MRP

Materials Reliability Program (USA/EPRI)

MRR

mark–release–recapture

MRRC

Medical Radiological Research Center (Russian Federation)

MRRF

Major Repairs and Replacement Fund (IAEA and VBOs)

MRRN

Mediterranean Research Reactor Network

MRRS

Multi-Radionuclide Removal System

MRS

magnetic resonance spectroscopy

MRS

monitored retrievable storage

MRSI

Ministry of Scientific Research and Innovation

Ministère de la recherche scientifique et de

l'innovation

(Burkina Faso)

MRST

Ministry for Scientific Research and Technology

Ministère de la recherche scientifique et de la

technologie [This replaced the Secretariat of State

for Scientific Research and Technology (SERST).]

(Tunisia)

MRT

mean residence time

MRT

molecular radiotherapy

main steam

Management Services Section [part of the Office of

Internal Oversight Services (OIOS)]

(IAEA)

mass spectrometer

mass spectrometry

Member State [This term should always be written

with initial capital letters when referring to IAEA

Member States. The acronym should not normally

be used in IAEA documents.]

mild steel

MSA

minimum significant activity

MSAD

multiple scan average dose [This term is used in

computed tomography (CT).]

MSAH

Ministry of Social Affairs and Health (Finland)

MSAS

Ministry of Health and Social Action Ministère de

la santé et de l'action sociale

(Senegal)

MSB

Swedish Civil Contingencies Agency Myndigheten

för samhällsskydd och beredskap

MSC

Maritime Safety Committee (IMO)

MSc

Master of Science

MSC

Military Staff Committee (United Nations)

MSCC

Marine Science Co-ordination Committee (United Kingdom)

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MSCO

Murmansk Shipping Company (Russian Federation)

MSCR

molten salt converter reactor [Note the same

acronym is used for molten salt cooled reactor.]

MSCR

molten salt cooled reactor [Note the same acronym

is used for molten salt converter reactor.]

MSCT

multi-slice computed tomography

MSD

United Nations Medical Services Division

MSD

Ministry of Health and Sports Ministerio de Salud y

Deportes [This replaced the Ministry of Health and

Social Welfare (MSPS).]

(Bolivia)

MS-DOS

Microsoft disk operating system

MSDS

Ministry of Health and Social Development

Ministerio de Salud y Desarrollo Social [This was

replaced by the Ministry of People's Power for

Health (MPPS).]

(Venezuela)

MSF

Médecins Sans Frontières

MSF

multi-stage flash

MSFR

Molten Salt Fast Reactor

MSF–RO

multi-stage flash–reverse osmosis

MSH

main steam header

MSHP

Ministry of Health and Public Hygiene Ministère de

la santé et de l'hygiène publique [This was replaced

by the Ministry of Health and the Fight Against

AIDS (MSLS) in 2011.]

(Côte d'Ivoire)

MSI

magnetic source imaging

MSI

Marine Science Institute [This is part of the

University of the Philippines.]

(Philippines)

MSI

Master of Islamic Studies (Indonesia)

MSI

Ministry of Science and Innovation [This was

replaced in 2012 by the Ministry of Business,

Innovation and Equipment.]

(New Zealand)

MSIP

Mechanical Stress Improvement Process

MSIP

Ministry of Science, ICT and Future Planning (Republic of Korea)

MSIRI

Mauritius Sugar Industry Research Institute (Mauritius)

MSIV

main steam isolation valve

MSK scale

Medvedev-Sponheuer-Karnik scale [This was

replaced by the European Macroseismic Scale

(EMS).]

MSL

mean sea level

MSLB

main steam line break

MSLS

Ministry of Health and the Fight Against AIDS

Ministère de la santé et de la lutte contre le sida

(Côte d'Ivoire)

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MS/MS

tandem mass spectrometry

MSN

Management System Network of Excellence (IAEA)

MSNR

Nuclear Safety and Radiation Protection Mission

Mission sûreté nucléaire et radioprotection [This is

part of the Directorate General for Risk Prevention

(DGPR).]

MSO

municipal services office

MSP

Ministry of Health and Prevention Ministère de la

santé et de la prevention [This Ministry no longer

exists. As of April 2012, the Ministry of Health is

the Ministry of Health and Social Action (MSAS).]

(Senegal)

MSP

Ministry of Public Health Ministère de la santé

publique, Ministerio de Salud Pública

(Chad, Dominican

Republic, Ecuador,

Niger, Uruguay)

MSP

Ministry of Public Security Ministerio de Seguridad

Pública

(Costa Rica)

MSPAS

Ministry of Public Health and Social Assistance

Ministerio de Salud Pública y Asistencia Social

(El Salvador,

Guatemala)

MSPBS

Ministry of Public Health and Social Welfare

Ministerio de Salud Pública y Bienestar Social

(Paraguay)

MSP/LCE

Ministry of Public Health and Control of Endemic

Diseases Ministère de la santé publique et de la

lutte contre les endémies

(Niger)

MSPLS

Ministry of Public Health and the Fight Against

AIDS Ministère de la santé publique et de la lutte

contre le sida

(Burundi)

MSPP

Ministry of Public Health and Population Ministère

de la santé publique et de la population

(Haiti)

MSPP

Multisectoral STI/HIV/AIDS Prevention Project (Madagascar/World

Bank)

MSPS

Ministry of Health and Social Welfare Ministerio

de Salud y Previsión Social [This was replaced by

the Ministry of Health and Sports (MSD).]

(Bolivia)

MSR

moisture separator reheater

MSR

molten salt reactor

MSRE

Molten Salt Reactor Experiment (USA)

MSRT

Ministry of Science, Research and Technology (Islamic Republic of

Iran)

MSSP

Member State Support Programme (Safeguards)

MSSRF

M. S. Swaminathan Research Foundation (India)

MST

Ministry of Science and Technology (India)

MSTU

Moscow State Technical University [This is also (Russian Federation)

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known as the Bauman Moscow State Technical

University (BMSTU).]

MSTVT

Ministry of Science, Technology and Vocational

Training

(Zambia)

MSU

Moscow State University (Russian Federation)

MSUA

Mongolian State University of Agriculture

mSv

millisievert [unit of equivalent dose, one thousandth

of a sievert (Sv)]

MSW

municipal solid waste

MSZ

Machine Building Plant (Russian Federation)

MSZ

Moist Savannah Zone of West Africa

Department of Management (IAEA)

magnetic testing

megatonne

MTA

General Directorate of Mineral Research and

Exploration Maden Tetkik ve Arama Genel

Müdürlüğü

(Turkey)

MTA

Managing the Atom

MTBF

Division of Budget and Finance [part of the

Department of Management]

(IAEA)

MTBF

mean time between failures

MTC

Maintenance Training Centre (IAEA/Hungary)

MTC

Ministry of Transport and Communications

Ministerio de Transportes y Comunicaciones

(Botswana,

Kazakhstan, Peru)

MTC

moderator temperature coefficient of reactivity

MTCD

Division of Conference and Document Services

[part of the Department of Management]

(IAEA)

MTCR

Missile Technology Control Regime

MTCR Annex

MTCR Equipment, Software and Technology

Annex

MTCR

Guidelines

Guidelines for Sensitive Missile-Relevant Transfers

MTEC

Ministry of Tourism, Environment and Culture (Lesotho)

MTF

modulation transfer function

MTF

Musculoskeletal Transplant Foundation (USA)

MTGS

Division of General Services [part of the

Department of Management]

(IAEA)

MTHM

metric ton of heavy metal

MTHR

Division of Human Resources [Until May 2007,

this was known as the Division of Personnel

(MTPR). It is part of the Department of

Management]

(IAEA)

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MTI

Ministry of Trade and Industry Kauppa- ja

teollisuusministeriö [This was replaced in 2008 by

the Ministry of Employment and the Economy

(MEE).]

(Finland)

MTIT

Division of Information Technology [part of the

Department of Management]

(IAEA)

MTO

man–technology–organization

Mtoe

million tonnes of oil equivalent

MTOP

Ministry of Transport and Public Works Ministerio

de Transporte y Obras Públicas

(Uruguay)

MTP

Medium Term Perspective [This was replaced by

the Medium Term Strategy (MTS).]

(IAEA)

MTP

Medium Term Plan (FAO)

MTPG

Office of Programme Development and

Performance Assessment [This ceased to exist in

2008, when its functions were taken over by the

Programme Planning and Coordination Unit

(PCU).]

(IAEA)

MTPI

Division of Public Information [This was replaced

by the Office of Public Information and

Communication (OPIC) on 1 January 2014.]]

(IAEA)

MTPR

Division of Personnel [Former name of the Division

of Human Resources (MTHR).]

(IAEA)

MTPS

Office of Procurement Services[With effect from 4

January 2005, this incorporated the former

Procurement and Supply Section (PSS) and the

former Field Procurement Section (TCFPS).]

(IAEA)

MTPS

Office of Programme Support [This was part of the

Department of Management. As of May 2002, the

title of the Office of Programme Support was

changed to Office of Programme Development and

Performance Assessment (MTPG).]

(IAEA)

MTR

materials testing reactor

MTS

Medium Term Strategy

MTSS

Ministry of Labour and Social Security Ministerio

de Trabajo y Seguridad Social

(Cuba)

MTT

mean transit time

MTTF

mean time to failure

MTTR

mean time to repair

MTU

metric ton of uranium

monitor unit

MUAC

mid-upper arm circumference

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MUCTR

D. Mendeleyev University of Chemical Technology

of Russia

(Russian Federation)

MUD

matched unrelated donor

MUF

material unaccounted for (Safeguards)

MUGA scan

multiple gated acquisition scan

MUHAS

Muhimbili University of Health and Allied Sciences (United Republic of

Tanzania)

MUND

mobile unit neutron detector

MURR

University of Missouri Research Reactor (USA)

MUSC

Medical University of South Carolina (USA)

microscopically verified

MVC

mechanical vapour compression

MVCT

megavoltage computed tomography

MVD

FAO/IAEA Mutant Variety Database

MVDS

modular vault dry storage

MVGS

Mutant Variety and Genetic Stock Database (IAEA)

MVKA

Moscow Exhibition and Convention Agency (Russian Federation)

MVOTMA

Ministry of Housing, Land Management and the

Environment Ministerio de Vivienda, Ordenamiento

Territorial y Medio Ambiente

(Uruguay)

megawatt

MW·d

megawatt-day

MW·d/kg

megawatt-days per kilogram

MW·d/t

megawatt-days per tonne

MW(e)

megawatt (electrical)

MWE

Ministry of Water and Environment (Uganda)

MW·h

megawatt-hour

MWPC

multiwire proportional counter

MW(t)

megawatt (thermal) [MW(th) should be used as the

acronym in IAEA documents.]

MW(th)

megawatt (thermal)

MYFF

multi-year funding framework (UNDP)

m/z

mass-to-charge ratio

MZOS

Ministry of Science, Education and Sports

Ministarstvo znanosti, obrazovanja i športa [This

replaced the Ministry of Science and Technology.]

(Croatia)

nano [prefix for SI and metric units, 10

-9

]

neuraminidase

neutron

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newton [SI unit of force]

nitrogen

Department of Nuclear Sciences and Applications (IAEA)

n/a

not applicable

Nuclear Agency [This was formerly known as the

National Agency for Atomic Energy (ANEA) and it

was in turn replaced by the Nuclear and Radioactive

Waste Agency (ANDR).]

(Romania)

sodium

NAA

neutron activation analysis

NAAA

National Academy of Audit and Accounts (India)

NAAEC

North American Agreement on Environmental

Cooperation Between the Government of Canada,

the Government of the United Mexican States and

the Government of the United States of America

NAAL

Agency’s Laboratories (Seibersdorf and

Headquarters) [part of the Department of Nuclear

Sciences and Applications (NA)]

(IAEA)

NAC

National Assistance Capabilities

NAC

New Agenda Coalition (Brazil, Egypt, Ireland,

Mexico, New Zealand,

South Africa, Sweden)

NACA

Research Contracts Administration Section [part of

the Department of Nuclear Sciences and

Applications (NA)

(IAEA)

NACAS

National Advisory Committee on Accounting

Standards

(India)

NACOSTI

National Commission for Science, Technology and

Innovation

(Kenya)

NACP

Nordic Association for Clinical Physics

NAD

nicotinamide–adenine dinucleotide

NAE

National Academy of Engineering (USA)

NAEA

National Atomic Energy Agency Panstwowa

Agencja Atomistyki [The acronym PAA is also

used.]

(Poland)

NAEC

Nigeria Atomic Energy Commission

NAEL

IAEA Environment Laboratories [This replaced the

IAEA Marine Environment Laboratories, Monaco

(IAEA-MEL) in 2010.]

(IAEA)

NAFA

Joint FAO/IAEA Division of Nuclear Techniques in

Food and Agriculture [part of the Department of

Nuclear Sciences and Applications]

(IAEA)

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NAFTA

North American Free Trade Agreement

Nagra

The full name National Cooperative for the

Disposal of Radioactive Waste (Nationale

Genossenschaft für die Lagerung radioaktiver

Abfälle) no longer seems to be used by the company

and Agency documents should normally use the

term "Nagra".

(Switzerland)

NAHU

Division of Human Health [part of the Department

of Nuclear Sciences and Applications]

(IAEA)

NAI

New African Initiative [The name was changed in

October 2001 to New Partnership for Africa's

Development (NEPAD).]

(OAU)

NAIC

National Artificial Insemination Centre (United Republic of

Tanzania)

NAIIC

Fukushima Nuclear Accident Independent

Investigation Commission

(Japan)

Nairobi

Convention

International Convention on Mutual Administrative

Assistance for the Prevention, Investigation and

Repression of Customs Offences

(WCO)

NAL

National Agricultural Library (USA)

NAM

Non-Aligned Movement

NAM

nuclear asset management

NAMA

nationally appropriate mitigation action (UNFCCC)

NAML

IAEA Marine Environment Laboratories, Monaco

[This was replaced in 2010 by the IAEA

Environment Laboratories (NAEL).]

NAMMA

NATO Multirole Combat Aircraft Development

and Production Management Agency [This was

replaced by the NATO EF 2000 and TORNADO

Development, Production and Logistics

Management Agency (NETMA).]

(NATO)

NAMS of Ukraine

National Academy of Medical Sciences of Ukraine

NAO

National Audit Office (United Kingdom)

NAP

national allocation plan [This term is related to the

European Union Greenhouse Gas Emission Trading

Scheme (EU ETS.]

(European Union)

NAP

nominal accelerating potential

NAPC

Division of Physical and Chemical Sciences [part of

the Department of Nuclear Sciences and

Applications]

(IAEA)

NAPF

Nuclear Age Peace Foundation

NAPPO

North American Plant Protection Organization (FAO)

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[This is a regional organization of the International

Plant Protection Convention (IPPC).]

NAPS

Narora Atomic Power Station (India)

NARC

National Agricultural Research Centre (Pakistan)

NAREAP

Nuclear Accident/Radiological Emergency

Assistance Plan

(IAEA)

NARIS

Nubian Aquifer Regional Information System

NARO

National Agriculture and Food Research

Organization

(Japan)

NARS

national agricultural research system [Write with

lower case when used generically and with initial

capitals when used specifically.]

(Various countries)

NAS

Narcotics Affairs Section (USA)

NAS

National Academy of Sciences (USA)

NAS of Ukraine

National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine

NAS

nucleophilic aromatic substitution

NAS KR

National Academy of Sciences of the Kyrgyz

Republic

NAS RA

National Academy of Sciences of the Republic of

Armenia

NASA

National Aeronautics and Space Administration (USA)

NASA

Nucleoeléctrica Argentina

NASB

National Academy of Sciences of Belarus

NASS

National Agricultural Statistics Service (USA)

NAT

nuclear analytical technique

NATEC

National Atomic Energy Commission (Yemen)

NATO

North Atlantic Treaty Organization

NAU

Nanjing Agricultural University (China)

NAUSS

Naif Arab University for Security Sciences (Saudi Arabia)

niobium

NBA

Niger Basin Authority

NBAGR

National Bureau of Animal Genetic Resources (India)

NBCD

neutral beam current drive

NBCS

newborn calf serum

NBI

neutral beam injection

NBI

Nile Basin Initiative

NBK

National Bank of the Republic of Kazakhstan

NBL

New Brunswick Laboratory (USA)

NBR

National Bureau of Asian Research (USA)

NBSR

National Board for Scientific Research (Libya)

NBUD

nuclear bud

NBV

net book value

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National Standardization Office Oficina Nacional

de Normalización

(Cuba)

numerical control

NC21

Nuclear Cogeneration Industrial Initiative (European Union)

NCA

National Command Authority (Pakistan)

NCA

National Competent Authority (Nuclear Safety)

NCA

national coordinating authority

NCA(A)

National Competent Authority for an Emergency

Abroad

(Nuclear Safety)

NCACG

National Competent Authorities’ Coordinating

Group

(Nuclear Safety)

NCA(D)

National Competent Authority for a Domestic

Emergency

(Nuclear Safety)

NCAL

National Competent Authorities responsible for

Approvals and Authorizations in respect of the

Transport of Radioactive Material

(IAEA)

NCARE

National Center for Agricultural Research and

Extension

(Jordan)

NCBJ

National Centre for Nuclear Research Narodowe

Centrum Badań Jądrowych

(Poland)

NCC

National Conservation Centre (The former Yugoslav

Republic of

Macedonia)

NCC

non-convertible currency

NCCC

National Cancer Control Committee Comité

national de lutte contre le cancer

(Cameroon)

NCCF

National Cancer Control Foundation (Yemen)

NCCN

National Comprehensive Cancer Network (USA)

NCCP

national cancer control programme or national

cancer control plan

NCCP

Novosibirsk Chemical Concentrates Plant (Russian Federation)

NCCR

National Centre of Competence in Research (Switzerland)

NCD

non-communicable disease

NCDC

National Center for Disease Control and Public

Health

(Georgia)

NCEBR

National Center for Electron Beam Research (USA)

NCEC

National Chemical Emergency Centre (United Kingdom)

NCEH

National Center for Environmental Health

(USA)

NCEPU

North China Electric Power University

NCGR

National Centre for Geophysical Research (Lebanon)

NCHS

National Center for Health Statistics (USA)

NCI

National Cancer Institute (Sri Lanka, USA)

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NCI

Nuclear Control Institute (USA)

NCL

non-conventional literature

NCMS

National Centre for Marine Sciences (Lebanon)

NCNR

NIST Center for Neutron Research [This is part of

the National Institute of Standards and Technology

(NIST).]

(USA)

NCNSRC

National Centre for Nuclear Safety and Radiation

Control [In 2011 this was transformed into the

Nuclear and Radiological Regulatory Authority

(NRRA).]

(Egypt)

NCO

National Center of Oncology (Azerbaijan)

NCO earthquake

Niigataken Chuetsu-oki earthquake (Japan)

NCOOH

formic acid

NCP

National Contact Point (Convention on

Nuclear Safety)

NCPC

National Cleaner Production Centre (UNEP/UNIDO)

NCPP

nuclear cogeneration power plant

NCPW

National Committee for the Prohibition of Weapons (Qatar)

NCR

National Cancer Registry (Uzbekistan)

NCRP

National Council on Radiation Protection and

Measurements

(USA)

NCRRP

National Centre of Radiobiology and Radiation

Protection

(Bulgaria)

NCRRT

National Center for Radiation Research and

Technology

(Egypt)

NCRS

National Centre for Remote Sensing (Lebanon)

NCS

Netherlands Commission on Radiation Dosimetry

Nederlandse Commissie voor Stralingdosimetrie

(Netherlands)

NCS

nucleonic control system

NCST

National Council for Science and Technology [In

2013 this was replaced by the National Commission

for Science, Technology and Innovation

(NACOSTI).]

(Kenya)

NCSU

North Carolina State University (USA)

NCT

National Center for Toxicogenomics (USA)

NCT

neutron capture therapy

NCTC

National Counterterrorism Committee (Cambodia)

NCTR

NOAA Center for Tsunami Research (USA)

NCTV

National Coordinator for Counterterrorism and

Security Nationaal Coördinator

Terrorismebestrijding en Veiligheid

(Netherlands)

NCV

nerve conduction velocity

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neodymium

neutron detector

Newcastle disease

Nuclear Directorate [This was absorbed into the

Office for Nuclear Regulation (ONR) in 2011.]

(United Kingdom)

NDA

non-destructive assay

NDA

Nuclear Decommissioning Authority (United Kingdom)

NDA

nuclear detection architecture

NDC

Committee for Technical and Economic Studies on

Nuclear Energy Development and the Fuel Cycle

(OECD/NEA)

NDC

national data centre (CTBTO)

NDCP

National Defense College of the Philippines

NDD

neurodegenerative disease

NDD

Nuclear Development Division (OECD/NEA)

NDDB

National Dairy Development Board (India)

NDDP

nuclear desalination demonstration plant

NDE

non-destructive examination [See also non-

destructive evaluation.]

NDE

non-destructive evaluation [See also non-

destructive examination.]

NDEP

Northern Dimension Environmental Partnership (European Union)

NDF

neutral detergent fibre

NDF

Nonproliferation and Disarmament Fund (USA)

Ndff

nitrogen derived from fertilizer

Ndfm

nitrogen derived from manure

Ndfs

nitrogen derived from soil

NDHQ

National Defence Headquarters (Canada)

NDHS

national demographic and health survey

NDI

nuclear division index

NDIR

spectroscopy

non-dispersive infrared spectroscopy

NDIS

Nuclear Data Information System (IAEA)

NDMA

National Disaster Management Authority (India, Pakistan)

NDP

national development plan

NDP

neutron depth profiling

NDP

nuclear desalination plant

NDR

national dose registry

NDS

Nuclear Data Section [part of the Division of

Physical and Chemical Sciences (NAPC)]

(IAEA)

NDT

non-destructive testing

NDV

Newcastle disease virus

NDWG

Nuclear Detection Working Group (GICNT)

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neon

Department of Nuclear Energy (IAEA)

net energy

Office of Nuclear Energy [This replaced the Office

of Nuclear Energy, Science and Technology (NE)

in 2007.]

(USA)

Office of Nuclear Energy, Science and Technology

[This was replaced in 2007 by the Office of Nuclear

Energy (NE).]

(USA)

NEA

National Energy Authority Orkustofnun (Iceland)

NEA

National Environment Agency (Singapore)

NEA

Nuclear Energy Agency (OECD)

NEA

Nuclear Energy Agency (Mongolia)

NEAC

Nuclear Energy Advisory Committee [This was

earlier known as the Nuclear Energy Research

Advisory Committee (NAREC).]

(USA)

NEAP

national environmental action plan [Write with

lower case when used generically and with initial

capitals when used specifically.]

(UNDP)

NEAT

non-exercise activity thermogenesis

NEAT

Nuclear Emergency Assistance and Training Center (Japan)

NEC

National Electric Code (USA)

NEC

noise equivalent count rate

NEC

Nuclear Energy Commission (Mongolia)

NECC

National Emergency Co-ordination Centre (United Kingdom)

NECR

noise equivalent count rate

Necsa

South African Nuclear Energy Corporation

NECTEC

National Electronics and Computer Technology

Center

(Thailand)

NEDHO

Nuclear Engineering Department Heads

Organization

(USA/Canada)

NEDO

New Energy and Industrial Technology

Development Organization

(Japan)

NEEDS

National Economic Empowerment and

Development Strategy

(Nigeria)

NEER Program

Nuclear Engineering Education Research Program (USA)

NEF

National Enrichment Facility [This was rebranded

as URENCO USA/LES on 2 January 2010.]

(USA)

NEFCO

Nordic Environment Finance Corporation

NEFMA

NATO European Fighter Aircraft Development,

Production and Logistics Management Agency

[This has been replaced by the NATO EF 2000 and

(NATO)

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TORNADO Development, Production and

Logistics Management Agency (NETMA).]

NEFW

Division of Nuclear Fuel Cycle and Waste

Technology [part of the Department of Nuclear

Energy]

(IAEA)

NEI

Nuclear Energy Institute (USA)

NEIC

National Earthquake Information Center (USA)

NE-ICT

Network of Excellence for Supporting the Use of

I&C Technologies for the Safe and Effective

Operation of NPPs

(IAEA)

NE INIS

INIS Section [part of the Department of Nuclear

Energy]

(IAEA)

NEK

National Electric Company (Bulgaria)

NEMA

National Electrical Manufacturers Association (USA)

NEMC

North Estonia Medical Centre Sihtasutus Põhja-

Eesti Regionaalhaigla

NEMP

nuclear electromagnetic pulse

NEMS

Nuclear Energy Management School (NPI/IAEA)

NENP

Division of Nuclear Power [part of the Department

of Nuclear Energy]

(IAEA)

NEO

Nuclear Energy Outlook (OECD/NEA)

NEOC

National Emergency Operations Centre (Switzerland)

NEPA

National Environmental Policy Act (USA)

NEPA

National Fire Protection Association (USA)

NEPAD

New Partnership for Africa's Development [This

name was adopted in October 2001 for the New

African Initiative (NAI).]

(OAU)

NEPCO

National Electric Power Company (Jordan)

NEPD Group

National Energy Policy Development Group (USA)

NEPIO

nuclear energy programme implementing

organization

NEPIS

Nuclear Economic Performance Information

System

(IAEA)

NER

nucleotide excision repair

NERAC

Nuclear Energy Research Advisory Committee

[This was renamed Nuclear Energy Advisory

Committee (NAEC).]

(USA)

NERC

National Electricity Regulatory Commission (Ukraine)

NERC

Natural Environment Research Council (United Kingdom)

NERC

North American Electric Reliability Corporation

NERHP

Department of Nuclear Engineering and Radiation

Health Physics [This is part of the College of

(USA)

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Engineering at Oregon State University (OSU).]

NERI

Nuclear Energy Research Initiative (USA)

NERS

Network of Regulators of Countries with Small

Nuclear Programmes

NES

IAEA Nuclear Energy Series

NES

nuclear energy system

NES

Nuclear Engineering Seibersdorf [This is a

subsidiary company of the Austrian Research

Centers (ARC).]

(Austria)

NES

Nuclear Energy and Safety Research Department

[This is part of the Paul Scherrer Institute.]

(Switzerland)

NESA

Nuclear Energy System Assessment (IAEA)

NESA-ITC

Interactive Online Training Course on Performing a

Nuclear Energy System Assessment

(IAEA)

NESS

Office of Nuclear Energy, Safety and Security (USA)

NES-SSN

Nuclear Energy Safety Sub-Sector Network (ASEAN)

NEST

Nuclear Economics Support Tool (IAEA)

NET

neuroendocrine tumour

NET

New Excellent Technology (Republic of Korea)

NET

Next European Torus

NETA

new electricity trading arrangements (United Kingdom)

NETMA

NATO EF 2000 and TORNADO Development,

Production and Logistics Management Agency

[This replaced the former NATO Multirole Combat

Aircraft Development and Production Management

Agency (NAMMA) and the NATO European

Fighter Aircraft Development, Production and

Logistics Management Agency (NEFMA).]

(NATO)

NEU

Nuclear Energy Unit [This is part of the Ministry of

Energy and Mineral Development.]

(Uganda)

NEUP

Nuclear Energy University Programs (USA)

New START

Treaty between the United States of America and

the Russian Federation on Measures for the Further

Reduction and Limitation of Strategic Offensive

Arms

NEWI

North East Wales Institute of Higher Education (United Kingdom)

NEWMDB

Net Enabled Waste Management Database [This

replaced the Waste Management Database

(WMDB).]

(IAEA)

NEWS

Nuclear Events Web-based System [The reporting,

but not the dissemination, function of this system

was replaced by the Unified System for Information

(IAEA)

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Exchange in Incidents and Emergencies (USIE) in

2011.]

NFA

National Food Agency Livsmedelsverket (Sweden)

NFA

nuclear fuel assurance

NFB

nuclear fuel bank

NFC

Nuclear Fuel Complex (India)

NFC

nuclear fuel cycle

NFCF

nuclear fuel cycle facility

NFCIS

Nuclear Fuel Cycle Information System (IAEA)

NFCR

National Foundation for Cancer Research (USA)

NFCSS

Nuclear Fuel Cycle Simulation System [The former

short form was VISTA.]

(IAEA)

NFI

Netherlands Forensic Institute Nederlands

Forensisch Instituut

NFI

Novartis Research Institute Novartis

Forschungsinstitut

NFII

National Food Investigation Institute Országos

Élelmiszervizsgáló Intézet [This was replaced by the

Central Agricultural Office (CAO).]

(Hungary)

NFIR Group

Nuclear Fuel Industry Research Group (USA)

NFNC

National Food and Nutrition Commission (Zambia)

NFPD

Nuclear Fuel Production Division [This is a

Division of the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran

(AEOI).]

(Islamic Republic of

Iran)

NFRI

National Fusion Research Institute (Republic of Korea)

NFTRC

National Food Technology Research Centre (Botswana)

NFWG

Nuclear Forensics Working Group (GICNT)

NGA

National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency [This

agency replaced the former National Imagery and

Mapping Agency (NIMA) in November 2003.]

(USA)

NGKB

International Knowledge Base on Irradiated

Nuclear Graphite Properties [In 2012 this was

renamed International Knowledge Base on Nuclear

Graphite and no abbreviation is used.]

(IAEA)

NGLS

Non-Governmental Liaison Service (United Nations)

NGNP

Next Generation Nuclear Plant (USA)

NGO

non-governmental organization

NGS

next generation sequencing

NGSS

next generation surveillance system

hydrazine

hydroxylamine

NHA

National Hospital Abuja (Nigeria)

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NHC

National Hurricane Center (USA)

NHDD

Nuclear Hydrogen Development and Demonstration (Republic of Korea)

NHEJ

non-homologous end joining

NHI

Nuclear Hydrogen Initiative (USA)

NHL

non-Hodgkin's lymphoma

NHLS

National Health Laboratory Service (South Africa)

NHMRC

National Health and Medical Research Council (Australia)

NHP

nuclear heating plant

NHPCO

National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization (USA)

NHPP

National Hormone and Pituitary Program (USA)

NHR

MRC Human Nutrition Research (United Kingdom)

NHR

nuclear heating reactor

NHS

National Health Service (United Kingdom)

NHSS

nuclear heat supply system

nickel

National Instruments (USA)

nitrification inhibitor

Nuclear Institute [This was created in 2009 from a

merger of the British Nuclear Energy Society

(BNES) and the Institution of Nuclear Engineers.]

(United Kingdom)

NIA

Nuclear Industry Association (United Kingdom)

NIAB

Nuclear Institute for Agriculture and Biology (Pakistan)

NIAG

Neutron Imaging and Activation Group [This is part

of the Paul Scherrer Institute (PSI).]

(Switzerland)

NIAEP

Atomenergoproekt Nizhny Novgorod Engineering

Company

(Russian Federation)

NIAR

National Institute of Agrobiological Resources

[This was merged into the National Institute of

Agrobiological Sciences (NIAS) in 2001.]

(Japan)

NIAS

National Institute of Agrobiological Sciences (Japan)

NIBGE

National Institute for Biotechnology and Genetic

Engineering

(Pakistan)

NIBR

Novartis Institutes for Biomedical Research

NIC

National Informatics Centre (India)

NIC

Nuclear Information Centre (Australia)

NICD

National Institute for Communicable Diseases (South Africa)

NICHD

Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child

Health & Human Development

(USA)

NID

Nuclear Industries Directorate [part of the

Department of Trade and Industry (DTI)]

(United Kingdom)

NIDDK

National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and

Kidney Diseases

(USA)

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NIDDM

non-insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus

NIDS

Nuclear Infrastructure Development Section (IAEA)

NIEHS

National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (USA)

NIF

National Ignition Facility (USA)

NIF

National Imaging Facility (Australia)

NIFA

Nuclear Institute for Food and Agriculture (Pakistan)

NIFRT

Netherlands Institute for Radiation Technology

NIH

National Institutes of Health (USA)

NIHSA

Nigeria Hydrological Services Agency

NII

Nuclear Installations Inspectorate [This originally

was absorbed into the Nuclear Directorate, which

was itself absorbed into the Office for Nuclear

Regulation (ONR) in 2011.]

(United Kingdom)

NIIAR

Research Institute of Atomic Reactors [The

acronym is a transliteration of the Russian acronym.

This does not seem to be the Institute’s preferred

acronym, which is RIAR. ]

(Russian Federation)

NIICHIMMASH

Scientific Research and Design Institute of

Chemical Engineering [The acronym is a

transliteration of the Russian acronym.]

(Russian Federation)

NIIEFA

D.V. Efremov Scientific Research Institute of

Electrophysical Apparatus [The acronym is a

transliteration of the Russian acronym.]

(Russian Federation)

NIIETF

Scientific Research Institute of Experimental and

Theoretical Physics [This is part of the Al-Farabi

Kazakh National University (KazNU). The

acronym is a transliteration of the Russian

acronym.]

(Kazakhstan)

NIITFA

Scientific Research Institute for Technical Physics

and Automation [This replaced the All-Russia

Scientific Research Institute for Technical Physics

and Automation in 2008. The acronym is a

transliteration of the Russian acronym.]

(Russian Federation)

NIIPEh

Scientific Research Institute for Ecological

Problems [The acronym is a transliteration of the

Russian acronym.]

NIIRG

Scientific Research Institute for Radiation Hygiene

[The acronym is a transliteration of the Russian

acronym.]

(Russian Federation)

NIITEKHIM

Technical and Economic Research Institute [The

acronym is a transliteration of the Russian

acronym.]

(Russian Federation)

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NIKHEF

National Institute for Nuclear Physics and High

Energy Physics Nationaal Instituut voor Kernfysica

en Hoge Energie Fysica

(Netherlands)

NIKIET

Research and Development Institute of Power

Engineering [The acronym NIKIET should be used

in IAEA documents not RDIPE. The acronym is a

transliteration of the Russian acronym.]

(Russian Federation)

NIKIMT

Atomstroy Research and Design Institute for

Nuclear Construction Technology

NIL

nanoimprint lithography

NILNET

Nuclear Instrumentation Laboratory Network

NIM

National Institute of Meteorology Institut national

de la météorologie

(Tunisia)

NIM

nuclear incident monitor

NIM

nuclear instrumentation module

NIMA

National Imagery and Mapping Agency [This

agency was replaced in November 2003 by the

National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA).]

(USA)

NIMH

National Institute of Meteorology and Hydrology (Bulgaria)

NINET

Neopanora Institute-Network of Energy

Technology

NIOSH

National Institute for Occupational Safety and

Health [This is part of the Centers for Disease

Control and Prevention (CDC).]

(USA)

NIPNE

Horia Hulubei National Institute of Physics and

Nuclear Engineering Institutul Național de

Cercetare-Dezvoltare pentru Fizică și Inginerie

Nucleară "Horia Hulubei" [The preferred

abbreviation for this Institute is IFIN-HH.]

(Romania)

NIR

near infrared

NIRE

National Institute for Resources and Environment (Japan)

Nirex

[This was not regarded as an acronym but as the

company’s name. The company was subsequently

integrated into the Nuclear Deommissioning

Authority (NDA)]

(United Kingdom)

NIRMA

Nuclear Information and Records Management

Association

(USA)

NIRS

National Institute of Radiological Sciences (Japan)

NIRS

near infrared spectroscopy

NIRS

Nuclear Information and Resource Service (USA)

NIS

National Intelligence Service (Republic of Korea)

NIS

Newly Independent States

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NIS

Nuclear Industry Summit

NIS

Nuclear Information Section [This is part of the

Department of Nuclear Energy.]

(IAEA)

NIS

nuclear instrumentation system

NIS

sodium-iodide symporter

NISA

Nuclear and Industrial Safety Agency [This was

replaced in 2012 by the Nuclear Regulation

Authority (NRA).]

(Japan)

NISIR

National Institute for Scientific and Industrial

Research

(Zambia)

NISM

National Institute of Standardization and Metrology

Institutul Naţional de Standardizare şi Metrologie

(Republic of Moldova)

NIST

National Institute of Standards and Technology (USA)

NITI

Science and Research Technological Institute (Russian Federation)

NKM

nuclear knowledge management

NKMS

Nuclear Knowledge Management School (ICTP)

NKMS

Nuclear Knowledge Management Section (IAEA)

NKS

Nordic Nuclear Safety Research Nordisk

Karnsakerhetsforskning

NKS

Nuclear Knowledge Summit

NLA

National Liaison Assistant (IAEA)

NLB

Nuclear Law Bulletin (OECD/NEA)

NLC

Nuclear Law Committee (OECD/NEA)

NLD

nuclear level density

NLI

Nuclear Law Institute (IAEA)

NLM

Nuclear Liabilities Management (South Africa)

NLO

National Liaison Officer (IAEA)

NMA

nuclear material accountancy (Safeguards)

NMA

Nuclear Materials Authority (Egypt)

NMAC

nuclear material accountancy and control

NMC

National Meteorological Centre (WMO)

NMC

National Metrology Centre (Azerbaijan)

NMC

Nuclear Management Company (USA)

NMCA

noble metal chemical addition

NMD

National Monitoring Directorate (Iraq)

NMD

News and Media Division (United Nations)

NMDI

Nuclear Medicine and Diagnostic Imaging Section

[This Section, which replaced the Nuclear Medicine

Section in 2012, is part of the Division of Human

Health.]

(IAEA)

NMED

New Mexico Environment Department (USA)

NMEMC

National Marine Environmental Monitoring Centre (China)

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NMH Cluster

Noncommunicable Diseases and Mental Health

Cluster

(WHO)

NMHS

National Meteorological and Hydrological Service (WMO)

NMI

National Measurement Institute (Australia)

NMi

Netherlands Metrology Institute Nederlands

Meetinstituut

NMI

national metrology institute [Write with lower case

when used generically and with initial capitals

when used specifically.]

(BIPM)

NMI

nuclear medicine imaging

NML

Nuclear Material Laboratory [part of the Office of

Safeguards Analytical Services (SGAS)]

(IAEA)

NMM

neutron moisture meter

NMMU

Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University (South Africa)

NMP

nuclear medicine physics

NMR

normal mode rejection

NMR

nuclear magnetic resonance

NMRI

National Maritime Research Institute (Japan)

NMS

network management system

NMS

nuclear male sterility

NMS

Nuclear Medicine Section [This Section, which was

part of the Division of Human Health, was replaced

by the Nuclear Medicine and Diagnostic Imaging

Section (NMDI) in 2012]

(IAEA)

NMT

nuclear medicine technologist

NMT

nuclear medicine technology

NNC

National Nuclear Center of the Republic of

Kazakhstan

(Kazakhstan)

NNC

[This is not regarded as an acronym, but is the form

that should be used as the nuclear services

company’s name.]

(United Kingdom)

NNDC

National Nuclear Data Center (USA)

NNERO

National Nuclear Emergency Response Office (China)

NNI

national nuclear institution

NNI

net national income

NNL

National Nuclear Laboratory (United Kingdom)

NNR

National Nuclear Regulator (South Africa)

NNRA

Nigerian Nuclear Regulatory Authority

NNPA

Nuclear Non-Proliferation Act (USA)

NNREP

national nuclear and radiological emergency plan

NNRI

National Nuclear Research Institute (Ghana)

NNRP

National Nuclear Regulatory Portal (GNSSN)

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NNS

Non-Nuclear Safety

NNSA

National Nuclear Safety Administration (China)

NNSA

National Nuclear Security Administration (USA)

NNSTU

Nizhny Novgorod State Technical University (Russian Federation)

NNWS

non-nuclear-weapon State

nobelium

NOAA

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (USA)

NOC

National Oncology Centre (Mongolia)

NOM

National Office of Mines Office national des mines

[The English acronym is now used rather than the

earlier ONM taken from the French term.]

(Tunisia)

NORAD

Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation

Direktoratet for Utviklingssamarbeid

NO RAO

National Operator for Radioactive Waste

Management

(Russin Federation)

NORM

International Symposium on Naturally Occurring

Radioactive Material

NORM

naturally occurring radioactive material

Noumea

Convention

Convention for the Protection of the Natural

Resources and Environment of the South Pacific

Region

nitrogen oxides

nanoparticle

neptunium

nuclear power

NPA

National Police Agency (Japan)

NPA

New Partnership Approach (IAEA/Euratom)

NPA

nuclear plant analyser

NPB

nucleoplasmic bridge

NPC

nasopharyngeal cancer

NPC

National People's Congress (China)

NPCs

National Participation Costs [These replaced

assessesed programme costs (APCs) with effect

from the 2005-2006 technical cooperation

programme.]

(IAEA)

NPC

National Project Coordinator (IAEA)

NPCIL

Nuclear Power Corporation of India Limited

NPD

nitrogen–phosphorus detector

NPDI

Non-Proliferation and Disarmament Initiative

NPD Reactor

Nuclear Power Demonstration Reactor (Canada)

NPEG

Non-Proliferation Experts Group (G8)

NPES

Nuclear Power Engineering Section [part of the (IAEA)

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Division of Nuclear Power (NENP)]

NPHR

Nuclear Power Human Resources [This is the name

of a modelling tool.]

NPI

Nuclear Physics Institute Ústav jaderné fyziky [This

is part of the Academy of Sciences of the Czech

Republic (ASCR).]

(Czech Republic)

NPI

Nuclear Power Institute (USA)

NPI

Nuclear Power International

NPIC

Nuclear Power Institute of China

NPK LUTS

Scientific Production Complex of Linear

Accelerators and Cyclotrons [The acronym is a

transliteration of the Russian acronym.]

(Russian Federation)

NPL

National Physical Laboratory (United Kingdom)

NPL

nuclear pumped laser

NPN

non-protein nitrogen

NPO CKTI

I.I. Polzunov Scientific and Development

Association on Research and Design of Power

Equipment

(Russian Federation)

NPP

nuclear power plant

NPPA

Nuclear Power Plants Authority (Egypt)

NPPD

Nebraska Public Power District [This is an

electricity utility.]

(USA)

NPPD

Nuclear Power Production and Development

Company

(Islamic Republic of

Iran)

NPR

nuclear power reactor

NPRDS

Nuclear Plant Reliability Data System (USA)

NPS

nuclear powered satellite

NPS

nuclear power station

NPSG

Nuclear Power Support Group

NPSS

Nuclear and Plasma Sciences Society (IEEE)

NPT

national performance trial

NPT

Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear

Weapons

(Reproduced in IAEA

document

INFCIRC/140)

NPTDS

Nuclear Power Technology Development Section

[part of the Division of Nuclear Power (NENP)]

(IAEA)

NPTREC

Review and Extension Conference of the Parties to

the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear

Weapons [The Treaty was extended indefinitely at

this Conference in 1995.]

NPT Review and

Extension

Review and Extension Conference of the Parties to

the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear

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Conference

Weapons [The Treaty was extended indefinitely at

this Conference in 1995.]

NPT Review

Conference

Review Conference of the Parties to the Treaty on

the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons [This

Conference takes place every 5 years.]

NPUST

National Pingtung University of Science and

Technology

(Taiwan, China)

NPV

net present value

NQR

nuclear quadrupole resonance

NQSA

Nuclear Quality Standard Association

neutron reflectometry

NRA

Natural Resources Authority (Jordan)

NRA

non-resident agency (United Nations)

NRA

nuclear reaction analysis

NRA

Nuclear Regulation Authority (Japan)

NRA

Nuclear Regulatory Agency (Bulgaria)

NRA

nuclear regulatory authority [Write with lower case

when used generically and with initial capitals

when used specifically.]

(Armenia, Slovakia,

Ukraine)

NRB

National Reserve Bank (Russian Federation)

NRB

Radiation Safety Standards (Russian Federation)

NRBC weapons

nuclear, radiological, biological and chemical

weapons

NRC

National Radiation Commission (United Republic of

Tanzania)

NRC

national research centre [Write with lower case

when used generically and with initial capitals

when used specifically.]

NRC

National Research Council (USA)

NRC

National Research Council Canada

NRC

Nuclear Radiation Center [This is part of

Washington State University (WSU).]

(USA)

NRC

Nuclear Regulatory Commission (USA)

NRC

nuclear research centre [Write with lower case

when used generically and with initial capitals

when used specifically.]

NRCAM

Nuclear Research Centre for Agriculture and

Medicine

(Islamic Republic of

Iran)

NRCan

Natural Resources Canada Ressources naturelles

Canada (RNCan) [This is a federal government

department.]

NRCRM

National Research Centre for Radiation Medicine (Ukraine)

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NRDC

International Network of Nuclear Reaction Data

Centres

NRE

College of Natural Resources and the Environment (USA)

NRE

Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment

Kementerian Sumber Asli dan Alam Sekitar

(Malaysia)

NREL

National Renewable Energy Laboratory (USA)

NREP

national radiation emergency plan

NRG

Nuclear Research and Consultancy Group (Netherlands)

NRI

Natural Resources Institute (United Kingdom)

NRIRR

Frédéric Joliot-Curie National Research Institute for

Radiobiology and Radiohygiene Országos Frédéric

Joliot-Curie Sugárbiológiai és Sugáregészségügyi

Kutató Intézet

(Hungary)

NRL

National Radiation Laboratory (New Zealand)

NRL

Naval Research Laboratory (USA)

NRNU MEPhI

National Research Nuclear University MEPhI (Russian Federation)

NRPA

National Radiation Protection Authority (Ethiopia, Namibia)

NRPA

Norwegian Radiation Protection Authority Statens

strålevern

NRPB

National Radiological Protection Board [In April

2005, this became the Radiation Protection Division

of the newly established Health Protection Agency

(HPA).]

(United Kingdom)

NRPD

National Radiation Protection Department (Islamic Republic of

Iran)

NRPI

National Radiation Protection Institute Státní ústav

radiacní ochrany

(Czech Republic)

NRR

neutron resonance radiography

NRR

Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation [This is part

of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC).]

(USA)

NRSA

Nuclear and Radiation Safety Agency (Tajikistan)

NRSB

Nuclear and Radiation Studies Board (USA)

NRSC

Nuclear and Radiation Safety Centre (China)

NRSWG

Nuclear and Radiological Security Sub-Working

Group

(Group of Eight)

NRTA

near real time material accountancy (Safeguards)

NRU reactor

National Research Universal reactor (Canada)

NRV

net realizable value

NRV

non-return valve

NRWR

National Radioactive Waste Repository (Hungary)

Department of Nuclear Safety and Security

[Formerly called the Department of Nuclear Safety,

(IAEA)

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the name was changed with effect from 1 January

2003.]

NSA

negative security assurance

NSA

Nuclear Safety Account (EBRD)

NSAID

non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug

NSAL

Nuclear Spectrometry and Applications Laboratory (IAEA)

NSAP

Nuclear Safety Action Plan (IAEA)

NSAS

Nubian Sandstone Aquifer System

NSAT

Nuclear Safety Action Team (IAEA)

NSC

National Security Committee (Kazakhstan)

NSC

National Security Council (USA)

NSC

New Safe Confinement [This is being constructed

under the Shelter Implementation Plan (SIP).]

(Ukraine)

NSC

Nuclear Safety Commission [This Commission no

longer exists.]

(Japan)

NSC

Nuclear Science Committee (NEA/OECD)

NSCLC

non-small cell lung cancer

NSD

neutron search detector

NSD

nominal standard dose

NSD

Nuclear Safety Directorate [This was replaced by

the Nuclear Directorate (ND), which was in turn

absorbed into the Office for Nuclear Regulation

(ONR) in 2011.]

(United Kingdom)

NSDD

International Network of Nuclear Structure and

Decay Data Evaluators

NSE

neutron spin echo

NSEL

Nuclear Security Equipment Laboratory [This

laboratory is part of the IAEA’s Section for NDA

Systems and Seals.]

(IAEA)

NSERC

Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council

of Canada Conseil de recherches en sciences

naturelles et en génie du Canada (CRSNG)

(Canada)

NSF

Nuclear Security Fund (IAEA)

NSFS

Nordic Society for Radiation Protection Nordisk

Selskab for Strålebeskyttelse

NS-FFAG

accelerator

non-scaling fixed field alternating gradient

accelerator

NSG

NUCLEUS Steering Group (IAEA)

NSG

Nuclear Suppliers Group

NSGC

Nuclear Security Guidance Committee (IAEA)

NSIL

Nuclear Science and Instrumentation Laboratory (IAEA)

NSNI

Division of Nuclear Installation Safety [part of the (IAEA)

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Department of Nuclear Safety and Security]

NSNS

Division of Nuclear Security [This is part of the

Department of Nuclear Safety and Security and was

formerly known as the Office of Nuclear Security.]

(IAEA)

NSP

neurotoxic shellfish poisoning

NSP

Nuclear Security Plan (IAEA)

NSR

Nuclear Safety Review (IAEA)

NSR

Nuclear Science References [This is part of

Brookhaven National Laboratory (BNL).]

(USA)

NSRI

Natural Sciences Research Institute (Philippines)

NSRW

Division of Radiation, Transport and Waste Safety

[This was formely known as the Division of

Radiation and Waste Safety and is part of the

Department of Nuclear Safety and Security.]

(IAEA)

NSS

IAEA Nuclear Security Series

NSS

normal saline solution

NSS

Nuclear Society of Slovenia

NSSC

Nuclear Safety and Security Commission (Republic of Korea)

NSSC

Nuclear Security Support Centre

NSSD

Nuclear Safety Strategy Dialogue (ASSN)

NSSP

National Shellfish Sanitation Program (USA)

NSSPI

Nuclear Security Science and Policy Institute

NSSS

nuclear steam supply system

NS&T

nuclear science and technology

NSTec

National Security Technologies (USA)

NSTEMI

non-ST-elevation myocardial infarction

NSWG

Nuclear Safety Working Group (Group of Seven)

neonatal tetanus

NTCP

normal tissue complication probability

NTD

neglected tropical disease

NTD

neutron transmutation doping

NTD

nuclear track detector

NTEC

Nuclear Technology Education Consortium (United Kingdom)

NTeMBI

Nuclear Technologies in Medicine and the

Biosciences Initiative

(South Africa)

NTF

Nigeria Trust Fund [This is part of the African

Development Bank Group (ADB Group).]

NTI

Nuclear Threat Initiative [This is an organization.] (USA)

NTP

normal temperature and pressure

NTR

Nuclear Technology Review (IAEA)

NTS

Network and Telecommunications Section [part of

the Division of Information Technology (MTIT)]

(IAEA)

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NTSB

National Transportation Safety Board

NTSC

Nuclear Technology Safety Centre (Kazakhstan)

NTTC

Near-Term Task Force (USA)

natural uranium

NuArch

Nuclear Archive (IAEA)

NUBIKI

Nuclear Safety Research Institute Nukleáris

Biztonsági Kutatóintézet

(Hungary)

Nuclear Malaysia

Malaysian Nuclear Agency [This was formerly

known as the Malaysian Institute for Nuclear

Technology Research (MINT).]

Nuclear

Terrorism

Convention

International Convention for the Suppression of

Acts of Nuclear Terrorism

(United Nations)

NUE

natural uranium equivalent

NUE

nitrogen use efficiency

NUG

non-utility generator

NUHOMS

Nutech Horizontal Modular Storage System

NuHRDeC

Nuclear Human Resource Development Center

[Note spelling of Center. This replaced the Nuclear

Technology and Education Center (NuTEC).]

(Japan)

NUL

National University of Lesotho

NUM

National University of Mongolia (Mongolia)

NUMDAB

Nuclear Medicine Database (IAEA)

NUMO

Nuclear Waste Management Organization of Japan

NUPEC

Nuclear Power Engineering Corporation (Japan)

NuPECC

Nuclear Physics European Collaboration

Committee

(European Science

Foundation)

NUPI

Norwegian Institute of International Affairs Norsk

Utenrikspolitisk Institutt

NURESC

Nuclear and Radiological Emergency Support

Centre

(Pakistan)

NUS

National University of Singapore

NUSAM

nuclear security assessment methodology

NUSEC

Nuclear Security Information Portal (IAEA)

NUSIMS

Nuclear Security Information Management System (IAEA)

NUSS

Nuclear Safety Standards (IAEA)

NUSSAC

Nuclear Safety Standards Advisory Committee

[This was replaced by the Nuclear Safety Standards

Committee (NUSSC).]

(IAEA)

NUSSAG

Nuclear Safety Standards Advisory Group [In 1995

NUSSAG was replaced by the Nuclear Safety

Standards Advisory Committee, which in turn was

(IAEA)

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replaced by the Nuclear Safety Standards

Committee (NUSSC).]

NUSSC

Nuclear Safety Standards Committee [This was

replaced the Nuclear Safety Standards Advisory

Committee (NUSSAC).]

(IAEA)

NuTEC

Nuclear Technology and Education Center [This

was replaced by the Nuclear Human Resource

Development Center (NuHRDeC).]

(Japan)

NV centre

nitrogen–vacancy centre

nvCJD

new variant Creutzfeldt–Jakob disease

NVRC

National Variety Release Committee

NVRI

National Veterinary Research Institute Panstwowy

Instytut Weterynaryjny

(Poland)

NVS

International Nuclear Verification Series [This is a

category of IAEA publication.]

(IAEA)

NWAL

Network of Analytical Laboratories (Safeguards)

NWC “SevRAO”

North-West Centre for Radioactive Waste

Management "SevRAO"

(Russian Federation)

NWFZ

nuclear-weapon-free zone

NWMO

Nuclear Waste Management Organization Société

de gestion des déchets nucléaires (SGDN)

NWP

National Warning Point

NWS

National Weather Service (USA)

NWS

nuclear-weapon State

NWS

New World screw worm

NWSAS

North-Western Sahara Aquifer System

NWSMU

North-Western State Medical University (Russian Federation)

NWTRB

United States Nuclear Waste Technical Review

Board

NYHA

New York Heart Association (USA)

oxygen

ocean acidification

oil analysis

okadaic acid

OA1

Section OA1 [part of the Division of Operations A

(SGOA)]

(IAEA)

OA2

Section OA2 [part of the Division of Operations A

(SGOA)]

(IAEA)

OA3

Section OA3 [part of the Division of Operations A (IAEA)

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(SGOA)]

OACE

State central administration body órgano de

Administración Central del Estado

(Cuba)

OA-iRUG

Ocean Acidification International Reference User

Group

OAP

Office of Atoms for Peace (Thailand)

OAEP

Office of Atomic Energy for Peace (Thailand)

OA-ICC

Ocean Acidification International Coordination

Centre

OAMP

Astronomical Observatory of Marseilles Provence

Observatoire astronomique de Marseille Provence

(France)

OAP

Procedures and Support Section [Formerly the

Divisions of Operations A, B and C in the

Department of Safeguards each had such a Section.

In 2006 these were renamed Coordination and

Support Sections.]

(IAEA)

OAPEC

Organization of Arab Petroleum Exporting

Countries

OAPI

African Intellectual Property Organization

OAR

off-axis ratio

OAR

organ at risk

OAS

Office of Administrative Services [part of the

Division of Information Technology (MTIT)]

(IAEA)

OAS

Organization of American States

OASIS

On-line Administrative Staff Information System (IAEA)

OAT

Overseas Advice Team (United Kingdom)

OAT

Tokyo Regional Office [part of the Division of

Operations A (SGOA)]

(IAEA)

OATUU

Organization of African Trade Union Unity

OAU

Organization of African Unity [This was replaced

by the African Union (AU).]

OB1

Section OB1 [part of the Division of Operations B

(SGOB)]

(IAEA)

OB2

Section OB2 [part of the Division of Operations B

(SGOB)]

(IAEA)

OB3

Section OB3 [part of the Division of Operations B

(SGOB)]

(IAEA)

OB4

Section OB4

[This is part of the Division of

Operations B (SGOB) and it replaced the Toronto

Regional Office.]

(IAEA)

OBA

output-based aid

OBE

operating basis earthquake

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OBIEE

Oracle Business Intelligence Enterprise Edition

OBP

Procedures and Support Section [of the Division of

Operations B of the Department of Safeguards]

(IAEA)

OBT

organically bound tritium

OBT

Toronto Regional Office [This was part of the

Division of Operations B (SGOB). It was replaced

by Section OB4 (OB4).]

(IAEA)

OC1

Section OC1 [part of the Division of Operations C

(SGOB)]

(IAEA)

OC2

Section OC2 [part of the Division of Operations C

(SGOB)]

(IAEA)

OC3

Section OC3 [part of the Division of Operations C

(SGOB)]

(IAEA)

OC4

Section OC4 [part of the Division of Operations C

(SGOB)]

(IAEA)

OCAG

Office of the Comptroller and Auditor General (Ireland, Zimbabwe)

OCAN

Ocean and Coastal Areas Network [This network

has been renamed UN-Oceans and the OCAN

abbreviation is no longer used.]

(United Nations)

OCB

ordinary course of business

OCC

Congolese Control Office Office congolais de

contrôle

(Democratic Republic

of the Congo)

OCCAR

Organisation for Joint Armament Cooperation

Organisation conjointe de coopération en matière

d'armement

France/Germany/Italy/

United Kingdom

OCEAC

Coordinating Organization for Combating Endemic

Diseases in Central Africa Organisation de

coordination pour la lutte contre les endémies en

Afrique Centrale

OCHA

United Nations Office for the Coordination of

Humanitarian Affairs [This Office replaced the

United Nations Department of Humanitarian

Affairs (UNDHA).]

OCNS

Office for Civil Nuclear Security [This was

absorbed into the Office for Nuclear Regulation

(ONR) in 2011.]

(United Kingdom)

OCO

Oceania Customs Organisation

OCP

Procedures and Support Section [of the Division of

Operations C of the Department of Safeguards]

(IAEA)

OCR

optical character recognition

OCRWM

Office of Civilian Radioactive Waste Management

[This was part of the United States Department of

(USA)

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Energy but was abolished in 2010.]

OCST

Obninsk Center for Science and Technology (Russian Federation)

optical density

outer diameter or outside diameter

ODA

official development assistance (OECD)

ODA

Overseas Development Administration [In 1997

this was replaced by the Department for

International Development (DFID).]

(United Kingdom)

ODCCP

United Nations Office for Drug Control and Crime

Prevention [This was renamed the United Nations

Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), effective 1

October 2002.]

ODI

optical distance indicator

ODP

on-demand printing

ODS

Official Document System of the United Nations

ODS

ozone depleting substance

ODS steel

oxide dispersion strengthened steel

ODSCC

outside diameter stress corrosion cracking

operating experience

OECD

Organisation for Economic Co-operation and

Development

OECD/NEA

OECD Nuclear Energy Agency

OECD Principles

of GLP

OECD Principles of Good Laboratory Practice

OECI

Organisation of European Cancer Institutes [This is

also known by the acronym OECI-EEIG.]

(European Union)

OECI-EEIG

Organisation of European Cancer Institutes

European Economic Interest Grouping

(European Union)

OECS

Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States

OEEC

Organisation for European Economic Co-operation

[The OEEC was superseded in 1961 by the

Organisation for Economic Co-operation and

Development (OECD).]

OEF

operating experience feedback

ÖEKV

Austrian Energy Consumers’ Federation

Österreichischer Energiekonsumenten Verband

OEM

original equipment manufacturer

OER

oxygen enhancement ratio

OEV

observer’s eye view [This is a synonym of room’s

eye view (REV).]

(Medicine)

OEW

occupationally exposed worker

OEWG

open-ended working group

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OFA

optimized fuel assembly

OFF

Oriental fruit fly

OFFLU

OIE/FAO Network of Expertise on Avian Influenza

Ofgem

Office of Gas and Electricity Markets (United Kingdom)

OFID

OPEC Fund for International Development

OFIDA

Customs and Excise Office Office des douanes et

accises

(Democratic Republic

of the Congo)

OFM

Oriental fruit moth

Ofwat

Office of Water Services (United Kingdom)

ÖFZS

Austrian Research Centers Seibersdorf (ARCS)

Österreichisches Forschungszentrum Seibersdorf

[The English version and acronym should be used

in IAEA documents.]

ÖGGH

Austrian Society for Gastroenterology and

Hepatology Österreichische Gesellschaft für

Gastroenterologie und Hepatologie

OGH

Supreme Court of Justice Oberster Gerichtshof (Austria)

OGRD

Oceanography and Geochemistry Research

Department

(Japan)

OHC

ohmic heating coil

OHCHR

United Nations Office of the High Commissioner

for Human Rights [The acronym UNOHCHR

should normally be used in IAEA documents.]

(United Nations)

OHF

open hearth furnace

OHRLLS

United Nations Office of the High Representative

for the Least Developed Countries, Landlocked

Developing Countries and Small Island Developing

States [The acronym UNOHRLLS should normally

be used in IAEA documents.]

OHRMIS

Occupational Health Record Management

Information System

(IAEA)

OHS

occupational health and safety

OIC

Organisation of Islamic Cooperation [Until June

2011, this was known as the Organisation of the

Islamic Conference.]

OIE

World Organisation for Animal Health Office

international des épizooties

OIL

operational intervention level

OIML

International Organization of Legal Metrology

Organisation internationale de métrologie légale

OIOS

Office of Internal Oversight Services [The IAEA

office reports directly to the Director General.]

(IAEA)

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OIOS

United Nations Office of Internal Oversight

Services [The acronym UNOIOS should normally

be used in IAEA documents when referring to the

United Nations Office of Internal Oversight

Services.]

OIP

Office of the Iraq Programme (United Nations)

OIP

Options Identification Programme (IAEA)

OIRSA

International Regional Organization for Plant and

Animal Health Organismo Internacional Regional

de Sanidad Agropecuaria

(Belize, Costa Rica,

Dominican Republic,

El Salvador,

Guatemala, Honduras,

Mexico, Nicaragua

and Panama)

OIS

oncology information system

OJSC

open joint-stock company

OJT

on-the-job training

OKBM

Experimental Design Bureau for Mechanical

Engineering

(Russian Federation)

OLA

Office of Legal Affairs [this office reports directly

to the Director General]

(IAEA)

OLA

United Nations Office of Legal Affairs [The

acronym UNOLA should normally be used in

IAEA documents when referring to the United

Nations Office Legal Affairs.]

OLACEFS

Organization of Latin American and Caribbean

Supreme Audit Institutions Organización

Latinoamericana y del Caribe de Entidades

Fiscalizadoras Superiores [This is one of the seven

Regional Working Groups of the International

Organization of Supreme Audit Institutions

(INTOSAI).]

OLADE

Latin American Energy Organization Organización

Latinoamericana de Energía

OLCs

operational limits and conditions

OLDEPESCA

Latin American Organization for Fisheries

Development Organización Latinoamericana de

Desarrollo Pesquero

OLED

organic light-emitting diode

OLEM

online enrichment monitor

OLIS

OECD Customer Information Service (OECD)

OLM

online monitoring

OLM

Oracle Learning Management

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OLR

on-load refuelled power reactor

organic matter

O&M

operation and maintenance or operations and

maintenance

OMARR

Operation and Maintenance Assessment for

Research Reactors

(IAEA)

OMB

Office of the Ombudsman (Philippines)

OMBEVI

Mali Livestock and Meat Office Office Malien du

Bétail et de la Viande

OMCT

World Organisation Against Torture Organisation

mondiale contre la torture

OMFS

oral and maxillofacial surgery

OMH

National Office of Measures Országos Mérésügyi

Hivatal

(Hungary)

OMNIS

Office for National Mines and Strategic Industries

Office des mines nationales et des industries

stratégiques

(Madagascar)

OMTC

Oasis Military Test Centre (Algeria/France)

OMV plan

ongoing monitoring and verification plan (IAEA)

OMVG

Gambia River Basin Development Organization

Organisation de mise en valeur du fleuve Gambie

(Gambia/Guinea/Guinea

-Bissau/Senegal)

OMVS

Organization for the Development of the Senegal

River Organisation pour la mise en valeur du fleuve

Sénégal

(Mali, Islamic

Republic of

Mauritania, Senegal)

ONA

National Office for Old-Age Insurance Office

national d'assurance vieillesse

(Haiti)

ONAP

National Office for Petroleum Products Office

national des produits pétroliers

(Mali)

ONAS

National Sanitation Utility Office national de

l'assainissement

(Tunisia)

ONDRAF/NIRAS

Belgian Agency for Radioactive Waste and

Enriched Fissile Materials Organisme national des

déchets radioactifs et des matières fissiles enrichies

Nationale Instelling voor Radioactief Afval en

verrijkte Splijtstoffen

(Belgium)

ONE

National Electricity Office Office national de

l’électricité [This merged with the National Office

of Potable Water (ONEP) to form the National

Office of Electricity and Potable Water (ONEEE).]

(Morocco)

ONE

National Office for the Environment Office national

pour l'environnement

(Madagascar)

ONE

National Pharmaceutical Office Office (Gabon)

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pharmaceutique national

ONEA

National Office for Water and Sanitation Office

nationale de l'eau et de l'assainissement

(Burkina Faso)

ONEDD

National Observatory for the Environment and

Sustainable Development Observatoire national de

l'environnement et du développement durable

(Algeria)

ONEEE

National Office of Electricity and Potable Water

Office national de l’électricité et de l’eau potable.]

(Morocco)

ONEMI

National Emergency Office Oficina Nacional de

Emergencias

(Chile)

ONEP

National Office of Potable Water Office national de

l'eau potable [This merged with the National

Electricity Office to form the National Office of

Electricity and Potable Water (ONEE).]

(Morocco)

ONFP

National Office for the Family and Population

Office national de la famille et de la population

(Tunisia)

ONHYM

National Office of Hydrocarbons and Mining Office

national des hydrocarbures et des mines

(Morocco)

ONM

National Meteorology Office Office national de la

météorologie

(Algeria)

ONPC

National Office of Civil Protection Office national

de la protection civile

(Tunisia)

ONPU

Odessa National Polytechnic University (Ukraine)

ONR

Office for Nuclear Regulation [This is a body of the

Health and Safety Executive (HSE).]

(United Kingdom)

ONS

Oncology Nursing Society

OOP expenditure

out-of-pocket expenditure

OOSA

United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs [The

acronym UNOOSA should normally be used in

IAEA documents.]

OPAC

open access catalogue

OPAL Reactor

Open Pool Australian Light Water Reactor [This

was previously called the Replacement Research

Reactor (RRR).]

(Australia)

OPANAL

Agency for the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons in

Latin America and the Caribbean Organismo para

la Proscripción de las Armas Nucleares en la

América Latina y el Caribe

OP&Ps

operating policies and principles

OPB

General Provisions for Ensuring Safety of Nuclear

Power Plants [The acronym is a transliteration of

the Russian acronym.]

(Russian Federation)

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OPC

Ore Processing Center [This is part of the Atomic

Energy Organization of Iran (AEOI).]

(Islamic Republic of

Iran)

OPCS

Office of the Presidential Chief of Staff (Philippines)

OPCW

Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical

Weapons

OPEC

Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries

OPECST

Parliamentary Office for Evaluation of Scientific

and Technological Options Office parlementaire

d'évaluation des choix scientifiques et

technologiques

(France)

OPEZ

Office for Small and Medium Enterprises Office des

petites et moyennes entreprises

(Democratic Republic

of the Congo)

OPG

Ontario Power Generation (Canada)

OPIC

Office of Public Information and Communication

[This replaced the Division of Public Information

(MTPI) on 1 January 2014.]

(IAEA)

OPIC

Overseas Private Investment Corporation (USA)

OPNT

Office of Peaceful Nuclear Technology (Oman)

OPR

optimized power reactor (Republic of Korea)

OPRI

Office for Protection against Ionizing Radiation

Office de protection contre les rayonnements

ionisants [This merged in 2002 with the Institute for

Protection and Nuclear Safety (IPSN) to form the

Institute for Radiological Protection and Nuclear

Safety (IRSN).]

(France)

operational qualification

odds ratio

ORAS

Andean Health Organization Organismo Andino de

Salud

ORAU

Oak Ridge Associated Universities (USA)

ORCI

Ocean Road Cancer Institute (United Republic of

Tanzania)

ORDG

Offices reporting to the Director General (IAEA)

OREVIC

Regional Meat Office for the Centre Office régional

des viandes du centre

(Algeria)

ORGM

National Office of Geological and Mining Research

Office national de recherche géologique et minière

(Algeria)

ORI

Regional Intervention Organization Organisation

régionale d'intervention [This is part of EDF.]

(France)

ORISE

Oak Ridge Institute for Science and Education (USA)

ORL

otorhinolaryngologist

ORL

otorhinolaryngology

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ORM

operational reactivity margin

ORMS

Organizational Resilience Management System (United Nations)

ORMSG

Operational Radiation Monitoring Service Group (IAEA)

ORNL

Oak Ridge National Laboratory (USA)

ORP

occupational radiation protection

ORPAS

Occupational Radiation Protection Appraisal

Service

(IAEA)

ORPNET

Occupational Radiation Protection Networks (IAEA)

ORR

operational readiness review

osmium

OSAGI

Office of the Special Adviser on Gender Issues and

Advancement of Women [This merged with three

other entities to form UN Women in July 2010.]

(United Nations)

OSART

Operational Safety Review Team (IAEA)

OSC

Open Source Center (USA)

OSC

operational support centre

OSC

Operations Support Centre (CTBTO)

OSCE

Organization for Security and Co-operation in

Europe [This replaced the Conference on Security

and Co-operation in Europe (CSCE).]

ÖSD

Austrian State Printing Office Österreichische

Staatsdruckerei

OSF

Open Society Foundations [This was previously

known as the Open Society Institute (OSI).]

OSGE

Statistical Observatory for Gas and Electricity

Observatoire Statistique Gaz Électricité [This is

part of Électricité de France.]

(France)

OSH

occupational safety and health

OSI

Open Society Institute [In 2011, this was renamed

the Open Society Foundation (OSF).]

OSIP

Operational Safety Indicators Programme [This no

longer exists.]

(IAEA)

OSJD

Organisation for Co-operation between Railways

[The acronym is derived from the transliteration of

the Russian name of this organization.]

OSL

On-Site Laboratory [This is located at the Rokkasho

Reprocessing Plant.]

(Japan)

OSL

optically stimulated luminescence

Oslo Convention

Convention for the Prevention of Marine Pollution

by Dumping from Ships and Aircraft

OSMIR

OSART Mission Results [This is a database.] (IAEA)

OSPAR

OSPAR Commission for the Protection of the

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Commission

Marine Environment of the North-East Atlantic

OSPAR

Convention

Convention for the Protection of the Marine

Environment of the North-East Atlantic

OSPESCA

Central American Organization for the Fishing and

Aquaculture Sector Organización del Sector

Pesquero y Acuícola del Istmo Centroamericano

OSPORB

Basic Health Regulations for Radiation Safety (Russian Federation)

OSS

One-Stop Shop [This was another name for the

Document Coordination Unit (DCU) in the Division

of Conference and Document Services (MTCD). It

is now used to refer to part of the Publishing

Section in MTCD.]

(IAEA)

OSS

Operational Safety Section [part of the Division of

Nuclear Installation Safety (NSNI)]

(IAEA)

OSS

Sahara and Sahel Observatory Observatoire du

Sahara et du Sahel

OSTC

Federal Office for Scientific, Technical and

Cultural Affairs Services fédéraux des affaires

scientifiques, techniques et culturelles [This Office

has been renamed Belgian Federal Science Policy

Office.]

(Belgium)

OSTG

Topical Group on Operational Safety [This Group

was disbanded in 2014.]

(ANSN)

OSTI

Office of Scientific and Technical Information (USA)

OSU

Oregon State University (USA)

OTAN

Technical Office of the National Authority Oficina

Técnica de la Autoridad Nacional [This is part of

the Peruvian Institue of Nuclear Energy (IPEN).]

(Peru)

OTIF

Intergovernmental Organisation for International

Carriage by Rail Organisation

intergouvernementale pour les transports

internationaux ferroviaires

OTN VC

Villa Clara Territorial Office of Standardization

Oficina Territorial de Normalización de Villa Clara

(Cuba)

OTR

other type of power reactor

OTRQ

Québec Order of Radiological Technologists Ordre

des technologues en radiologie du Québec [This

entity no longer exists.]

(Canada)

OTS

off-the-shelf

OTSG

once through steam generator

Ottawa

Convention

Convention on the Prohibition of the Use,

Stockpiling, Production and Transfer of Anti-

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Personnel Mines and on Their Destruction

organizational unit (Computing)

Outer Space

Treaty

Treaty on Principles Governing the Activities of

States in the Exploration and Use of Outer Space,

including the Moon and Other Celestial Bodies

OVD

Office for Highways and Drainage Office des

Voiries et Drainage

(Democratic Republic

of the Congo)

OVI

Onderstepoort Veterinary Institute [This is a less

commonly used version of the ARC-Onderstepoort

Veterinary Institute (ARC-OVI).]

(South Africa)

OVSICORI

Costa Rican Volcanological and Seismological

Observatory Observatorio Vulcanológico y

Sismológico de Costa Rica

OWG

Open Working Group on Sustainable Development

Goals

(United Nations)

OWG

optical waveguide

OWS

Old World screw worm

peta [prefix for SI and metric units, 10

]

phosphorus

pico [prefix for SI and metric units, 10

-12

]

P³

protected plutonium production

P staff

Professional staff (IAEA and UN)

P wave

primary wave

the five permanent members of the Security

Council

(United Nations)

P5+1

Used to refer to the five permanent members of the

Security Council plus Germany in the context of

negotiations with the Islamic Republic of Iran.

pascal [SI derived unit of pressure or stress]

positron annihilation

posteroanterior

Practical Arrangements (IAEA)

protactinium

PAA

National Atomic Energy Agency Panstwowa

Agencja Atomistyki

(Poland)

PAA

Price-Anderson Act (USA)

PAAT

Programme Against African Trypanosomosis (FAO/WHO/IAEA/

IBAR)

PAC

Autonomous Port of Cotonou Port autonome de (Benin)

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Cotonou

PAC

perturbed angular correlation

PAC

Procurement Authorization Committee (IAEA)

PACA

Partnership for Aflatoxin Control in Africa

PACE

Pan African Programme for the Control of

Epizootics [This replaced the Pan African

Rinderpest Campaign (PARC).]

(IBAR/OAU)

PACE

Programme on the Back End of the Nuclear Power

Cycle Programme sur l'aval du cycle

électronucléaire

(France)

PACKTRAM

Competent Authority Package Approval

Certificates [This is a database.]

(IAEA)

PACS

picture archiving and communication system

PACT

Programme of Action for Cancer Therapy (IAEA)

PACTAC

Programme of Action for Cancer Therapy Advisory

Committee

(IAEA)

PAD

peripheral arterial disease

PAD

Pesticide Attributes Database (IAEA/FAO)

PADCT

Scientific and Technological Development Support

Programme Programa de Apoio ao

Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico

(Brazil)

PADS

Project to Support the Development of the Health

System Projet d’appui au développement du

système de santé

(Benin)

PADSEA

Support Programme for the Development of the

Water and Sanitation Sector Programme d'appui au

développement du secteur eau et assainissement

(Benin)

PAEC

Pakistan Atomic Energy Commission

PAGC

Presidential Anti-Graft Commission (Philippines)

PAGE

polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis

PAGIRE

Action Plan for Integrated Water Resources

Management Plan d'action pour la gestion intégrée

des ressources en eau

(Burkina Faso)

PAGIS

Performance Assessment of Geological Isolation

Systems

(European

Commission)

PAH

polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon or polynuclear

aromatic hydrocarbon [The term polycyclic

aromatic hydrocarbon should be used in IAEA

documents.]

PAHO

Pan American Health Organization

PAHR

post-accident heat removal

P&ID

piping and instrumentation diagram

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PAID-WA

Pan African Institute for Development — West

Africa

PAINT

Protocol for Aberration Identification and

Nomenclature Terminology

PAL

Pohang Accelerator Laboratory (Republic of Korea)

PAL-XFEL

Pohang Accelerator Laboratory X-ray Free Electron

Laser

(Republic of Korea)

PAMINA

Performance Assessment Methodologies in

Application to Guide the Development of the Safety

Case

(European Union)

PAMS

post-accident monitoring system

PAN

Polish Academy of Sciences Polska Akademia

Nauk

PANAFCON

Pan-African Implementation and Partnership

Conference on Water

PANAFTOSA

Pan American Foot-and-Mouth Disease Center

Centro Panamericano de Febre Aftosa

PANDDA

Passive Active Neutron Differential Die-Away

System

PANVAC

Pan African Veterinary Vaccine Centre

PAP

Priority Actions Programme [This is part of the

Mediterranean Action Plan (MAP).]

(UNEP)

PAPR

partially acidulated phosphate rock

PAP/RAC

Priority Actions Programme/Regional Activity

Centre [This Centre implements the Priority

Actions Programme (PAP).]

(UNEP)

PAR

passive autocatalytic recombiner

PAR

Project Achievement Report (Technical

cooperation)

PARC

Pakistan Agricultural Research Council

PARC

Pan African Rinderpest Campaign [This was

replaced by the Pan African Programme for the

Control of Epizootics (PACE).]

PARC

plastic adult rearing container

PARFUME

Particle Fuel Model

Paris Convention

Convention on Third Party Liability in the Field of

Nuclear Energy

Convention on Third Party Liability in the Field of

Nuclear Energy of 29th July 1960, as amended by

the Additional Protocol of 28th January 1964 and

by the Protocol of 16th November 1982

Paris Convention

Convention for the Prevention of Marine Pollution

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from Land-Based Sources

PARN

Natural Resources Planning Project Projet

d'aménagement des ressources naturelles

(Central African

Republic)

Partial Test Ban

Treaty

Treaty Banning Nuclear Weapon Tests in the

Atmosphere, in Outer Space and Under Water

PAS

Performance Audit Subcommittee (INTOSAI)

PAS

positron annihilation spectroscopy

PASAI

Pacific Association of Supreme Audit Institutions

[This is one of the seven Regional Working Groups

of the International Organization of Supreme Audit

Institutions (INTOSAI).]

PASB

Pan American Sanitary Bureau (PAHO)

PASC

Pan American Sanitary Conference (PAHO)

PASMI

Support Programme for Maternal and Infant Health

Care Projet d'appui à la santé maternelle et

infantile

(Benin)

PASTAM

Project for the Improvement of Transfusion Safety

Projet d'amélioration de la sécurité

transfusionnelle

(Benin)

PAT

photon activation therapy

PATH

Program for Appropriate Technology in Health

[This is an international, non-profit organization.]

PATRADER

Radioactive Waste Treatment Plant Planta de

Tratamiento de Desechos Radiactivos

(Mexico)

PATRAM

International Symposium on the Packaging and

Transportation of Radioactive Materials

(IAEA/US DOE)

PATTEC

Pan African Tsetse and Trypanosomosis

Eradication Campaign

(IAEA/FAO/WHO)

PAWD

Partnership for Africa's Water Development

PAZ

precautionary action zone

Institute of Plant Nutrition and Soil Science Institut

für Pflanzenernährung und Bodenkunde [This

Centre ceased to exist in 2008.]

(Germany)

lead

PBC

Programme and Budget Committee [This replaced

the Administrative and Budgetary Committee.]

(IAEA)

PBCR

population-based cancer registry

PBD

Pee Dee Belemnite

PBF

Power Burst Facility (USA)

PBFA

Particle Beam Fusion Accelerator (USA)

PBG

Plant Breeding and Genetics Section [part of the

Joint FAO/IAEA Division of Nuclear Techniques in

(IAEA)

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Food and Agriculture (NAFA)]

PBGL

Plant Breeding and Genetics Laboratory (IAEA)

PBHTR

pebble bed high temperature reactor

PBL

peripheral blood lymphocyte

PBL

planetary boundary layer

PBMCC

peripheral blood mononuclear cell

PBMR

pebble bed modular reactor

PBNC

Pacific Basin Nuclear Conference

PBPR

Programme and Budgetary Performance Report (IAEA)

PBR

pebble bed reactor

PBRMC

Partnership Building and Resource Mobilization

Committee

(AFRA)

PBS

phosphate buffered saline

PBS

Programme and Budget Section (IAEA)

PBTRV

Regulations for the Safe Transport of Radioactive

Substances

(Russian Federation)

PBX

Princeton Beta Experiment [This replaced the

Poloidal Divertor Experiment (PDX).]

(USA)

Paper chromatography

personal computer

Project Coordinator (IAEA)

pulse compression

PCA

probabilistic consequence analysis

PC-AG

Public Communications Action Guide (IAEA)

PCAPS

passive capillary sampler

PCAST

President’s Council of Advisors on Science and

Technology

(USA)

PCB

polychlorinated biphenyl

PCB

power circuit breaker

PCB

printed circuit board

PCC

phaeochromocytoma

PCC

premature chromosome condensation

PCC

Programme Coordination Committee (IAEA)

PCC–R

premature chromosome condensation–ring

PCCS

passive containment cooling system

PCD

people-centred development

PCD

programmed cell death

PCF

photonic crystal fibre

PCI

Partnership for Continuous Improvement (IAEA)

PCI

pellet–clad interaction

PCI

percutaneous coronary intervention

PCI Laboratory

Physics, Chemistry and Instrumentation Laboratory (IAEA)

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[part of the Agency's Laboratories (Seibersdorf and

Headquarters) (NAAL)]

PC-IS

Public Communications Information Sheet (IAEA)

PCL

posterior cruciate ligament

PCM

phase contrast microscopy

PCM

protein–calorie malnutrition

PCMF

Programme Cycle Management Framework (IAEA)

PCNB

pentachloronitrobenzene

PCP

primary coolant pump

PCR

polymerase chain reaction

PCRV

prestressed concrete reactor vessel

PCT

peak cladding temperature

PCTRAN

Personal Computer Transient Analyzer [This is a

software package developed by a United States

company.]

PCU

primary care unit

PCU

Programme Planning and Coordination Unit [This

is part of the Office of the Director General and

took over the functions of the Office of Programme

Development and Performance Assessment

(MTPG) in 2008.]

(IAEA)

PCU

Programme Coordination Unit (Caspian Environment

Programme)

PCV

packed cell volume

PCV

primary containment vessel

palladium

phylogenetic diversity

powder diffraction

purine derivative

PDA

personal digital assistant

PDAP

Periurban Agricultural Development Project Projet

de développement de l'agriculture périurbaine

(Mali)

PDAV

Village Poultry Farming Development Project

Projet de développement de l'aviculture villageoise

(Burkina Faso)

PDB

Peedee belemnite

PDD

percentage depth dose

PDD

power distribution detector

PDF

Philippines Development Forum

PDF

Portable Document Format

PDF

probability density function

PDF

Project Development Facility (GEF)

PDI

parametric decay instability

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PDI

person-day of inspection (Safeguards)

PDI

pressure differential indicator

PDI

protected geographical indication (EU)

PDIS

Protocol Data Information System (Safeguards)

PDMS

plasma desorption mass spectrometry

PDO

protected designation of origin (EU)

PDP

positive displacement pump

PDR

Public Document Room (United States Nuclear

Regulatory

Commission)

PDR

pulsed dose rate

PDS

Health Development Plan Plan de développement

sanitaire

(Niger)

PDS

plant damage state

PDV

photonic Doppler velocimeter

PDV

photonic Doppler velocimetry

PDVSA

Venezuelan Petroleum Company Petróleos de

Venezuela S.A.

PDX

Poloidal Divertor Experiment [This was replaced by

the Princeton Beta Experiment (PBX).]

(USA)

photoelectric effect

potential energy

potential evapotranspiration

Programme Evaluation Section [part of the Office

of Internal Oversight Services (OIOS)]

(IAEA)

PEA

Palestinian Energy Authority

PEACER

Proliferation-Resistant, Environment-Friendly,

Accident-Tolerant, Continuable, and Economical

Reactor

(Republic of Korea)

PEC

Fuel Element Plant Planta de Elementos

Combustibles

(Chile)

PECES

Pioneer-Endurable-Controllable-Easy-care and Safe

PECOS

Public Engagement Commission on Spent Nuclear

Fuel Management

(Republic of Korea)

PED

porcine epidemic diarrhoea

PEEREA

Energy Charter Protocol on Energy Efficiency and

Related Environmental Aspects

PEESRO

Groundwater Exploitation Project in the Western

Region Projet d'exploitation des eaux souterraines

dans la région occidentale

(Central African

Republic)

PEG

polyethylene glycol

PELAN

Pulsed Elemental Analysis with Neutrons [This

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acronym and term written with initial capitals refers

to a device rather than the technique.]

Pelindaba Treaty

African Nuclear-Weapon-Free Zone Treaty (Reproduced in IAEA

document GC(40)/14)

PELT

Lake Titicaca Special Project Proyecto Especial

Binacional Lago Titicaca

(Peru)

PEM

protein–energy malnutrition

PEM

proton exchange membrane

PEMFC

proton exchange membrane fuel cell

PEMSEA

Partnerships in Environmental Management for the

Seas of East Asia

(IMO/UNDP)

PEN

Package of Essential Noncommunicable Disease

Interventions

(WHO)

PEOS

plasma erosion opening switch

PEP

pellet enhanced performance

PEPFAR

United States President's Emergency Plan for AIDS

Relief

PEPT

positron emission particle tracking

PERLA

Performance Laboratory [This is part of the Joint

Research Centre (JRC).]

(European Union)

PerMIS

Personnel Management Information System (IAEA)

PERSGA

Regional Organization for the Conservation of the

Environment of the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden

PES

polyether sulphone

PESS

Planning and Economic Studies Section [part of the

Department of Nuclear Energy]

(IAEA)

PET

positron emission tomography

PET–CT

positron emission tomography–computed

tomography

PETN

pentaerythritol tetranitrate

PETROECUADOR

Public Hydrocarbon Company of Ecuador Empresa

Pública de Hidrocarburos del Ecuador

PEWI

E.O. Paton Electric Welding Institute (Ukraine)

poloidal field

PFBC

pressurized fluidized bed combustion

PFBR

Prototype Fast Breeder Reactor (India)

PFDF

Plutonium Fuel Development Facility (Japan)

PFEP

Pilot Fuel Enrichment Plant [Write with lower case

if used generically.]

(Islamic Republic of

Iran)

PFA

Argentine Federal Police Policía Federal Argentina

PFA

pest free area

PFC

perfluorocarbon

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PFDHA

probabilistic fault displacement hazard analysis

PFF

peach fruit fly

PFF

Project Formulation Framework (UNDP)

PFFF

Plutonium Fuel Fabrication Facility (Japan)

PFII

United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous

Issues [The acronym UNPFII should normally be

used in IAEA documents.]

PFM

piston flow model

PFM

plasma-facing material

PFPU

Uranium Powder Fabrication Plant Planta de

Fabricación de Polvos de Uranio

(Argentina)

PFR

plug flow reactor

PFR

Prototype Fast Reactor (United Kingdom)

PFS

pre-feasibility study

PFSP

Pile Fuel Storage Pond (United Kingdom)

PfSPZ

Plasmodium falciparum sporozoites

PFTNA

pulsed fast thermal neutron analysis

prostaglandin

PGA

peak ground acceleration

PGAA

prompt gamma activation analysis [ See also

PGNAA.]

PGAP

Performance Assessment of Passive Gaseous

Provisions [This is the title of an INPRO

collaborative project.]

(IAEA)

PGAS

Project for Environmental Protection and

Sustainable Development of the Guarani Aquifer

System

(World

Bank/OAS/GEF)

PGE

platinum group element

PGEC

postgraduate educational course

PGH

Parirenyatwa Group of Hospitals (Zimbabwe)

PGI

Polish Geological Institute

PGIMER

Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and

Research

(India)

PGNAA

prompt gamma neutron activation analysis

PGP

Pretty Good Privacy [This is an encryption progam

for data files and e-mails.]

PGR

plant genetic resources

PGR

plant growth regulator

PGRN

Natural Resource Management Project Projet de

gestion des ressources naturelles

(Benin, Mali, Niger)

PGRR

Radioactive Waste Management Plant Planta de

Gestión de Residuos Radiactivos [This is part of the

(Peru)

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Peruvian Institute of Nuclear Energy (IPEN).]

PGS

prompt gamma spectroscopy

PGSFR

Prototype Generation IV Sodium Cooled Fast

Reactor

(Republic of Korea)

PHA

phytohaemagglutinin

PHA

pulse height analysis

Phare

programme

[The full version was originally “Poland and

Hungary Aid for the Reconstruction of the

Economy”, but this version is no longer used.]

PHC

primary health care

PHC

primary health centre (India)

PhD

Doctor of Philosophy

PHE

Department of Public Health and Environment (WHO)

PHEFA

Hemispheric Program for the Eradication of Foot-

and-Mouth Disease Programa Hemisférico de

Erradicación de la Fiebre Aftosa

(PAHO)

PHEV

plug-in hybrid electric vehicle

PHF

Personal History Form

PhG

phenotype gap

PHII

package of high impact interventions (Benin)

PhilRice

Philippine Rice Research Institute

PHN

National Water Programme Programme

hydraulique national

(Niger)

PHRC

Physics Research Centre (Islamic Republic of

Iran)

PHTS

primary heat transport system

PHV

plug-in hybrid vehicle

PHWR

pressurized heavy water reactor

PHY

Physics Section [part of the Division of Physical

and Chemical Sciences (NAPC)]

(IAEA)

PHYSOR

International Conference on the Physics of Reactors

performance indicator

propidium iodide

PIANOS

Ibero-American Nuclear Platform for Operators in

the Area of Safety

PIAP

Industrial Heavy Water Plant Planta Industrial de

Agua Pesada

(Argentina)

PICPA

Philippine Institute of Certified Public Accountants

PID

proportional–integral–derivative

PIDS

Professional and Institutional Development Sector (Philippines)

PIE

post-irradiation examination

PIEDB

Post Irradiation Examination Facilities Database (IAEA)

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PIE

postulated initiating event

PIERG

Paldiski International Expert Reference Group (Estonia)

PIET

Tropical Diseases Research Program Programa de

Investigación en Enfermedades Tropicales

(Costa Rica)

PIF

Pacific Islands Forum

PIGE

particle induced gamma ray emission

PIGE

proton induced gamma ray emission

PIH

Partners In Health (USA)

PIL

physical inventory listing (Safeguards)

personal identification number

PINSTECH

Pakistan Institute of Nuclear Science and

Technology

PIO

public information officer

PIOJ

Planning Institute of Jamaica

PIP

portable image processing

PIR

Project Implementation Review (GEF)

PIR Center

Russian Center for Policy Studies (Russian Federation)

PIRES

Programme Planning, Implementation Reporting

and Evaluation Support System

(FAO)

PIRI

Pesticide Impact Ranking Index

PIRLS

Poisson Iteratively Reweighted Least Squares [This

is the name of a computer program.]

PIRT

Phenomena Identification and Ranking Table

PISA

Program of Integration of Social Aspects into

Nuclear Research [This is a programme of the

Belgian Nuclear Research Centre (SCK•CEN).]

(Belgium)

PISAF

Integrated Family Health Project Projet intégré de

santé familiale

(Benin)

PIT

physical inventory taking (Safeguards)

PIT

public information team

PITTA-Frijol

Programme for Agricultural Technology Research

and Transfer in the Bean Programa de

Investigación y Transferencia de Tecnología

Agropecuaria en Frijol

(Costa Rica)

PIU

project implementation unit (UNDP)

PIV

physical inventory verification (Safeguards)

PIXE

particle-induced X-ray emission

PJSC

public joint-stock company

protein kinase

PKC

public key cryptography

PKE

public key encryption

PKI

public key infrastructure

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PKU

phenylketonuria

periodontal ligament

PLA

polylactic acid

PLAIRE

planned actual routine inspection effort (Safeguards)

PLC

programmable logic controller

plc

public limited company (United Kingdom)

PLD

potentially lethal damage

PLD

programmable logic device

PLEX

plant life extension (Nuclear power)

PLI

primary level information [This applies to

information on waste repositories; see also

intermediate level information (ILI) and high level

information (HLI).]

PLiM

plant life management

PLM

periodic limb movement

PLO

Palestine Liberation Organization

particulate matter

p/m

person-month

promethium

PMA

Programme Management Assistant (Technical

cooperation)

pMC

per cent model carbon

PMC

primary medical care

PMC

Programme Management Committee (AFRA)

PMD

progressive metabolic disease

PMDA

Agreement between the Government of the Russian

Federation and the Government of the United States

of America Concerning the Management and

Disposition of Plutonium Designated as No Longer

Required for Defense Purposes and Related

Cooperation

PMDS

PACT Model Demonstration Site (IAEA)

PMETS

probable maximum extra-tropical storm

PMEW

Public Commission for the Protection of Marine

Resources, Environment and Wildlife [This was

replaced in December 2012 by the Supreme

Council for the Environment (SCE).]

(Bahrain)

PMF

probable maximum flood

PMG

project management group [Write with lower case

when used generically and with initial capitals

when used specifically.]

PMI

plasma–material interaction

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PMI

President's Malaria Initiative (USA)

PML

Plymouth Marine Laboratory (United Kingdom)

PML

polymorphonuclear leucocyte

PML

promyelocytic leukaemia

PMLS

Multisectoral Project for the Fight Against AIDS

Projet multisectoriel de lutte contre le sida

(Benin)

PMMA

polymethyl methacrylate

PMN cell

polymorphonuclear cell

PMO

Policy-Making Organs [The Agency’s Policy-

Making Organs are the Board of Governors and the

General Conference.]

PMO

Programme Management Officer (IAEA/technical

cooperation)

PMO

Project Management Officer (ANSN/IAEA)

PMP

probable maximum precipitation

PMR

Plant Mutation Reports

PMR

prismatic modular reactor

PMS

process management system

PMSE

probable maximum seiche

PMSF

Medical Physicists Without Borders Physicien

médical sans frontières

PMSS

probable maximum storm surge

PMT

photomultiplier tube

PMT

probable maximum tsunami

PMTC

probable maximum tropical cyclone

PMURR

Multisectoral Emergency Rehabilitation and

Reconstruction Programme Programme

multisectoriel d’urgence de réhabilitation et de

reconstruction [September 2003 – January 2007]

(Democratic Republic

of the Congo)

PNC

Pacific Nuclear Council

PNC

prenatal consultation

PNCC

passive neutron coincidence counter

PNDAR

National Agricultural and Rural Development Plan

Plan national de développement agricole et rural

(Algeria)

PNDS

National Health and Social Development Plan Plan

national de développement sanitaire et social [This

was then replaced by the National Health

Development Plan (PNDS).]

(Senegal)

PNDS

National Health Development Plan Plan national de

développement sanitaire

(Benin, Côte d'Ivoire,

Senegal)

PNE

peaceful nuclear explosion

PNE Treaty

Treaty between the United States of America and

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the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics on

Underground Nuclear Explosions for Peaceful

Purposes

PNEDD

National Environment Programme for Sustainable

Development Plan national de l'environnement

pour un développement durable

(Niger)

PNGRR

National Radioactive Waste Management

Programme Programa Nacional de Gestión de

Residuos Radiactivos

(Argentina)

PNLLUB

National Programme for the Fight Against Leprosy

and Buruli Ulcer Programme national de lutte

contre la lèpre et l'ulcère de Buruli

(Benin)

PNLMT

National Programme for the Fight Against

Communicable Diseases Programme national de

lutte contre les maladies transmissibles

(Benin)

PNLMNT

National Programme for the Fight Against Non-

Communicable Diseases Programme national de

lutte contre les maladies non transmissibles

PNLP

National Programme for the Fight Against Malaria

Programme national de lutte contre le paludisme

(Benin)

PNLS

National Programme for the Fight Against AIDS

Programme national de lutte contre le SIDA

(Benin, Democratic

Republic of the

Congo)

PNNC

National Community Nutrition Programme

Programme national de nutrition communautaire

(Madagascar)

PNNL

Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (USA)

PNOC

Philippine National Oil Company

PNPI

Petersburg Nuclear Physics Institute (Russian Federation)

PNPMT

National Programme for Pharmacopoeia and

Traditional Medicine Programme national de la

pharmacopée et de la médecine traditionnelles

(Benin)

PNPP

Philippine nuclear power plant

PNRA

Pakistan Nuclear Regulatory Authority

PNRB

Pakistan Nuclear Regulatory Board [This was

replaced by the Pakistan Nuclear Regulatory

Authority (PNRA) in 2001.]

PNRI

Philippine Nuclear Research Institute

PNS

Partnership for Nuclear Security (USA)

PNS

pulsed neutron source

PNSP

Preventing Nuclear Smuggling Program (USA)

PNT

National Programme for the Fight Against

Tuberculosis Programme national contre la

(Benin)

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tuberculose

PNTL

Pacific Nuclear Transport Limited (United Kingdom)

PNTS

National Blood Transfusion Programme

Programme national de transfusion sanguine

(Democratic Republic

of the Congo)

PNV

prenatal visit

PNVA

National Agricultural Extension Programme

Programme national de vulgarisation agricole

(Cameroon, Mali,

Senegal)

polonium

POC

particulate organic carbon

PoC

point of contact

POCO

post-operational clean out

POCT

point-of-care testing

POND4Kids

Pediatric Oncology Networked Database

POD

proof of delivery

PODIUM

Global Policy Dialogue Model (IWMI)

POE

point of entry

POE

point of exit

POP

persistent organic pollutant

PORV

pilot operated relief valve

PORV

power operated relief valve

POS

point of sale

POTAS

Program of Technical Assistance to IAEA

Safeguards

(IAEA/USA)

POV

pilot operated valve

pair production

protein phosphatase

PPA

power purchase agreement

PPAR

Project Progress Assessment Report (IAEA)

PPARC

Particle Physics and Astronomy Research Council (United Kingdom)

PPAS

Programme Performance Assessment System [This

term has been replaced by programme evaluation.]

(IAEA)

PPC

plant process computer

PPCD

pulsed poloidal current drive

PPCPs

pharmaceuticals and personal care products

PPD

purified protein derivative

PPE

personal protective equipment

PPE

plant parameter envelope

PPE

property, plant and equipment (IPSAS)

PPEA

Multi-Year Support Programme for the Water and

Sanitation Sector Programme pluriannuel d’appui

au secteur eau et assainissement

(benin)

PPHA

Programme for the Promotion of Hygiene and (Benin)

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Sanitation Programme de la promotion de l'hygiène

et de l'assainissement

PPIC

plane-parallel ionization chamber or parallel plate

ionization chamber

PPIPS

passivated implanted planar silicon detector

PPIS

Plant Protection and Inspection Services (Israel)

ppm

parts per million

ppmv

parts per million by volume

PPM

pine processionary moth

PPNN

Programme for Promoting Nuclear Non-

Proliferation

PPO

Programme of Action for Cancer Therapy

Programme Office [This was replaced by the

Division of Programme of Action for Cancer

Therapy (PACT) as of 1 January 2014.]

(IAEA)

PPP

'polluter pays' principle

PPP

public–private partnership

PPP

purchasing power parity

PPPL

Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory (USA)

PPQ

Plant Protection and Quarantine [This is part of the

Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service

(APHIS).]

(USA)

PPR

periodic progress reporting

PPR

peste des petits ruminants [The French term is used

in English.]

PPR

Programme Performance Report (IAEA)

PPR

Radioisotope Production Plant Planta de

Producción de Radioisótopos [This is part of the

Peruvian Institute of Nuclear Energy (IPEN).]

(Peru)

PPRI

Plant Protection Research Institute (Egypt)

PPRR

Principal Project Resident Representative (UNDP)

PPS

plant protection system

PPS

physical protection system

PPS

primary protection system

PPSS

Policy and Programme Support Section [There are

two Sections in the Department of Nuclear Safety

and Security with this name. The first one, which

replaced the Radiation Monitoring and Protection

Services Section (RMPS), is in the Division of

Radiation, Transport and Waste Safety (NSRW).

The second one is in the Division of Nuclear

Installation Safety (NSNI).]

(IAEA)

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ppt

parts per thousand

ppt

parts per trillion

performance qualification

phosphate rock

praseodymium

progesterone receptor

pseudorabies

public relations

PRA

participatory rural appraisal

PRA

probabilistic risk assessment or probabilistic risk

analysis [Probabilistic safety assessment (PSA) is

the preferred term for IAEA documents.]

PRA

programmatic risk assessment

PRADA

Proliferation Resistance: Acquisition/Diversion

Pathway Analysis [This is an INPRO collaborative

project.]

(INPRO)

PRAMU

Uranium Mining Environmental Restoration Project

Proyecto de Restitución Ambiental de la Minería

del Uranio

(Argentina)

PRC

Procurement Review Committee

PRCF

potential recoverability correction factor

PRCV

porcine respiratory coronavirus

PRD

personal radiation detector

PRDSS

Phosphate Rock Decision Support System (IAEA/International

Center for Soil

Fertility and

Agricultural

Development)

PREDAS

Regional Programme to Promote Household and

Alternative Energies in the Sahel Programme

régional de promotion des énergies domestiques et

alternatives au Sahel

(CILSS)

PREFIP

Regional Project for the Prevention of Classical

Swine Fever in Central America, Belize and

Panama Proyecto Regional de Prevención de la

Fiebre Porcina Clásica en Centroamérica, Belice y

Panamá

(OIRSA)

Pre-OSART

Pre-Operational Safety Review Team (IAEA)

PReSA

Peer Review and Support Arrangement (ANSN)

PRF

Request Form for a Project under the IAEA

Technical Cooperation Programme

PRGF

Poverty Reduction and Growth Facility (IMF)

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PRHR

passive residual heat removal

PRIDE facility

Pyroprocess Integrated Inactive Demonstration

facility

(Republic of Korea)

PRIF

Peace Research Institute Frankfurt (Germany)

PRINCE

Projects in Controlled Environment [This is a

registered trademark of a project management

method.]

(United Kingdom)

PRIS

Power Reactor Information System (IAEA)

PRISE

primary to secondary leakage accident

PRISM

Power Reactor Innovative Small Module

PRISM

Practical Illustration and Use of the Safety Case

Concept in the Management of Near-Surface

Disposal

(IAEA)

PRISMA

Application of the Practical Illustration and Use of

the Safety Case Concept in the Management of

Near-Surface Disposal Project

(IAEA)

PRL

prolactin

PRM

Pesticide Residue Methods [This is the name of a

database/]

(IAEA/FAO)

PROARCA

Regional Environmental Program for Central

America Programa Ambiental Regional para

Centroamérica

PROBIDES

Programme for Conservation of Biodiversity and

Sustainable Development in the Eastern Marshlands

Programa de Conservación de la Biodiversidad y

Desarrollo Sustentable en los Humedales del Este

(Uruguay)

PROBIS

Agency Programme and Budget Information

System

(IAEA)

PRPPWG

Proliferation Resistance and Physical Protection

Working Group

(GIF)

PROCEM

Patagonia

National Fruit Fly Control and Eradication

Programme for Patagonia Programa Nacional de

Control y Erradicación de Mosca de los Frutos de

la Región Patagónica

(Argentina)

PROCOMER

Costa Rican Foreign Trade Corporation Promotora

del commercio exterior de Costa Rica

PRODAPEN

Agricultural Development Project for the Peninsula

of Nicoya Proyecto de Desarrollo Agrícola de la

Península de Nicoya

(Costa Rica)

PRODESAL

Programme to Support Small-Scale Cotton Farm

Development Programa de Apoyo al Desarrollo de

Pequeñas Fincas Algodoneras

(Paraguay)

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PRODESS

Health and Social Development Programme

Programme de développement sanitaire et social

(Mali)

PROFRIJOL

Regional Cooperative Bean Programme for Central

America, Mexico and the Caribbean Programa

Cooperativo Regional de Frijol para Centro

América, México y El Caribe

PROM

programmable read-only memory

Promatomnadzor

Department for Supervision of Industrial and

Nuclear Safety [This entity was known until

November 2001 as the Committee for Supervision

of Industrial and Nuclear Safety. In 2008, it was

replaced by the Department for Nuclear and

Radiation Safety (Gosatomnadzor).]

(Belarus)

ProMS

Programme Manager System (UNESCO)

PROMUSAF

Programme to Support Mutual Health

Organizations in Africa Programme d'appui aux

mutuelles de santé en Afrique

(Benin/Burkina

Faso/Mali/Senegal)

PRONACAN

National Cancer Control Programme Programa

Nacional de Control del Cáncer

(Uruguay)

PRONAF

African Cowpea Project Projet niébé pour l'Afrique

PRONAGRO

National Programme for Agriculture and Food

Development Programa Nacional de Desarrollo

Agroalimentario

(Honduras)

PRONAMATE

National Programme for the Management of

Tephritidae Programa Nacional de Manejo de

Tefrítidos

(Argentina)

PROSA

Proliferation Resistance and Safeguardability

Assessment Tools

(INPRO)

PROSPER

Peer Review of Operational Safety Performance

Experience [This replaced the Assessment of Safety

Significant Events Team (ASSET).]

(IAEA)

PRP

Radiation Protection, Environment, Waste and

Emergency Division Pôle “Radioprotection,

environnement, déchets et crise” [This is part of the

Institute for Radiological Protection and Nuclear

Safety (IRSN).]

(France)

PR&PP Working

Group

Working Group on Proliferation Resistance and

Physical Protection

(Generation IV

International Forum)

PRPSS

Project to Improve the Performance of the Health

System Projet de renforcement de la performance

du système de santé

(Benin)

PRPYMA

Unit for Radiation Protection of the Public and the (Spain)

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Environment Unidad de Protección Radiológica del

Público y del Medio Ambiente

PRR

Philippine Research Reactor

PRRT

peptide receptor radionuclide therapy

PRS

Performance Review System [This replaced in 2002

the Work Planning and Performance Review

System (WPPR).]

(IAEA)

PRSM

Practical Radiation Safety Manual (IAEA)

PRSP

Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper (World Bank/IMF)

PRTM

Practical Radiation Technical Manual (IAEA)

PRTR

Pollutant Release and Transfer Register

picosecond

PSA

potentiometric stripping analysis

PSA

probabilistic safety assessment [This term rather

than probablistic safety analysis or probabilistic risk

assessment or analysis is the term normally to be

used in IAEA documents.]

PSA

project and supply agreement (Safeguards)

PSA

prostate-specific antigen

PSA

public service announcement

PSA

pulse shape analysis

PSA

Section for Statistical Analysis [part of the Division

of Concepts and Planning (SGCP)]

(IAEA)

PSAPACK

Probabilistic Safety Assessment Pack (IAEA)

PSAR

preliminary safety analysis report

PSB

Property Survey Board (IAEA)

PSC

Pajarito Scientific Corporation (USA)

PSC

probabilistic safety criterion

PSC

Professional Standards Committee (INTOSAI)

PSC

Programme Support Costs (IAEA)

PSC

Project Scientific Consultant (AFRA)

PSD

position sensitive detector

PSD

power spectral density

PSDL

primary standards dosimetry laboratory [The

version with Standards in the plural is the version to

be used in IAEA documents. Write with lower case

when used generically and with initial capitals

when used specifically.]

PSE

post-storage examination

PSE

Sectoral Water Project Projet sectoriel eau (Niger, Senegal)

PSHA

probabilistic seismic hazard analysis

PSI

particle–surface interaction

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PSI

Paul Scherrer Institute Paul Scherrer Institut (Switzerland)

PSI

plasma–surface interaction

p.s.i

pounds per square inch

PSI

pre-service inspection

PSI

Proliferation Security Initiative

PSIDS

Pacific Small Island Developing States

PSMA

prostate-specific membrane antigen

PSN

Nuclear Safety Division Pôle "Sûreté nucléaire"

[This is part of the Institute for Radiological

Protection and Nuclear Safety (IRSN).]

(France)

PSN

proper shipping name

PSP

paralytic shellfish poison

PSP

paralytic shellfish poisoning

PSP

photostimulable phosphor

PSP

plasma separation process

PSP

pressure suppression pool

PSQI

Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index

PSR

periodic safety review

PSRS

Periodic Safety Review Service (IAEA)

PSRSS-GAVI

Project to Support the Strengthening of the Health

System Projet de soutien au renforcement du

système de santé

(Benin)

PSS

physiological saline solution

PSS

pressure suppression system

PSS

Procurement and Supply Section [This was replaced

by the Office of Procurement Services with effect

from 4 January 2005.]

(IAEA)

PSS

Section for System Studies [part of the Division of

Concepts and Planning (SGCP)]

(IAEA)

PST

Section for Standardization [part of the Division of

Concepts and Planning (SGCP)]

(IAEA)

penetrant testing

proficiency test

platinum

pressure tube

P&T

partitioning and transmutation

PTB

Federal Institute of Physics and Technology

Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt

(Germany)

PTBT

Treaty Banning Nuclear Weapon Tests in the

Atmosphere, in Outer Space and Under Water [This

is also known as the Partial Test Ban Treaty.]

PTCA

percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty

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PTCOG

Particle Therapy Co-Operative Group

PTDR

Radioactive Waste Treatment Plant Planta de

Tratamiento de Desechos Radiactivos [This is part

of the Chilean Nuclear Energy Commission

(CCHEN).]

(Chile)

PTF

pedotransfer function

PTI

Ioffe Physical Technical Institute (Russian Federation)

PTPBN

Center for Nuclear Materials Security Technology

[This is part of the National Nuclear Energy

Agency (BATAN).]

(Indonesia)

PTR

pressure tube reactor

PTS

pneumatic transfer system

PTS

pressurized thermal shock

PTS

Provisional Technical Secretariat (CTBTO)

PTSD

post-traumatic stress disorder

PTT microphone

push-to-talk microphone

PTV

planning target volume

PTWC

Pacific Tsunami Warning Center

plutonium

PUC

Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro

Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio de Janeiro

(Brazil)

PUCE

Pontifical Catholic University of Ecuador Pontificia

Universidad Católica del Ecuador

PUCM

projected unit credit method

PUE

phosphorus use efficiency

PUE

University Energy Programme Programa

Universitario de Energía [This is a Programme at

the Autonomous University of the State of Mexico

(UAEM).]

(Mexico)

PUI

Peaceful Uses Initiative (IAEA)

PUJ

Pontifical Xavierian University Pontificia

Universidad Javeriana

(Colombia)

PUMCH

Peking Union Medical College Hospital (China)

PuO

plutonium dioxide

PURAM

Public Limited Company for Radioactive Waste

Management [Prior to 7 January 2008, this was

known as the Public Agency for Radioactive Waste

Management.]

(Hungary)

PUREX or Purex

plutonium and uranium recovery by extraction

PURPA

Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act (USA)

PUSPIPTEK

Research Center for Science and Technology Pusat

Penelitian Ilmu Pengetahuan dan Teknologi

(Indonesia)

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pressure vessel

PVA

polyvinyl acetate

PVAc

polyvinyl acetate

PVC

polyvinyl chloride

PVD

peripheral vascular disease

PVD

physical vapour deposition

PVDF

polyvinylidene fluoride or polyvinylidene

difluoride

PVIC

Plant Virus Indexing Centre (Sri Lanka)

PVP

polyvinylpyrrolidone

PVS

participatory variety selection

PWE

Pinnacle West Energy (USA)

PWFA

plasma wakefield accelerator

PWG

physical working group

PWG-1

Principal Working Group on Operating Experience

and Human Factors

(CSNI — NEA)

PWG-2

Principal Working Group on Coolant System

Behaviour

(CSNI — NEA)

PWG-3

Principal Working Group on Reactor Component

Integrity

(CSNI — NEA)

PWG-4

Principal Working Group on the Confinement of

Accidental Radioactive Releases

(CSNI — NEA)

PWG-5

Principal Working Group on Risk Assessment (CSNI — NEA)

PWGSC

Public Works and Government Services Canada

PWI

plasma–wall interaction

PWM

pokeweed mitogen

PWR

pressurized water reactor

PWSCC

primary water stress corrosion cracking

PyC

pyrolytic carbon

quality assurance

quality audit

QAA

quality assurance audit

Q&A session

question and answer session

QAS

quality assurance system

QBC

quantitative buffy coat

quality control

QCD

quantum chromodynamics

QED

quantum electrodynamics

QHO

quantitative health objective

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quality management

QMC

Queen Mary's College (United Kingdom)

QMH

Queen Mary Hospital (China)

QMS

quadrupole mass spectrometer

QMS

quality management system (ISO)

QNPC

Qinshan Nuclear Power Corporation (China)

QNPP

Qinshan nuclear power plant (China)

QoL

quality of life

QSM

quality systems manager

QTL

qualitative trait locus

QTL

quantitative trait locus

QUAADRIL

Quality Assurance Audit for Diagnostic Radiology

Improvement and Learning

(IAEA)

Quadripartite

Agreement

Agreement between the Republic of Argentina, the

Federative Republic of Brazil, the Brazilian–

Argentine Agency for Accounting and Control of

Nuclear Materials and the International Atomic

Energy Agency for the Application of Safeguards

(Reproduced in IAEA

document

INFCIRC/435)

QUANUM

Quality Assurance in Nuclear Medicine (IAEA)

QUARTS

Quantification of Radiation Therapy Infrastructure

and Staffing Needs [This was a project carried out

from 2003 to 2004.]

(ESTRO)

QUATRO

Quality Assurance Team for Radiation Oncology (IAEA)

QuBS

Quantum Beam Science Directorate (Japan)

QUILL

Queen's University Ionic Liquid Laboratories (United Kingdom)

QUT

Queensland University of Technology (Australia)

conversion ratio

gas constant

multiple correlation coefficient

röntgen

radium

retinoic acid

RAAN

Autonomous Administration for Nuclear

Activities Regia Autonoma pentru Activitati

Nucleare

(Romania)

RAB

radiological assessment branch

RAB

reactor auxiliary building

RAC

Regional Activity Centre (UNEP)

rad

radian

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rad

röntgen absorbed dose [This was replaced by the

gray (Gy).]

RADEV

International Database on Unusual Radiation

Events [This database was subsequently

integrated into the Regulatory Authority

Information System (RAIS) and the acronym

RADEV is no longer used.]

(IAEA)

RADHORT

African Network for the Development of

Horticulture Réseau africain pour le

développement de l'horticulture

RADLOT

Radiation Source Location Tracking (IAEA/Republic of

Korea/Viet Nam)

RADSED

Enhancing Radiation Safety through Efficient and

Modern Dosimetry

(IAEA)

RADWASS

Radioactive Waste Safety Standards [This was

used formerly.]

(IAEA)

RAEN

Argentine Nuclear Education Network Red

Argentina de Educación Nuclear

RAF

FAO Regional Office for Africa

RAF

Africa region (Technical

cooperation)

RAFM steel

reduced activation ferritic/martensitic steel

RAG-SFM

Regular Advisory Group on Spent Fuel

Management

(IAEA)

RAID

redundant array of independent disks

RAIS

Regulatory Authority Information System (IAEA)

RAIS

Risk Assessment Information System (USA)

RAL

Rutherford Appleton Laboratory (United Kingdom)

RALACA

Latin American and Caribbean Analytical

Network Red Analítica de Latinoamérica y el

Caribe

RAM

random-access memory

RAM

relative atomic mass

RAMA

Automatic Atmospheric Monitoring Network Red

Automática de Monitoreo Atmosférico

(Mexico)

RAMG

Regulatory Assistance Management Group (European Union)

RAMP

Review of Accident Management Programmes (IAEA)

RAMS

Russian Academy of Medical Sciences

RAMTRANS

Packaging, Transport, Storage & Security of

Radioactive Material [This is a journal.]

RAMU

Universal Health Insurance System Régime

d’assurance maladie universelle

(Benin)

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RANET

Response and Assistance Network [New name as

of 1 January 2011 of the Response Assistance

Network, which replaced the Emergency

Response Network in 2006.]

(IAEA)

RANS

Russian Academy of Natural Sciences

RANSE

Russian Association of Nuclear Science and

Education

RAO

right anterior oblique (Medicine)

RAP

FAO Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific

RAPS

Rajasthan Atomic Power Station (India)

RAPs

reference animals and plants

RAPAT

Radiation Protection Advisory Team (IAEA)

RAPD

random amplified polymorphic DNA

RAPHAEL

Reactor for Process Heat, Hydrogen and

Electricity Generation

(Euratom)

RAR

reasonably assured resources [This is a category

of uranium resources.]

RAR

Restricted Article Regulations [These are now

known as Dangerous Goods Regulations (DGR).]

(IATA)

Rarotonga Treaty

South Pacific Nuclear Free Zone Treaty (Reproduced in IAEA

document

INFCIRC/331)

RAS

Asia and the Pacific region (Technical

cooperation)

RAS

Regulatory Activities Section [Part of the

Division of Nuclear Installation Safety (NSNI).]

(IAEA)

RAS

Russian Academy of Sciences

RaSaReN

Radiation Safety Regulators Network (IAEA)

RASCA

Regional Advisory Safety Committee for

Research Reactors in Africa

RASCAP

Regional Advisory Safety Committee for

Research Reactors in Asia and the Pacific

RASFF

Rapid Alert System for Food and Feed (European Union)

RaSIA

Radiation Safety Infrastructure Appraisal [Name

of the former Radiation Safety Regulatory

Infrastructure (RSRI). The initial acronym

RSIA was subsequently replaced by RaSIA. The

RaSIA was later subsumed into the Integrated

Regulatory Review Service (IRRS).]

(IAEA)

RASIMS

Radiation Safety Information Management

System

(IAEA)

RASSAC

Radiation Safety Standards Advisory Committee

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[This was replaced by the Radiation Safety

Standards Committee (RASSC).]

RASSC

Radiation Safety Standards Committee [This

replaced the Radiation Safety Standards Advisory

Committee (RASSAC).]

(IAEA)

RaSSIA

Radiation Safety and Security of Radioactive

Sources Infrastructure Appraisal [This service

was integrated into the Integrated Regulatory

Review Service (IRRS).]

(IAEA)

RAST

radioallergosorbent test

RATA

Radioactive Waste Management Agency

Radioaktyviųjų atliekų tvarkymo agentūra

(Lithuania)

RAW

Regional West Asia (IAEA)

RaWaSIP

Radiation and Waste Safety Infrastructure Profile (IAEA)

RAWRA

Radioactive Waste Repository Authority Správa

úložišť radioaktivních odpadů

(Czech Republic)

reactor building

Regular Budget (IAEA)

rubidium

RBA

radioligand binding assay

RBA

receptor binding assay

RBAC

role based access control

RBAP

Regional Bureau for Asia and the Pacific (UNDP)

RBB

results based budgeting

RBC

red blood cell

RBE

relative biological effectiveness

RBEC

Regional Bureau for Europe and the

Commonwealth of Independent States

(UNDP)

RBF

Regular Budget Fund (IAEA)

RBI

Ruđer Bošković Institute Institut Ruđer

Bošković(IRB)

(Croatia)

RBM

results based management

RBM

rod block monitor

RBM

Roll Back Malaria (WHO

project/campaign)

RBMK

high-power channel-type reactor

RBP

retinol-binding protein

RBS

Rutherford backscattering

RBS

Rutherford backscattering spectrometry

RBWR

resource-renewable boiling water reactor (Japan)

RBZ

riparian buffer zone

Resident Coordinator (United Nations)

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RCA

Regional Co-operative Agreement for Research,

Development and Training Related to Nuclear

Science and Technology

(IAEA)

RCA

root cause analysis

RCA

Russian Customs Academy

RCARO

RCA Regional Office

RCAS

reactor coolant and associated systems

RCB

Response Coordination Branch [This was formed

from a merger of the Disaster Response Branch

(DRB) and the Complex Emergency Response

Branch (CERB) and was in turn replaced by the

Coordination and Response Division (RCB).]

(UNOCHA)

rCBF

regional cerebral blood flow

RCC

Regional Coordination Centre for Preparedness

and Response to Oil, Hazardous and Noxious

Substances Pollution in the Western Indian Ocean

RCCA

rod cluster control assembly

RCCS

reactor cavity cooling system

RCF

refractory ceramic fibre

RCF

Regulatory Cooperation Forum

RCF

Regional Strategic Cooperative Framework (AFRA)

RCHEPH

Republican Centre for Hygiene, Epidemiology

and Public Health

(Belarus)

RCIC system

reactor core isolation cooling system

RCM

radiation conveyor belt monitor

RCM

Regional Coordination Mechanism (UNECE)

RCM

Research Coordination Meeting [This used to be a

category of IAEA meeting. It was replaced by

Technical Meeting (TM).]

(IAEA)

RCMIS

Radionuclide Countermeasure Information

System

(IAEA)

RCOPS

reactor cavity overpressure protection system

RCP

representative concentration pathway

RCP

reactor coolant pump

RCP

Regional Cooperation Plan for the Promotion of

Nuclear Science and Technology in Latin

America and the Caribbean Plan de Cooperacón

Regional para la Promoción de la Ciencia y la

Tecnología Nucleares para América Latina y el

Caribe

(ARCAL)

RCPB

reactor coolant pressure boundary

RCRC

Russian Cancer Research Centre

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RCPS

reactor control and protection system

RCR

Royal College of Radiologists (United Kingdom)

RCS

reactor coolant system

RCS

Records and Communications Section [This has

been replaced by the Archives and Records

Management Section (ARMS).]

(IAEA)

RCS

Research Contracts System

RCT

randomized controlled trial

RCU

Regional Coordinating Unit (Abidjan Convention)

RCZ

Research Council of Zimbabwe

R&D

research and development

retardation coefficient

RDA

recommended daily allowance

RDA

rod drop accident

RDA

Rural Development Administration (Republic of Korea)

RDBMA

relational database management system

RDC

Radiation Safety Centre (Latvia)

RDC

regional designated centre (AFRA)

RDD

radiological dispersal device

RD&D

research, development and demonstration

RDI

recommended daily intake

RDI

research and development institute

RDIPE

Research and Development Institute of Power

Engineering [The acronym NIKIET should be

used in IAEA documents.]

(Russian Federation)

RDP

rumen degradable protein

R²D²P

Research Reactor Decommissioning

Demonstration Project

(IAEA)

RDS

Reference Data Series (IAEA)

RDX

rapid detonating explosive

resilience engineering

rhenium

Reynolds number

REA

rod ejection accident

REAC/TS

Radiation Emergency Assistance Center/Training

Site

(USA)

REB

Reviewed Event Bulletin (CTBTO)

REC

Regional Environmental Center for Central and

Eastern Europe

RECAN

Regional European and Central Asian ALARA

Network

RECAUCA

Regulations of the Central American Uniform

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Customs Code

RECOPE

Costa Rican Oil Refinery Refinadora

Costarricense de Petróleo

RECP

radiation emergency communications plan

RED

Latin America Network of Assisted Reproduction

Red Latinoamericana de Reproducción Asistida

RED

radiological exposure device

REDD

reducing emissions from deforestation and forest

degradation or reducing emissions from

deforestation and forest degradation in developing

countries [The second form is the one commonly

used in the UN system.]

REE

rare-earth element

RegNet

International Regulatory Network

REGIDESO

Water Distribution Authority of the Democratic

Republic of the Congo Régie de distribution d'eau

de la République démocratique du Congo

(Democratic Republic

of the Congo)

REID

risk of exposure-induced death

REIO

regional economic integration organization

REL

Radioecology Laboratory [part of the IAEA

Marine Environment Laboratory, Monaco

(NAML)]

(IAEA)

RELAP

[This is the name of a computer code and not

normally regarded as an acronym. The full form

Reactor Excursion and Leak Analysis Program is

not normally used.]

(Computing)

REM

radiation emergency medicine

REM

rare-earth metal

rem

röntgen equivalent man [This was replaced by the

sievert (Sv).]

REMAT

Radiation Emergency Medical Assistance Team (Japan)

REMCO

Committee on Reference Materials (ISO)

REME

Research Group on the Economics and

Management of the Environment Recherches en

économie et management de l'environnement

[This is part of the Institute of Urban and

Regional Sciences (INTER).]

(Switzerland)

REMESA

Mediterranean Animal Health Network

REMEX

Radiological Emergency Management Exercise

REMPAN

Radiation Emergency Medical Preparedness and

Assistance Network

(WHO)

REMPEC

Regional Marine Pollution Emergency Response (Mediterranean Action

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Centre for the Mediterranean Sea Plan)

ReNuAL

Renovation of the Nuclear Applications

Laboratories

(IAEA)

REPLIE

Response Plan for Incidents and Emergencies (IAEA)

REPROLAM

Network for the Optimization of Occupational

Radiation Protection in Latin America Red de

Optimización de Protección Radiológica

Ocupacional en Latinoamérica

RepU

reprocessed uranium

RER

Europe region (Technical

cooperation)

RERF

Radiation Effects Research Foundation (Japan/USA)

RERTR

Programme

Reduced Enrichment for Research and Test

Reactors Programme

(IAEA)

RES

radiation enhanced sublimation

ReSCA

Remediation Strategies after the Chernobyl

Accident

(IAEA)

RESSAC

Rehabilitation of Soils and Surfaces after an

Accident

REU

FAO Regional Office for Europe and Central Asia

REV

room’s eye view [This is a synonym of observer’s

eye view (OEV).]

(Medicine)

REWDRC

Renewable Energies and Water Desalination

Research Center

(Libya)

radio frequency

release fraction

Reserve Fund

RFA

radiation field analyser

RFA

radio frequency ablation

RFA Form

Request for Assistance Form (IAEA)

RFBR

Russian Foundation for Basic Research

RFCC

regional nuclear fuel cycle centre

RFID

radio frequency identification

RFLP

restriction fragment length polymorphism

RFNC

Russian Federal Nuclear Centre

RFP

reversed field pinch

RFQ linac

radio frequency quadrupole linac

RFS

Recyclable-Fuel Storage Company (Japan)

RFX

Reversed Field Experiment (ENEA)

RGCI & RC

Rajiv Gandhi Cancer Institute and Research

Centre

(India)

RGRT

respiratory gated radiotherapy

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RGS

radio-guided surgery

RGS

respiratory gating system

relative humidity

remote handling

rhodium

RH mapping

radiation hybrid mapping

RHBV

rice hoja blanca tenuivirus

RHEED

reflection high energy electron diffraction

RHM

röntgen-per-hour-at-one-metre

RHR system

residual heat removal system

RHS

radionuclide heat source

RHS

rectangular hollow section

RHUH

Rafik Hariri University Hospital (Lebanon)

radiographic inspection

radioisotope

RI School

School on Radioisotopes (WNU)

RIA

radioactive iodine ablation

RIA

radiological impact assessment

RIA

reactivity initiated accident

RIA

reactivity insertion accident

RIA

radioimmunoassay

RIAD

Radiation and Isotope Application Division (Pakistan)

RIAH

Research Institute of Animal Husbandry (Mongolia)

RIAP

Research Institute for Asia and the Pacific (Australia)

RIAR

Research Institute of Atomic Reactors (Russian Federation)

RIARAE

Russian Institute of Agricultural Radiology and

Agroecology

(Russian Federation)

RIB

radioactive ion beam

RIBA

recombinant immunoblot assay

RICA assay

rapid interphase chromosome aberration assay

RID

radionuclide identification device

RID

Reactor Institute Delft [Prior to 1 January 2005,

this was known as the Interfaculty Reactor

Institute (IRI). It is part of the Delft University of

Technology.]

(Netherlands)

RID

Regulations concerning the International Carriage

of Dangerous Goods by Rail

RIDM

risk informed decision making

RIDP

Regulatory Infrastructure Development Project (IAEA)

RIFSE

Research Institute of Fire Safety and Emergencies (Belarus)

RIHMI–WDC

All-Russia Research Institute of

Hydrometeorological Information – World Data

(Russian Federation)

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Centre

RIHN

Research Institute for Humanity and Nature (Japan)

RIHTOP

Research Institute of Hygiene, Toxicology and

Occupational Pathology

(Russian Federation)

RIIA

Royal Institute of International Affairs (United Kingdom)

RI-ISI

risk-informed in-service inspection

RIKEN

[This is a company name that is not regarded as

an acronym.]

(Japan)

RIMP

Research Institute of Medicinal Plants Instytut

Roślin i Przetworów Zielarskich

(Poland)

RINC

National Cancer Institutes Network Red de

Institutos Nacionales de Cáncer

(Union of South

American Nations)

RINPO

Research Institute of Nuclear Power Operation (China)

RIO technology

reconfigurable input/output technology

RIP

reactor internal pump

RIPD

Radioisotope Production Division [This is part of

the Institute of Nuclear Science and Technology

(INST).]

(Bangladesh)

RIPL

Reference Input Parameter Library

RIS

radiation-induced segregation

RIS

radioimmunoscintigraphy

RIS

radiology information system

RISC

reduced instruction set computer

RISC

Review of Innovative Reactor Concepts for

Prevention of Severe Accidents and Mitigation of

their Consequences [This is the title of an INPRO

collaborative project.]

(IAEA)

RISCMAR

Radioecological and Isotopic Solutions for

Coastal Marine Problems

(IAEA)

Risø

Risø National Laboratory Om Forskningscenter

Risø [As of 1 January 2007, this was reanamed

the National Laboratory for Sustainable Energy

(Risø DTU)

(Denmark)

Risø DTU

National Laboratory for Sustainable Energy

Nationallaboratoriet for Bæredygtig Energi

(Denmark)

RIST

Research Organization for Information Science

and Technology

(Japan)

RISTEK

Ministry of Research and Technology

Kementerian Riset dan Teknologi

(Indonesia)

RIT

radioimmunotherapy

RIT

radioisotope therapy

RIV

Agreement governing the exchange and use of

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wagons between Railway Undertakings

RIVM

National Institute for Public Health and the

Environment Rijksinstituut voor Volksgezondheid

en Milieu

(Netherlands)

radioluminescence

RLA

Latin America region (Technical

cooperation)

RLB

recirculation line break

RLB

reverse line blot

RLBA

radioligand binding assay

RLC

FAO Regional Office for Latin America and the

Caribbean

RLE

review level earthquake

R-LMS

Regional Learning Management System (IAEA)

RLS

restless legs syndrome

reference material

remote monitoring

resource mobilization

RMA

Royal Military Academy École royale militaire (Belgium)

RMAC

radiological monitoring and assessment centre

RMI

Institute for Particle and Nuclear Physics

Részecske- és Magfizikai Intézet

(Hungary)

RMI

Meeting Energy Needs in the Period of Raw

Materials Insufficiency during the 21st Century

[This is an INPRO collaborative project.]

(INPRO)

RMI

reticulocyte maturity index

RMKI

Research Institute for Particle and Nuclear

Physics Részecske- és Magfizikai Kutatóintézet

[This was replaced by the Institute for Particle and

Nuclear Physics (RMI).]

(Hungary)

RML

Radiometrics Laboratory [part of the IAEA

Marine Environment Laboratory, Monaco

(NAML)]

(IAEA)

RMO

regional metrology organization (BIPM)

RMO

resource mobilization officer

RMAPO

Russian Medical Academy of Postgraduate

Education

(Russian Federation)

RMP

Royal Malaysia Police

RMPS

Radiation Monitoring and Protection Services

Section [The name of this Section was changed in

2003 to Policy and Programme Support Section

(PPSS). It is part of the Division of Radiation,

(IAEA)

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Transport and Waste Safety (NSRW).]]

RMS

remote monitoring system

rms

root mean square

RMSA

remotely monitored sealing array

RMWG

Response and Mitigation Working Group (GICNT)

RMWR

reduced-moderation water reactor (Japan)

radon [This is the conventional name for radon-

222.]

RNA

ribonucleic acid

RNAA

radiochemical neutron activation analysis

RNAL

Reference Neutron Activation Library (IAEA)

RNase A

ribonuclease A

RNE

FAO Regional Office for the Near East

RNEPR

regional radiological and nuclear emergency

preparedness plan

RNMDR

Russian National Medical Dosimetric Register (Russian Federation)

RNPLS&T

Russian National Public Library for Science and

Technology

(Russian Federation)

RNPP

Rooppur nuclear power plant (Bangladesh)

RNPP

Rovno nuclear power plant (Ukraine)

RNT

radionuclide therapy

RNVRA

National Environmental Radiation Monitoring

Network Red Nacional de Vigilancia Radiológica

Ambiental

(Cuba)

reverse osmosis

RoA

rate of attainment

ROAC

radon on activated charcoal

ROADMAPS

Roadmaps for a Transition to Globally

Sustainable Nuclear Energy Systems [This is a

collaborative project under INPRO.]

(IAEA)

ROADS

Registry Operations and Data Standards (USA)

RODOS

Real-time On-line Decision Support System for

Nuclear Emergency Management

(EU)

ROG

Radiation Oncology Group (EORTC)

ROI

region of interest

ROI

return on investment

ROK

Republic of Korea [The abbreviation should not

normally be used in IAEA documents.]

ROLE Project

Rule of Law Effectiveness Project (Philippines/USAID)

ROLL

radio-guided occult lesion localization

ROM

read-only memory

ROM

run-of-mine

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ROMP

radiation oncology medical physics

ROP

Reactor Oversight Process (USA)

ROPME

Regional Organization for the Protection of the

Marine Environment

ROR system

run-of-river system

RORC

Republican Oncology Research Center (Tajikistan,

Uzbekistan)

ROS

reactive oxygen species

Rosatom

State Atomic Energy Corporation “Rosatom”

[This replaced the Federal Atomic Energy Agency

(Rosatom) in 2007.]

(Russian Federation)

Rosam-CICE&T

Rosatom Central Institute for Continuing

Education and Training

(Russian Federation)

Rosaviakosmos

Russian Aviation and Space Agency [This is the

former name of the Federal Space Agency

(Roscosmos).]

Roscosmos

Federal Space Agency [This was previously

called the Russian Aviation and Space Agency

(Rosaviakosmos).]

(Russian Federation)

Rosenergoatom

Concern for Production of Electric and Thermal

Energy at Nuclear Power Plants [This was

peviously known as Russian State Concern for

Generation of Electric and Thermal Power at

Nuclear Power Plants.]

Roshydromet

Federal Service for Hydrometeorology and

Environmental Monitoring [This was previously

called Russian Federal Service for

Hydrometeorology and Environmental

Monitoring, but the word "Russian" was dropped

in May 2004.]

(Russian Federation)

ROSIS

Radiation Oncology Safety Information System

Rosselkhoznadzor

Federal Service for Veterinary and Phytosanitary

Surveillance

(Russian Federation)

Rosstandart

Federal Agency for Technical Regulation and

Metrology [Previously the acronym used was

Rostechregulirovanie.]

(Russian Federation)

Rostechregulirovanie

Federal Agency for Technical Regulation and

Metrology [This acronym was used from 2004 to

June 2010 when the acronym was replaced by

Rosstandart.]

(Russian Federation)

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Rostechnadzor

Federal Environmental, Industrial and Nuclear

Supervision Service [This resulted from a merger

in May 2004 of the former Federal Nuclear and

Radiation Safety Authority of Russia

(Gosatomnadzor) and the former Federal

Technology Supervisory Service.]

(Russian Federation)

Rotterdam

Convention

Rotterdam Convention on the Prior Informed

Consent Procedure for Certain Hazardous

Chemicals and Pesticides in International Trade

ROWA

Regional Office for West Asia (UNEP)

radiopharmaceutical

rinderpest

RPA

radiation protection assistant

RPA

Radiation Protection Authority (Mauritius)

RPAZ

Radiation Protection Authority of Zimbabwe

RPB

Radiation Protection Board (Kenya, Malta)

RPB

Radiation Protection Bureau (Canada)

RPC

Radiological Physics Center [This is part of the

University of Texas.]

(USA)

RPC

Radiation Protection Commission (Albania)

RPC

Radiation Protection Committee (IAEA)

RPC

reactive powder concrete

RPE

radiation protection expert

RPE

respiratory protection equipment

RP-HPLC

reverse phase high performance liquid

chromatography

RPI

Portuguese Research Reactor Reactor Português

de Investigação

RPI

Radiation Protection Inspectorate [This was

replaced on 1 July 2007 by the Centre for

Radiation Protection and Nuclear Science

(CRPNS).]

(Singapore)

RPI

Radiation Protection Institute (Botswana, Ghana)

RPI

Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (USA)

RPI

retail price index

RPII

Radiological Protection Institute of Ireland

RPM

radiation portal monitor

rpm

revolutions per minute

RPN

Regional Programme Note (Technical

cooperation)

RPO

radiation protection officer

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RPO

recovery point objective

RPO

right posterior oblique (Medicine)

RPOP

Radiation Protection of Patients website (IAEA)

RPRC

Radiopharmaceuticals Production and Research

Centre Ośrodek Produkcji i Badania

Radiofarmaceutyków

(Poland)

RPS

National Police Board Rikspolisstyrelsen (Sweden)

RPS

radiation protection supervisor

RPS

reactor protection system

RPT

radiopharmaceutical therapy

RPU

receiver–processor unit

RPV

reactor pressure vessel

RPVI

reactor pressure vessel internals

RPW

red palm weevil

research reactor

RRA

radioreceptor assay

RRADB

Research Reactor Ageing Database (IAEA)

RRC

regional resource centre (Technical

cooperation)

RRCA

research reactor and critical assembly

RRCAT

Raja Ramanna Centre for Advanced Technology

[This used to be known as the Centre for

Advanced Technology (CAT).]

(India)

RRDB

Research Reactor Database (IAEA)

RRF

Raja Ramanna Fellowship (India)

RRFM

European Research Reactor Conference [Prior to

2011, this was known as the International Topical

Meeting on Research Reactor Fuel Management

RRIAN

Regional Network for Information in the Nuclear

Area Red Regional de Información en el Area

Nuclear [This network covers Latin America and

the Caribbean.]

RRIN

Research Reactor Information Network (IAEA)

RRP

Institute of Radioisotopes and Radiodiagnostic

Products [This is part of the Demokritos National

Centre for Scientific Research.]

(Greece)

RRP

Rokkasho Reprocessing Plant (Japan)

RRR

Replacement Research Reactor [This was

renamed Open Pool Australian Light Water

Reactor (OPAL Reactor).]

(Australia)

RRR

Reviewed Radionuclide Report (CTBTO)

RRRFR

Russian Research Reactor Fuel Return (Russian

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programme

programme Federation/USA)

RRS

required response spectrum

RRS

Research Reactor Section [This is part of the

Division of Nuclear Fuel Cycle and Waste

Technology (NEFW).]

(IAEA)

RRSP

regional radiological security partnership

RRSS

Research Reactor Safety Section [Part of the

Division of Nuclear Installation Safety (NSNI).]

(IAEA)

RRU

regional resource unit (Technical

cooperation)

Russian Maritime Register of Shipping (Russian Federation)

RSA

response spectrum analysis

RSA

Revised Supplementary Agreement Concerning

the Provision of Technical Assistance by the

IAEA

RSA93

Radioactive Substances Act 1993 (United Kingdom)

RSAC

regional system of accounting for and control of

nuclear material

(Safeguards)

RSC

Radioactive Substances Committee (OSPAR Commission)

RSC

Radiation Protection Centre Radiacinės saugos

centras

(Lithuania)

RSC

Research School of Chemistry [This is part of the

Australian National University.]

(Australia)

RSCS

Republican Specialized Center of Surgery (Uzbekistan)

RSD

Radiation Safety Directorate (The former Yugoslav

Republic of

Macedonia)

RSD

Recruitment and Staff Development Section [part

of the Division of Human Resources (MTHR)]

(IAEA)

RSD

relative standard deviation

RSD

residual stress diffractometer

RSG-GAS

G.A. Siwabessy Multipurpose Reactor Reaktor

Serba Guna G.A. Siwabessy

(Indonesia)

RSIA

Radiation Safety Infrastructure Appraisal [New

name of the former Radiation Safety Regulatory

Infrastructure (RSRI). The acronym was

subsequently replaced by RaSIA.]

(IAEA)

RSIC

Radiation Shielding Information Center [In

August 1996 this was replaced by the Radiation

Safety Information Computational Centre

(RSICC).]

(USA)

RSICC

Radiation Safety Information Computational (USA)

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Centre [This is part of the Oak Ridge National

Laboratory (ORNL). It replaced the Radiation

Shielding Information Center (RSIC) in August

1996.]

RSK

Reactor Safety Commission Reaktor-

Sicherheitskommission

(Germany)

RSLS

International Working Forum on Regulatory

Supervision of Legacy Sites

(IAEA)

RSM

Radiation Safety and Monitoring Section (IAEA)

RSMC

Regional Specialized Meteorological Centre (WMO)

RSNA

Radiological Society of North America

RSO

Radiation Safety Officer

RSO

radiosynoviorthesis

RSP

Radiological Security Partnership

RSP

Regional Strategic Profile for Latin America and

the Caribbean

(ARCAL)

RSPM

Regional Standard for Phytosanitary Measures

RSPP

Russian Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs

(Employers)

RSRI

Radiation Safety Regulatory Infrastructure [The

name has been changed to Radiation Safety

Infrastructure Appraisal (RaSIA).]

(IAEA)

RSRS Project

Regional Security of Radioactive Sources Project

RSS

Radiation Safety Section [This was replaced in

2003 by the Radiation and Transport Safety

Section (RTS).]

(IAEA)

RSSPMCOG

Republican Specialized Scientific–Practical

Medical Center of Obstetrics and Gynecology

(Uzbekistan)

RSTCG

Radioactive Source Technical Coordination

Group

(IAEA)

RSTSU

Radiation Safety Technical Services Unit [This is

part of the Radiation Safety and Monitoring

Section in the Division of Radiation, Transport

and Waste Safety.]

(IAEA)

RSV

radiosynovectomy

RSV

respiratory syncytial virus

RSWG

Risk and Safety Working Group (GIF)

radiographic testing

radiotherapy

reverse transcription

RTC

Radiation Therapy Committee (USA)

RTC

regional training course

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R&TD

research and technology development

RTD

residence time distribution

RTD

resistance temperature detector

RTDB

Reference Technology Database (IAEA)

RTF

rich text format

RTG

radioisotope thermoelectric generator

RTH

Regional Telecommunication Hub (WMO)

RTIL

room temperature ionic liquid

RTL

radiothermoluminescence

RTO

recovery time objective

RT–PCR

reverse transcription–polymerase chain reaction

RTPS

radiotherapy treatment planning system

RTR

real-time radiography

RTS

Russian Translation Section [part of the Division

of Conference and Document Services (MTCD)]

(IAEA)

RTSS

Radiation and Transport Safety Section [This was

part of the Division of Radiation, Transport and

Waste Safety (NSRW). It was replaced in October

2007 by the Radiation Safety and Monitoring

Section.]

(IAEA)

RTT

radiation therapy technologist

reprocessed uranium

ruthenium

RUCA

University Centre of Antwerp Universitair

Centrum Antwerpen [It merged with two other

university institutions in 2003 to form the

University of Antwerp (UA). Prior to 1991 it was

known as Rijksuniversitair Centrum.]

(Belgium)

RUF

ready-to-use food

RUP

Rational Unified Process [This is a software

development process.]

RUP

rumen undegradable protein

RUSNANO

Russian Corporation of Nanotechnologies

re-entry vehicle

relief valve

right ventricular

right ventricule

RV system

record and verify system (Medicine)

RVF

Rift Valley fever

RVFV

Rift Valley fever virus

RVI

reactor vessel internals

RVNRL

radiation vulcanization of natural rubber latex or

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radiation vulcanized natural rubber latex

RVSS

remote video surveillance system

RWC

Rice-Wheat Consortium for Indo-Gangetic Plains (CGIAR/CIMMYT)

RWE

[This is not regarded as an acronym, but is the

form that should be used as the company’s name.

The old name of the company until 1990 was

Rhineland-Westphalia Electricity Company]

RWE Energy

[This is not regarded as an acronym, but is the

form that should be used as the company’s name.]

RWE NUKEM

[This is not regarded as an acronym, but is the

form that should be used as the company’s name.]

RWG

Recovery Working Group (United Kingdom)

RWJMS

Robert Wood Johnson Medical School (USA)

RWM

radioactive waste management

RWM Registry

Radioactive Waste Management Registry [See

also RWMR.]

(IAEA)

RWMC

Radioactive Waste Management Committee (NEA)

RWMC

Radioactive Waste Management Complex [Thuis

is part of the Idaho National Engineering and

Environmental Laboratory (INEEL).]

(USA)

RWMC

Radioactive Waste Management Funding and

Research Center [This was formerly known as the

Radioactive Waste Management Center and the

acronym was kept when the name changed.]

(Japan)

RWMR

Radioactive Waste Management Registry [See

also RWM Registry.]

(IAEA)

RWMTG

Topical Group on Radioactive Waste

Management

(ANSN)

RWP

radiation work permit

RWSSI

Rural Water Supply and Sanitation Initiative (African Development

Bank)

RYMV

rice yellow mottle virus

collective effective dose

second

siemens [SI unit of conductance]

special form radioactive material (Type code defined in

IAEA Transport

Regulations)

sulphur

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S wave

shear wave

Super-Safe, Small and Simple [This is the name of

an advanced reactor design.]

Staff Administration Section [part of the Division

of Human Resources (MTHR)]

(IAEA)

System Arrangement (Generation IV

International Forum)

S–A cavity theory

Spencer–Attix cavity theory

SA node

sinoatrial node

SAA

severe accident analysis

SAAP

Safety Assessment Advisory Programme (IAEA)

SAARC

South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation

SAAS

Sichuan Academy of Animal Sciences (China)

SABRAO

Society for the Advancement of Breeding Research

in Asia and Oceania

SAC

Safety Assessment Capacity and Competency

Review

(IAEA)

SAC

Scientific Advisory Committee [This is defunct and

has been replaced by various special advisory

bodies.]

(IAEA)

SACG

Self-Assessment Coordination Group (ANSN)

SACI

Service for the Application of International

Controls Service d'application des contrôles

internationaux [This is part of the Institute for

Radiological Protection and Nuclear Safety

(IRSN).]

(France)

SACLA

[This is the name of a laser facility and not regarded

as an acronym.]

(Japan)

SAD

source–axis distance

SAD

Subcritical Assembly at Dubna

SADA

shared aquifer diagnostic analysis

SADAT

Section for Advanced Development Applications

and Technologies

(Islamic Rebulbic of

Iran)

SADC

Southern African Development Community

SADCMET

Southern African Development Community

Cooperation in Measurement Traceability

SADI

Comprehensive Home Care System Sistema de

Atención Domiciliaria Integral

(Panama)

SADRWMS

International Project on Safety Assessment Driving

Radioactive Waste Management Solutions

(IAEA)

SAE

Secretariat of Strategic Affairs Secretaria de

Assuntos Estratégicos

(Brazil)

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SAEC

Sudan Atomic Energy Commission

SAEPF

State Agency for Environmental Protection and

Forestry

(Kyrgystan)

SAET

Programme

Safety Assessment Education and Training

Programme

(IAEA)

SAFCI

Unified Intercultural Community and Family

Health System Sistema Único de Salud Familiar

Comunitaria e Intercultural

(Bolivia)

SafeWork

InFocus Programme on Safety and Health at Work

and the Environment

(ILO)

SAFRAD

Safety in Radiological Procedures

SAFRAN

Safety Assessment Framework [This is a software

tool.]

SAFRON

Safety in Radiation Oncology (IAEA)

SAFT

synthetic aperture focusing technique

SAG

Agriculture and Livestock Service Servicio

Agrícola y Ganadero

(Chile)

SAG

Secretariat for Agriculture and Livestock Secretaría

de Agricultura y Ganadería

(Honduras)

SAGARPA

Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock, Rural

Development, Fisheries and Food Secretaría de

Agricultura, Ganadería, Desarrollo Rural, Pesca y

Alimentación

(Mexico)

SAGD

steam-assisted gravity drainage

SAGE

serial analysis of gene expression

SAGNA

Standing Advisory Group on Nuclear Applications (IAEA)

SAGNE

Standing Advisory Group on Nuclear Energy (IAEA)

SAGOR

Safeguards for Final Disposal of Spent Fuel in

Geological Repositories [This was replaced by

Application of Safeguards to Geological

Repositories (ASTOR).]

(IAEA)

SAGSI

Standing Advisory Group on Safeguards

Implementation

(IAEA)

SAGTAC

Standing Advisory Group on Technical Assistance

and Cooperation

(IAEA)

SAGPyA

Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock, Fisheries and

Food Secretaría de Agricultura, Ganadería, Pesca

y Alimentos [This was replaced by the Ministry of

Agriculture, Livestock and Fisheries.]

(Argentina)

SAI

supreme audit institution [Write with lower case

when used generically and with initial capitals

when used specifically.]

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SAIC

Science Applications International Corporation

SAICM

Strategic Approach to International Chemicals

Management

SAIP

South African Institute of Physics

SAIS

Public-Interest Agricultural Society Sociedad

Agrícola de Interés Social

(Peru)

SAIW

Southern African Institute of Welding [In 1995, it

was decided to change the name of the then South

African Institute of Welding to the Southern

African Institute of Welding.]

SAL

Safeguards Analytical Laboratory [This was part of

the Agency's Laboratories (Seibersdorf and

Headquarters) (NAAL) but was disbanded in 2010]

(IAEA)

SAL

Safeguards Analytical Laboratories [This is the

collective name referring to the Environmental

Sample Laboratory and the Nuclear Material

Laboratory in Seibersdorf and the On-Site

Laboratory in Japan.]

(IAEA)

SAL

sterility assurance level

SALT I

Agreement

Interim Agreement between the United States of

America and the Union of Soviet Socialist

Republics on Certain Measures with Respect to the

Limitation of Strategic Offensive Arms

SALT II Treaty

Treaty between the United States of America and

the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics on the

Limitation of Strategic Offensive Arms

SALTO

Extrabudgetary Programme on Safety Aspects of

Long Term Operation of Water Moderated Reactors

(IAEA)

SALTO

Safety Aspects of Long Term Operation (IAEA)

SAM

severe accident management

SAM

severe acute malnutrition

SAM

stabilized assay meter

SAMGs

severe accident management guidelines

SAMPSON

Severe Accident Analysis Code with Mechanistic,

Parallelized Simulations Oriented towards Nuclear

Field

SAMT

symptom-based accident management toolkit (IAEA)

SAN

storage area network

SANAA

National Autonomous Service for Aqueducts and

Drains Servicio Autónomo Nacional de Acueductos

y Alcantarillados

(Honduras)

SANAEM

Sarayköy Nuclear Research and Training Center (Turkey)

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Sarayköy Nükleer Araştırma ve Eğitim Merkezi

SANAS

South African National Accreditation System (South Africa)

SANS

small angle neutron scattering

SAO

Special Audit Office (Philippines)

SAP

sintered aluminium powder

SAP

Stabilisation and Association Process (European Union)

SAP

strategic action programme (UNDP)

SAP

sufficient, assured and predictable

SAP

superabsorbent polymer

SAPIERR

Support Action: Pilot Initiative for European

Regional Repositories

SAPs

Safety Assessment Principles (United Kingdom)

SAPP

Southern African Power Pool

SAPS

South African Police Service (South Africa)

SAPS

Staff Accounts Payable Section (IAEA)

SAR

safety analysis report

SAR

search and rescue

SARAF

School for Advanced Residue Analysis in Food (France)

SARCoN

Guidelines for Systematic Assessment of

Regulatory Competence Needs

(IAEA)

SARD

sustainable agriculture and rural development

SARDI

South Australian Research and Development

Institute

SARIS

Self-Assessment of Regulatory Infrastructure for

Safety

(IAEA)

SARNRA

State Agency for Regulation of Nuclear and

Radiological Activity

(Azerbaijan)

SARPS

South African Radiation Protection Society

SARRP

Safety Analysis Report Review Plan (IAEA)

SARS

severe acute respiratory syndrome

SAS

Safety Assessment Section [part of the Division of

Nuclear Installation Safety (NSNI)]

(IAEA)

SAS

Self-rating Anxiety Scale

SAS

sleep apnoea syndrome

SAS

Slovak Academy of Sciences Slovenská akadémia

vied

SASTIND

State Administration of Science, Technology and

Industry for National Defense [This superseded the

Commission of Science, Technology and Industry

for National Defense (COSTIND) in 2008.]

(China)

SAT

Self-Assessment Tool

(IAEA)

SAT

sequential aerosol technique

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SAT

systematic approach to training

SAT

Tax Administration Service Servicio de

Administración Tributaria

(Mexico)

SATG

Topical Group on Safety Analysis [This Group was

disbanded in 2014.]

(ANSN)

SATG

Topical Group on Safety Assessment (ANSN)

SATURN

Support System for the Assessment of the

Performance of Environmental Remediation

Strategies in Uranium Mining Activities

(IAEA)

SAUM

State Agricultural University of Moldova

Universitatea Agrara de Stat din Moldova

SAVI

Systematic Analysis of Vulnerability to Intrusion (Physical protection)

SAW

submerged arc welding

SAXS

small angle X-ray scattering

antimony

SBAA

Standard Basic Assistance Agreement (UNDP)

SBD

safeguards by design

SBEOP

symptom-based emergency operating procedure

Sberbank

Savings Bank of the Russian Federation

SBGS

State Border Guard Service (Lithuania)

SBHCI

Brazilian Society of Hemodynamics and

Interventional Cardiology Sociedade Brasileira de

Hemodinâmica e Cardiologia Intervencionista

SBLOCA

small break loss of coolant accident

SBO

station blackout

SBRT

Brazilian Society of Radiotherapy Sociedade

Brasileira de Radioterapia

SBRT

stereotactic body radiation therapy

SBS

stimulated Brillouin scattering

SBU

Security Service of Ukraine

SBU

Shahid Beheshti University (Islamic Republic of

Iran)

SBWR

simplified boiling water reactor

scandium

steel plate reinforced concrete

subcutaneous

SCA

Service Clearing Account (UNDP)

SCA

single-channel analyser

SCALE

Standardized Computer Analyses for Licensing

Evaluation

(USA)

SCAN

Subsecretariat for Nuclear Control and Applications

Subsecretaría de Control y Aplicaciones Nucleares

(Ecuador)

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SCAR

Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (ICSU)

SCAR

sequence characterized amplified region

SCART

Safety Culture Assessment Review Team (IAEA)

SCAS

Staff Costs Allocation System (IAEA)

SCB

sugarcane borer

SCC

Security Control Centre (VIC)

SCC

self-compacting concrete or self-consolidating

concrete

SCC

Siberian Chemical Complex (Russian Federation)

SCC

Situation and Crisis Center (Russian Federation)

SCC

spinal cord compression

SCC

squamous cell carcinoma

SCC

State Customs Committee (Uzbekistan)

SCC

stress corrosion cracking

SCCA

squamous cell carcinoma antigen

SCCC

Common System of Accounting and Control of

Nuclear Materials

(Argentina/Brazil)

SCCP

Plasma Heating and Confinement Service Service

chauffage et confinement du plasma

(France)

SCD

sickle-cell disease [This is also known as sickle-cell

anaemia.]

SCD

source-to-chamber distance

SCDF

Singapore Civil Defence Force

SCE

sister chromatid exchange

SCE

Supreme Council for the Environment (Bahrain)

SCEGHS

Sub-Committee of Experts on the Globally

Harmonized System of Classification and Labelling

of Chemicals [This is also known by the short form

Sub-Committee of Experts on the GHS. It is a Sub-

Committee of the CETDGGHS.]

(United Nations)

SCENR

Supreme Council for the Environment and Natural

Reserves

(Qatar)

SCEP

Safety Culture Enhancement Programme [This

replaced the Assessment of Safety Culture in

Organizations Team (ASCOT) but is now itself

obsolete.]

(IAEA)

SCETDG

Sub-Committee of Experts on the Transport of

Dangerous Goods [This is also known by the short

form Sub-Committee of Experts on TDG. It is a

Sub-Committee of the CETDGGHS.]

(United Nations)

SCETMA

Standing Committee of Experts on Technologies for

Mine Action

(United Nations)

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SCF

Cuban Physics Society Sociedad Cubana de Física

SCF

supercritical fluid

SCFA

short chain fatty acid

SCG

Strategic Co-ordinating Group (United Kingdom)

Schengen

Convention

Convention implementing the Schengen Agreement

of 14 June 1985 between the Governments of the

States of the Benelux Economic Union, the Federal

Republic of Germany and the French Republic, on

the gradual abolition of checks at their common

borders

SCHMN

Chilean Nuclear Medicine Society Sociedad

Chilena de Medicina Nuclear

SCID

severe combined immunodeficiency

SCK•CEN

Belgian Nuclear Research Centre Studiecentrum

voor Kernenergie - Centre d'étude de l’énergie

nucléaire

(Belgium)

SCLC

small cell lung cancer

SCM

supply chain management

SCMN

Central Nuclear Medecine Service Service central

de médecine nucléaire

(Senegal)

SCN

United Nations System Standing Committee on

Nutrition [Formerly known as the Sub-Committee

on Nutrition, the name was changed in 2001.]

(United Nations)

SCNE

Steering Committee for Nuclear Energy (OECD/NEA)

SCNP

State Committee for Nature Protection of the

Republic of Uzbekistan

SCO

Shanghai Cooperation Organization

SCO

surface contaminated object

SCOH

Specialized Children's Oncohaematology Hospital (Bulgaria)

SCOPE

Scientific Committee on Problems of the

Environment [This was established by the

International Council for Science (ICSU).]

SCOR

Scientific Committee on Oceanic Research [This is

a committee of the International Council for

Science.]

(ICSU)

SCPI

sustainable crop production intensification

SCPRI

Central Service for Ionizing Radiation Protection

Service central de protection contre les

rayonnements ionisants [This is part of the National

Public Health Laboratory (LNSP).]

(Côte d'Ivoire)

SCR

selective catalytic reduction

SCR

Republican Clinical Hospital Spitalul Clinic (Republic of Moldova)

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Republican

SCRI

Scottish Crop Research Institute (United Kingdom)

SCS

shutdown cooling system

SCSA

safety culture self-assessment

SCSU

South Carolina State University (USA)

SCT

spiral computed tomography

SCT

stem cell transplantation

SCU

sister chromatid union

SCU

Subject Control Unit [part of the INIS Section] (IAEA)

SCWO

supercritical water oxidation [The acronym SCWO

not SWO should be used in IAEA documents.]

SCWR

supercritical water cooled reactor

standard deviation

sustainable development

SDA

standard design approval

SDC

Safety Design Criteria (Generation IV

Internationl Forum)

SDC

shutdown cooling

SDC

Staff Development Centre [In 2008, this replaced

the Learning Resource Centre (LRC).]

(IAEA)

SDC

Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation

SDCT

single-detector computed tomography

SDD

source-to-diaphragm distance

SDDI

Supplementary Death and Disability Insurance (IAEA)

SDG

sustainable development goal

SDI

selective dissemination of information

SDIS

server digital image surveillance system (Safeguards)

SDR

special drawing right (IMF)

SDS

Self-rating Depression Scale

SDS

sodium dodecyl sulphate

SDS–PAGE sodium dodecyl sulphate–polyacrylamide gel

electrophoresis

SDV

screening distance value

SDWA

Safe Drinking Water Act (USA)

selenium

Slovenské elektrárne (Slovakia)

standard error

SE4ALL

Sustainable Energy for All (United Nations/World

Bank Group)

SEA

Single European Act (European

Community)

SEA

strategic environmental assessment

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SEA Protocol

Protocol on Strategic Environmental Assessment to

the Convention on Environmental Impact

Assessment in a Transboundary Context

(UNECE)

Seabed Treaty

Treaty on the Prohibition of the Emplacement of

Nuclear Weapons and Other Weapons of Mass

Destruction on the Seabed and the Ocean Floor and

in the Subsoil Thereof

SEANWFZ

Treaty

Treaty on the Southeast Asia Nuclear Weapon-Free

Zone [This is also known as the Bangkok Treaty.]

SEAP

South East Asia and the Pacific

SEARCCT

Southeast Asia Regional Centre for Counter-

Terrorism

SEARO

WHO Regional Office for South-East Asia

SEBI

stereotactic external beam irradiation

SEC

State Regional Educational Centre (Russian Federation)

SECCI

Sustainable Energy and Climate Change Initiative

Iniciativa de Energía Sostenible y Cambio

Climático

(Inter-American

Development Bank)

SECI

Southeast European Cooperative Initiative

SECI Center

Southeast European Cooperative Initiative Regional

Center for Combating Transborder Crime

SEC NRS

Scientific and Engineering Centre for Nuclear and

Radiation Safety

(Russian Federation)

SEC-PMO

Secretariat of the Policy-Making Organs (IAEA)

SEDES

Departmental Health Service Servicio

Departamental de Salud

(Bolivia)

SEDI

Detector Electronics and Computing Service

Service d'électronique des détecteurs et

d'informatique [This is part of DAPNIA.]

(France)

SEDO

Safety Evaluation During Operation of Fuel Cycle

Facilities

(IAEA)

SEDRAN

Expert Service for Radioactive Waste and Natural

Radioactivity Service d’expertise des déchets

radioactifs et de la radioactivité naturelle [This is

part of the Institute for Radiological Protection and

Nuclear Safety (IRSN).]

(France)

SEDUE

Ministry of Urban Development and Ecology

Secretaría de Desarrollo Urbano y Ecología

(Mexico)

SEE

safeguards effectiveness evaluation

SEED

Site and External Events Design [This is a review

service.]

(IAEA)

SEEN

Niger Water Exploitation Company Société

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d'exploitation des eaux du Niger

SEER Program

Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results

Program

(USA)

SEFM

Spanish Society of Medical Physics Sociedad

Española de Física Médica

SEG

Senior Expert Group for the Review of the

International Atomic Energy Agency’s Programme

of Activities [This is also known as the Senior

Expert Group.]

(IAEA)

SEG

State Evaluation Group (IAEA)

SEGEPLAN

Presidential Secretariat for Planning and

Programming Secretaría de Planificación y

Programación de la Presidencia

(Guatemala)

SEIU

State Environmental Inspectorate of Ukraine

SELA

Latin American and Carribean Economic System

Sistema Económico Latinoamericano y del Caribe

SELEC

Southeast European Law Enforcement Center

SEM

scanning electron microscopy or scanning electron

microscope

SEM

Single European Market (European Union)

SEM

standard error of the mean

SEMARNAP

Ministry of the Environment, Natural Resources

and Fisheries Secretaría de Medio Ambiente,

Recursos Naturales y Pesca [This was replaced in

2000 by the Ministry of Environment and Natural

Resources (SEMARNAT).]

(Mexico)

SEMARNAT

Ministry of Environment and Natural Resources

Secretaría de Medio Ambiente y Recursos

Naturales

(Mexico)

Semca

Service for Fuel Studies and Modelling in Accident

Situations Service d'études et de modélisation du

combustible en situations accidentelles

(France)

SEMIP

Ministry of Energy, Mining and the State Industry

Secretaría de Energía, Minas e Industria

Paraestatal

(Mexico)

SEMN

Spanish Nuclear Medicine Society Sociedad

Española de Medicina Nuclear [This was replaced

by the Spanish Society for Nuclear Medicine and

Molecular Imaging (SEMNIM).]

SEMNIM

Spanish Society for Nuclear Medicine and

Molecular Imaging Sociedad Española de Medicina

Nuclear e Imagen Molecular. [This replaced the

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Spanish Nuclear Medicine Society (SMN).]

SENA

National Training Centre Servicio Nacional de

Aprendizaje

(Colombia)

SENACSA

National Animal Quality and Health Service

Servicio Nacional de Calidad y Salud Animal [This

comes under the Ministry of Agriculture and

Livestock (MAG).]

(Paraguay)

SENACYT

National Secretariat of Science, Technology and

Innovation Secretaría Nacional de Ciencia,

Tecnología e Innovación

(Panama)

SENAMHI

National Meteorology and Hydrology Service

Servicio Nacional de Meteorología e Hidrología

(Peru)

SENARA

National Groundwater, Irrigation and Drainage

Service Servicio Nacional de Aguas Subterráneas,

Riego y Avenamiento

(Costa Rica)

SENASA

National Environmental Sanitation Service Servicio

Nacional de Saneamiento Ambiental

(Paraguay)

SENASA

National Food Safety and Quality Service Servicio

Nacional de Sanidad y Calidad Agroalimentaria

(Argentina)

SENASA

National Service for Agricultural Health Servicio

Nacional de Sanidad Agropecuaria

(Honduras)

SENASA

National Service for Agricultural Health Servicio

Nacional de Sanidad Agraria

(Peru)

SENASA

National Service for Animal Health Servicio

Nacional de Salud Animal

(Costa Rica)

SENASAG

National Service for Agricultural Health and Food

Safety Servicio Nacional de Sanidad Agropecuaria

e Inocuidad Alimentaria

(Bolivia)

SENASICA

National Service for Food Health, Safety and

Quality Servicio Nacional de Sanidad, Inocuidad y

Calidad Agroalimentaria

(Mexico)

Senelec

National Electricity Company (Senegal)

SENER

Ministry of Energy Secretaría de Energía (Mexico)

SENIAT

Integrated National Customs and Taxation

Administration Service Servicio Nacional Integrado

de Administración Aduanera y Tributaria

(Venezuela)

Senior Expert

Group

Senior Expert Group for the Review of the

International Atomic Energy Agency’s Programme

of Activities (SEG)

(IAEA)

SENPLADES

National Secretariat for Planning and Development

Secretaría Nacional de Planificación y Desarrollo

(Ecuador)

SEP

Space Efficiency Programme (IAEA)

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SEP

somatosensory evoked potential

SEPA

ARCAL Project Evaluation System Sistema para la

Evaluación de Proyectos ARCAL

SEPA

Scottish Environment Protection Agency (United Kingdon)

SEPA

Single Euro Payments Area

SEPA

State Environmental Protection Administration This

was replaced by the Ministry of Environmental

Protection (MEP) in 2008.]

(China)

SEPLAN

Technical Secretariat for Planning and External

Cooperation Secretaría Técnica de Planificación y

Cooperación Externa

(Honduras)

SEPR

Spanish Radiation Protection Society Sociedad

Española de Protección Radiológica

SEPS

Health Education Service Service de l’éducation

pour la santé

(Islamic Republic of

Mauritania)

SEPSA

Executive Secretariat for Agricultural Sector

Planning Secretaría Ejecutiva de Planificación

Sectorial Agropecuaria

(Costa Rica)

SEPTEN

Thermal and Nuclear Projects and Research

Services Services études et projets thermiques et

nucléaires [This is part of EDF.]

(France)

SER

self-evaluation report (INIR missions)

SER

significant event report

SER

State evaluation report (Safeguards)

SER

State Secretariat for Education and Research

Secrétariat d'État à l'éducation et à la recherche

(Switzerland)

SERA

Safeguards Equipment Receiving Area (IAEA)

SEREMI

Regional Ministerial Secretariat Secretaría

Regional Ministerial

(Chile)

SERNA

Ministry of Natural Resources and the Environment

Secretaría de Recursos Naturales y Ambiente

(Honduras)

SERNAGEOMIN

National Geology and Mining Service Servicio

Nacional de Geología y Minería

(Chile)

SERST

Secretariat of State for Scientific Research and

Technology Secrétariat d'État à la recherche

scientifique et à la technologie [This was replaced

by the Ministry for Scientific Research and

Technology (MRST).]

(Tunisia)

SES

Senior Executive Service (USA)

SESAM

Senior Group of Experts on Severe Accident

Management

(NEA)

SESAME

International Centre for Synchrotron Light for (UNESCO)

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Experimental Science and Applications in the

Middle East [This is a project that is being

developed under the umbrella of UNESCO.]

SESAR

Senior Group of Experts on Safety Research (NEA)

SESF

Safeguards Equipment Support Facility (IAEA)

SESI

Service for Innovative System Studies Service

d'études des systèmes innovants [This is part of the

French Alternative Energies and Atomic Energy

Commission (CEA).]

(France)

SESPAS

Secretariat of State for Public Health and Social

Assistance Secretaría de Estado de Salud Pública y

Asistencia Social

(Dominican Republic)

SET

separate effects test

SET

Tricastin Enrichment Company Société

d’enrichissement du Tricastin

(France)

SET-Plan

European Strategic Energy Technology Plan (European Union)

SETAC

Society of Environmental Toxicology and

Chemistry

SETCO

Technical Secretariat for International Cooperation

Secretaría Técnica y de Cooperación Internacional

[This was replaced by the Technical Secretariat for

Planning and External Coordination (SEPLAN).]

(Honduras)

SETECI

Technical Secretariat for International Cooperation

Secretaría Técnica y de Cooperación Internacional

(Ecuador)

SEU

slightly enriched uranium

SEUA

State Engineering University of Armenia

SeV

Sendai virus

SEVRRA

System to Evaluate the Risk in Radiotherapy

scaling factor

Special Fund

spent fuel

SFA

spent fuel assembly

SFAT

spent fuel attribute tester (Safeguards)

SFB

spent fuel bay

SFCC

spent fuel coincidence counter

SFD

Saudi Fund for Development (Saudi Arabia)

SFD

severe fuel damage

SFE

standard fuel element

SFEN

French Nuclear Energy Society Société française

d’énergie nucléaire

SFM

spent fuel management

SFM-Net

Spent Fuel Management Network (IAEA)

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SFMS

Seibersdorf Facilities Management Section

SFP

French Physical Society Société française de

physique

SFP

small form-factor pluggable

SFP

spent fuel pool

SFPIS

Spent Fuel Pool Instrumentation System

SFR

Final Repository for Short-lived Radioactive Waste

Slutförvaret för kortlivat radioaktivt avfall

(Sweden)

SFR

French Radiology Society Soçiété française de

radiologie

SFR

screen–film radiography

SFR

sodium cooled fast reactor

SFS

semi-field system

SFS

spent fuel storage

SFSA

Syngenta Foundation for Sustainable Agriculture

SFSB

spent fuel storage bay

SFTM

spent fuel transfer monitor

Department of Safeguards (IAEA)

Safety Guide (IAEA)

salivary gland

steam generator

SGAE

Austrian Atomic Energy Research Company

Österreichische Studiengesellschaft für

Atomenergie GmbH [This was a forerunner of the

Austrian Institute of Technology (AIT).]

SGAS

Office of Safeguards Analytical Services [part of

the Department of Safeguards]

(IAEA)

SGC

Colombian Geological Service Servicio Geológico

Colombiano

SGCP

Division of Concepts and Planning [part of the

Department of Safeguards]

(IAEA)

SGD

submarine groundwater discharge

SGGW

Warsaw University of Life Sciences Szkoła Główna

Gospodarstwa Wiejskiego w Warszawie

(Poland)

SG/HR

Secretary-General/High Representative (European Union)

SGHV

salivary gland hypertrophy virus

SGHWR

Steam Generating Heavy Water Reactor [This was

a prototype reactor that operated between 1967 and

1990.]

(United Kingdom)

SGIM

Division of Information Management [This is part

of the Department of Safeguards and replaced the

Division of Safeguards Information Technology

(IAEA)

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(SGIT) with effect from 1 January 2007.]

SGIS

Office of Information and Communication Systems

[This is part of the Department of Safeguards.]

(IAEA)

SGIT

Division of Safeguards Information Technology

[This was replaced by the Division of Safeguards

Information Management (SGIM) with effect from

1 January 2007.]]

(IAEA)

SGMD

Safeguard Master Data (IAEA)

SGOA

Division of Operations A [part of the Department of

Safeguards]

(IAEA)

SGOB

Division of Operations B [part of the Department of

Safeguards]

(IAEA)

SGOC

Division of Operations C [part of the Department of

Safeguards]

(IAEA)

SGONS

Joint ICES–IOC Study Group on Nutrient

Standards

SGPRE

Water Resources Management and Planning

Service Service de gestion et de planification des

ressources en eau

(Senegal)

SGRITC

Subdirectorate General of Institutional Relations

and Knowledge Transfer Subdirección General de

Relaciones Institucionales y Transferencia del

Conocimiento [This is part of the Research Centre

for Energy, Environment and Technology

(CIEMAT).]

(Spain)

SGS

segmented gamma scanner

SGSM

Office of Physical Protection and Material Security

[This was formerly part of the Department of

Safeguards. As of 1 January 2003, this office was

transferred to the Department of Nuclear Safety and

Security and renamed Office of Nuclear Security.]

(IAEA)

SGSSS

General Social Security Health System Sistema

General de Seguridad Social en Salud

(Colombia)

SGTR

steam generator tube rupture

SGTS

Division of Technical and Scientific Services [This

is part of the Department of Safeguards. It was

previously known as the Division of Technical

Support.]

(IAEA)

SGTS

Division of Technical Support [This was part of the

Department of Safeguards. The name was changed

to Division of Technical and Scientific Services in

2011.]

(IAEA)

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Section Head (IAEA)

SHA

seismic hazard assessment

SHARS

spent high activity radioactive sources

SHC

secondary health care

shc

specific heat capacity

SHESTCO

Sheda Science and Technology Complex (Nigeria)

SHF

super high frequency

SHI irradiation

swift heavy ion irradiation

SHIG

Shahid Hemmat Industrial Group

SHIPTRAM

Shipments of Radioactive Material (IAEA database)

SHOTS project

Southern Hemisphere Ocean Tracer Studies project (Japan)

SHRI

Sludge Hygienization Research Irradiator (India)

International System of Units

safety injection

silicon

superior–inferior

WNU Summer Institute (World Nuclear

University)

SI joint

sacroiliac joint

SIAU

Satellite Imagery Analysis Unit [part of the Section

for Information Support Services (IIS) in the

Division of Safeguards Information Technology

(SGIT).]

(IAEA)

SIB

Swiss Joint Venture for Construction

Biology/Construction Ecology Schweizerische

Interessengemeinschaft für

Baubiologie/Bauökologie

SibFU

Siberian Federal University (Russian Federation)

SiC

silicon carbide

SIC

statement of internal control

SIDA

stable isotope dilution assay

Sida

Swedish International Development Cooperation

Agency

SIDS

small island developing States

SIEE

Energy-Economic Information System Sistema de

Información Económica Energética

(OLADE)

SIETS

State Inspectorate for Ecological and Technical

Safety

(Kyrgyzstan)

SIGMA

Environmental Management System Sistema de

Gestión para el Medio Ambiente

(PROARCA)

SIGMA

Seismic Ground Motion Assessment (France)

SIGMA

Support for Improvement in Governance and (OECD/ European

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Management in Central and Eastern European

Countries

Union)

SIIM

Society for Imaging Informatics in Medicine (USA)

SIL

Safeguards Instrumentation Laboratory (IAEA)

SIL

single ion implantation

SILAIS

Local System for Integral Health Care Sistema

Local de Atención Integral en Salud

(Nicaragua)

SILEX

separation of isotopes by laser excitation

Silex

Silex Systems Limited (Australia)

SIM

Inter-American Metrology System Sistema

Interamericano de Metrologia

SIMDAS

Sustainable Integrated Management and

Development of Arid and Semi-Arid Regions of

Southern Africa

(UNESCO)

SIME

Ministry of the Iron and Steel Industry Ministerio

de la Industria Sideromecánica

(Cuba)

SIMPACTS

Simplified Approach for Estimating Impacts of

Electricity Generation

(IAEA)

SIMR

Swedish Institute for Metals Research Institutet för

Metallforskning [This merged with the Swedish

Corrosion Institute in 2004 to form KIMAB, which

in turn was renamed Swerea KIMAB in 2008.]

SIMS

secondary ion mass spectrometer [The same

acronym is used to refer to the technique.]

SIMS

secondary ion mass spectrometry [The same

acronym is used to refer to the instrument.]

SINA

National Environmental System Sistema Nacional

Ambiental

(Colombia)

SINA

Stable Isotope Network Austria

SINAP

Shanghai Institute of Applied Physics (China)

SINAPROC

National Civil Protection System Sistema Nacional

de Protección Civil

(Panama)

SINETICS

Department of Neutron Simulation, Information

Technologies and Scientific Computation

Département simulation neutronique, technologies

de l’information et calcul scientifique [This is part

of Électricité de France.]

(France)

SINP

Skobeltsyn Institute of Nuclear Physics (Russian Federation)

SINQ

Swiss Spallation Neutron Source

SINTER Network

Sustainable & Innovative Nuclear Technology

Evolution - R&D Network [This was replaced by

the Michelangelo Network (MICANET).]

(European Union)

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SINTRA

National System of Procurement and

Transplantation in Argentina Sistema Nacional de

Información de Procuración y Trasplante de la

República Argentina

(Argentina)

SIP

Safeguards Implementation Practices [This is a

publication category.]

(IAEA)

SIP

Shelter Implementation Plan (Chernobyl NPP)

SIP

stable isotope probing

SIP

stable isotope profiling

SIPRI

Stockholm International Peace Research Institute

SIPT

Sukhumi Institute of Physics and Technology (Georgia)

SIR

Safeguards Implementation Report (IAEA)

SIR

safe integral reactor

SIRDC

Scientific and Industrial Research and Development

Centre

(Zimbabwe)

SIRVETA

Regional Information System for Epidemiological

Surveillance of Foodborne Diseases Sistema de

Información Regional para la Vigilancia

Epidemiológica de las Enfermedades Transmitidas

por Alimentos

SIS

National Institute of Radiation Protection Statens

Institut for Strålebeskyttelse

(Denmark)

SIS

safety injection system

SISIM

State Inspectorate for Safety in Industry, Mining

and the Community Services Sector

(Uzbekistan)

SISSA

International School for Advanced Studies Scuola

Internazionale Superiore di Studi Avanzati

(Italy)

SIT

sterile insect technique

SITF

Seibersdorf Incident Task Force (IAEA)

SJRI

St. John's Research Institute (India)

SJTU

Shanghai Jiao Tong University (China)

SKALTO

Safety Knowledge-base for Ageing and Long Term

Operation of Nuclear Power Plants

(IAEA)

SKB

Swedish Nuclear Fuel and Waste Management

Company Svensk Kärnbränslehantering AB

SKI

Swedish Nuclear Power Inspectorate Statens

Kärnkraftinspektion

Skoltech

Skolkovo Institute of Science and Technology (Russian Federation)

safety limit

stripline

SLA

service level agreement

SLA

State-level safeguards approach (IAEA)

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SLAN

Latin American Society of Nutrition Sociedad

Latinoamericana de Nutrición

SLAP2

Standard Light Antarctic Precipitation 2

SLB

steam line break

SLBM

submarine-launched ballistic missile

SLC

State-level concept

SLC

Swiss Light Source (Switzerland)

SLD

sub-lethal damage

SLDR

sub-lethal damage repair

SLiM

Subscription and List Management (IAEA)

SLM

sustainable land management

SLMC

St. Luke's Medical Center (Philippines)

SLN

sentinel lymph node

SLNB

sentinel lymph node biopsy

SLND

sentinel lymph node detection

SLOWPOKE

[This stands for Safe Low Power Critical

Experiment and refers to a 20kW nuclear research

reactor.]

(ICENS)

SLR

sea level rise

SLU

Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences

Sveriges lantbruksuniversitet

SLW

silverleaf whitefly

samarium

social media

symposium

SMA

Monegasque Sanitation Company Société

monégasque d'assainissement

(SMA)

SMA

seismic margin assessment

SMALL

Implementation Issues for the Use of Nuclear

Power in Small Grid Countries [This is an INPRO

collaborative project.]

(INPRO)

SMART

specific, measurable, achievable, relevant and time-

bound

SMART

system-integrated modular advanced reactor (Republic of Korea)

SMAS

Blood Diseases Service Service des maladies du

sang [This is part of the Hubert K. Maga National

Teaching Hospital (CNHU-HKM).]

(Benin)

SMCC

Stepnogorsk Mining-Chemical Complex (Kazakhstan)(

SMD

stable metabolic disease

SMD

surface mounted device

SME

small and medium-sized enterprise

SME

subject matter expert

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SMF

Mexican Physics Society Sociedad Mexicana de

Física

SMG

screening mammography

SMIP

Supplementary Medical Insurance Plan (IAEA)

SMiRT

International Conference on Structural Mechanics

in Reactor Technology

SMIS

Safeguards Management Information System (IAEA)

SMM

scintimammography

SMM

Solar Maximum Mission (NASA)

SMNP

soil moisture neutron probe

SMOM

Sovereign Military Order of Malta [This is the

version used on their web page.] or Sovereign

Order of Malta [This appears to be the Mission’s

preferred version.]

SMoRE

Accelerator Simulation and Theoretical Modelling

of Radiation Effects [This is the title of a

coordinated research project (CRP).]

(IAEA)

SMP

Sellafield MOX Plant (United Kingdom)

SMPRs

small and medium power reactors

SMRs

small and medium sized reactors

SMR

steam methane reforming

SMRRTG

Topical Group on Safety Management of Research

Reactors

(ANSN)

SMTA

Standard Material Transfer Agreement (ITPGRFA)

SMTH

Thermohydraulics Modelling Service Service

d'études et de modélisation thermohydrauliques

[This is part of the French Atomic Energy

Commission.]

(France)

SMU

Saint Mary's University (Canada)

tin

SNAS

School of Nuclear and Allied Sciences (Ghana)

SNC

Neutronics and Criticality Safety Department

Service de neutronique et des risques de criticité

[This is part of the Institute for Radiological

Protection and Nuclear Safety (IRSN).]

(France)

SNCTC

Secretariat of the National Counterterrorism

Committee

(Cambodia)

SNE

Spanish Nuclear Society Sociedad Nuclear

Española

SNEL

National Electricity Company Société nationale

d'électricité

(Democratic Republic

of the Congo)

SNERDI

Shanghai Nuclear Engineering and Design Institute (China)

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SNETP

Sustainable Nuclear Energy Technology Platform (European Union)

SNF

spent nuclear fuel

SNHR

National Rural Waterworks Service Service

national d'hydraulique rurale

(Democratic Republic

of the Congo)

SNIF-NMR

site-specific natural isotope fractionation–nuclear

magnetic resonance

SNIGS

National Health Information and Management

System Système national d'information et de

gestion sanitaires

(Benin)

SNIIP

Specialized Scientific Research Institute for

Instrumentation Engineering [The acronym is a

transliteration of the Russian acronym.]

(Russian Federation)

SNIS

National Health Information System Sistema

Nacional de Información de Salud

(Bolivia)

SNL

Sandia National Laboratories (USA)

SNM

Society of Nuclear Medicine

SNM

special nuclear material

SNMI

Society of Nuclear Medicine of India

SNMMI

Society of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular

Imaging

SNN

National Strategy for Nutrition Stratégie nationale

de nutrition

(Morocco)

SNP

single nucleotide polymorphism

SNPAS

State Nuclear Power Automation System

Engineering Company

(China)

SNPC

Sanmen Nuclear Power Company (China)

SNPTC

State Nuclear Power Technology Corporation (China)

S/N ratio

signal-to-noise ratio

SNR

signal-to-noise ratio

SNRCU

State Nuclear Regulatory Committee of Ukraine

SNRE

National Water Resources Service Service national

des ressources en eaux

(Haiti)

SNRI

short notice random inspection (Safeguards)

SNSA

Slovenian Nuclear Safety Administration

SNSC

Supreme National Security Council (Islamic Republic of

Iran)

SNSE

School of Nuclear Science and Engineering (China)

SNSF

Swiss National Science Foundation

SNSS

Seoul Nuclear Security Symposium [Held on 23

March 2012.]

SNSTC

State Nuclear Security Technology Center (China)

SNU

Seoul National University (Republic of Korea)

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SNUNEI

Sevastopol National University of Nuclear Energy

and Industry

(Ukraine)

SNW

strategic nuclear weapon

SNWZH

State Nuclear WEC Zirconium Hafnium Co. (China)

SNZ

State Nuclear Baoti Zirconium Industry (China)

sulphur dioxide

SOA

service oriented architecture (Computing)

SOA

State Oceanic Administration (China)

SOBEMAP

Benin Cargo Handling Company Société béninoise

des manutentions portuaires

(benin)

SOBP

spread-out Bragg peak

SOC

soil organic carbon

SOCA

Subcommittee on Oceans and Coastal Areas [In

October 2003 this Subcommittee was replaced by

the Ocean and Coastal Areas Network (OCAN).]

(United Nations)

SOCHIMIO

Chemotherapy Solidarity Association Association

Solidarité Chimiothérapie

(Cameroon)

SOD

segregation of duties or separation of duties

SOD

superoxide dismutase

SODAGRI

Society for Agricultural and Industrial

Development Société de développement agricole et

industriel

(Senegal)

SODEA

Agricultural Development Company Société de

développement agricole

(Morocco)

SODECA

Central African Water Distribution Company

Société de distribution d'eau en Centrafrique

(Central African

Republic)

SODECI

Côte d'Ivoire Water Distribution Company Société

de distribution d'eau de Côte d'Ivoire

SODEFITEX

Society for the Development of Textile Fibres

Société de développement des fibres textiles

(Senegal)

SOER

significant operating experience report

SOFC

solid oxide fuel cell

SOFI

The State of Food Insecurity in the World (FAO)

SOFIA

The State of World Fisheries and Aquaculture (FAO)

SOFO

State of the World's Forests (FAO)

SOFRI

Southern Fruit Research Institute (Viet Nam)

SOGEM

Manantali Energy Management Company Société

de gestion de l'énergie de Manantali

(Mali, Islamic

Republic of

Mauritania, Senegal)

SOGIN

Nuclear Plant Management Company Società

Gestione Impianti Nucleari

(Italy)

SOL

scrape-off layer

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SOLAS

International Convention for the Safety of Life at

Sea

SOLAS

Surface Ocean–Lower Atmosphere Study

SOLCA

Society for the Fight against Cancer Sociedad de

Lucha Contra el Cancer

(Ecuador)

SOM

soil organic matter

SOMAÏR

Aïr Mining Company Société des mines de l'Aïr (Niger)

SOMELEC

Mauritanian Electricity Company Société

mauritanienne d'électricité

SOMISA

Mixed Iron and Steel Company of Argentina

Sociedad Mixta Siderúrgica Argentina

SON

National Oncological System Sistema Oncológico

Nacional

(Costa Rica)

SONABEL

National Electricity Company of Burkina Faso

Société nationale d'électricité du Burkina

SONELGAZ

National Electricity and Gas Company Société

nationale de l'éléctricité et du gaz

(Algeria)

SOP

standard operating procedure

SORNS

State Office for Radiological and Nuclear Safety

Državni Zavod za Radiološku i Nuklearnu Sigurnost

(Croatia)

SORP

State Office for Radiation Protection Državni zavod

za zaštitu od zračenja [This was replaced by the

State Office for Radiological and Nuclear Safety

(SORNS) in 2010.]

(Croatia)

SoW

scope of work

SoW

statement of work

sulphur oxides

sulphadoxine-pyrimethamine

SPA

scintillation proximity assay

SPAR

Spent Fuel Performance Assessment and Research (IAEA CRP)

SPASAI

South Pacific Organization of Supreme Audit

Institutions [This changed its name in 2008 to

Pacific Association of Supreme Audit Institutions

(PASAI).]

SPbSPU

St. Petersburg State Polytechnical University (Russian Federation)

SPbU

Saint Petersburg State University (Russian Federation)

SPC

Secretariat of the Pacific Community

SPCMNS

Service for the Protection and Control of Nuclear

and Sensitive Materials Service de protection et de

contrôle des matières nucléaires et sensibles

(France)

SPCSE

Civil Protection and Emergency Situations Service

Serviciul Protecţiei Civile şi Situaţiilor

(Republic of Moldova)

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Excepţionale

SPD

Safety Policy Directorate [In 2004 this was merged

with other Directorates to form the Policy Group.]

(United Kingdom)

SPD

Strategic Plans Division [This is the Secretariat to

Pakistan's National Command Authority (NCA).]

(Pakistan)

SPE

Permanent Secretariat for Energy Secrétariat

permanent à l'énergie

(Senegal)

SPE

solid phase extraction

SPECT

single photon emission computed tomography

SPECT–CT

single photon emission computed tomography–

computed tomography

SPEN

Niger Water Assets Company Société de patrimoine

des eaux du Niger

SPERA

South Pacific Environmental Radioactivity

Association

SPESS

Strategies and Processes for the Establishment of

IAEA Safety Standards

SPET

single photon emission tomography

SPFS

Special Programme for Food Security (FAO)

SPEX

Experimental Physics Service Service de physique

expérimentale

(France)

SPFU

State Property Fund of Ukraine

SPI

safety performance indicator

SPII

Seed and Plant Improvement Institute (Islamic Republic of

Iran)

SPIV

Plant Health and Inspection Service Service du

phytosanitaire et de l'inspection des végétaux

(Madagascar)

SPL

screening probability level

SPM

spare parts management

SPN

solitary pulmonary nodule

SPND

Organization of Defensive Innovation and Research (Islamic Republic of

Iran)

SPND

self-powered neutron detector

SPO

Panamanian Oncology Society Sociedad Panameña

de Oncología

SPR

Section for Safeguards Programme and Resources

[part of the Department of Safeguards]

(IAEA)

SPRICS

Support Programme Information and

Communication System

(Safeguards)

SPRSE

Radiation Protection and Environmental Monitoring

Service Service de protection contre les

rayonnements et de surveillance de l'environnement

(France)

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[This is part of the French Atomic Energy

Commission (CEA).]

SPS

sanitary and phytosanitary

SPSA

seismic probabilistic safety assessment

SPS Agreement

Agreement on the Application of Sanitary and

Phytosanitary Measures

(WTO)

SPT

single particle tracking

SPT

standard penetration test

SPV

Plant Protection Service Service de la protection

des végétaux

(Burkina Faso,

Morocco)

SPX

Superphénix

significant quantity (Safeguards)

SQL

Structured Query Language (Computing)

SQP

small quantities protocol (Safeguards)

SQUID

superconducting quantum interference device

speculative resources [This is a category of uranium

resources. The term is also used in connection with

other industries.]

steradian [SI unit of solid angle]

strontium

synchrotron radiation

SRA

State or regional authority responsible for

safeguards implementation

SRB

sulphate reducing bacterium

SRBM

short-range ballistic missile

SRC

safety review committee [Write with lower case

when used generically and with initial capitals

when used specifically.]

(Various countries)

SRCVO

Section for Food and Oil Crop Research Section de

recherches sur les cultures vivrières et oléagineuses

[This is part of the Ministry of Agriculture.]

(Mali)

SRD

self-reading dosimeter

SRD

shipper/receiver difference (Safeguards)

SRE

Ministry of Foreign Affairs Secretaría de

Relaciones Exteriores

(Honduras, Mexico)

SREL

Savannah River Ecology Laboratory (USA)

SRES

Special Report on Emissions Scenarios (IPCC)

SRF

strategic results framework (UNDP)

SRF Form

Standard Report Form (IAEA)

SRH

sexual and reproductive health

SRIE

Scientific Research Institute of Energy (Armenia)

SRI FRCEC

Scientific Research Institute — Federal Research (Russian Federation)

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Center for Project Evaluation and Consulting

Services

SRL

safety reference level

SRM

safety review mission (IAEA)

SRNL

Savannah River National Laboratory

SROC

Semipalatinsk Regional Oncology Centre (Kazakhstan)

SRP

Society for Radiological Protection Sociedad de

Protección Radiológica

(United Kingdom)

SRR

search and rescue region

SRRA

structural reliability and risk assessment

SRS

sealed radiation source

SRS

Society of Radiopharmaceutical Sciences

SRS

source-receptor sensitivity

SRS

stereotactic radiosurgery

SRS

stimulated Raman scattering

SRV

Southern Rift Valley (Ethiopia)

SRXRF

synchrotron radiation X-ray fluorescence

S&S system

Savage and Simpson system

SSA

Army Health Service Service de santé des armées (benin)

SSA

special service agreement (IAEA)

SSAC

State system of accounting for and control of

nuclear material [Write with lower case when used

generically and with initial capitals when used

specifically.]

(Safeguards)

SSAE

Service for Operation Support Systems Service de

systèmes d'aide à l'exploitation [This is part of the

French Atomic Energy Commission.]

(France)

SSB

single strand break

SSBR

single strand break repair

SSC

Safety Standards Committees (IAEA)

SSC

South-South cooperation

SSC

SSDL Scientific Committee (IAEA/WHO)

SSC buffer

saline sodium citrate buffer

SSCP

single strand conformation polymorphism

SSCR

self-sustaining chain reaction

SSCS

Safety and Security Coordination Section [This is

part of the Office of Nuclear Security (NSNS). It

was formerly known as the Safety Co-ordination

Section.]

(IAEA)

SSCs

structures, systems and components

SSCT

single-slice computed tomography

SSD

source–skin distance

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SSD

source–surface distance

SSD

State Security Department (Lithuania)

SSD

Supervising Scientist Division (Australia)

SSDH

State Supplied Data Handling (Safeguards)

SSDL

secondary standards dosimetry laboratory [The

version with Standards in the plural is the version to

be used in IAEA documents. Write with lower case

when used generically and with initial capitals

when used specifically.]

SSE

safe shutdown earthquake

SSE

safety significant event

SSE

seismic safety evaluation

SSE

State specialized enterprise

SSE ChNPP

Chernobyl nuclear power plant [This acronym

should not be used in IAEA documents.]

(Ukraine)

SSEP

somatosensory evoked potential

SSG

publication symbol for the subcategory Specific

Safety Guide in the IAEA Safety Standard Series

SSI

small-scale irrigation

SSI

soil–structure interaction

SSI

Swedish Radiation Protection Authority Statens

strålskyddsinstitut

SSIA

State Specialized Inspection Agency (Mongolia)

SSIS

SQL Server Integration Services

SSK

Commission on Radiological Protection

Strahlenschutzkommission

(Germany)

SSM

Swedish Radiation Safety Authority

Strålsäkerhetsmyndigheten

SSNTD

solid state nuclear track detector

SSO

single sign-on (Computing)

SSO

steady state operation

SSP

site security plan

SSR

simple sequence repeat

SSRS

Site Safety Review Service [This service replaced

the former Seismic Safety Review Service and was

subsequently replaced by the Site and External

Design (SEED) review service.]

(IAEA)

SSR

Specific Safety Requirements (IAEA)

SSRS

spent sealed radioactive source

SSRT

slow strain rate test

SSRTF

Safety Standards Review Task Force (IAEA)

SSS

Security and Safety Section [In Agency documents (United Nations)

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it is preferable to use the United Nations Security

and Safety Section (UNSSS).]

SSS

strengthened safeguards system [The acronym is

not normally used in IAEA documents.]

(IAEA)

SSS

Supply and Stationery System (IAEA)

SSSA

Soil Science Society of America (USA)

SST

sewage sludge treatment

SST

somatostatin

SSTC NRS

State Scientific and Technical Centre for Nuclear

and Radiation Safety

(Ukraine)

SSTIN

Service for the Technical Safety of Nuclear

Installations Service de la sécurité technique des

installations nucléaires [This was replaced by the

Federal Agency for Nuclear Control (FANC).]

(Belgium)

SSTR

Radioactive Transports Safety Service Service de

sécurité des transports radioactifs [This is part of

the Institute for Radiological Protection and

Nuclear Safety (IRSN).]

(France)

SSU rNA

small subunit ribosomal ribonucleic acid

SSWG

Safeguards and Security Working Group (JFCS)

STA

safeguards transfer agreement (Safeguards)

STA

Science and Technology Agency [This merged with

Ministry of Education in 2001 to form the Ministry

of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and

Technology (MEXT).]

(Japan)

STA

shift technical advisor

STAP

Scientific and Technical Advisory Panel (GEF)

STAR

Strategy for Allied Radioecology

STAR-NET

Regional Network for Nuclear Education and

Training in Nuclear Technology

START I

Treaty between the United States of America and

the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics on the

Reduction and Limitation of Strategic Offensive

Arms

START II

Treaty between the United States of America and

the Russian Federation on Further Reduction and

Limitation of Strategic Offensive Arms

STC

Science and Technology Corporation (USA)

STC

Scientific and Technical Council [Write with lower

case when used generically and with initial capitals

when used specifically.]

(Various countries)

STC

Scientific and Technical Committee Euratom (European

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Commission)

STC KORO

Scientific and Technical Centre for

Decontamination and Comprehensive Management

of Radioactive Waste and Substances and Ionizing

Radiation Sources

(Ukraine)

STCP

Source Term Code Package (USA)

STCU

Science and Technology Center in Ukraine (Ukraine)

STD

sexually transmitted disease

STE

source term estimation

STEA

Technical Secretariat for Atomic Energy

Secrétariat technique à l'énergie atomique

(Burkina Faso)

STEE

Chad Water and Electric Company Société

tchadienne d'électricité et d'eau

STEG

Tunisian Electricity and Gas Company Société

tunisienne de l'électricité et du gaz

STEM

scanning transmission electron microscopy

STEM

science, technology, engineering and mathematics

STEP

Department of Simulation and Information

Processing for Operation of Production Systems

Département simulation et traitement de

l’information pour l’exploitation des systèmes de

production [This is part of Électricité de France.]

(France)

STEP

Sandwich Training Educational Programme (IAEA/ICTP)

STEP

Southern Rift Valley Tsetse Eradication Project (Ethiopia)

STEPS

STEPwise approach to surveillance (WHO)

STFC

Science and Technology Facilities Council (United Kingdom)

STG

Topical Group on Siting (ANSN)

STI

IMF–Singapore Regional Training Institute

STI

science, technology and innovation

STI

scientific and technical information

STI

sexually transmitted infection

STI

surveillance test interval

STI

Swiss Tropical Institute Schweizerisches

Tropeninstitut [In 2010 the name was changed to

Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute (Swiss

TPH).]

STIG turbine

system

steam injected gas turbine system

STIG

Steering Group on Governance of International Co-

operation on Science, Technology and Innovation

for Global Challenges

(OECD)

STN

Scientific and Technical Information Network

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International

Stockholm

Declaration

Declaration of the United Nations Conference on

the Human Environment

STP

standard temperature and pressure

STP

Technical Secretariat of the Presidency Secretaría

Técnica de la Presidencia

(Dominican Republic)

STR

Safeguards Technical Report (IAEA)

STRI

Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute Instituto

Smithsonian de Investigaciones Tropicales

(Panama)

STS

science, technology and society

STS

Semipalatinsk test site (Kazakhstan)

STS

Spanish Translation Section [part of the Division of

Conference and Document Services (MTCD)]

(IAEA)

STSC

Scientific and Technical Subcommittee of the

Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space

(UNOOSA)

STU

Tunisian Urological Society Société tunisienne

d'urologie

STUK

Radiation and Nuclear Safety Authority

Säteilyturvakeskus

(Finland)

sister union [This term is used in relation to

chromatids.]

Sub-Committee of

Experts on TDG

Sub-Committee of Experts on the Transport of

Dangerous Goods [This is also known by the

acronym SCETDG. It is a Sub-Committee of the

CETDGGHS.]

(United Nations)

Sub-Committee of

Experts on the

GHS

Sub-Committee of Experts on the Globally

Harmonized System of Classification and Labelling

of Chemicals [This is also known by the acronym

SCEGHS. It is a Sub-Committee of the

CETDGGHS.]

(United Nations)

SUBI

Southern Urals Biophysics Institute (Russian Federation)

SUD

single use device

SUERC

Scottish Universities Environmental Research

Centre

(United Kingdom)

SUJB

State Office for Nuclear Safety Státní úřad pro

jadernou bezpečnost

(Czech Republic)

SUMD

single use medical device

SUN

Scaling Up Nutrition

SUNAT

National Superintendence of Tax Administration

Superintendencia nacional de administración

tributaria

(Peru)

SUNPP

South Ukraine nuclear power plant

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SUR

start-up rate

SURF

Sub-Regional Resource Facility (UNDP)

SURRC

Scottish Universities Research and Reactor Centre

[This Centre appears to have been subsumed into

the Scottish Universities Environmental Research

Centre.]

(United Kingdom)

SurvCan

Cancer Survival in Africa, Asia, the Caribbean and

Central America

(IARC)

SUTERM

Sole Union of Electrical Workers of the Mexican

Republic Sindicato Único de Trabajadores

Electricistas de la República Mexicana

(Mexico)

SUV

standardized uptake value

sievert [This is a unit of equivalent dose. It replaced

the röntgen equivalent man (rem).]

SVA

single visit approach

SVBR

lead-bismuth fast reactor [The acronym is a

transliteration of the Russian acronym.]

SVCC

superior vena cava compression

SVCO

superior vena cava obstruction

SVCS

superior vena cava syndrome

SVD

swine vesicular disease

SvK

Swedish National Grid Authority Svenska Kraftnät

SVOC

semi-volatile organic compound

SVRE

sodium void reactivity effect

SVS

Securities and Insurance Supervisor

Superintendencia de Valores y Seguros

(Chile)

service water

S:W ratio

sterile to wild ratio

SWA

super water absorbent

SWASS

screw worm adult suppression system

SWCC

Saline Water Conversion Corporation (Saudi Arabia)

SWF

screw worm fly

SWH

significant wave height

SWIO

South-West Indian Ocean

Swiss TPH

Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute Institut

tropical et de santé publique suisse

SWIT

System-Wide Incident Tracking System (CTBTO)

SWMCN

Soil and Water Management and Crop Nutrition

Section [part of the Joint FAO/IAEA Division of

Nuclear Techniques in Food and Agriculture

(NAFA)]

(IAEA)

SWMCNL

Soil and Water Management and Crop Nutrition (IAEA)

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Laboratory

SWO

supercritical water oxidation [The acronym SCWO

should be used in IAEA documents.]

SWOT

strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, threats [This

is a management term.]

SWP

service water pump

SWR

Subcommittee on Water Resources (United Nations)

SWRO

seawater reverse osmosis

SwRI

Southwest Research Institute (USA)

SWS

service water system

SWSAHS

South Western Sydney Area Health Service (Australia)

SWSRS

Software Safety Review Service [This service is

now obsolete.]

(IAEA)

SWTWS

South Western Towns Water and Sanitation Project (Uganda)

SWU

separative work unit [This is a measure of the

capacity of uranium enrichment plants.]

SXR

soft X-ray

SXS

soft X-ray spectroscopy

SYNERGIES

Synergistic Nuclear Energy Regional Group

Interactions Evaluated for Sustainability

(IAEA)

synfuel

synthetic fuel

SYS

Systems Services Section [part of the Division of

Information Technology (MTIT)]

(IAEA)

SZFKI

Institute for Solid State Physics and Optics

Szilárdtestfizikai és Optikai Intézet

(Hungary)

SZW

Ministry of Social Affairs and Employment

Minsterie van Sociale Zaken en Werkgelegenheid

(Netherlands)

shipment (Type code defined in

IAEA Transport

Regulations)

tera [prefix for SI and metric units, 10

]

temperature

tesla [SI unit of magnetic flux density]

thymine

tonne [This is a unit of mass equal to 1000 kg. Note

that the long ton, once commonly used in the

United Kingdom, is 2240 lb or 1016.05 kg and the

short ton, commonly used in America, is 2000 lb or

907.19 kg.]

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tritium [radioactive isotope of hydrogen]

T&T

tsetse and trypanosomosis

1/2

half-life

triiodothyronine

thyroxine

tantalum

temporary assistance

TAA

trialkylamine

TAC

time activity curve

TAC

tricarboxylic acid cycle

TACC

Technical Assistance and Cooperation Committee (IAEA)

TACE

transarterial chemoembolization

TACF

Technical Assistance and Co-operation Fund [This

was renamed Technical Cooperation Fund (TCF) in

1994.]

(IAEA)

Tacis Programme

Originally “Technical Assistance to the

Commonwealth of Independent States”, the full

version is now no longer used.

(European Union)

TAD

transboundary animal disease

TAE

toroidal Alfvén eigenmode

TAEC

Tanzania Atomic Energy Commission

TAEK

Turkish Atomic Energy Authority Türkiye Atom

Enerjisi Kurumu

TAEK-PAF

TAEK Proton Accelerator Facility (Turkey)

TA-GVHD

transfusion-associated graft-versus-host disease

TAIEX

Technical Assistance Information Exchange Office (European Union)

TALISMAN

Transnational Access to Large Infrastructure for a

Safe Management of Actinide

TALMS

Time, Attendance and Leave Management System (IAEA)

TAMU

Texas A&M University (USA)

TANUVAS

Tamilnadu Veterinary and Animal Sciences

University

(India)

TAP

temporary assignment programme (IAEA)

TAP

total absoption peak [This is a synonym of full

energy peak (FEP).]

TAPS

Tarapur Atomic Power Station (India)

TAR

Third Assessment Report “Climate Change 2001” (IPCC)

TAS

triple-axis spectrometer

TASO

AIDS Support Organization (Uganda)

TAT

targeted alpha therapy

TATB

triaminotrinitrobenzene

TAXUD

Directorate-General for Taxation and Customs (European

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Union of the European Commission Commission)

terbium

Trypanosoma brucei

tuberculosis

T/B ratio

tumour-to-background ratio

TBARS

thiobarbituric acid reactive substance

TBC

thermal barrier coating

TBG

thyroxine-binding globulin

TBI

total body irradiation

TBI

traumatic brain injury

TBK

total body potassium

TBL

triple bottom line

TBP

tributyl phosphate

TBR

trickle bed reactor

TBS

transition break size

TBT

tributyltin

TBT Agreement

Agreement on Technical Barriers to Trade (WTO)

TBUT

tear break-up time

TBW

total body water

technetium

Department of Technical Cooperation (IAEA)

technical cooperation

triangular cooperation

Trypanosoma cruzi

TCA

trichloroacetic acid

TCAF

Division for Africa [In December 2005, this

Division and the Division for Asia and the Pacific

(TCAP) replaced the Division for Africa and Asia

and the Pacific (TCPA). It is part of the Department

of Technical Cooperation.]

(IAEA)

TCAF1

Africa Section 1 [In December 2005, this Section,

together with Africa Section 2, replaced the Africa

Section (TCAFS). It is part of the Division for

Africa (TCAF).]

(IAEA)

TCAF2

Africa Section 2 [In December 2005, this Section,

together with Africa Section 1, replaced the Africa

Section (TCAFS). It is part of the Division for

Africa (TCAF).]

(IAEA)

TCAFS

Africa Section [This was part of the Division for

Africa and Asia and the Pacific (TCPA). In

December 2005, it was replaced by the Africa

Section 1 (TCAF1) and Africa Section 2 (TCAF2).]

(IAEA)

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TCAP

Division for Asia and the Pacific [In December

2005, this Division and the Division for Africa

(TCAF) replaced the Division for Africa and Asia

and the Pacific (TCPA). It is part of the Department

of Technical Cooperation.]

(IAEA)

TCAP1

Asia and the Pacific Section 1 [In December 2005,

this Section, together with the Asia and the Pacific

Section 2, replaced the Asia and the Pacific Section

(TCAPS). It is part of the Division for Asia and the

Pacific (TCAP).]

(IAEA)

TCAP2

Asia and the Pacific Section 2 [In December 2005,

this Section, together with the Asia and the Pacific

Section 1, replaced the Asia and the Pacific Section

(TCAPS). It is part of the Division for Asia and the

Pacific (TCAP).]

(IAEA)

TCAPM

time correlated associated particle method

TCAPS

Asia and the Pacific Section [This was part of the

Division for Africa and Asia and the Pacific

(TCPA) and prior to 1 January 2005 was known as

the East Asia and the Pacific Section. In December

2005, it was replaced by the Asia and the Pacific

Section 1 (TACP1) and Asia and the Pacific Section

2 (TACP2).]

(IAEA)

TCC

tobacco cessation clinic

TCCPS

Concepts and Planning Section [part of the Division

of Planning and Coordination (TCPC)]

(IAEA)

TCCT

Division of Programme of Action for Cancer

Therapy [This replaced the Programme of Action

for Cancer Therapy Programme Office (PPO) as of

1 January 2014.]

(IAEA)

TCDC

technical cooperation among developing countries

tce

tonne of coal equivalent

TCEQ

Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (USA)

TCETA

Experts and Training Section [part of the Division

for Africa and Asia and the Pacific (TCPA)]

(IAEA)

TCETB

Experts and Training Section [part of the Division

for Europe and Latin America (TCPB)]

(IAEA)

TCEU

Division for Europe [In December 2005, this

Division and the Division for Latin America

(TCLA) replaced the Division for Europe and Latin

America (TCPB). It is part of the Department of

Technical Cooperation.]

(IAEA)

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TCEU1

Europe Section 1 [In December 2005, this Section,

together with the Europe Section 2, replaced the

Europe Section (TCEUS). It is part of the Division

for Europe (TCEU).]

(IAEA)

TCEU2

Europe Section 2 [In December 2005, this Section,

together with the Europe Section 1, replaced the

Europe Section (TCEUS). It is part of the Division

for Europe (TCEU).]

(IAEA)

TCEUS

Europe Section [This was part of the Division for

Europe and Latin America (TCPB). In December

2005, it was replaced by the Europe Section 1

(TCEU1) and Europe Section 2 (TCEU2).]

(IAEA)

TCF

Technical Cooperation Fund (IAEA)

TCFPS

Field Procurement Section [This was replaced by

the Office of Procurement Services with effect from

4 January 2005.]

(IAEA)

TCISS

Information Systems Section [In December 2005,

this replaced the former TC Information Systems

Unit. It is part of the Division of Programme

Support and Coordination (TCPC).]

(IAEA)

TCLA

Division for Latin America [In December 2005, this

Division and the Division for Europe (TCEU)

replaced the Division for Europe and Latin America

(TCPB). It is part of the Department of Technical

Cooperation.]

(IAEA)

TCLA1

Latin America Section 1 [In December 2005, this

Section, together with the Latin America Section 2,

replaced the Latin America Section (TCLAS). It is

part of the Division for Latin America (TCLA).]

(IAEA)

TCLA2

Latin America Section 2 [In December 2005, this

Section, together with the Latin America Section 1,

replaced the Latin America Section (TCLAS). It is

part of the Division for Latin America (TCLA).]

(IAEA)

TCLAS

Latin America Section [This was part of the

Division for Europe and Latin America (TCPB). In

December 2005, this Section was replaced by the

Latin America Section 1 (TCLA1) and Latin

America Section 2 (TCLA2).]

(IAEA)

TCM

Technical Committee Meeting [This used to be a

category of IAEA meeting. It was replaced by

Technical Meeting (TM) in 2002.]

(IAEA)

TCO

Topography and Cartography Office Office de la (Tunisia)

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topographie et de la cartographie

TCOG

Trilateral Coordination and Oversight Group (Japan/Republic of

Korea/USA)

TCP

transmission control protocol

TCP

tumour control probability

TCPA

Division for Africa and Asia and the Pacific [This

was part of the Department of Technical

Cooperation and prior to 1 January 2005 was

known as the Division for Africa, and East Asia and

the Pacific (TCPA). In December 2005, it was

replaced by the Division for Asia and the Pacific

(TCAP) and the Division for Africa (TCAF).]

(IAEA)

TCPB

Division for Europe and Latin America [This was

part of the Department of Technical Cooperation

and was prior to 1 January 2005 known as the

Division for Europe, Latin America and West Asia

(TCPB). In December 2005, it was replaced by the

Division for Latin America (TCLA) and the

Division for Europe (TCEU).]

(IAEA)

TCPC

Division of Programme Support and Coordination

[In December 2005, this Division replaced the

Division of Planning and Coordination (TCPC). It

is part of the Department of Technical

Cooperation.]

(IAEA)

TCP Committee

Technical Cooperation Programme Committee (IAEA)

TCPCS

Programme Coordination Section [part of the

Division of Planning and Coordination (TCPC)]

(IAEA)

TCP/IP

transmission control protocol/Internet protocol

TCPR

triennial comprehensive policy review of

operational activities for development of the United

Nations system

(United Nations)

TC PRIDE

Technical Cooperation Project Information

Dissemination Environment

(IAEA)

TC PRIME

Technical Cooperation Project Information

Management Environment

(IAEA)

TCQAS

Quality Assurance Section [This is part of the

Department of Technical Cooperation.]

(IAEA)

TCS

Section for Common Technical Support [part of the

Division of Technical Support (SGTS)]

(IAEA)

TCS

Training Course Series (IAEA)

TCSC

Transport Container Standardisation Committee

Comité de Normalización de los Contenedores de

(United Kingdom)

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Transporte

TCT

transmission computed tomography

TCU

Federal Court of Accounts Tribunal de Contas da

União

(Brazil)

TCWAS

West Asia Section [This was part of the Division

for Europe, Latin America and West Asia (TCPB),

but ceased to exist following the reorganization of

the Department of Technical Cooperation with

effect from 1 January 2005.]

(IAEA)

turbine-driven

TDA

transboundary diagnostic analysis (GEF)

TDC

Tuberculosis Detection Centre Centre de détection

de la tuberculose

(Benin)

TDEE

total daily energy expenditure

TDEM

time domain electromagnetic

TDF

time–dose–fractionation

TDHIF

Terre des Hommes International Federation

TDI

Toxicological Documentation and Information

Network Toxikologischer Dokumentations- und

Informationsverbund

(Germany)

TDIP

Temporary Disability Insurance Plan (IAEA)

TDLAS

tunable diode laser absorption spectrometry

TDLS

tunable diode laser spectrometry

TDPS system

Titicaca–Desaguadero–Poopo–Salar de Coipasa

system

TDR

Special Programme for Research and Training in

Tropical Diseases

(WHO)

TDR

time domain reflectometry

TDRC

Tropical Diseases Research Centre (WHO)

TDS

total diet study

TDS

total dissolved solids

tellurium

tissue equivalent

transverse electric

TE buffer

Tris–EDTA buffer

TECAL

Quality Control Technology Centre Centro de

Tecnología de Control de la Calidad

(Spain)

TECDOC

publication in the IAEA-TECDOC series (IAEA)

TEES

Texas Engineering Experiment Station (USA)

TEF

Transmutation Experimental Facility

effective half-life

TEGDE

Technical Group on Decommissioning (IAEA)

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TEİAŞ

Turkish Electricity Transmission Company

Türkiye Elektrik İletim Anonim Şirketi

TEL

Terrestrial Environment Laboratory [part of the

IAEA Environment Laboratories (NAEL)]

(IAEA)

TEM

transmission electron microscopy

Tempus

trans-European mobility scheme for university

studies

(European Union)

TENEX

Techsnabexport [This is a company.] (Russian Federation)

TENORM

technologically enhanced naturally occurring

radioactive materials

TEPCO

Tokyo Electric Power Company (Japan)

TERI

Energy and Resources Institute [The former Tata

Energy Research Institute changed its name at the

end of March 2003.]

(India)

TES

thermal equilibrium segregation

TESEC

European Centre of Technological Safety

TESS

Technical and Engineering Services Section [This

Section, which was part of the Division of General

Services (MTGS), was replaced by the Facilities

Management Section (FMS) with effect from 15

November 2004.]

(IAEA)

Test –

St.Petersburg

Centre for Testing and Certification – St.Petersburg

toroidal field

transfer factor

Trust Fund

TFCX

Tokamak Fusion Core Experiment

TF-OC

Task Force on Organised Crime in the Baltic Sea

Region [This is part of the Council of the Baltic Sea

States (CBSS).]

TfR

transferrin receptor

TFP

technical and financial partners

TFS

Team Foundation Server (Computing)

TFT

Research Institute for Theoretical Physics [This has

been replaced by the Helsinki Institute of Physics

(HIP).]

(Finland)

TFT

thin film transistor

TFTR

Tokamak Fusion Test Reactor (USA)

TFWG

Transport Facilitation Working Group (IAEA)

thyroglobulin

turbine generator

TGA

thermal gravimetric analysis

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TgAb

thyroglobulin antibody

TGE

transmissible gastro-enteritis

TGSS

Transport and General Support Section (IAEA)

thorium

THA

time history analysis

t/ha

tonnes per hectare

TH cell

T-helper cell

THC

tertiary health care

ThDEPO

World Thorium Deposits and Resources (IAEA)

THERP

technique for human error rate prediction

THERPRO

Database

Thermo-Physical Materials Properties Database (IAEA)

THF

tetrahydrofuran

ThFC

Further Investigation of the U233/Th Fuel Cycle

[This is an INPRO collaborative project.]

(INPRO)

THK

Teaching Hospital Karapitiya (Sri Lanka)

t HM

tonnes of heavy metal

t HM/a

tonnes of heavy metal per year

THORP

Thermal Oxide Reprocessing Plant (United Kingdom)

THPM

thermohydraulic power monitor (Safeguards)

THTR

thorium high temperature reactor

thermal ionization

titanium

transport index

TIB

temporary immersion bioreactor

TIB

total instantaneous blockage

TIC

Tantalum-Niobium International Study Center

TICAD

Tokyo International Conference on African

Development

TIE

Section for Installed Systems [part of the Division

of Technical Support (SGTS)]

(IAEA)

TIG welding

tungsten inert gas welding

TILLING

targeting induced local lesions in genomes

TIMM

Technological Institute of Milk and Meat (Ukraine)

TIMS

thermal ionization mass spectrometer [The same

acronym is used for thermal ionization mass

spectrometry.]

TIMS

thermal ionization mass spectrometry [The same

acronym is used for thermal ionization mass

spectrometer.]

TIN

taxpayer identification number

TINT

Thailand Institute of Nuclear Technology

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TiO

titanium dioxide

TIP

traversing in-core probe

TIPME

Tashkent Institute of Postgraduate Medical

Education

(Uzbekistan)

TIR

total indicator reading

TIR Convention

Customs Convention on the International Transport

of Goods under Cover of TIR Carnets

TIRDO

Tanzania Industrial Research and Development

Organization

TIRM

turbo inversion recovery magnitude

TIS

temporary immersion system

TISA

Transitional Islamic State of Afghanistan [Under its

constitution approved on 4 January 2004, this

former official name for Afghanistan was replaced

by “Islamic Republic of Afghanistan”.]

TIV

total indicator variation

thallium

thermoluminescence

TLA

thin layer activation

TLAA

time-limited ageing analysis

Tlatelolco Treaty

Treaty for the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons in

Latin America and the Caribbean

(Original text reproduced in

IAEA document

GOV/INF/176; amendments

reproduced in IAEA document

INFCIRC/411)

TLC

thin-layer chromatography

TLD

thermoluminescent detector

TLD

thermoluminescent dosimeter

TLD

thermoluminescence dosimetry

TLE

two-line element (Space)

TLI

total lymphoid irradiation

TLS

tumour lysis syndrome

TLU

tropical livestock unit

TLW

thick liquid wall

Technical Meeting [This is a category of IAEA

meeting.]

(IAEA)

melting temperature

thulium

TMC

Tata Memorial Centre (India)

TMF

Tails Management Facility

TMI

Three Mile Island (USA)

TML

trimedlure

TMR

tissue maximum ratio

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TMRI

Tropical Medicine Research Institute (Sudan)

TMT

treadmill test

TMV

tobacco mosaic virus

TMX-U

tandem mirror experiment upgrade

thoron [radon-220]

TNA

training needs assessment

TND

thermal neutron detector

TNF

tumour necrosis factor

TNM

tumour, node, metastasis [This is a tumour

classification system.]

TNPP

transportable nuclear power plant

TNRC

Tajoura Nuclear Research Center (Libya)

TNRC

Tehran Nuclear Research Centre (Islamic Republic of

Iran)

TNS

Section for NDA Systems and Seals [part of the

Division of Technical Support (SGTS)]

(IAEA)

TNT

trinitrotoluene

TNU

Tajik National University (Tajikistan)

TNW

tactical nuclear weapon

Technical Officer (IAEA)

TOAD

Tool for Oracle Application Developers [The full

form is rearely used.]

TOC

total organic carbon

toe

tonne of oil equivalent

TOF-SIMS

time-of-flight secondary ion mass spectrometer

TOF

spectrometer

time-of-flight spectrometer

TOGA

Tropical Ocean and Global Atmosphere Programme (WCRP)

Tokyo Tech

Tokyo Institute of Technology (Japan)

TopNux

Topical Meeting on New Reactor Systems

ToR

terms of reference

TOrC

trace organic contaminant

total protein

treatment planning

TPM

Transplant Procurement Management

TPR

tissue phantom ratio

TPRI

Tropical Pesticides Research Institute (Tanzania)

TPS

treatment planning system

TPU

Tomsk Polytechnic University (Russian Federation)

thymoquinone

TQNPC

Third Qinshan Nuclear Power Company (China)

Training Meeting [This is a category of IAEA (IAEA)

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meeting.]

TRACECA

Transport Corridor Europe–Caucasus–Asia (European

Commission)

TRANSART

Transport Safety Advisory Review Team (IAEA)

TranSAS

Transport Safety Appraisal Service [This service

was integrated into the Integrated Regulatory

Review Service (IRRS).]

(IAEA)

Transport

Regulations

Regulations for the Safe Transport of Radioactive

Material

TRANSSAC

Transport Safety Standards Advisory Committee

[This was replaced by the Transport Safety

Standards Committee (TRANSSC).]

(IAEA)

TRANSSC

Transport Safety Standards Committee [This

replaced the Transport Safety Standards Advisory

Committee (TRANSSAC).]

(IAEA)

TRC

Technical Review Committee (Safeguards)

Treaty of

Amsterdam

Treaty of Amsterdam amending the Treaty on

European Union, the Treaties establishing the

European Communities and certain related acts

[This updated the Maasstricht Treaty and the Treaty

of Rome and was itself updated by the Treaty of

Nice. It is also known as Amsterdam Treaty.]

(European Union)

Treaty of Nice

Treaty of Nice amending the Treaty on European

Union, the Treaties establishing the European

Communities and certain related Acts [This updated

the Treaty of Amsterdam.]

Treaty of Rome

Treaty establishing the European Community [This

was updated by subsequent treaties.]

Treaty of

Semipalatinsk

Treaty on a Nuclear-Weapon-Free Zone in Central

Asia

TRF

thyrotropin releasing factor [This is a synonym of

thyrotropin releasing hormone (TRH).]

TRH

thyrotropin releasing hormone [This is a synonym

of thyrotropin releasing factor (TRF).]

TRIC

Tritium Intercomparison

Trilateral

Initiative

Trilateral Initiative launched by the Minister of the

Russian Federation for Atomic Energy, the

Secretary of Energy of the United States of America

and the Agency’s Director General on 17

September 1996 to consider practical measures for

the application of IAEA verification to fissile

material originating from nuclear weapons

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TRINITI

Troitsk Institute of Innovative and Thermonuclear

Research

(Russian Federation)

Tripartite

Initiative

IAEA/RF-MINATOM/US-DOE Initiative on

Securing and Managing Radioactive Sources

TRISO fuel

tristructural isotropic fuel

TRIT

Tea Research Institute of Tanzania

TR-LSC

time-resolved liquid scintillation counting

tRNA

transfer RNA

TROG

Trans-Tasman Radiation Oncology Group (Australia/New

Zealand)

TRP

Tokai Reprocessing Plant (Japan)

TRP

Travel Report Processing System (IAEA)

TR-PDA

time-resolved pulse decay analysis

TRR

Tehran Research Reactor (Islamic Republic of

Iran)

TRS

Technical Reports Series [This is a category of

IAEA publication.]

(IAEA)

TRS

test response spectrum

TRTR

National Organization of Test, Research, and

Training Reactors

(USA)

TRU

Terminology and Reference Unit [This used to be

part of the Document Support Section (DSS) in the

Division of Conference and Document Services

(MTCD).]

(IAEA)

TRU

transuranic

TRUEX process

transuranic extraction process

technical specification

TSA

thematic safety area (IAEA)

TSA

Transportation Security Administration (USA)

TSB

territorial sea baseline

TSBF

Tropical Soil Biology and Fertility Programme (UNESCO)

TSC

technical support centre

TSC Programme

Train-Sea-Coast Programme (United Nations)

TSDWR

Trombay Symposium on Desalination and Water

Reuse

(India)

TSE

transmissible spongiform encephalopathy

TSE

turbo spin echo

TSEI

total skin electron irradiation

TSES

Tele Support Expert Service (IAEA)

Tsf

spontaneous fission half-life

TSG

traditional speciality guaranteed (EU)

TSH

thyroid stimulating hormone

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tsl

temperature sensitive lethal

TSMU

Tajik State Medical University

TSNIIAtominform

Central Scientific Research Institute of

Management, Economics and Information [The

acronym is a transliteration of the Russian

acronym.]

(Russian Federation)

TSNU

Tajik State National University (Tajikistan)

TSO

Stationery Office (United Kingdom)

TSO

technical support organization

TSO

technical and scientific support organization

TSO

transmission system operator

TSOF

Technical and Scientific Support Organization

Forum

(IAEA)

TSP

total suspended particulates

TSP

triple superphosphate

TSPA

Total System Performance Assessment (USA)

TSPA-SR

Total System Performance Assessment for the Site

Recommendation

(USA)

TSPCIAAPS

Technology and Safety Policy Coordination,

Interagency Affairs and Protocol Section [part of

the Office of External Relations and Policy

Coordination (EXPO)]

(IAEA)

TSR

Temporary Storage Rule (USA)

TSS

Transitional Support Strategy (World Bank)

TSS

Translation Support Section [This was part of the

Division of Conference and Document Services

(MTCD) and was replaced by the Document

Support Section in February 2003.]

(IAEA)

TST

treadmill stress test

TSU

Transport Safety Unit [This is part of the

Regulatory Infrastructure and Transport Safety

Section in the Division of Radiation, Transport and

Waste Safety (NSRW).]

(IAEA)

TsUKS

Centre for Crisis Management [This is part of

Emercom. The acronym is a transliteration of the

Russian acronym.]

(Russian Federation)

TTBT

Treaty between the United States of America and

the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics on the

Limitation of Underground Nuclear Weapon Tests

TTF

tray transmission factor

TTFSE Program

Trade and Transport Facilitation in Southeast

Europe Program

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TTL

transistor transistor logic

TTM

time to market

TTR

Section for Safeguards Training [part of the

Division of Technical Support (SGTS)]

(IAEA)

TTRI

Tsetse and Trypanosomiasis Research Institute (United Republic of

Tanzania)

TTS

Travel and Transportation Section [This Section,

which is part of the Division of General Services

(MTGS), replaced the Administrative Support

Section (ADSS) with effect from 15 November

2004.]

(IAEA)

TTT

train the trainers

Tribhuvan University (Nepal)

tritium unit

TUBAF

Freiberg University of Mining and Technology

Technische Universität Bergakademie Freiberg

(Germany)

TUCC

All United Against Cancer Tous unis contre le

cancer

(Niger)

TU Delft

Delft University of Technology Technische

Universiteit Delft

(Netherlands)

TU Dresden

Dresden University of Technology Technische

Universität Dresden

(Germany)

TU Graz

Graz University of Technology Technische

Universität Graz

(Austria)

TUIWE

Trade Unions International of Workers in Energy

TURP

transurethral resection of the prostate

TUSUR

Tomsk State University of Control Systems and

Radioelectronics

(Russian Federation)

TU Vienna

Vienna University of Technology Technische

Universität Wien

(Austria)

TVA

Tennessee Valley Authority (USA)

TVC

thermal vapour compression

TVL

tenth-value layer [This is a synonym of tenth-value

thickness (TVT).]

TVM

time value of money

TVO

Teollisuuden Voima Oyj [This is a utility

company.]

(Finland)

TVT

tenth-value thickness [This is a synonym of tenth-

value layer (TVL).]

TW·a

terawatt-year

TWAS

World Academy of Sciences [This was formerly

known as the Third World Academy of Sciences.]

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TWD

Tephritid Workers Database (FAO/IAEA)

TWEA

Trading with the Enemy Act (USA)

TWG

technical working group [Write with lower case

when used generically and initial capitals when

referring to a specific group. IAEA international

working groups were renamed technical working

groups in 2001.]

(IAEA)

TWG-FCO

Technical Working Group on Nuclear Fuel Cycle

Options

(IAEA)

TWGFPT

Technical Working Group on Fuel Performance and

Technology

(IAEA)

TWG-FR

Technical Working Group on Fast Reactors [This

replaced the International Working Group on Fast

Reactors (IWG-FR) in 2001.]

(IAEA)

TWG-GCR

Technical Working Group on Gas Cooled Reactors

[This replaced the International Working Group on

Gas Cooled Reactors (IWG-GCR) in 2001.]

(IAEA)

TWG-HWR

Technical Working Group on Advanced

Technologies for Heavy Water Reactors [This

replaced the International Working Group on

Advanced Technologies for Heavy Water Reactors

(IWG-HWR) in 2001.]

(IAEA)

TWG-LMNPP

Technical Working Group on Life Management of

Nuclear Power Plants [This replaced the

International Working Group on Life Management

of Nuclear Power Plants (IWG-LMNPP) in 2001.]

(IAEA)

TWG-LWR

Technical Working Group on Advanced

Technologies for Light Water Reactors [This

replaced the International Working Group on

Advanced Technologies for Light Water Reactors

(IWG-LWR) in 2001.]

(IAEA)

TWGM

AFRA Technical Working Group Meeting

TWG-MHR

Technical Working Group on Managing Human

Resources in the Field of Nuclear Energy

(IAEA)

TWG-ND

Technical Working Group on Nuclear Desalination

[In 2008 this replaced the earlier International

Nuclear Desalination Advisory Group (INDAG).]

(IAEA)

TWGNFCO

Technical Working Group on Nuclear Fuel Cycle

Options and Spent Fuel Management [The

Technical Working Group on Nuclear Fuel Cycle

Optio was created in 2002 by the merger of the

Regular Advisory Group on Spent Fuel

(IAEA)

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Management and the International Working Group

on Nuclear Fuel Cycle Options. It was subsequently

renamed to this longer form, but kept the same

acronym.]

TWG-NKM

Technical Working Group on Nuclear Knowledge

Management

(IAEA)

TWG-NPI

Technical Working Group on Nuclear Power

Infrastructure

(IAEA)

TWG-NPPCI

Technical Working Group on Nuclear Power Plant

Control and Instrumentation

(IAEA)

TWG-RR

Technical Working Group on Research Reactors (IAEA)

TWG-T&Q

Technical Working Group on Nuclear Power Plant

Personnel Training and Qualification

(IAEA)

TW·h

terawatt-hour

TWR-P

Travelling Wave Reactor-Prototype (USA)

TWT

travelling-wave tube

TXRF

total reflection X-ray fluorescence

TYLCV

tomato yellow leaf curl virus

Type IP-1

industrial package Type 1 (Transport

Regulations)

Type IP-2

industrial package Type 2 (Transport

Regulations)

Type IP-3

industrial package Type 3 (Transport

Regulations)

uracil

uranium

University of Antwerp Universiteit Antwerpen (Belgium)

UAB

Autonomous University of Barcelona Universitat

Autònoma de Barcelona

(Spain)

UAC

University of Abomey-Calavi Université d'Abomey-

Calavi

(Benin)

UACh

Southern University of Chile Universidad Austral

de Chile

UADS

Support Unit for Health Decentralization Unité

d'appui à la décentralisation sanitaire [This is part

of the Ministry of Public Health and Population

(MSPP).]

(Haiti)

UAE

United Arab Emirates [The acronym is sometimes

used in IAEA documents.]

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UAEM

Autonomous University of the State of Mexico

Universidad Autónoma del Estado de México

UAG

Gronau Uranium Enrichment Plant

Urananreicherungsanlage Gronau

(Germany)

UAK

Subcommittee for Nuclear Energy Unterausschuss

für Kernenergie [This is part of the Paul Scherrer

Institute (PSI).]

(Switzerland)

UAM

Abdou Moumouni University Université Abdou

Moumouni

(Niger)

UAM

Autonomous University of Madrid Universidad

Autónoma de Madrid

(Spain)

UAM

Metropolitan Autonomous University Universidad

Autónoma Metropolitana

(Mexico)

UAMyCN

Unit for Nuclear Material and Nuclear Fuel

Activities Unidad de Actividad Materiales y

Combustibles Nucleares

(Argentina)

UAV

unmanned aerial vehicle

Béjaïa University Université de Béjaïa (Algeria)

University of Barcelona Universitat de Barcelona (Spain)

UBA

University of Buenos Aires Universidad de Buenos

Aires

(Argentina)

UBC

University of British Columbia (Canada)

UBI

ubiquicidin [This is an anti-microbial peptide.]

UBRC

University of Bangui Université de Bangui (Central African

Republic)

UBT

urea breath test

UCAD

Cheikh Anta Diop University Université Cheikh

Anta Diop

(Senegal)

UCB

umbilical cord blood

UCBN

Urban Capacity Building Network

UCC

underclad cracking

UCC

Union Carbide Corporation (USA)

UCC-Water

UNEP Collaborating Centre on Water and

Environment

UCD

University College Dublin (Ireland)

UC Davis

University of California, Davis (USA)

UCE

Central University of Ecuador Universidad Central

del Ecuador

UCF

unit capability factor

UCF

Uranium Conversion Facility (Islamic Republic of

Iran)

UCH

University College Hospital (Nigeria)

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UCI

University of California, Irvine (USA)

UCL

Catholic University of Louvain Université

catholique de Louvain [The university in the city of

Louvain (Leuven) was split in 1971. This is the

French-speaking part. See KU Leuven for the

Flemish-speaking part.]

(Belgium)

UCL

University College London (United Kingdom)

UCL

Uranium Chemistry Laboratory (Islamic Republic of

Iran)

UCL

upper confidence limit

UCLA

University of California, Los Angeles (USA)

UCLT

Central Unit for the Control of Tsetse Flies and

Animal Trypanosomosis Unité centrale de lutte

contre les mouches tsé-tsé et les trypanosomoses

animales

(Mali)

UCLV

Marta Abreu Central University of Las Villas

Universidad Central "Marta Abreu" de las Villas

(Cuba)

UCN

ultra-cold neutron

UCP

Palliative Care Unit and Pain Relief Clinic Unidad

de Cuidados Paliativos y Clínica de Alivio del

Dolor

(Panama)

UCP

URENCO ChemPlants

UCR

University of Costa Rica Universidad de Costa

Rica

UCRF

Ukrainian State Centre of Radio Frequencies

UCS

Union of Concerned Scientists (USA)

UCV

Central University of Venezuela Universidad

Central de Venezuela

UDC

Universal Decimal Classification

UDD

ultra-dispersed diamond

UDEC

Fuel Element Development Unit Unité de

développement des eléments combustibles

(Algeria)

UDEP

University of Piura Universidad de Piura (Peru)

UDEPO

World Distribution of Uranium Deposits (IAEA)

UDla

University of Douala Université de Douala (Cameroon)

UDP

Diego Portales University Universidad Diego

Portales

(Chile)

UDR

Dosimetry and Radiation Protection Unit Unité de

dosimétrie et de radioprotection [This is part of the

Ministry of Public Health and Population (MSPP).]

(Haiti)

UDS

Uranium Disposition Services

UDTS

Silicon Technology Development Unit Unité de (Algeria)

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développement de la technologie du silicium

UDU material

unirradiated direct use material (Safeguards)

UEC

Uranium Energy Corp (USA)

UEI

Special Intervention Unit Unidad Especial de

Intervención

(Costa Rica)

UEIP

Ural Electrochemical Integrated Plant (Russian Federation)

UEMS

European Union of Medical Specialists Union

européenne des médecins spécialistes

UEQ

Uranium Equities (Australia)

UES

University of El Salvador Universidad de El

Salvador

uranium hexafluoride

UFDM

unattended fork detector monitor

UFF

Fluminense Federal University Universidade

Federal Fluminense

(Brazil)

UFFF

uranium fuel fabrication facility

UFHB

Félix Houphouët-Boigny University Université

Félix Houphouët-Boigny

(Côte d'Ivoire)

UFMG

Federal University of Minas Gerais Universidade

Federal de Minas Gerais

(Brazil)

UFR Network

Underground Research Facilities Network (IAEA)

UFPI

Production and Engineering Training Unit Unité de

formation Production Ingénierie [This is part of

Ëlectricité de France.]

(France)

UFRO

University of La Frontera Universidad de La

Frontera

(Chile)

UFRSSMT

Education and Research Unit for Material

Structures Science and Technology Unité de

formation et recherche - Sciences des structures de

la matière et technologie [This is part of the

University of Cocody.]

(Côte d’Ivoire)

UFSC

Federal University of Santa Catarina Universidade

Federal de Santa Catarina

(Brazil)

UFSIA

University Faculties of Saint Ignatius in Antwerp

Universitaire Faculteiten Sint-Ignatius Antwerpen

[This merged with two other university institutions

in 2003 to form the University of Antwerp (UA).]

(Belgium)

University of Ghana

UGent

Ghent University Universiteit Gent [Prior to 1991 it

was known as Rijksuniversiteit Gent]

(Belgium)

UGM

Gadjah Mada University Universitas Gadjah Mada (Indonesia)

University of Havana Universidad de la Habana (Cuba)

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UHF

ultra-high frequency

UHS

ultimate heat sink

UHS-SIMS

ultra-high sensitivity secondary ion mass

spectrometer [The same acronym is used to refer to

the technique.]

UHS-SIMS

ultra-high sensitivity secondary ion mass

spectrometry [The same acronym is used to refer to

the instrument.]

UNVC

ultra-high vacuum chamber

University of Indonesia Universitas Indonesia (Indonesia)

Uranium Institute [This was replaced by the World

Nuclear Association (WNA).]

urease inhibitor

UIA

Union of International Associations

UIA

University Institute of Antwerp Universitaire

Instelling Antwerpen [This merged with two other

university institutions in 2003 to form the

University of Antwerp (UA).]

(Belgium)

UIC

International Union of Railways Union

internationale des chemins de fer

UIC

Uranium Information Centre [This is now defunct.

Some of its functions were taken over by the

Australia Uranium Association (AUA).]

(Australia)

UICC

Union for International Cancer Control

UIMP

Menéndez Pelayo International University

Universidad Internacional Menéndez Pelayo

(Spain)

UINF

International Union for Inland Navigation Union

internationale de la navigation fluviale

UiO

University of Oslo Universitetet i Oslo (Norway)

UIP

undegradable intake protein

University of Jordan

ÚJD SR

Nuclear Regulatory Authority of the Slovak

Republic Úradu jadrového dozoru Slovenskej

republiky

ÚJV Řež

Nuclear Research Institute Řež Ústav jaderného

výzkumu Řež

(Czech Republic)

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern

Ireland [United Kingdom is the shorter form

normally used in IAEA documents.]

UKAEA

United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority

UKE

University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf

Universitätsklinikum Hamburg-Eppendorf

(Germany)

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UKM

National University of Malaysia Universiti

Kebangsaan Malaysia

UkrNS

Ukrainian Nuclear Society

UKZN

University of KwaZulu-Natal (South Africa)

University of Ljubljana Univerza v Ljubljani (Slovenia)

ULA

University of the Andes Universidad de Los Andes (Venezuela)

ULAPS

Local Primary Health Care Unit Unidad Local de

Atención Primaria de Salud

(Panama)

ULB

Free University of Brussels Université libre de

Bruxelles [This is the French-speaking university as

opposed to the Flemish-speaking Free University of

Brussels (VUB), which split away from the ULB in

1970.]

(Belgium)

ULg

University of Liege Université de Liège (Belgium)

ULOF

unprotected loss of flow

ULPCG

University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria

Universidad de Las Palmas de Gran Canaria

(Spain)

ULV

ultra low volume

UM1

Montpellier 1 University Université Montpellier 1 (France)

UMB

Medical University of Bialystok Uniwersytet

Medyczna w Białymstoku

(Poland)

UMEX

Information System on Uranium Mining Exposure (IAEA)

UML

Unified Modeling Language

UMMB

urea molasses multinutrient block

UMP

Ulba Metallurgical Plant [This is part of

Kazatomprom.]

(Kazakhstan)

UMP

Urban Management Programme (UN-Habitat/UNDP)

UMREG

Uranium Mining and Remediation Exchange Group

UMS

unattended monitoring system

UMSA

San Andrés University Universidad Mayor de San

Andrés

(Bolivia)

UMTRAP

Uranium Mill Tailings Remedial Action Program

(This is also referred to as the UMTRA Program.)

(USA)

UMTRA

Program

Uranium Mill Tailings Remedial Action Program

(This is also referred to as UMTRAP.)

(USA)

UMZ

Ulba Metallurgical Plant [The abbreviation UMP is

also used.]

(Kaakhstan)

United Nations

UNA

National Agricultural University Universidad

Nacional Agraria

(Nicaragua)

UNA

National University of Costa Rica Universidad

Nacional de Costa Rica

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UNA

National University of Asunción Universidad

Nacional de Asunción

(Paraguay)

UNAC

UN Audit Committee (Philippines)

UNAH

National Autonomous University of Honduras

Universidad Nacional Autónoma de Honduras

UNAIDS

Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS

UNALM

La Molina National Agricultural University

Universidad Nacional Agraria La Molina

(Peru)

UNAM

National Autonomous University of Mexico

Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México

UNAMI

United Nations Assistance Mission for Iraq

UNAN

National Autonomous University of Nicaragua

Universidad Nacional Autónoma de Nicaragua

UNASUR

Union of South American Nations

UNAT

United Nations Administrative Tribunal

UNBISnet

United Nations Bibliographic Information System

UNC

National University of Córdoba Universidad

Nacional de Córdoba

(Argentina)

UNCAPS

United Nations System Shared Cataloguing and

Public Access System

UNCC

United Nations Compensation Commission

UNCCD

United Nations Convention to Combat

Desertification in Those Countries Experiencing

Serious Drought and/or Desertification, particularly

in Africa

UNCDF

United Nations Capital Development Fund

UNCED

United Nations Conference on Environment and

Development

UNCG

United Nations Communications Group

UNCHR

United Nations Commission on Human Rights

[This was replaced in 2006 by the Human Rights

Council (HCR).]

UNCHS

United Nations Centre for Human Settlements [As

of 1 Jaunary 2002 this is known as the United

Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-

Habitat).]

UNCITRAL

United Nations Commission on International Trade

Law

UNCL

uranium neutron coincidence collar

UNCLOS

United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea

UNCND

United Nations Commission on Narcotic Drugs

UNCNRSE

United Nations Conference on New and Renewable

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Sources of Energy [10-12 August 1981, Nairobi]

UNCOPUOS

United Nations Committee on the Peaceful Uses of

Outer Space

UNCPICPUNE

United Nations Conference for the Promotion of

International Co-operation in the Peaceful Uses of

Nuclear Energy

UNCSD

United Nations Common Supplier Database [This

was replaced by the United Nations Global

Marketplace (UNGM).]

UNCSD

United Nations Conference on Sustainable

Development [This conference, also knowm as

Rio+20, was held in Rio in June 2012, twenty years

after the United Nations Conference on

Environment and Development (UNCED).]

UNCST

Uganda National Council for Science and

Technology

UNCSTD

United Nations Commission on Science and

Technology for Development

UNCT

United Nations Country Team

UNCTAD

United Nations Conference on Trade and

Development

UNDAC team

United Nations Disaster Assessment and

Coordination team

UNDAF

United Nations Development Assistance

Framework

UNDC

United Nations Disarmament Commission

UNDCP

United Nations International Drug Control

Programme

UNDDA

United Nations Department for Disarmament

Affairs

UNDESA

United Nations Department of Economic and Social

Affairs

UNDG

United Nations Development Group

UNDGAACS

United Nations Department of General Assembly

Affairs and Conference Services [This Department

is now called the United Nations Department for

General Assembly and Conference Management

(UNDGACM)].

UNDGACM

United Nations Department for General Assembly

and Conference Management [This Department was

previously called the United Nations Department of

General Assembly Affairs and Conference Services

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(UNDGAACS).]

UNDHA

United Nations Department of Humanitarian

Affairs [This was replaced by the Office for the

Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA).]

UNDHL

United Nations Dag Hammarskjöld Library

UNDOF

United Nations Disengagement Observer Force

UNDP

United Nations Development Programme

UNDPA

United Nations Department of Political Affairs

UNDPI

United Nations Department of Public Information

UNDPKO

United Nations Department of Peacekeeping

Operations

UNEA

United Nations Environment Assembly (UNEP)

UNECA

United Nations Economic Commission for Africa

UNECE

United Nations Economic Commission for Europe

UNEG

United Nations Evaluation Group

UNENE

University Network of Excellence in Nuclear

Engineering

(Canada)

UNEP

United Nations Environment Programme

UNEPCA

Camelid Project Executive Unit Unidad Ejecutora

del Proyecto Camélidos

(Bolivia)

UNERC

United Nations Emergency Relief Co-ordinator

UNESA

Spanish Electricity Industry Association Asociación

Española de la Industria Eléctrica

UNESCAP

United Nations Economic and Social Commission

for Asia and the Pacific

UNESCO

United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural

Organization

UNESCO-IHE

UNESCO-IHE Institute for Water Education

UNESP

São Paulo State University Universidade Estadual

Paulista

(Brazil)

UNESR

Simón Rodríguez National Experimental University

Universidad Nacional Experimental Simón

Rodríguez

(Venezuela)

UNF

United Nations Foundation

UNFC-2009

United Nations Framework Classification for Fossil

Energy and Mineral Reserves and Resources 2009

UNFCCC

United Nations Framework Convention on Climate

Change [The acronym FCCC is also used.]

UNFF

United Nations Forum on Forests

UNFIP

United Nations Fund for International Partnerships

UNFPA

United Nations Population Fund

UNFSTD

United Nations Fund for Science and Technology

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for Development [This Fund no longer exists.]

UNGA

United Nations General Assembly

UNGC

United Nations Global Compact

UNGIWG

United Nations Geographical Information Working

Group

UNGM

United Nations Global Marketplace [This replaced

the former United Nations Common Supplier

Database (UNCSD).]

UNH

uranyl nitrate hexahydrate

UN-HABITAT

United Nations Human Settlements Programme

[This was known until 1 January 2002 as United

Nations Centre for Human Settlements (UNCHS).]

UNHAS

Hasanuddin University Universitas Hasanuddin (Indonesia)

UNHCR

United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees

[Note the same acronym is used for the

Commissioner and the Office of the

Commissioner.]

UNHCHR

United Nations High Commissioner for Human

Rights

UNHCR

Office of the United Nations High Commissioner

for Refugees

UNHHSF

United Nations Habitat and Human Settlements

Foundation

UNHG

United Nations Headquarters

UNI

National University of Engineering Universidad de

Ingeniería

(Peru)

UNIC

United Nations information centre (Various countries)

UNICA

University of Ciego de Ávila Universidad de Ciego

de Ávila

(Cuba)

UNICEF

United Nations Children’s Fund

UNICPOLOS

United Nations Open-ended Informal Consultative

Process on Oceans and the Law of the Sea

UNICRI

United Nations Interregional Crime and Justice

Research Institute

UNIDIR

United Nations Institute for Disarmament Research

UNIDO

United Nations Industrial Development

Organization

UNIE

Operational Engineering Unit Unité d'ingénierie

d'exploitation

(France)

UNIFEM

United Nations Development Fund for Women

[This merged with three other entities to form UN

Women in July 2010.]

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UNIFIL

United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon

UNIKIN

University of Kinshasa Université de Kinshasa (Democratic Republic

of the Congo)

UNIPEDE

International Union of Producers and Distributors

of Electrical Energy [This merged in December

1999 with EURELECTRIC to form the Union of

the Electricity Industry — EURELECTRIC.]

UNIS

United Nations information service [When referring

to one in a specific country, use initial capitals.]

(Various countries)

UNIS

United Nations International School

UNISON

University of Sonora Universidad de Sonora

UNISPACE III

Third United Nations Conference on the

Exploration and Peaceful Uses of Outer Space [This

conference was held in Vienna from 19 to 30 July

1999.]

(United Nations)

UNITAR

United Nations Institute for Training and Research

UNITeS

United Nations Information Technology Service

UNITUS

University of Tuscia Università degli Studi della

Tuscia

(Italy)

UNJSPB

United Nations Joint Staff Pension Board

UNJSPF

United Nations Joint Staff Pension Fund

UNLP

United Nations laissez-passer

UNMAS

United Nations Mine Action Service

UNMEER

United Nations Mission for Ebola Emergency

Response

UNMOVIC

United Nations Monitoring, Verification and

Inspection Commission [This replaced the United

Nations Special Commission (UNSCOM).]

UNMSM

San Marcos National University Universidad

Nacional Mayor de San Marcos

(Peru)

UN-NADAF

United Nations New Agenda for the Development

of Africa in the 1990s

UNOCC

United Nations Operations and Crisis Centre

UNODA

United Nations Office for Disarmament Affairs

UNODC

United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime [This

was formerly known as the United Nations Office

for Drug Control and Crime Prevention (ODCCP).]

UNOG

United Nations Office at Geneva

UNOHCHR

Office of the United Nations High Commissioner

for Human Rights

UN-OHRLLS

United Nations Office of the High Representative

for the Least Developed Countries, Landlocked

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Developing Countries and Small Island Developing

States

UNOIOS

United Nations Office of Internal Oversight

Services

UNOLA

United Nations Office of Legal Affairs

UNOMIG

United Nations Observer Mission in Georgia

UNON

United Nations Office at Nairobi

UNOOSA

United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs

UNOPS

United Nations Office for Project Services

UNOV

United Nations Office at Vienna

UNPA

United Nations Postal Administration

UNCCPCJ

United Nations Commission on Crime Prevention

and Criminal Justice

UNORE

United Nations operational rate of exchange

UNPD

United Nations Procurement Division

UNPDF

United Nations Partnership for Development

Framework

(United

Nations/Indonesia)

UNPFII

United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous

Issues

UNPHU

Pedro Henríquez Ureña National University

Universidad Nacional Pedro Henríquez Ureña

(Dominican Republic)

UNPROFOR

United Nations Protection Force

UNR

Rosario National University Universidad Nacional

de Rosario

(Argentina)

UNRA

Ionizing Radiation Regulatory and Advisory Unit

Unidad Reguladora y Asesora de Radiaciones

Ionizantes [This is part of the El Salvador Ministry

of Public Health and Social Assistance (MSPAS).]

(El Salvador)

UNRCO

United Nations Resident Coordinator's Office

UNRCPD

United Nations Regional Centre for Peace and

Disarmament in Asia and the Pacific

UN-REDD

United Nations Collaborative Programme on

Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest

Degradation in Developing Countries

UNRISD

United Nations Research Institute for Social

Development

UNRoD

United Nations Register of Damage Caused by the

Construction of the Wall in the Occupied

Palestinian Territory

UNROE

United Nations rate of exchange

UNRWA

United Nations Relief and Works Agency for

Palestine Refugees in the Near East

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UNSA

National Environmental Health Unit Unidad

Nacional de Salud Ambiental

(Cuba)

UNSAC

United Nations Scientific Advisory Committee

UNSAS

United Nations Standby Arrangements System

UNSAS

United Nations System Accounting Standards

UNSC

United Nations Security Council

UNSCEAR

United Nations Scientific Committee on the Effects

of Atomic Radiation

UNSCETDG

United Nations Sub-Committee of Experts on the

Transport of Dangerous Goods

UNSCN

United Nations System Standing Committee on

Nutrition

UNSCOM

United Nations Special Commission [This was

replaced by the United Nations Monitoring,

Verification and Inspection Commission

(UNMOVIC).]

UNSCR

United Nations Security Council resolution

UNSECOORD

United Nations Security Coordinator [Note the

same acronym is used for the Office of the

Coordinator and the Coordinator.]

UNSECOORD

Office of the United Nations Security Coordinator

[Note the same acronym is used for the Office of

the Coordinator and the Coordinator.]

UNSEIAC

United Nations System Electronic Information

Acquisition Consortium

UNSIA

United Nations System-wide Special Initiative for

the Implementation of the United Nations New

Agenda for the Development of Africa in the 1990s

UNSIC

United Nations System Influenza Coordinator

UNSMS

United Nations security management system

UNSSC

United Nations System Staff College

UNSSS

United Nations Security and Safety Section [This is

now known as a Service rather than a Section.]

(VIC)

UNSSS

United Nations Security and Safety Service

UNSSSNET

United Nations Security and Safety Services

Network

UNSW

University of New South Wales (Australia)

UN SWAP

United Nations System-wide Action Plan on

Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women

UNT

National University of Trujillo Universidad

Nacional de Trujillo

(Peru)

UNT

National University of Tucumán Universidad (Argentina)

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Nacional de Tucumán

UNTB

United Nations Team in Brussels

UNTFHS

United Nations Trust Fund for Human Security

UNTS

United Nations Treaty Series

UNTSO

United Nations Truce Supervision Organization

UNU

United Nations University

UNU-EHS

Institute for Environment and Human Security

UNV

United Nations Volunteers

UN Women

United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the

Empowerment of Women

UNWG

United Nations Women's Guild

UNWTO

World Tourism Organization [The acronym WTO

used to be used, but in order to avoid confusion

with the World Trade Organization, the acronym

was changed as of 1 January 2006 to UNWTO.]

UOB

Omar Bongo University Université Omar Bongo (Gabon)

UoB

University of Bahrain

UOC

uranium ore concentrate [This is also known as

yellowcake.]

ÚOCHB

Institute of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry

Ústav organické chemie a biochemie [This is part of

the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic

(ASCR).]

(Czech Republic)

UoE

University of Eldoret (Kenya)

UOIT

University of Ontario Institute of Technology (Canada)

University of Panama Universidad de Panamá

University of Parakou Université de Parakou (Benin)

University of the Philippines

UPC

Technical University of Catalonia Universitat

Politècnica de Catalunya

(Spain)

UPC

uranium production cycle

UPCH

Cayetano Heredia Peruvian University Universidad

Peruana Cayetano Heredia

(Peru)

UPDEA

Union of Producers, Transporters and Distributors

of Electric Power in Africa

UPE

Programming and Evaluation Unit Unité de

programmation et d'évaluation [This is part of the

Ministry of Public Health and Population (MSPP).]

(Haiti)

UPEACE

University for Peace (United Nations)

UPEB

Union of Banana Exporting Countries Unión de

Países Exportadores de Banano

UPM

Putra University Malaysia Universiti Putra (Malaysia)

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Malaysia

UPM

Technical University of Madrid Universidad

Politécnica de Madrid

UPME

Mining and Energy Planning Unit Unidad de

Planeación Minero Energética [This is part of the

Ministry of Mines and Energy.]

(Colombia)

UPNET

Uranium Production Network for Education and

Training

(IAEA)

UPS

Paris-Sud University Université Paris-Sud (France)

UPS

Services Platform Unit Unidad Plataforma de

Servicios [This is part of the Ministry of Health.]

(Costa Rica)

UPS

uninterruptible power supply [Uninterruptible

power system and uninterruptible power source are

synonyms.]

UPSAT

Uranium Production Site Appraisal Team (IAEA)

UPSI

Sultan Idris Education University Universiti

Pendidikan Sultan Idris

(Malaysia)

UPU

Universal Postal Union (United Nations)

UPZ

urgent protective action planning zone

uncertainty quantification

UQAM

University of Quebec in Montreal (Canada)

URAM-2009

International Symposium on Uranium Raw Material

for the Nuclear Fuel Cycle: Exploration, Mining,

Production, Supply and Demand, Economics and

Environmental Issues [22-26 June 2009, Vienna]

(IAEA)

URCRM

Urals Research Center for Radiation Medicine (Russian Federation)

URENCO USA

URENCO USA/LES [Although this is the official

title, it is more commonly referred to as “URENCO

USA”. It was called the National Enrichment

Facility (NEF) until 2 January 2010.]

(USA)

UREX+

uranium extraction plus

URF

underground research facility [This is a generic

term, but is often used in connection with the

HADES facility in Belgium.]

URISA

Regional Animal Health Research Unit Unidad

Regional de Investigación en Sanidad Animal

(Argentina)

URL

underground research laboratory [This is a generic

term.]

URL

uniform resource locator

URPA

unfunded regular programme activity [This

replaced (in the IAEA’s 2000 budget) the earlier

additional high priority activity (AHPA) and was

(IAEA)

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replaced (in the IAEA’s 2002–2003 programme and

budget) by core activity unfunded in the Regular

Budget (CAURB).]

ultrasonography

ultrasound

USA

United States of America

USAID

United States Agency for International

Development

USAL

University of Salamanca Universidad de

Salamanca

(Spain)

USANS

ultra-small angle neutron scattering

USAR

urban search and rescue

USB

Simón Bolívar University Universidad Simón

Bolívar

(Venezuela)

USB

universal serial bus (Computing)

USC

University of South Carolina (USA)

USCG

United States Coast Guard

USDA

United States Department of Agriculture

USDB

Saad Dahlab University of Blida Université Saad

Dahlab de Blida

(Algeria)

USDOE

United States Department of Energy

USG

Under-Secretary-General (United Nations)

USGS

US Geological Survey

USI

ultrasound imaging

USIE

Unified System for Information Exchange in

Incidents and Emergencies [This system replaced

the earlier ENAC and the reporting function of

NEWS in 2011.]

(IAEA)

USLE

Universal Soil Loss Equation

USLS

UNESCO Staff Savings and Loan Service

USM

Science University of Malaysia Universiti Sains

Malaysia

USMOI

United States Minor Outlying Islands

USP

United States Pharmacopeia

USP

University of São Paulo Universidade de São Paulo (Brazil)

USS

University of Health Sciences Université des

sciences de la santé

(Gabon)

USSR

Union of Soviet Socialist Republics

USTC

University of Science and Technology of China

USTHB

Houari Boumediene University of Sciences and

Technology Université des Sciences et de la

Technologie Houari Boumediene

(Algeria)

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USTM

Masuku University of Science and Technology

Université des sciences et techniques de Masuku

(Gabon)

USTO

Oran University of Science and Technology

Université des sciences et de la technologie d'Oran

[The acronym USTOMB is also used.]

(Algeria)

USTOMB

Oran University of Science and Technology

Université des sciences et de la technologie d'Oran

[The acronym USTO is also used.]

(Algeria)

USTUR

United States Transuranium and Uranium

Registries

ultrasonic testing

University of Thiès Université de Thiés (Senegal)

UTAD

University of Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro

Universidade de Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro

(Portugal)

UTAS

University of Tasmania (Australia)

UTC

Universal Time Coordinated or Coordinated

Universal Time

UTE

Equinoctial Technological University Universidad

Tecnológica Equinoccial

(Ecuador)

UTE

National Administration for Power Stations and

Distribution Grids Administración Nacional de

Usinas y Trasmisiones Eléctricas

(Uruguay)

UTEM

Metropolitan Technology University Universidad

Tecnológica Metropolitana

(Chile)

UTI

urinary tract infection

UTM grid

universal transverse Mercator grid

UTO

Oruro Technical University Universidad Técnica de

Oruro

(Bolivia)

UTP

Technology University of Panama Universidad

Tecnológica de Panamá

UTP

unshielded twisted pair

UTS

ultimate tensile strength

UTS

University of Technology, Sydney (Australia)

ultraviolet

UV/VIS

ultraviolet/visible

ÚVZ SR

Public Health Authority of the Slovak Republic

Úrad verejného zdravotníctva Slovenskej republiky

UWI

University of the West Indies (Jamaica)

UWRC

Urban Water Research Center (USA)

UXO

unexploded ordnance

unsaturated zone

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UzAS

Uzbekistan Academy of Sciences

UZ Leuven

University Hospital Leuven Universitaire

Ziekenhuizen Leuven

(Belgium)

UzNIISSKh

Uzbek Scientific Research Institute for Cotton

Breeding and Seed Production [The acronym is a

transliteration of the Russian acronym.]

UzNPTsSKh

Uzbekistan Scientific Production Centre for

Agriculture [The acronym is a transliteration of the

Russian acronym.]

UZSTANDARD

Agency for Standardization, Metrology and

Certification of Uzbekistan

vanadium

volt [SI unit of electromotive force]

vitamin A

VAC

volts alternating current

VACOSS

Variable Coding Sealing System (Safeguards)

VAD

vitamin A deficiency

VAEA

Vietnam Atomic Energy Agency

VAEC

Vietnam Atomic Energy Commission [This was

replaced in 2009 by the Vietnam Atomic Energy

Institute (VAEI).]

VAEI

Vietnam Atomic Energy Institute [This repleaced

the Vietnam Atomic Energy Commission (VAEC)

in 2009. The preferred abbreviation appears to be

Vinatom.]

VAMDC

Virtual Atomic and Molecular Data Centre

VAMP

Validation of Model Predictions [This project was

replaced by Biosphere Modelling and Assessment

(BIOMASS).]

(IAEA)

VAR

vacuum arc remelting or vacuum arc remelted

VARAM

Ministry of Environmental Protection and Regional

Development Vides aizsardzības un reģionālās

attīstības ministrija

(Latvia)

VARANS

Vietnam Agency for Radiation and Nuclear Safety

[This replaced the Vietnam Agency for Radiation

and Nuclear Safety and Control (VARANSAC).]

VARANSAC

Vietnam Agency for Radiation and Nuclear Safety

and Control [This replaced the Vietnam Radiation

Protection and Nuclear Safety Authority (VRPA) in

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2003 and was itself subsequently replaced by the

Vietnam Agency for Radiation and Nuclear Safety

(VARANS).]

VAS

visual analogue scale

VAT

value added tax

VATESI

State Nuclear Power Safety Inspectorate Valstybinė

atominės energetikos saugos inspekcija

(Lithuania)

VBA

Volta Basin Authority

VBD

vector-borne disease

VBOs

Vienna International Centre based organizations (VIC)

VCDNP

Vienna Center for Disarmament and Non-

Proliferation

VCDT

Vienna Canyon Diablo Troilite [This is the name of

an isotope standard.]

(IAEA)

vCJD

new variant Creutzfeldt–Jakob disease [The

synonym variant Creutzfeldt–Jakob disease is also

used.]

VCLT

Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties

VCU

Visa and Customs Unit (IAEA)

VDEW

German Electricity Association Verband der

Elektrizitätswirtschaft [This was subsequently

replaced by the German Association of Energy and

Water Industries (BDEW).]

(Germany)

VDI

Association of German Engineers Verein Deutscher

Ingenieure

VDU

visual display unit

VECC

Variable Energy Cyclotron Centre [This is part of

the Department of Atomic Energy (DAE) of India.]

(India)

VEGFR

vascular endothelial growth factor receptor

VEP

visual evoked potential

VERA

Vienna Environmental Research Accelerator (Austria)

VERLIFE

Unified Procedure for Lifetime Assessment of

Components and Piping in WWER Type Nuclear

Power Plants

VERMI

Virtual European Radionuclide Metrology Institute

VERTIC

Verification Research, Training and Information

Centre

VES

vesicular exanthema of swine

VFA

volatile fatty acid

VFI

voluntary feed intake

VFM audit

value-for-money audit

VGBIL

All-Russia State Library for Foreign Literature [The (Russian Federation)

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acronym is a transliteration of the Russian

acronym.]

VGTU

Vilnius Gediminas Technical University Vilniaus

Gedimino technikos universitetas

(Lithuania)

VHF

very high frequency

VHF

viral haemorrhagic fever

VHL crane

very heavy lift crane

VHV

very high voltage

VHTR

very high temperature reactor

VIA

visual inspection with acetic acid

VIAA

virus infection associated antigen

VIAM

All-Russia Scientific Research Institute of Aviation

Materials [The acronym is a transliteration of the

Russian acronym.]

(Russian Federation)

VIAS

Victorian Institute of Animal Science (Australia)

VIC

Vienna International Centre

VIDA

Victorian Institute for Dryland Agriculture [This

Institute no longer exists.]

(Australia)

VIDM

Ministry of the Envrionment (Latvia)

VIEMS

All-Russia Scientific Research Institute for Raw

Materials and Subsoil Resources Economics [The

acronym is a transliteration of the Russian

acronym.]

(Russian Federation)

Vienna

Convention

Vienna Convention on Civil Liability for Nuclear

Damage

VIFB

VXI integrated fuel monitor CANDU bundle

counter

(Safeguards)

VIFC

VXI integrated fuel monitor CANDU core

discharge monitor

(Safeguards)

VIFM

VXI integrated fuel monitor (Safeguards)

VILI

visual inspection with Lugol's iodine

VIMS

All-Russia Scientific Research Institute for Mineral

Resources [The acronym is a transliteration of the

Russian acronym.]

(Russian Federation)

Vinatom

Viet Nam Atomic Energy Institute

VIND

Programme

Vinca Institute Nuclear Decommissioning

Programme

(Serbia)

VINITI

All-Russia Institute of Scientific and Technical

Information [The acronym is a transliteration of the

Russian acronym.]

(Russian Federation)

VIP

vasoactive intestinal peptide

VIR

N.I. Vavilov Institute of Plant Industry [The (Russian Federation)

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acronym is a transliteration of the Russian

acronym.]

VIS

Vienna International School

ViSA

[This is the name of a graphical user interface-basd

environment and not normally regarded as an

acronym. The full form Visual System Analysis is

not normally used.]

(Computing)

VISTA

Nuclear Fuel Cycle Simulation System [The short

form for this system is now NFCSS.]

(IAEA)

VITO

Flemish Institute for Technological Research

Vlaamse Instelling voor Technologisch Onderzoek

[The full form is no longer used by the Institute.]

(Belgium)

VIUA

All-Russia Scientific Research Institute for

Fertilizers and Soil Science [The acronym is a

transliteration of the Russian acronym. In 2003, this

institute merged with another one to form the All-

Russia Scientific Research Institute for Agricultural

Chemistry (VNIIA).]

(Russian Federation)

VIZR

All-Russia Scientific Research Institute of Plant

Protection [The acronym is a transliteration of the

Russian acronym.]

(Russian Federation)

VKTA

Nuclear Engineering and Analytics Verein für

Kernverfahrenstechnik und Analytik

(Germany)

VLF

very low frequency

VLIW

very long instruction word (Computing)

VLLW

very low level waste [This term should not be used

in IAEA documents.]

VLP

videolaparoscopy

VLTS

very long term storage

VMA

vanillylmandelic acid

VMAT

volumetric modulated arc therapy

VMOX fuel

vibropacked mixed oxide fuel

VMR

variance to mean ratio

VMS

VIC Medical Service [part of the Division of

Human Resources (MTHR)]

(IAEA)

vacancy notice (IAEA)

VNIGIK

All-Russia Scientific Research and Design Institute

for Geophysical Methods of Investigation, Testing

and Monitoring of Oil and Gas Exploration Wells

[The acronym is a transliteration of the Russian

acronym. This Institute has ceased to exist.]

(Russian Federation)

VNIIA

All-Russia Scientific Research Institute for

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Agricultural Chemistry [The acronym is a

transliteration of the Russian acronym. This

Institute was formed in 2003 through the merger of

the Central Scientific Research Institute of

Agrochemical Services for Agriculture and the All-

Russia Scientific Research Institute for Fertlizers

and Soil Science (VIUA).]

VNIIA

All-Russia Scientific Research Institute for

Automation [The acronym is a transliteration of the

Russian acronym.]

(Russian Federation)

VNIIAEN

Research and Design Institute for Atomic and

Power Pumpbuilding

(Ukraine)

VNIIAES

All-Russia Scientific Research Institute for Nuclear

Power Plant Operation [The acronym is a

transliteration of the Russian acronym.]

(Russian Federation)

VNIIAM

All-Russia Nuclear Power Engineering Research

and Development Institute [The acronym is a

transliteration of the Russian acronym.]

(Russian Federation)

VNIIEF

All-Russia Scientific Research Institute of

Experimental Physics [The acronym is a

transliteration of the Russian acronym.]

(Russian Federation)

VNIIEM

All-Russia Scientific Research Institute of

Electromechanics [The acronym is a transliteration

of the Russian acronym.]

(Russian Federation)

VNIIFTRI

All-Russia Scientific Research Institute for

Physicotechnical and Radiotechnical Measurements

[The acronym is a transliteration of the Russian

acronym.]

(Russian Federation)

VNIIHT

Leading Scientific Research Institute of Chemical

Technology [The acronym is a transliteration of the

Russian acronym.]

(Russian Federation)

VNIIgeosystem

All-Russia Scientific Research Institute for

Geological, Geophysical and Geochemical Systems

[The acronym is a transliteration of the Russian

acronym.]

(Russian Federation)

VNIIKhT

All-Russia Scientific Research Institute of

Chemical Technology [The acronym is a

transliteration of the Russian acronym.]

(Russian Federation)

VNIIKOP

All-Russia Scientific Research Institute for the

Canning and Vegetable-Drying Industry [The

acronym is a transliteration of the Russian

acronym.]

(Russian Federation)

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VNIIL

All-Russia Scientific Research Institute for Flax

[The acronym is a transliteration of the Russian

acronym.]

(Russian Federation)

VNIIM

D.I. Mendeleyev Institute for Metrology [The

acronym is a transliteration of the Russian

acronym.]

(Russian Federation)

VNIIMK

All-Russia Scientific Research Institute for Oil

Crops [The acronym is a transliteration of the

Russian acronym.]

(Russian Federation)

VNIIMP

All-Russia Scientific Research Institute for the

Meat Industry [The acronym is a transliteration of

the Russian acronym.]

(Russian Federation)

VNIINM

A.A. Bochvar High-Technology Research Institute

of Inorganic Materials [The acronym is a

transliteration of the Russian acronym.]

(Russian Federation)

VNIIprirody

All-Russia Scientific Research Institute for Nature

Conservation [The acronym is a transliteration of

the Russian acronym.]

(Russian Federation)

VNIITFA

All-Russia Scientific Research Institute for

Technical Physics and Automation [The acronym is

a transliteration of the Russian acronym. This was

renamed Scientific Research Institute for Technical

Physics and Automation (NIITFA) in 2008.]

(Russian Federation)

VNIITF

All-Russia Scientific Research Institute of

Technical Physics [The acronym is a transliteration

of the Russian acronym.]

(Russian Federation)

VNIIZBK

All-Russia Scientific Research Institute for Legume

and Groat Crops [The acronym is a transliteration

of the Russian acronym.]

(Russian Federation)

VNIMI

All-Russia Scientific Research Institute for the

Dairy Industry [The acronym is a transliteration of

the Russian acronym.]

(Russian Federation)

VNIPIET

All-Russia Design and Research Institute for

Integrated Power Technology [The acronym is a

transliteration of the Russian acronym.]

(Russian Federation)

VNIPIPT

All-Russia Development and Scientific Research

Institute for Industrial Technology [The acronym is

a transliteration of the Russian acronym.]

(Russian Federation)

VNIRO

Russian Federal Research Institute of Fisheries and

Oceanography [The acronym is a transliteration of

the Russian acronym.]

VNMU

Virtual Nuclear Management University (IAEA)

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VNT

virus neutralization test

VNTIC

Scientific and Technical Information Centre of

Russia [The acronym is a partial transliteration of

the Russian acronym.]

(Russian Federation)

VNTR

variable number of tandem repeats

VNTU

Vinnytsia National Technical University (Ukraine)

VOA

voluntary offer agreement (Safeguards)

VOC

volatile organic compound

VOI

volume of interest

VOIP

voice over Internet protocol

VOPI

Vegetable and Ornamental Plant Institute (South Africa)

VP shunt

ventriculoperitoneal shunt

VPC

Vapour phase chromatography

VPDB

Vienna Pee Dee Belemnite [This is the name of an

isotope standard.]

(IAEA)

VPN

virtual private network (Computing)

VRF

volume reduction factor

VROM

Ministry of Housing, Spatial Planning and the

Environment Ministerie van Volkshuisvesting,

Ruimtelijke Ordening en Milieubeheer

(Netherlands)

VRPA

Vietnam Radiation Protection and Nuclear Safety

Authority [This was replaced in 2003 by the

Vietnam Agency for Radiation and Nuclear Safety

and Control (VARANSAC).]

VRS

voluntary reporting scheme on nuclear material and

specified equipment and non-nuclear material

(Safeguards)

vesicular stomatitis

VSAT

very small aperture terminal

VSEGINGEO

All-Russia Scientific Research Institute of

Hydrogeology and Engineering Geology

(Russian Federation)

VSMOW

Vienna Standard Mean Ocean Water

VSMOW2

Vienna Standard Mean Ocean Water 2

VSPCS

Verification and Security Policy Coordination

Section [part of the Office of External Relations and

Policy Coordination (EXPO)]

(IAEA)

VSS

Visual SourceSafe (Computing)

visual testing

VTI

All-Russia Thermal Engineering Institute [The

acronym is a transliteration of the Russian

acronym.]

(Russian Federation)

VTT

Technical Research Centre (Finland)

VUB

Free University of Brussels Vrije Universiteit (Belgium)

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Brussel [This is the Flemish-speaking university

that split away from the French-speaking Free

University of Brussels (ULB) in 1970.]

VUCC

Virtual University for Cancer Control (IAEA)

VUCCnet

Virtual University for Cancer Control and Regional

Training Network

(IAEA)

VUD

voluntary unrelated donor

VÚJE

Nuclear Power Plant Research Institute Trnava

Výskumný ústav jadrových elektrární Trnava

a.s.[This long from no longer appears to be used by

the company.]

(Slovakia)

VUR

vesicoureteral reflux

VUV region

vacuum ultraviolet region

V&V

verification and validation

VVER

water cooled, water moderated power reactor

(WWER) [The acronym VVER should not be used

in IAEA documents.]

VWF

von Willebrand factor

tungsten

watt [SI unit of power]

Wassenaar Arrangement on Export Controls for

Conventional Arms and Dual-Use Goods and

Technologies

WAAPP

West Africa Agricultural Productivity Program

WADEM

World Association for Disaster and Emergency

Medicine

WAEMU

West African Economic and Monetary Union

Waigani

Convention

Convention to Ban the Importation into Forum

Island Countries of Hazardous and Radioactive

Wastes and to Control the Transboundary

Movement and Management of Hazardous Wastes

within the South Pacific Region

WAJ

Water Authority of Jordan

WALS

Western Atlas Logging Services [This is now the

Baker Atlas division of the Baker Hughes

company.]

WAMAP

Waste Management Advisory Programme [This

programme no longer exists.]

(IAEA)

WAN

wide area network (Computing)

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WANMAT I

West Africa Network I for Monitoring Antimalarial

Treatment

WANMAT II

West Africa Network II for Monitoring

Antimalarial Treatment

WANO

World Association of Nuclear Operators

WAPP

West African Power Pool (ECOWAS)

WARDA

Africa Rice Center [Prior to 2003, this was known

as the West Africa Rice Development Association.

In September 2009 this short form was replaced by

AfricaRice.]

(CGIAR)

WASP

Wien Automatic System Planning Package (IAEA)

WASSAC

Waste Safety Standards Advisory Committee [This

was replaced by the Waste Safety Standards

Committee (WASSC).]

(IAEA)

WASSC

Waste Safety Standards Committee [This replaced

the Waste Safety Standards Advisory Committee

(WASSAC).]

(IAEA)

Wassenaar

Arrangement

Wassenaar Arrangement on Export Controls for

Conventional Arms and Dual-Use Goods and

Technologies

WATAC

International Radioactive Waste Technology

Advisory Committee [This was replaced by the

International Radioactive Waste Technical

Committee (WATEC).]

(IAEA)

WATEC

International Radioactive Waste Technical

Committee [This replaced the International

Radioactive Waste Technology Advisory

Committee (WATAC).]

(IAEA)

WATRP

Waste Management Assessment and Technical

Review Programme

(IAEA)

WAB

World Association for Buiatrics

WAC

weighted average cost

WAITRO

World Association of Industrial and Technological

Research Organizations

WAMP

Water Management Program in Nuclear Power

Plants

(IAEA)

WASWC

World Association of Soil and Water Conservation

weber

WBC

white blood cell

WBC

whole-body counter

WBC SD

World Business Council for Sustainable

Development

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WBE

whole-body exposure

WBI

whole-body imaging

WBI

whole-body irradiation

WBK

whole-body potassium

WB IRS

Web Based Incident Reporting System (IAEA)

WBM

whole-body monitor

WBS

work breakdown structure

WCA

women of childbearing age

WCC

Westminster City Council (United Kingdom)

WCCC

World Conference on Climate Change

WCD

Waste Confidence Decision (USA)

WCD

Waste Confidence Directorate (USA)

WCED

World Commission on Environment and

Development [This was also known as the

Brundtland Commission, this Commission was

dissolved on 31 December 1987.]

WCF

Working Capital Fund (IAEA)

WCFIA

Weatherhead Center for International Affairs (USA)

WCH

Windhoek Central Hospital (Namibia)

WCI

World Council on Isotopes

WCL

World Confederation of Labour [This was dissolved

with the establishment on 1 November 2006 of the

International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC).]

WCLS

World Cancer Leaders' Summit

WCM

Web content management

WCNR

World Conference on Neutron Radiography

WCO

WHO Country Office

WCO

World Customs Organization

WCP

whole chromosome probe

WCPHN

World Congress of Public Health Nutrition

WCPSD

World Conference on Physics and Sustainable

Development [This was held from 31 October to 2

November 2005 in Durban, South Africa.]

WCR

water cooled reactor

WCRP

World Climate Research Programme (ICSU/WMO/IOC)

WEA

World Energy Assessment (United Nations)

WEAP

Water Evaluation and Planning system

WEC

World Energy Council

WED

World Environment Day

WEDAS

Web-Enabled Data Acquistion System (IAEA)

WEES

International Conference on Water, Environment,

Energy and Society

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WEF

Water Environment Federation

WENRA

Western European Nuclear Regulators Association

WEO

World Economic Outlook (IMF)

WEO

World Energy Outlook (IEA)

WEOG

Western European and Other States Group

WERC

Wakasa Wan Energy Research Center (Japan)

WES

Waste and Environmental Safety Section [This is

part of the Division of Radiation, Transport and

Waste Safety.]

(IAEA)

WEU

Western European Union

wedge factor

WFD

Directive 2000/60/EC of the European Parliament

and of the Council of 23 October 2000 establishing

a framework for Community action in the field of

water policy

(European Union)

WFD

World Food Day (FAO)

WFDFI

World Federation of Development Financing

Institutions

WFH

weight-for-height

WFNMB

World Federation of Nuclear Medicine and Biology

WFP

World Federation of Parasitologists

WFP

World Food Programme

WFS

World Food Summit [This took place in November

1996.]

(FAO)

WFTU

World Federation of Trade Unions

working group

WGAADA

Working Group on Accountability for and Audit of

Disaster-Related Aid

(INTOSAI)

WGAMA

Working Group on Analysis and Management of

Accidents

(OECD/NEA)

WGAMT

Working Group on Air and Maritime

Transportation

(IACRNE)

WGB

Working Group on Verification Issues [This is also

known as Working Group B.]

(CTBTO)

WGDA

Working Group on Data Analysis (OECD/NEA, IAEA)

WGEA

Working Group on Environmental Auditing (INTOSAI)

WGEI

Working Group on Audit of Extractive Industries (INTOSAI)

WGET

Working Group on Effectiveness and Transparency (Convention on

Nuclear Safety)

WGFAA

Working Group on Financing the Agency's

Activities

(IAEA)

WGFCS

Working Group on Fuel Cycle Safety (OECD/NEA)

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WGHOF

Working Group on Human and Organisational

Factors

(OECD/NEA)

WGIC

Working Group on Interventional Cardiology (IAEA)

WGIP

Working Group on Inspection Practices (OECD/NEA)

WGIR

Working Group on Industrial Radiography (IAEA)

WGITA

Working Group on IT Audit (INTOSAI)

WGNRS

Working Group on Nuclear and Radiation Safety (Council of the Baltic

Sea States)

WGOE

Working Group on Operating Experience (OECD/NEA)

WG on GAC

Working Group on Governance and Anti-

Corruption

(Philippines)

WGPC

Working Group on Public Communication of

Nuclear Regulatory Organisations

(OECD/NEA)

WGPD

Working Group on Public Debt (INTOSAI)

WGRSS

Working Group on Radioactive Source Security (IAEA)

WGWD

Working Group on Waste and Decommissioning (WENRA)

W·h

watt-hour [unit of energy]

WHA

World Health Assembly [This is the decision-

making body for the World Health Organization

(WHO).]

(WHO)

WHF

Waste Handling Facility [Write with lower case

when used generically.]

(Islamic Republic of

Iran)

WHO

World Health Organization

WHO/Europe

WHO Regional Office for Europe

WHPCD

World Hospice and Palliative Care Day

WHR

waste heat recovery

WHR

World Health Report (WHO)

WHYCOS

World Hydrological Cycle Observing System (WMO)

WHYMAP

World-wide Hydrogeological Mapping and

Assessment Programme

(IHP/IAH/CGMW/BG

WICO

Water Isotope Interlaboratory Comparison (IAEA)

WIIS

Women in International Security

WIMS

Winfrith Improved Multigroup Scheme

WiN Europe

Women in Nuclear Europe

WiN

Women in Nuclear Global

WINS

Windows Internet Name Service (Computing)

WINS

World Institute for Nuclear Security

WIO-LaB

Addressing Land Based Activities in the Western

Indian Ocean

(UNEP)

WIPO

World Intellectual Property Organization

WIPP

Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (USA)

WIRAF

Waste from Innovative Types of Reactors and Fuel (IAEA)

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Cycles

WIRKS

waste inventory record keeping system

WISE

World Information Service on Energy

WISER

Water Isotope System for Data Analysis,

Visualization, and Electronic Retrieval [This

replaced the Isotope Hydrology Information System

(ISOHIS).]

(IAEA)

WIV-ISP

Scientific Institute for Public Health

Wetenschappelijk Instituut Volksgezondheid Institut

scientifique de santé publique

(Belgium)

WJNM

World Journal of Nuclear Medicine (IAEA and WFNMB)

WKB method

Wentzel-Kramers-Brillouin method

working level

WLDC

Wolsong Low and Intermediate Level Radioactive

Waste Disposal Center

(Republic of Korea)

WLM

working level month

WMA

World Medical Association

WMC

World Meteorological Centre (WMO)

WMD

weapons of mass destruction

WMDB

Waste Management Database [This was replaced by

the Net Enabled Waste Management Database

(NEWMDB).]

(IAEA)

WMDC

Weapons of Mass Destruction Commission

WMDFZ

weapon-of-mass-destruction-free zone

WMIS

World Molecular Imaging Society

WMO

World Meteorological Organization

WMRA

Waste Management Research Abstracts (IAEA)

WNA

World Nuclear Association [This is the successor

organization to the Uranium Institute (UI).]

WNE

World Nuclear Exhibition

WNTI

World Nuclear Transport Institute

WNU

World Nuclear University

WNU SI

WNU Summer Institute

WNU SUP

World Nuclear University School of Uranium

Production

WOC

World Ocean Council

WOCAT

World Overview of Conservation Approaches and

Technologies

WOCE

World Ocean Circulation Experiment (WCRP)

WOCC

World Council of Credit Unions

WOMARS

Worldwide Marine Radioactivity Studies (IAEA)

WONUC

World Council of Nuclear Workers

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WOR

World Ocean Review

World Bank

[The International Bank for Reconstruction and

Development (IBRD) is often referred to as the

World Bank, but this term actually refers to the

IBRD and the International Development

Association (IDA) together.]

World Water

Vision

Long Term Vision for Water, Life, and

Environment in the 21st Century

(WWC)

WORM

write-once read-many

WoS

Web of Science [This is a research platform.]

WPA

wear particle analysis

WPAQ

Working Party on Atomic Questions [This version

rather than the frequently encountered Atomic

Questions Group (AQG) should be used in IAEA

documents.]

(European Union)

WPC

World Peace Council

WPDD

Working Party on Decommissioning and

Dismantling

(NEA/OECD)

WPEC

Working Party on International Nuclear Data

Evaluation Co-operation

(NEA/OECD)

WPK

Workers’ Party of Korea (DPRK)

WPNCS

Working Party on Nuclear Criticality Safety (OECD/NEA)

WPNE

Working Party on Nuclear Energy Economics (OECD/NEA)

WPNS

Ad hoc Working Party on Nuclear Safety (European Union)

WPP

World Population Prospects (United Nations)

WPPR

Work Planning and Performance Review System

[This was replaced in 2002 by the Performance

Review System (PRS).]

(IAEA)

WPRO

WHO Regional Office for the Western Pacific

WPV

wild poliovirus

radiation weighting factor

WHO Representative

WRI

Water Research Institute Výskumný ústav vodného

hospodárstva

(Slovakia)

WRI

World Resources Institute

WRLFMD

World Reference Laboratory for Foot-and-Mouth

Disease

(FAO)

WRM

water resources management

WRPM

Water Resources Planning and Management Project (Nile Basin Initiative)

WRPTC

World Radiopharmaceutical Therapy Council [This

is a subsidiary of the World Federation of Nuclear

Medicine and Biology (WFNMB).]

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WSDPD

World Science Day for Peace and Development (UNESCO)

WSF

Waste Storage Facility [Write with lower case when

used generically.]

(Islamic Republic of

Iran)

WSFS

World Summit on Food Security [This took place in

November 2009.]

(FAO)

WSIS

World Summit on the Information Society (ITU)

WSS

Waste Safety Section [This was part of the Division

of Radiation, Transport and Waste Safety (NSRW).

It was replaced in October 2007 by the Waste and

Environmental Safety Section.]

(IAEA)

WSSCC

Water Supply and Sanitation Collaborative Council

WSSD

World Summit on Sustainable Development

[Johannesburg 2002]

(United Nations)

WSTA

Water Science and Technology Association

WSU

Washington State University (USA)

WSU

Wayne State University (USA)

WSU SOM

Wayne State University School of Medicine (USA)

tissue weighting factor

WTC Moscow

World Trade Center Moscow (Russian Federation)

WTF

water treatment facility

WTO

World Tourism Organization [This acronym used to

be used, but in order to avoid confusion with the

World Trade Organization, the acronym was

changed as of 1 January 2006 to UNWTO.]

WTO

World Trade Organization [This replaced the

General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT).

The same acronym is used to be used for the World

Tourism Organization.]

WTP

waste treatment plant

WTP

water treatment plant

WTS

Waste Technology Section [part of the Division of

Nuclear Fuel Cycle and Waste Technology

(NEFW)]

(IAEA)

WUE

water use efficiency

w/v

weight per volume

WVA

World Veterinary Association

WVP

Windscale Vitrification Plant (United Kingdom)

WVPA

World Veterinary Poultry Association

WWAP

World Water Assessment Programme (United Nations)

WWC

Women's Wellness Center (Uzbekistan)

WWC

World Water Council

WWD

World Water Day [In 1993 the UN declared 22 (United Nations)

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March of each year to be World Water Day.]

WWDR

World Water Development Report (United Nations)

WWER

water cooled water moderated power reactor [The

acronym VVER should not be used in IAEA

documents.]

WWF

World Wide Fund for Nature [Until 1986 this was

known as the World Wildlife Fund, a name retained

by the United States of America, Canadian and

Australian branches. This led to confusion and the

decision in 2001 to use only the acronym rather

than either of the full names.]

WWL

World Watch List for Domestic Animal Diversity (FAO/UNEP)

WWNWS

World-Wide Navigational Warning Service (IHO/IMO)

WWTP

wastewater treatment plant

WWW

World Weather Watch (WMO)

WWW

World Wide Web

WYD

World Youth Day

special arrangement (Type code defined in

IAEA Transport

Regulations)

XAFS

X-ray absorption fine structure

XANES

X-ray absorption near edge structure

XAS

X-ray absorption spectroscopy

xenon

XFEL

X-ray free electron laser

xfer

transfer [The short form should not be used in

IAEA documents.]

XML

Extensible Markup Language

XNP2a

Nuclear Non-Proliferation Policy Unit [This is part

of the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI).]

(United Kingdom)

XRD

X-ray diffraction

XRF

X-ray fluorescence

XRFS

X-ray fluorescence spectrometer

XRFS

X-ray fluorescence spectrometry or X-ray

fluorescence spectroscopy

XRR

X-ray reflectivity

XRS

X-ray scattering

XSAMS

XML Schema for Atoms, Molecules and Solids

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yocto [prefix for SI and metric units, 10

-24

]

yotta [prefix for SI and metric units, 10

]

yttrium

Y2K

year 2000

YAG laser

yttrium-aluminium-garnet laser

ytterbium

YerPhI

Yerevan Physics Institute (Armenia)

YEWS

Y2K Early Warning System (NEA)

YGH

Yangon General Hospital (Myanmar)

yttrium oxide

YSLME project

Yellow Sea Large Marine Ecosystem project (UNDP/GEF)

YSPH

Yale School of Public Health

YSU

Yerevan State University (Armenia)

YSZ

yttria-stabilized zirconia

YTU

Yildiz Technical University Yıldız Teknik

Üniversitesi

(Turkey)

YUA

Yezin University of Agriculture (Myanmar)

zepto [prefix for SI and metric units, 10

-21

]

zetta [prefix for SI and metric units, 10

]

ZAG

Slovenian National Building and Civil Engineering

Institute Zavod za gradbeništvo Slovenije

ZAMTES

Republican Bureau for International Scientific,

Educational, Cultural and Technical Cooperation

(Serbia and

Montenegro)

ZAV

Central Employment Agency Zentralstelle für

Arbeitsvermittlung

(Germany)

ZERI

Zhejiang Energy Research Institute

ZKA

Customs Criminological Office Zollkriminalamt (Germany)

Zanmi Lasante [The name is the Creole translation

of “Partners in Health” (PIH) of which it is the

Haiti-based sister organization.]

(Haiti)

ZLD

zero liquid discharge

zinc

ZNPP

Zaporozhye nuclear power plant (Ukraine)

ZNTU

Zaporozhye National Technical University (Ukraine)

ZOPFAN

Zone of Peace, Freedom and Neutrality (ASEAN)

ZPP

Zirconium Production Plant (Islamic Republic of

Iran)

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zirconium

ZRG

zero real growth (IAEA)

ZrH

zirconium hydride

ZrO

zirconia

ZSR

Center for Radiation Protection and Radioecology

Zentrum für Strahlenschutz und Radioökologie

(Germany)

ZWIBEZ

Beznau Interim Storage Facility Zwischenlager

Beznau

(Switzerland)

ZWILAG

Würenlingen Interim Storage Facility

Zwischenlager Würenlingen AG

(Switzerland)