Information

Here you can find a list of common acronyms used on this website & in Environment Office literature.

Organizations

• AECL: Atomic Energy of Canada Limited
• BHWP: Bruce Heavy Water Plant
• CNL: Canadian Nuclear Laboratories
• CNSC: Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission
• IAEA: International Atomic Energy Agency
• MNRF: Ministry of Natural Resources & Forestry
• NWMO: Nuclear Waste Management Organization
• OPG: Ontario Power Generation
• SON: Saugeen Ojibway Nation
• SON JC: Saugeen Ojibway Nation Joint Council
• SON EO: Saugeen Ojibway Nation Environment Office
• UNSCEAR: United Nations Scientific Committee on the Effects of
• Atomic Radiation
• WIPP: Waste Isolation Pilot Plant
• WWMF: Western Waste Management Facility

Terms

• ALARA: as low as reasonably achievable
• APM: adaptive phased management
• CANDU: CANada Deuterium Uranium
• CEAA: Canadian Environmental Assessment Act
• DGR: deep geologic repository
• EIS: environmental impact statement
• HLW: high-level waste
• ILW: intermediate-level waste
• LILW: low- and intermediate-level waste
• LLW: low-level waste
• MOX: mixed oxide fuel
• NGS: nuclear generating station
• VLLW: very low-level waste