APPENDIX C
ACRONYMS AND ABBREVIATIONS
PCR

Person with competence for radiation protection

PEGASE
Spent fuel and radioactive substances interim storage installation (CEA - Cadarache)
PET
Positron Emission Tomography (see TEP)
PETSCAN PET
Camera coupled with a scanner
PHARE
Poland and Hungary Assistance for Reconstruction of Economy (European Union programme for aid to the countries of central and eastern Europe)
PHEBUS
Research reactor (CEA – Cadarache)
PHENIX
Fast neutron reactor (CEA – Marcoule)
PIC
Additional Investigation Programme (EDF)
PIRATOME
Defence plan designed to counter the malicious use or threatened malicious use of radioactive or nuclear materials against people, the environment or property
PMSI
Medicalised Programme for Information Systems
PNGDR-MV
National Radioactive Waste and Reusable Materials Management Plan
PNSE
French National Health Environment Plan (to reduce the effects of environmental damage on the health of the population)
PPI
Off-site emergency plan (specific plan established by the State to address risks linked to the existence and the functioning of specific installations or facilities)
PRECIS
Programme for recovery of spent fuel elements stored in fuel assembly block
PRER
Pôle de radioprotection environnement et risques (Radiation Protection, Environment and Risks Centre)
PRI
Integrated radiological protection
Procédé
Name of BNI 165 project (CEA - Fontenay-aux-Roses)
PROSPER
Peer Review of Operational Safety Performance Experience (organised by the IAEA)
PSA
Probabilistic safety study
PSI
Irradiation Monitoring Programme (PWR)
PSR
Preliminary safety report (BNI procedure)
PSRPM
Medical radiophysics specialist
PSS
Specialised emergency plan
PSS-TMR
Specialised emergency plan for the transport of radioactive materials
PTB
Low operating range (PWR)
PTD
Technical documentation series
PTR
Reactor cavity and spent fuel pit cooling and treatment system (PRW)
PUI
On-site emergency plan (established by a BNI licensee to manage a possible emergency situation)
PuO2

Plutonium oxide

P4
First series of 1300 MWe nuclear reactors (EDF)
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