UNSCEAR |
United Nations
Scientific Committee on the Effects of Atomic Radiation |
UOX |
Uranium oxide |
| UP2-400 |
1st spent fuel reprocessing
unit (COGEMA - La Hague) |
UP2-800 |
Spent fuel reprocessing
unit (COGEMA - La Hague) |
| UP3 |
Spent fuel
reprocessing unit (COGEMA - La Hague) |
URE |
Enriched reprocessing uranium
(fuel assemblies) |
USSR |
Union of Soviet Socialist
Republics (until 1991) |
| UTE |
Union technique de
l’électricité et de la communication (Technical
Union of Electricity and Communication) |
UTO |
Operational technical unit
(EDF) |
UO2 |
Uranium oxide |
| UO2(NO3)2 |
Uranyl nitrate |
U3O8 |
Uranium oxide (yellowcake) |
| VATESI |
Lithuanian Nuclear Safety
Authority |
VLLW |
Very Low Level Waste |
W |
Fuel cycle plant (COGEMA
- Pierrelatte) |
| WANO |
World Association of Nuclear
Operators |
| WASSC |
Waste Safety Standards
Committee (IAEA) |
| WATRP |
Waste Management Assessment
and Technical Review Programme (IAEA) |
WENRA |
Western European Nuclear
Regulators’ Association (extended in 2003 to all “nuclear”
States that are members of the European Union or currently negotiating
membership) |
| WGIP |
Working Group on Inspection
Practices (NEA) |
WGWD |
Working Group on Waste
and Decommissioning (WENRA) |
WHO |
World Health Organization
(UN) |
WPAQ |
Working Party on Atomic
Questions (Council of the European Union) |