APPENDIX C
ACRONYMS AND ABBREVIATIONS
IPN

Institut de physique nucléaire (Nuclear Physics Institute - Orsay)

IPSN
Institut de protection et de sûreté nucléaire (Institute for Nuclear Safety and Protection - replaced by the IRSN in 2002)
IRCA
Cadarache irradiator (CEA)
MRI
Magnetic resonance imaging
IRPA
International Radiation Protection Association
IRRT
International Regulatory Review Team (organised by the IAEA to audit a safety authority) see PROSPER
IRSN
Institut de radioprotection et de sûreté nucléaire (French Institute for Radiation Protection and Nuclear Safety - since 2002)
ISIS
research reactor (CEA - Saclay)
IS
Ouest Institut de Soudure Ouest
ISO
International Standard Organisation
ISOE
Information System on Occupational Exposure (OCDE)
ISR
safety and radiation protection engineer (EDF)
ITER
International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor (to be installed in Cadarache)
JAA
Joint Aviation Authorities (Association of the national civil aviation authorities of the European countries, attached to the European Civil Aviation Conference. It sets guidelines for civil aviation certification, operations, maintenance and licensing)
JAR
Joint Aviation Requirements (rules drafted by the JAA)
JAR-OPS
Rules drafted by the JAA concerning aircraft operations
JFR
French radiology days (conferences organised annually by the SFR)
JNES
Japan Nuclear Energy Safety Organisation (technical support organisation for the Japanese Nuclear Safety Authority)
JO
French Official Gazette
KEY
experimental sealing of drifts by pouring an “anchoring key” (ANDRA - Bure)
K€
kiloeuros (thousand euros) cf Meuros
kW
kiloWatt
KEPCO
Kansai Electric Power Company (Japanese electricity production utility)
KER
Nuclear Island Liquid Effluent Monitoring and Discharge System (PWR)
KINS
Korean Institute of Nuclear Safety (technical support organisation for the South Korean Nuclear Safety Authority)
KKU
Unterweser nuclear power plant (Germany)
K1
equipment qualification category (PWR)
LAMA
Active Materials Analysis Laboratory (CEA Grenoble)
LCC

Central Product Quality Control Laboratory (COGEMA La Hague)

LCPu
Plutonium Chemistry Laboratory (CEA - Fontenay-aux-Roses)
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