3S

safety, security, and safeguards

ABWR

advanced boiling water reactor

ADEME

Agence de l’environnement et de la maîtrise de l’énergie

AEC

Atomic Energy Council

AELB

Atomic Energy Licensing Board

ANU

The Australian National University

APP

atomic power plant

Areva NC

Areva Nuclear Cycle

Areva NP

Areva Nuclear Power

ASEAN

Association of Southeast Asian Nations

ASEANTOM

ASEAN Network of Regulatory Bodies on Atomic Energy

ASN

Autorité de sûreté nucléaire

AUM

assets under management

BAPETEN

Nuclear Energy Regulatory Agency of Indonesia

BATAN

National Nuclear Energy Agency of Indonesia

BEIR

Biological Effects of Ionizing Radiation

Bq

becquerel

Bq/m³

becquerel per cubic metre

BWR

boiling water reactor

CAC40

Commissariat aux Comptes 40

CCS

carbon capture and storage

CEA

Commissariat à l’énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives

CGNPC

China General Nuclear Power Corporation

CI

confidence intervals

CIA

Central Intelligence Agency

Cigéo

Centre industriel de stockage géologique

CNEA

China National Energy Administration

CNNC

China National Nuclear Corporation

CNRS

Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

CO₂

carbon dioxide

COP

Conference of the Parties

CP

Contract Programme

CPV

concentrating photovoltaics

CSSI

Chung Shan Science Institute

CT

computed tomography

CWIP

construction work-in-progress

DPP

Democratic Progressive Party

EDF

Électricité de France

EIA

Environmental Impact Assessment

EPR

European pressurised reactor

ESBWR

economic simplified boiling water reactor

EU

European Union

FBR

fast breeder reactor

FEPC

Federation of Electric Power Companies

GCR

gas-cooled, graphite-moderated reactor

GDP

gross domestic product

GE

General Electric

GW

gigawatt

GWe

gigawatt electric

GWh

gigawatt hour

Gy

gray

HLW

high-level radioactive waste

HTGR

high-temperature gas-cooled reactor

HVDC

high voltage direct current

HWGCR

heavy water–moderated, gas-cooled reactor

IAEA

International Atomic Energy Agency

ICRP

International Commission on Radiological Protection

IEA

International Energy Agency

IMF

International Monetary Fund

INER

Institute of Nuclear Energy Research

INES

International Nuclear and Radiological Event Scale

IU

Indiana University

JAEA

Japan Atomic Energy Agency

JAEC

Japan Atomic Energy Commission

kBq/m²

kilobecquerel per square metre

KEPCO

Korea Electric Power Company

KFEM

Korean Federation for Environmental Movements

KHNP

Korea Hydro & Nuclear Power

KMT

Kuomintang

kV

kilovolt

kW

kilowatt

kWh

kilowatt hour

kW/m²

kilowatt per square metre

LCOE

levelised cost of energy

LNT

linear no-threshold

LWR

light-water reactor

METI

Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry

mGy

milliGray

MNPC

Malaysia Nuclear Power Cooperation

mSv

milliSievert

MW

megawatt

MWe

megawatt electric

MWh

megawatt hour

NATO

North Atlantic Treaty Organization

NDRC

National Development and Reform Commission

NEA

Nuclear Energy Agency

NEC-SSN

Nuclear Energy Cooperation Sub-Sector Network

NEPIO

Nuclear Energy Program Implementing Organisation

NGO

non-governmental organisation

NPP

nuclear power plant

NRC

Nuclear Regulatory Commission

NSSC

Nuclear Safety and Security Commission

NTS

Non-Traditional Security

OAP

Office of Atoms for Peace

OECD

Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development

PHES

pumped hydro energy storage

PHWR

pressurised heavy-water reactor

PRIS

Power Reactor Information System

Pu

plutonium

PV

photovoltaics

PWR

pressurised water reactor

RECNA

Research Center for Nuclear Weapons Abolition

RSIS

S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies

SCGR

sodium-cooled, graphite-moderated reactor

SNPTC

State Nuclear Power Technology Corporation

SOE

state-owned enterprise

Sv

sievert

TECRO

Taipei Economic and Cultural Representative Office

TEPCO

Tokyo Electric Power Company

TFU

Tohoku Fukushi University

tHM

tonnes of heavy metal

TSE

Total Support Estimate

TWh

terawatt hour

UAE

United Arab Emirates

UK

United Kingdom

UN

United Nations

UNGG

Uranium Naturel Graphite Gaz

UNSCEAR

United Nations Scientific Committee on the Effects of Atomic Radiation

US

United States

VARANS

Vietnam Agency for Radiation and Nuclear Safety

VINATOM

Vietnam Atomic Energy Institute

VVER

water‒water energetic reactor

W

watts

WHO

World Health Organization

WIPP

Waste Isolation Pilot Plant

μSv/h

microSievert per hour