ADM
Assistant Deputy Minister
AECL
Atomic Energy of Canada Limited
AIM
Abnormal Incident Manual
ALARA
'As low as reasonably achievable'
AMG
Assurance Monitoring Group
AGPWMGP
Assurance/General Province-Wide Monitoring Group Plan
BWR
Boiling Water (nuclear) Reactor
CANDU
The name of the Canadian developed nuclear power reactor system (from Canada Deuterium Uranium)
CCEM
Cabinet Committee on Emergency Management
CEMC
Community Emergency Management Coordinator
CEM
Commissioner of Emergency Management
CESC
Corporate Emergency Support Centre
CEOC
Community Emergency Operations Centre
CEOF
Corporate Emergency Operations Facility
CNSC
Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission
CRC
Corporate Response Centre
CRL
Chalk River Laboratories
CZ
Contiguous Zone
DNGS
Darlington Nuclear Generating Station
EB
Emergency Bulletin
ECI
Emergency Coolant Injection
EFADS
Emergency Filtered Air Discharge System
EMCPA
Emergency Management and Civil Protection Act
EIC
Emergency Information Centre
EI
Emergency Information
EIS
Emergency Information Section
EMO
Emergency Management Ontario
ENERGY
Ministry of Energy
EOC
Emergency Operations Centre
EPZ
Emergency Planning Zone
ERAP
Emergency Response Assistance Plan
ER
Emergency Response
ERMG
Environmental Radiation Monitoring Group
FADS
Filtered Air Discharge System
FDA
Food and Drug Administration
FNEP
Federal Nuclear Emergency Plan
GOC
Government Operations Centre
Gy
Gray. See definition of Absorbed Dose in Glossary, Annex E
HAZMAT
Hazardous Material
HC
Health Canada
IAEA
International Atomic Energy Agency
INES
International Nuclear Event Scale
JTCC
Joint Traffic Control Centre
JTCP
Joint Traffic Control Plan
KI
Potassium Iodide
km
Kilometre
LGIC
Lieutenant Governor In Council
LHDR
Laurentian Hills Deep River
LHDRRNEPC
Laurentian Hills Deep River Regional Nuclear Emergency Preparedness Committee
LOCA
Loss-of-Coolant Accident
LOECI
Loss of Emergency Coolant Injection
MCSCS
Ministry of Community Safety and Correctional Services
MCSS
Ministry of Community and Social Services
MDU
Monitoring & Decontamination Unit
MEMC
Ministry Emergency Management Coordinator
MEOC
Ministry Emergency Operations Centre
Met
Meteorology, meteorological
MMAH
Ministry of Municipal Affairs and Housing
MNDMF
Ministry of Northern Development Mines and Forestry
MNR
Ministry of Natural Resources
MOE
Ministry of the Environment
MOHLTC
Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care
MOL
Ministry of Labour
mSv
Millisievert
MTO
Ministry of Transportation
NIG
Nuclear Incident Group
NEMCC
Nuclear Emergency Management Coordinating Committee
OMAFRA
Ontario Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs
OPG
Ontario Power Generation
OPP
Ontario Provincial Police
PAL
Protective Action Level
PNERP
Provincial Nuclear Emergency Response Plan
PNGS
Pickering Nuclear Generating Station
PWR
Pressurized Water (nuclear) Reactor
PHWR
Pressurized Heavy Water (nuclear) Reactor
PEOC
Provincial Emergency Operations Centre
PZ
Primary Zone
rad
See definition of Absorbed Dose in Glossary, Annex E
RAG
Regional Action Group
RD
Radiological Device
RDD
Radiological Dispersal Device
rem
See definition of Equivalent Dose in Glossary, Annex E
RHRP
Radiation Health Response Plan
RNEMCC
Regional Nuclear Emergency Management Coordinating Committee
SRP
Site Reference Plan
SMC
Site Management Centre
Sv
Sievert. See definition of Equivalent Dose in Glossary, Annex E
SZ
Secondary Zone
TRF
Tritium Removal Facility
TLD
Thermoluminescent Dosimeter
UTM
Universal Transverse Mercator
WHO
World Health Organization