AAZ
Automatic Action Zone
ALARA
As Low As Reasonably Achievable
ARGOS
Accident Reporting and Guidance Operational System
BDBA
Beyond Design Basis Accident
BNGS
Bruce Nuclear Generating Station
(Bq)
Becquerel
BWR
Boiling Water Reactor
CANDU
Canada Deuterium Uranium (reactor)
CCEM
Cabinet Committee on Emergency Management
CEOC
Community Emergency Operations Centre
CFIA
Canadian Food Inspection Agency
CMOH
Chief Medical Officer of Health
CNSC
Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission
CPZ
Contingency Planning Zone
CRL
Chalk River Laboratories
CSA
Canadian Standard Association
DBA
Design Based Accidents
DNGS
Darlington Nuclear Generating Station
DPZ
Detailed Planning Zone
ECCC
Environment and Climate Change Canada
ECI
Emergency Coolant Injection
EMCPA
Emergency Management and Civil Protection Act
ENERGY
Ministry of Energy
EIC
Emergency Information Centre
EOC
Emergency Operations Centre
EPZ
Emergency Planning Zone
EMST
Environmental Monitoring and Surveillance Team
ERAMG
Environmental Radiation and Assurance Monitoring Group
FADS
Filtered Air Discharge System
FNEP
Federal Nuclear Emergency Plan
FNEP TAG
FNEP Technical Assessment Group
GC
Generic Criteria
GOC
Government Operations Centre
Gy
Gray
HC
Health Canada
HIRA
Hazard Identification Risk Assessment
IAEA
International Atomic Energy Agency
INES
International Nuclear Event Scale
IPZ
Ingestion Planning Zone
ITB
Iodine Thyroid Blocking
KI
Potassium Iodide
km
Kilometre
LGIC
Lieutenant Governor in Council
LOCA
Loss-of-Coolant Accident
MCSCS
Ministry of Community Safety and Correctional Services
MCSS
Ministry of Community and Social Services
MDU
Monitoring and Decontamination Unit
MEOC
Ministry Emergency Operations Centre
Met
Meteorology, meteorological
MLDP
Modèle Lagrangien de Dispersion de Particules
MMA
Ministry of Municipal Affairs
MNR
Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry
MOECC
Ministry of the Environment and Climate Change
MOHLTC
Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care
MOL
Ministry of Labour
MOU
Memorandum of Understanding
MTO
Ministry of Transportation, Ontario
MW
Megawatts
NAADS
National Alert Aggregation and Dissemination System
NEMCC
Nuclear Emergency Management Coordinating Committee
NGS
Nuclear Generating Station
NIG
Nuclear Incident Group
NRCan
Natural Resources Canada
OIL
Operational Intervention Level
OMAFRA
Ontario Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs
OPP
Ontario Provincial Police
PAL
Protective Action Level
PEOC
Provincial Emergency Operations Centre
PLERP
Provincial Liquid Emission Response Plan
PNERP
Provincial Nuclear Emergency Response Plan
PNGS
Pickering Nuclear Generating Station
PPE
Personal Protective Equipment
RD
Radiological Device
RDD
Radiological Dispersal Device
RED
Radiological Exposure Device
RHRP
Radiation Health Response Plan
RIMPUFF
Risø Mesoscale PUFF
URI
Unified RASCAL Interface
USA
United States of America
UTCC
Unified Transportation Coordination Centre
UTMP
Unified Transportation Management Plan