Acronyms and abbreviations
- AAZ
- Automatic Action Zone
- ALARA
- As Low As Reasonably Achievable
- ARGOS
- Accident Reporting and Guidance Operational System
- BDBA
- Beyond Design Basis Accident
- Bq
- Becquerel
- BWR
- Boiling Water Reactor
- CANDU
- Canada Deuterium Uranium (reactor)
- CCEM
- Cabinet Committee on Emergency Management
- CEOC
- Community Emergency Operations Centre
- CEOF
- Corporate Emergency Operations Facility
- 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 Standards Association
- DBA
- Design Basis Accidents
- DNGS
- Darlington Nuclear Generating Station
- DPZ
- Detailed Planning Zone
- ECCC
- Environment and Climate Change Canada
- ECI
- Emergency Coolant Injection
- EIC
- Emergency Information Centre
- EMCPA
- Emergency Management and Civil Protection Act
- EME
- Emergency Mitigating Equipment
- EMST
- Environmental Monitoring and Surveillance Team
- ENDM
- Ministry of Energy, Northern Development and Mines
- EOC
- Emergency Operations Centre
- EPZ
- Emergency Planning Zone
- 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
- IMS
- Incident Management System
- 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
- MCCSS
- Ministry of Children, Community and Social Services
- MCSCS
- Ministry of Community Safety and Correctional Services
- MDU
- Monitoring and Decontamination Unit
- MEOC
- Ministry Emergency Operations Centre
- Met
- Meteorology, meteorological
- MLDP
- Modèle Lagrangien de Dispersion de Particules
- MMAH
- Ministry of Municipal Affairs and Housing
- MNRF
- Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry
- MECP
- Ministry of the Environment, Conservation and Parks
- 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
- 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
- PCEIO
- Provincial Chief Emergency Information Officer
- 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
- SAMG
- Severe Accident Management Guidelines
- URI
- Unified RASCAL Interface
- USA
- United States of America
- UTCC
- Unified Transportation Coordination Centre
- UTMP
- Unified Transportation Management Plan
Updated: January 19, 2024
Published: September 17, 2021