ABSTRACT
BNFL British Nuclear Fuels Ltd. CEC Commission of the European Communities CEGB Central Electricity Generating Board IAEA International Atomic Energy Agency ICRP International Commission on Radiological Protection IIASA International Institute of Applied Systems Analysis INFCE International Fuel Cycle Evaluation MMC Monopolies and Mergers Commission NII Nuclear Installations Inspectorate NIREX Nuclear Industry Radioactive Waste Disposal Executive NNC National Nuclear Corporation NRPB National Radiological Protection Board UKAEA United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority UNIPEDE Union Internationale des Producteurs et Distributeurs d’Energie Electrique
(See also Table A.1)
Other
EAR Estimated additional resources GDP Gross domestic product LRMC Long-run marginal cost NEC Net effective cost NSSS Nuclear steam supply system RAR Reasonably assured resources SNG Substitute natural gas WOCA World outside the centrally-planned economic countries
Units
MW megawatt g gram kg kilogram (1 kg=1000g) MWd megawatt-day GWy gigawatt-year (1 GWy=lGW per year=109 Wy) Wy watt-year t tonne (1 t=1000 kg) atm atmosphere (1 atms=101 325 N/m2
=4.7 Ibf/in2 =1013.2 millibar)
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