About this glossary
| Dutch | English | Notes |
|---|---|---|
°C | Degrees Celsius | |
µSv | Micro Sieverts | |
AADQ | Annual Authorized Discharged Quantities | |
ABWR | Advanced Boiling water Reactor | |
ABI | Agulhas Biodiversity Initiative | |
ACER | ACER (Arica) Environmental Consultants (Pty) Ltd | |
AFB | Air Force Base | |
AGR | Gas Cooled Reactor | |
AIDS | Acquired Immuno Deficiency Syndrome | |
ALARA | As low as reasonably achievable | |
AMSL | Above Mean Sea Level | |
ANS | American Nuclear Society | |
AP1000 | Advanced Passive, form of an advanced pressurised | |
APPA | Atmospheric Pollution Prevention Act (No. 45 of 1965) | |
Ar | Argon | |
ARC | Agricultural Resource Centre | |
Arcus GIBB | Arcus GIBB (Pty) Ltd | |
AsgiSA | Accelerated and shared Growth Initiative for South Africa | |
ALARA | As Low As Reasonably Achievable | |
B&B | Bed and Breakfast | |
BID | Background Information Document | |
BMP | Best Management Practise | |
BWR | Boiling Water Reactor | |
CAPE | Cape Action Plan for People and the Environment | |
CARA | Conservation of Agricultural Resources Act (No. 43 of 1983) | |
CCGT | Combined Cycle Gas Turbine | |
CDC | Coega Development Corporation | |
CDM | Clean Development Mechanism | |
ECO | Environmental Control Officer | |
CCGT | Combined Cycle Gas Turbine | |
CFB | Cape Fold Belt | |
CGA | Cooperative Governance Agreement | |
CGS | Council for Geoscience | |
CIGS | Copper-Indium-Gallium-diSelenide | |
CO | Carbon monoxide | |
CO2 | Carbon dioxide | |
CSIR | Council for Science and Industrial Research | |
CSP | Concentrating Solar Power | |
CV | Coefficient of variation / ''Curriculum vitae'' | |
dB(A) | decibel | |
DBA | Design Basis Accidents | |
De Beers | De Beers Consolidated Mines | |
DEA&DP | Department of Environmental Affairs and | |
DEA | Department of Environmental Affairs (National Government) | |
DEAET | Department of Economic Affairs Environment and Tourism (Eastern Cape) | |
DEAT | Department of Environmental Affairs and Tourism (Now the DEA) | |
DEIR | Draft Environmental Impact Report (previous version of this report provided for public comment in March 2010) – the current version of the report is referred to as the Revised Draft EIR | |
DMA | National Disaster Management Act (No. 57 of 2002) | |
DME | Department of Minerals and Energy (National Government) | |
DOE | Department of Energy (National Government) | |
DOL | Department of Labour (National Government) | |
DPW | Department of Public Works (National Government) | |
DSM | Demand Side Management | |
DSR | Draft Scoping Report | |
DTEC | Department of Tourism, Environment and Conservation (Provincial Government Northern Cape) | |
DWA | Department of Water Affairs (National Government) | |
DWAF | Department of Water Affairs and Forestry (Now DWA) | |
EAP | Environmental Assessment Practitioner | |
ECO | Environmental Control Officer | |
ECTB | Eastern Cape Tourism Board | |
EDG | Emergency Diesel Generator | |
EEU | Environmental Evaluation Unit | |
EIR | Environmental Impact Report | |
ELA | Earthlife Africa | |
ELC | Environmental Liaison Committee | |
EMF | Electromagnetic Frequencies | |
EMP | Environmental Management Plan | |
EN | Endangered | |
EPR | European Pressurised Reactor also known as | |
EPRI | Electric Power Research Institute | |
EPSOC | Emergency Planning Steering and Oversight Committees | |
EPZ | Emergency Planning Zone | |
Eskom | Eskom Holdings Limited | |
EUR | European Utility Requirements | |
FBC | Fluidised Bed Combustion | |
FGD | Flue gas desulphurisation | |
FGM | Focus Group Meeting | |
FOB | Fish on Board | |
FSR | Final Scoping Report | |
GCR | Gas Cooled Reactor | |
GDP | Gross Domestic Product | |
GFR | Gas-cooled Fast Reactor | |
GHG | Green House Gas | |
GN | Government Notice | |
GW | Gigawatt | |
GWh | Gigawatt hours | |
H2O | Dihydrogen oxide (water) | |
Ha | Hectare | |
HBD | Headland Bypass Dune | |
HEU | High-Enriched Uranium | |
HIV | Human Immuno-deficiency Virus | |
HLW | High Level Waste | |
HPa | Hectopascal | |
HRSG | Heat Recovery Steam Generator | |
HSE | Health, Safety and Environment | |
HTR | Pebble Bed High Temperature Reactor | |
HV | High Voltage | |
I&APs | Interested and affected parties | |
IAEA | International Atomic Energy Agency | |
ICM | Integrated Coastal Management | |
ICRP | International Commission on Radiological Protection | |
IDP | Integrated Development Plan | |
IDZ | Industrial Development Zone | |
IEA | International Energy Agency | |
IEP | Integrated Energy Plan | |
IGCC | Integrated Gasification Combined Cycle | |
IIS | Integrated Investment Strategy | |
ILW | Intermediate Level Waste | |
IPP | Independent Power Producer | |
IRP | Integrated Resource Planning | |
IRR | Issues and Response Report | |
IRWST | In-containment Refueling Water Storage Tank | |
ISEP | Integrated Strategic Electricity Planning | |
ISO | International Standards Organisation | |
ISP | Integrated Strategic Perspective | |
ITP | Integrated Transport Plan | |
IUCN | International Union for the Conservation of Nature | |
IUCN SSC | International Union for the Conservation of Nature Species Survival Commission | |
JOC | Joint Operations Centre | |
kg | kilogram | |
Kℓ | Kilolitre | |
KLM | Kouga Local Municipality | |
km | Kilometre | |
KNPR | Koeberg Nuclear Power Station Reserve | |
KNPS | Koeberg Nuclear Power Station | |
KSW | Key Stakeholder Workshop | |
kV | Kilovolt | |
kW | Kilowatt | |
kWh | Kilowatt-hour | |
LCOE | Levelised Cost of Electricity | |
ℓ/s | Litres per second | |
LEU | Low-Enriched Uranium | |
LFR | Lead-cooled Fast Reactor | |
LILW | Low and Intermediate Level Waste | |
LL | Long Lived | |
LLW | Low Level Waste | |
LSA | Late Stone Age | |
LUPO | Land Use Planning Ordinance (No. 15 of 1985) | |
LWCGMR | Light Water Cooled Graphite Moderated Reactor | |
m | Metre | |
M | Magnitude | |
m3 | Cubic Metre | |
m3/day | Cubic Metres per day | |
Ma | Million years before present | |
MAE | Mean Annual Evaporation | |
mamsl | metres above mean sea level | |
MAP | Mean Annual Precipitation | |
MAR | Mean Annual Runoff | |
mbgl | metres below ground level | |
MFMA | Municipal Finance Management Act (No. 56 of 2003) | |
mg | milligram | |
MHI | Major Hazardous Installation | |
MLRA | Marine Living Resources Act (No. 18 of 1998) | |
MPRDA | Mineral and Petroleum Resources Development Act (No. 28 of 2002) | |
mS | Millisiemen | |
MSA | Municipal Systems Act (No. 32 of 2000) | |
MSL | Mean Sea Level | |
MSR | Molten Salt Reactor | |
mSv | Millisievert | |
MTPPP | Medium Term Power Purchase Agreement | |
MW | Megawatt | |
MWe | Megawatt electrical | |
MWh | Megawatt hour | |
MWt | Megawatt thermal | |
MYPD | Multi-Year Price Determination | |
MZA | Maritime Zones Act (No. 15 of 1994) | |
N2 | Nitrogen | |
N2 | National Road 2 | |
NAMA | Nationally Appropriate Mitigation Actions | |
NBSAP | National Biodiversity Strategy Action Plan | |
NDM | Namakwa District Municipality | |
NEA | Nuclear Energy Agency | |
NE Act | National Energy Act (No. 34 of 2008) | |
NEMA | National Environmental Management Act (No. 107 of 1998) | |
NEM:BA | National Environmental Management: Biodiversity Act (No. 10 of 2004) | |
NEM:AQA | National Environmental Management: Air Quality Act (No. 39 of 2004) | |
NEM:ICMA | National Environmental Management: Integrated Coastal Management Act (No. 24 of 2008) | |
NEM:PAA | National Environmental Management: Protected Areas Act (No. 57 of 2003) | |
NEM: Waste Act | National Environmental Management: Waste Act (No. 59 of 2008) | |
NEPAD | New Partnership for African Development | |
NERA | National Energy Regulator Act (No. 40 of 2004) | |
NERSA | National Energy Regulator of South Africa | |
NGO | Non-governmental Organisation | |
NHRA | National Heritage Resources Act (No. 25 of 1999) | |
NIA | National Intelligence Agency | |
NIERP | National Integrated Energy Resources Plan | |
NIRP | National Integrated Resources Plan | |
NKPA | National Key Points Act (No. 102 of 1980) | |
NSIP | Nuclear Site Investigation Programme | |
NM | Nautical mile | |
NMBM | Nelson Mandela Bay Municipality | |
NNR | National Nuclear Regulator | |
NNRA | National Nuclear Regulator Act (No. 47 of 1999) | |
NORM | Naturally Occurring Radioactive Material | |
NOx | Nitrogen oxides | |
NPS | Nuclear Power Station | |
NPT | Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons | |
NRS | Compliance with NRS 047 - Quality of Service | |
NRWDIA | National Radioactive Waste Disposal Institute Act (No. 53 of 2008) | |
NRWMA | National Radioactive Waste Management Agency | |
NSBA | National Spatial Biodiversity Assessment | |
NSIP | Nuclear Site Investigation Programme | |
NWA | National Water Act (No. 36 of 1998) | |
nSv/h | nano Sievert per hour | |
NT | Near Threatened | |
O2 | Oxygen | |
OCGT | Open Cycle Gas Turbine | |
OECD | Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development | |
OHS | Occupational Health and Safety | |
OHSA | Occupational Health and Safety Act (No. 85 of 1993) | |
PAIA | Promotion of Access to Information Act (No. 2 of 2000) | |
PAJA | Promotion of Administrative Justice Act (No. 3 of 2000) | |
PAZ | Protective Action Zone / Proactive Action zone / Precautionary Action Zone / Exclusion zone | |
PBMR | Pebble Bed Modular Reactor | |
PBMR DPP | Pebble Bed Modular Reactor Demonstration Power Plant | |
PCS | Passive Containment Cooling System | |
PGA | Peak Ground Acceleration | |
PGDS | Provincial Growth and Development Strategy | |
PHWMR | Pressurised Heavy Water Moderated Reactor | |
PM | Public Meeting | |
PoS | Plan of Study | |
ppm | parts per million | |
PPP | Public Participation Process | |
ppt | parts per thousand | |
PRA | Probabilistic Risk Assessment | |
PSHA | Probabilistic Seismic Hazard Analysis | |
PSM | Project Site Manager | |
PV | Photovoltaic | |
PWR | Pressurised Water Reactor | |
PXS | Passive Core Cooling System | |
RD | Red Data (species) | |
RED | Regional Electricity Distributors | |
REFIT | Renewable Energy Feed in Tariff | |
RPV | Reactor Pressure Vessel | |
RTS | Return to Service | |
SA | South Africa | |
SAAB | South African Association of Botanists | |
SACNASP | South African Council for Natural Scientific Professions | |
SADC | South African Democratic Countries | |
SAHRA | South African Heritage Resource Agency | |
SAIEES | South African Institute of Ecologists and Environmental Scientists | |
SANParks | South African National Parks | |
SANS | South African National Standards | |
SBO | Station Blackout | |
SCWR | Super-critical Water Reactor | |
SDF | Spatial Development Framework | |
SDP | Strategic Development Plan | |
SEA | Strategic Environmental Assessment | |
SFR | Sodium-cooled Fast Reactor | |
SKEP | Succulent Karoo Ecosystem Programme | |
SL | Short Lived | |
SM | Site Manager | |
SMME | Small Medium and Micro Enterprise | |
SO2 | Sulphur dioxide | |
SOx | Sulphur oxides | |
SPMT | Self Propelled Modular Transporter | |
SSE | Safe Shutdown Earthquake | |
SSEGM | Safe Shutdown Earthquake Ground Motion | |
SSHAC | Senior Seismic Hazard Analysis Committee | |
SSI | Stewart Scott International | |
SST | Sea Surface Temperature | |
STD | Sexually Transmitted Disease | |
SSR | Site Safety Report | |
STEP | Subtropical Thicket Environmental Programme | |
t | tonnes (metric) | |
t/h | tonnes per hour | |
TAC | Total Allowable Catch | |
TFTC | Test Flight and Development Centre | |
TLC | According to the 1996 census, the population of the Humansdorp TLC was 19 953, which was 31.9% of the total population of the KLM. | |
TMG | Table Mountain Group | |
TMI | Three Mile Island | |
TWh | Terawatt hour | |
TWy | Terawatt year | |
U3O8 | Uranium oxide | |
UCG | Underground Coal Gasification | |
UCT | University of Cape Town | |
UF6 | Uranium hexaflouride | |
UNCLOS | United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea | |
UNFCCC | United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change | |
UNSCEAR | United Nations Scientific Committee on the Effects of | |
UPZ | Urgent Protective Zone | |
US EPA | United States Environmental Protection Agency | |
US DOE | United States Department of Energy | |
US NRC | United States Nuclear Regulatory Commission | |
USA | United States of America | |
VES | Control Room Emergency Habitability Systems | |
VHTR | Very High Temperature Reactor | |
VOCs | Volatile Organic Compounds | |
VU | Vulnerable | |
VVER | Vodo-Vodyanoi Energetichesky Reactor | |
WBFC | Walker Bay Fynbos Conservancy | |
WCPSDF | Western Cape Provincial Spatial Development Framework | |
WMA | Water Management Area | |
WSA | Water Services Act (No. 108 of 1997) | |
WSDPs | Water Services Development Plans | |
WWII | World War Two |