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LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS / ACRONYMS
| % | Percentage |
| °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 |
| water reactor | |
| 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 |
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| CFR | Cape Floristic Region |
| 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 |
| Development Planning (Provincial Government Western Cape) | |
| 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 |
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| EIA | Environmental Impact Assessment |
| 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 |
| Evolutionary Power Reactor | |
| 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 |
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| IAIA | International Association for Impact Assessment |
| 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 |
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| LOS | Level of Service |
| 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) |
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| NECSA | National Energy Council of South Africa |
| 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 |
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| OCB | Owner Controlled Boundary |
| 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 |
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| SAR | Safety Analysis Report |
| 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 |
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| Atomic Radiation | |
| 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 |
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