Environment Report 2015

ENVIRONMENT REPORT 2015

7. Glossary

Anthropogenic

Relating to, stemming from, or a direct result of human activity

BAT AELs

Best Available Techniques Associated Emissions Levels

Becquerel

The International System of Units’ derived unit of radioactivity. One Becquerel equals one radioactive disintegration per second.

Biocides

Chemicals that are added to a fluid to kill bacteria

Bio-accumulation

The uptake of organic compounds by biological organisms from either water or food, at a higher concentration than in the surrounding environment.

boe CCS

Barrels of Oil Equivalent Carbon Capture and Storage

CEFAS

Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science

CFCs

Chlorofluorocarbons

CH

Methane

4

CHARM

Chemical Hazard and Risk Management – a model used by CEFAS to rank chemicals according to hazard quotient.

CO CO

Carbon monoxide Carbon dioxide

2

Co-precipitation

Precipitation is the creation of a solid from a liquid, which occurs naturally for certain chemicals under suitable conditions. Co-precipitation is when additional substances are pulled into the solid which would not form a solid alone.

CRC

Carbon Reduction Commitment

DECC

Department of Energy & Climate Change

Dispersant Ecosystem

A chemical used to help break up a solid or liquid into another substance A dynamic system of plant, animal and micro-organism communities and their non-living environment interacting as a functional unit

EEMS ESAS ESOS

Environment and Emissions Monitoring Systems

European Seabirds At Sea

Energy Savings Opportunity Scheme

EU ETS

EU Emissions Trading Scheme European Union Allowances

EUAs

GC-FID

Gas Chromatography - Flame Ionisation Detector

GHGs

Greenhouse Gases Hydrocarbon Release

HCR HSE

Health and Safety Executive Industrial Emissions Directive

IED

IR

Infrared

LCP BREF MARPOL

Large Combustion Plant Best Available Techniques Reference Document The shorthand for the International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution from Ships

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