Acronyms and Abbreviations used in HSE - N

Acronym: Description
NAAFI: Navy, Army, Air Force Institute
NAC: National Agricultural Centre
NACB: National Accreditation of Certification Bodies
NADOR: Notification of Accidents and Dangerous Occurrences Regulations
NAFE: Non-advanced further education
NAFLIC: National Association for Leisure Industry Certification
NAIR: National Arrangements for Incidents involving Radioactivity
NAM: National Account Managers
NAO: National Audit Office
NAPP *: Non-Agricultural Pesticides Panel
NAPS: Nationwide Association of Preserving Specialists
NARM: Naturally occurring and accelerator produced radioactive material
NASC: National Association of Scaffolding Contractors
NATLAS: National Testing Laboratory Accreditation Scheme
NATM: New Austrian Tunnelling Method
NAWDC: National Association of Waste Disposal Contractors
NCB: National Coal Board, now British Coal Corporation
NCEC: National Chemical Emergency Centre
NCF: National Contractors Federation
NCIS: National Criminal Intelligence Service
NCSIIB: National Certification Scheme for Inservice Inspection Bodies
NCVQ: National Council for Vocational Qualifications
NDLB: National Dock Labour Board
NDPB: Non Departmental Public Body
NDT: Non-destructive testing
NE: Nuclear Electric
NEA: Nuclear Energy Agency (OECD)
NEB: Nuclear Energy Board of Ireland, Dublin
NEBOSH: National Examination Board in Occupational Safety and Health
NEBR: Nuclear Emergency Briefing Room
NEBROSH: National Examination Board in Risk, Occupational Safety and Health
NEC: National Executive Committee
NEC: Net Explosives Content
NEC: Network Emergency Co-ordinator
NEDB: National Exposure Data Base
NEMKO: Norges Elektriske Materiellkontroll (Norway)
NEPLG: Nuclear Emergency Planning Liaison Group
NESC: Network for Evaluating Steel Components
NES: Not Elsewhere Specified
NFB: National Federation of Builders
NFCI: National Federation of Clay Industries
NFDC: National Federation of Demolition Contractors
NFRC: National Federation of Roofing Contractors
NGL: Natural gas liquid(s)
NGO: Non-Governmental Organisation
NHBC: National House Building Council
NI: Nominated Inspector
NI: Northern Ireland
NIAOA: National Insurance Agency Against Occupational Accidents (Italy)
NICE: National Institute for Clinical Excellence
NIDA: National Institute on Drug Abuse (USA)
NIEHS: National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences
NIG *: National Interest Group
NIGM *: National Interest Group Minute
NIH: National Institutes of Health (USA)
NIHHS: Notification of Installations Handling Hazardous Substances Regulations
NIHL: Noise induced hearing loss
(HM) NII *: (HM) Nuclear Installations Inspectorate (operational arm of the Nuclear Safety Directorate, Health and Safety Executive)
NIMEXE: Harmonised nomenclature for foreign trade statistics of the EEC
NIOSH: National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (USA)
NIOSHTIC: National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health database, available on OSHROM
NIR: Non-ionising radiation
NIR: Northern Ireland Railway
NIREX: Nuclear Industry Radioactive Waste Executive
NIST: National Institute of Standards and Technology (USA)
NJUG: National Joint Utilities Group
NMR: Nuclear magnetic resonance
NNC: National Nuclear Corporation
NNI: Nederlands Normalisatie Instituut (Netherlands)
NOAEL: No Observed Adverse Effect Level
NOES: National Occupational Exposure Survey (U.S.A.)
NONS: Notification of New Substances Regulations
NPF: Nominal protection factor
NPTC: National Proficiency Tests Council
NRA: National Rivers Authority
NRC: Nuclear Regulatory Commission (USA)
NRG *: National Responsibility Group now National Interest Group
NRPB: National Radiological Protection Board
NRT: National Responsibility Team
NSCC: National Specialist Contractors Council
NSD *: Nuclear Safety Directorate, Health and Safety Executive
NSF: Norges Standardiseringsforbund (Norway)
NSRMU: Nuclear Safety Research Management Unit
NSRSG: Nuclear Safety Research Steering Group
NSSF: National Standardisation Strategic Framework
NSSS: Nuclear steam supply system
NTI: New Training Initiative
NTIS: National Technical Information Service (USA)
NTP: Normal temperature and pressure
NTP: National Toxicology Program (USA)
NTSB: National Transportation Safety Board (USA)
NUI: Normally Unattended Installation
NUREG: US Nuclear Regulatory Commission publication
NUSAC: Nuclear Safety Advisory Committee
NVLAP: National Voluntary Laboratory Accreditation Program (US)
NVQ: National Vocational Qualification