APPENDIXB

ACRONYMS AND ABBREVIATIONS

AAEC Australian Atomic Energy CEC Cornmission of European

Commission Communities
AEC Atomic Energy Commission CEN Belgian Nuclear Research
(abolished by the Energy Establishment
Reorganization Act 1974) CERCLA Comprehensive Environmental
ABS alkali borosilicate Response, Compensation, and
AECL Atomic Energy of Canada Limited Liability Act
AERE Atomic Energy Research CFCN calcine-fed ceramic melter
Establishment CFR Code of Federal Regulations
AFR "'\1 away from reactor (fuel storage) CH-TRU contact-handled transuranic
AGNS Allied General Nuclear Fuel Ci curie, a unit of radioactivity
Services Company CMST Characterization, Monitoring, and
ALARA as low as reasonably achievable Sensor Technology
ANDRA National Agency for Radwaste COGEMA Nuclear Fuel Cycle Company
Management (France) (France)
ANL Argonne National Laboratory DAW dry active waste
ANS American Nuclear Society D&D decontamination and
ANSI American National Standards decommissioning
Institute DOE Department of Energy (U.S.)
BEIR Committee on Biological Effects DOT Department of Transportation
of Ionizing Radiation (U.S.)
BNFL British Nuclear Fuels Limited DSHS Department of Social and Health
BNFP Barnwell Nuclear Fuel Plant Services (Washington State)
BNL Brookhaven National Laboratories DWCF Demonstrated Waste Calcining
BRH Bureau of Radiological Health Facility
BWIP Basalt Waste Isolation Plant EA environment assessment
BWR boiling-water reactor EARP Enhanced Actinide Removal Plant
CEA (French government) Nuclear (BNFL)
Energy Agency ECI equivalent capital investment

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ECN Energy Research Center LET linear energy transfer; energy R site and preliminary design
unit of exposure to ionizing SPDv
of Netherlands loss/distance traveled radiation (roentgen) verification
EdF Electricité de France LLMW Low-Level Mixed Waste RCCA reactor core control assemblies SRP Savannah River Plant
EIS environmental impact statement LLW low-Ievel waste RCRA Resource Conservation and SSDP Shippingport Station
EM Environrnental Management LLWPAA Low Level Waste Policy Recovery Act Decommissioning Project
E-MAD engine maintenance assembly and Amendments Act rem dose equivalent unit, the effective SSP sel f-shielded package
disassembly building LRR levelized revenue requirement exposure of humans (roentgen SWG Seabed Workshop Group
EPA Environmental Protection Agency LSA low specific activity equivalent man) SYNROC synthetic rock consisting of small
EPRI Electric Power Research Institute LWR light-water reactor RF Rocky Flats number of titanic mineral phases
ERDA Energy Research and Development LWT legal weight truck RHO Rockwell Hanford operations TBP tributyl phosphate
Administration MAW medium-active waste, > 10-10 RH-TRU remote-handled transuranic TI transport index
ESTG Engineering Studies Test Group Ci/ml but < l 0-6 Ci/ml RLFCM radioactive liquid feed ceramic TLD thermoluminescent dosimeter
ofNEA MCC Material Characterization Center, melter TMI Three Mile Island
FDA Food and Drug Administration Pacific Northwest Laboratory RPv reactor pressure vessel TOTM transportation operation and traffic
FFTF Fast Flux Test Facility MFRP Midwest Fuel Recovery Plant at SARA Superfund Amendments and management
GME Great Meteor East area Morris, IIlinois Reauthorization Act TRU transuranic
GSF Gesellschaft für Strahlen- und MPBB maximum permissible body burden SDP Seabed Disposal Program TRUPACT transuranic package for transport
Umoltforschung mbH mrem millirem (10-3 rem) SDS submerged demineralizer system TSI thermal structural interaction
HEPA high-efficiency particulate aerosol MRS monitored retrievable storage SF, SNF spent (nuclear) fuel TIC Transport Technology Center
(filter) MTR Material Testing Reactor SF2 A special spent fuel bundle, form 2 (Sandia)
HIC high-intensity container NCRP National Council on Radiation SFCM slurry-fed ceramic melter TvA Tennessee Valley Authority
HLW high-level waste Protection and Measurement SFHPP Spent Fuel Handling and TvR transportable vR and solidification
HMTA Hazardous Materials NEA Nuclear Energy Agency of OECD Packaging Program system
Transportation Act NECO Nuclear Engineering Company, SFMP Surplus Facilities Management URL (Canadian) Underground Research
HOCUS Hole Closure Simulation Inc. Program Laboratory
HSWA Hazardous and Solid Waste NEPA National Environmental Policy Act SIXEP site ion-exchange plant USGS United States Geological Survey
Amendments NNWSI Nevada Nuclear Waste Storage SKBF Swedish Nuclear Fuel and Waste vR volume reduction
IAEA lnternational Atomic Energy Investigation Management Company WIPP Waste Isolation Pilot Plant
Agency NPL National Priorities List SNAP Southern Nares Abyssal Plain WvDP West Valley Demonstration Project
lATA International Air Transport NRC Nuclear Regulatory Commission
Association NRCI National Research Council
ICAO International Civil Aviation NRPB National Radiological Protection
Organization Board (U.K.)
ICPP Idaho Falls Chemical Processing NSRA Japanese Nuclear Safety Research
Plant Association
ICRP International Commission on NTS Nevada Test Site
Radiological Protection NWC Nuclear Weapons Complex
1fT Institute für Tieflagerung NWPA Nuclear Waste Policy Act
ILW intermediate-level waste; see MAW NWPAA Nuclear Waste Policy
IMDG International Maritime Dangerous Amendments Act
Goods Code NWTS National Waste Terminal Storage
IMO Intemational Maritime Organization Program
INEL Idaho National Engineering OCRWM Office of Civilian Radioactive
Laboratory Waste Management
INEEL Idaho National Engineering and OECD Organization for Economic
Environmental Laboratory Cooperation and Development
(formerly INEL) ONWI Office of Nuclear Waste Isolation
JRC Joint Research Center ORNL Oak Ridge National Laboratory
KBS (Swedish) Nuclear Fuel Safety OWT overweight truck
Project PL Public Law
LBL Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory PNL Pacific Northwest Laboratory
LCF latent cancer fatality PvRR present value of revenue
LDC London Dumping Conference requirement
LDR Land Disposal Restrictions PWR pressurized water reactor