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MTHM
metric tons of heavy metal
MWd/kgHM
megawatt-days per kilogram of heavy metal
MWe
megawatts electric
MWth
megawatts thermal
NIIAR
Scientific Research Institute of Nuclear Reactors (Dmitrovgrad)
NIKIET
Research and Development Institute of Power Engineering (Moscow)
NPS
nuclear-powered ship
ORNL
Oak Ridge National Laboratory
PA “Mayak”
Production Association “Mayak”
PFS
Private Fuel Storage
PIMCA
The Priargunsky Industrial Mining-Chemical Association
PIS
the pilot-industrial site at Dmitrovgrad
PMDA
U.S.-Russia Plutonium Management and Disposi tion Agreement