Appendix E
Acronyms
AEC Atomic Energy Commission
CERCLA Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act
CRESP Consortium for Risk Evaluation with Stakeholder Participation
D&D Deactivation and Decommissioning
DOE U.S. Department of Energy
DWPF Defense Waste Processing Facility
EM Office of Environmental Management (U.S. Department of Energy)
EMSP Environmental Management Science Program
EPA Environmental Protection Agency
ERDA Energy Research and Development Administration
ETTP East Tennessee Technology Park
HLW high-level waste
LLW low-level waste
NRC National Research Council
ORNL Oak Ridge National Laboratory
PRA programmatic risk assessment
R&D research and development
SWPF Salt Waste Processing Facility
TRU Transuranic
WIPP Waste Isolation Pilot Plant
WTP Waste Treatment Plant